Record

LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/1516
Title'Tuppence Coloured' by Laurier Lister
Extent1 file
Date1947-1948
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Tuppence Coloured' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast; [flyer] on front cover gives production details; script on front cover gives dates; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play

Performed at The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, 4 Sep 1947; presented by Tennent Plays Ltd in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain; directed by Laurier Lister; choreography by Sheila Nicholson, William Chappell, Maxwell Coker and Felicity Gray; decor by Molly McArthur; additional designs by Charles Mozley, Ray Diffin, G. E. Calthrop, Emett, Gurschner and John Osborn; lyrics by Joyce Grenfell, Arthur Macrae, Nicholas Phipps, H. F. Ellis, David Yates Mason, Herbert Farjeon, Leonard Gershe, Sagittarius and Edith Piaf; music by Geoffrey Wright; additional music by Richard Addinsell, Irving Berlin, Benjamin Britten, Louiguy and Lionel Salter
Transferred to: The Globe Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue 15 Oct 1947, closing performance (276th) 12 Jan 1948; The Opera House, Leicester, 11 Aug 1947

Cast: Joyce Grenfell, Elizabeth Welch, Franklyn Bennett, Dennis Martyn, Daphne Oxenford, John Heawood, Beryl Seaton, Felicity Gray, Max Adrian, Elizabeth Cooper, Angus Menzies, Sylvia Ashmore, Julia Falls, Andre de Guay, Charlotte Mitchell
Access StatusOpen

    Showcase

    Some of our most significant collections