| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Grand Guignol', London's Grand Guignol' Season of five one-act plays including 'The Old Firm's Awakening' by A. J. Talbot; 'Something More Important' by H. F. Maltby; 'A Private Room' by Arthur Pinero; 'After Death' by Virginia and Frank Vernon, from the French of Rene Barton; 'Wedding Day' by Frederick Witney; Company's strike and refusal to appear in sketch 'The Soothing System' marked end of run including photographs and cartoon illustrations of cast members and scenes from the plays and cast lists; typescript inside front cover lists plays in programme, gives production details and cast lists
Performed at The Little Theatre, London, 14 May 1928, closing performance, 2 June 1928; all plays presented by B. A. Meyer; 'The Old Firm's Awakening'; 'Something More Important'; 'A Private Room' all produced by the authors; 'Wedding Day' produced by Sewell Collins
Casts: Ben Field, James Whale, Edna Crowder, Ion Swinley, Olga Lindo, Carl Bernard, E. H. Brooke, Howard Brenan, H. B. Clark, C. M. Lowne, Murri Moncrieff, E. A. Walker, George Bealby, Tom Woods, E. Scott Gatty |