| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Gay Divorce' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; programme inside front cover includes cast list, photographs of cast members and typescript dates [1933]; includes copy of 'Play of the Moment' with photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical and the story; printed flyers [1933]; magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical
Performed at The Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, 2 Nov 1933, closing performance, 7 Apr 1934; presented by Lee Ephraim; produced by Felix Edwardes; dances by Barbara Newberry and Carl Randall; music and lyrics by Cole Porter; The Royal Theatre, Birmingham, 23 Oct 1933
On tour: 1934: The Royal Theatre, Nottingham; The Palace Theatre, Manchester; 1935: The New Theatre, Cambridge; The Grand Theatre, Blackpool; The Tower Theatre, Morecambe; The Royal Theatre, Bognor; The Spa Theatre, Bridlington; The Opera House, Scarborough; The Empire, Sunderland; The Palace Theatre, Hull; The Alhambra, Bradford; The New Theatre, Northampton; The Grand Theatre, Derby; The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton; The Royal Theatre, Norwich; The Pavilion, Bournemouth; The Hippodrome, Southampton; The Empress Theatre, Brixton; 1936: The Kings Theatre, Portsmouth; The Royal Theatre, Bath
America: Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 29 Nov 1932; directed by Howard Lindsay
Casts: Fred Astaire, Claire Luce, Luella Gear, Eric Blore, G. P. Huntley, Roland Bottomley, Clifford Heatherley, Claude Allister, Connie Stevens, Elsie Lawrence, Carol Tennant, Joan Gardner, Ina Scarlett, Gladys Lincoln, Rosalie Willoughby, Olive Blakeney, Bert Beswick, Erik Rhodes, Fred Hearne, Ethel Gaunt, Dorothy Lingley, Monica Lamb, Betty Blanche, Gay Hickman, Marjorie Tarrant, Beryl Smith, Marcia Milton, Zita da Costa, Marjorie Murray, Molly Gay, Esme Neville, Wyn Richmond, Tom Reynolds, Leslie Spurling, Rex Korda, John Jackson, William Murray, Edward Leroy, Ann Welfitt, Bettine Browne, Eric Fawcett, Phyllis Gillespie, Alban Conway, Cyril Collins, Mr Bermingham's Yong Ladies, Mignon Morenza, Barbara Toy, Arthur Astaire, Jean Edmundson, Dino Galvani, Thorpe Devereux, Reginald Ryan, Sydney Arnold, Ethel Bancroft, Louise Browne, Richard Dolman, Tyrell Davis, Olga Wray, Vincent Lawson, Teddy Beaumont, Dick Francis, Cyril Vernon, Arthur Twyson, H. B. Green, Royston Taylor, Daphne Raglan, Teddy Egbert |