| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Running Riot', based on a plot by Guy Bolton and Firth Shephard; music and lyrics by Vivian Ellis; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast list; programme inside front cover gives cast list, photographs of members of the cast and typescript dates [1938-1939]; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical; printed flyer [1938-1939]
Performed at The Gaiety Theatre, Strand, London, 31 Aug 1938, closing performance (207th) 25 Feb 1939; presented by Firth Shephard; produced by Leslie Henson and Herbert Bryan; dances and ensembles arranged by Jack Donohue; ballet produced by Frederick Ashton; costumes and decor by Rene Hubert; scenery by the Harkers; orchestrations by Debroy Somers
On tour: 1939: The Royal Theatre, Newcastle
Cast: Rosalind Atkinson, Mary Lawson, Gavin Gordon, Roy Royston, Leslie Spurling, Richard Caldicot, Louise Browne, Richard Hearne, Leslie Henson, Fred Emney, John E. Coyle, Leslie Spurling, Rob Currie, Ann Coventry, Arthur Ives, Josephine Reilly, Joan Laidlaw, Lois Davis, Yvonne Ortner, Zelda Nolan, Josephine Bartlett, Molly Gay, Joan Savage, Bobby Charman, Norah Henderson, Vivian Farnham, Dorothy Maclaren, Pat Gaunt, Elsie Fuller, Margaret Ann, Ginger Matthews, Henry Lemoine, Frank Swift, George Nelson, Jack Healey, Alec Foy, Freddy Larman |