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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/5235
Title'Grand National Night' by Dorothy and Campbell Christie
Extent1 file
Date1945-1955
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Grand National Night' including photographs and cartoon illustrations of cast members and scenes from the play and cast lists; programme from the Wimbledon Theatre production; postcard flyer on cover; death of producer Claud Gurney mentioned in press cutting

Performed at The Apollo Theatre, London, 12 June 1946; presented by H. M. Tennent Ltd with Alec L. Rea and E. P. Clift; produced by Claud Gurney; decor by Ruth Keating
Premiered at The New Theatre, Oxford, 19 Nov 1945
Revived: The Wimbledon Theatre, London, 16 May 1955; produced by Charles Stapley; scenery designed by Anthony Purvis and painted by Anthony Purvis and Una Workman

Casts: Leslie Banks, Charles Groves, Hermione Baddeley, Frederick Lloyd, Olga Edwardes, Archibald Batty, Campbell Copelin, Vincent Holman, Robin Lloyd, Peter Haddon, Margaret St Barbe West, John Law, Diana Johnson, Nigel Beard, Ruth Trouncer, Kenneth Outwin
Access StatusOpen

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