| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Blackbirds' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast; typescript inside front cover gives cast list, dates and cast changes; includes programme extract with cast list for provincial theatre; printed flyer [1926]; magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play
Performed at The London Pavilion, 11 Sep 1926, second edition, 10 Jan 1927; presented by Charles Cochran; staged and conceived by Lew Leslie; lyrics and music by George W. Meyer
Transferred for third edition to: The Strand Theatre, London, 30 May 1927, closing performance, 25 Jun 1927; presented by E. O. Leadley
On tour: 1927: The Opera House, Blackpool; The Alhambra, Glasgow; The Palace Theatre, Manchester; The Golders Green Hippodrome
Cast: Florence Mills, Edith Wilson, Johnny Dunn, Lloyd Mitchell, Tiny Ray, Aida Ward, Clarence Robinson, Shrimp Jones, U. S. Thompson, Chick Horsey, Tillie Meadows, Gwendolen Grahame, Johnny Hudgins, Pike Davis Johnny Nit, Charles Woody, Lucia Moses, Bessie de Saussaure, Will Vodery, Sydney Perrin, John Rucker, Alma Smith, Hamtree Harrington, Cora Green, Williams and Taylor |