| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Crest of the Wave' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; includes programme and inserted flyer inside front cover with cast list, photographs of cast members, typescript dates and change of cast member [1937-1938]; press and magazine photographs of members of the cast in scenes from the musical; also includes copy of 'The Play of The Moment' Oct 1937 with photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical and the story
Performed at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1 Sep 1937, closing performance (293rd) 26 Feb 1938; devised, written and composed by Ivor Novello; produced by Leontine Sagan; dances by Ralph Reader; ballets by Lydia Sokolova and Antony Tudor; costumes by Rene Hubert; scenery by Alick Johnstone; music by Ivor Novello; lyrics by Christopher Hassall; orchestrations by Charles Prentice
On tour: 1938: The Wimbledon Theatre; The Palace Theatre, Manchester; The Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow; The Kings Theatre, Portsmouth; The Princes Theatre, Bristol; The Royal Theatre, Birmingham; 1939: His Majestys Theatre, Aberdeen
Casts: Ivor Novello, Edgar Elmes, Kenneth Howell, Peter Graves, Marie Lohr, Judith Wren, Dorothy Batley, Ena Burrill, Oscar Alexander, John Palmer, Dorothy Dickson, Minnie Rayner, Olive Gilbert, Walter Grisham, Reg Smith, Fred Hearne, Jack Glyn, Sandy Williamson, Aubrey Rouse, Harry Fergusson, Renee Stocker, Findlay Currie, Basil Neale, Eric Davy, Stanley Tully, Gilbert Clarke, Selwyn Morgan, Joan Swinstead, Ben Pullen, Ruth Maitland, Mary Bromhall, Greta Carlisle, Frances Clare, John Norris, Arthur Budd, Roma Beaumont, Tony Hulley, Vincent McMurray, Sybil Darling, David Banner, Charles Tully, Esmond Knight, Viola Tree |