Record

LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/1060
Title'Promise' by Henri Bernstein
Extent1 file
Date1936-1937
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Promise', translated by by H. M. Harwood; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and the playwright and cast lists; typescript inside front cover gives cast list and dates; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; printed postcard flyer [1936]

Performed at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 26 Feb 1936, closing performance, 23 May 1936; presented by Moss Empires and Howard and Wyndham Tours Ltd; produced by Henri Bernstein; The Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 10 Feb 1936 (as 'L 'Espoir'); The Kings Theatre, Glasgow, 17 Feb 1936 (as 'Harvest'); presented by Moss Empires and Howard and Wyndham Tours Ltd; produced by Henri Bernstein
On tour: 1936: The Wimbledon Theatre; The Royal Theatre, Nottingham
America: The Little Theatre, New York, 30 Dec 1936; presented by Gilbert Miller

Casts: Francis James, Ralph Richardson, Madge Titheradge, Ann Todd, Robert Harris, Edna Best, Victor Boggetti, Barry Jones, Michael Ashwin, Felix Irwin, Jane Wood, Valerie Skardon, John Bailey, Judith Fellows, Aimee Delamain, Toni Flammery, Vivienne Grenville, Leonard Malden, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lawton, Jean Forbes Robertson, Irene Browne, Louise Platt, Thomas Collins, Henry Vincent
Access StatusOpen