| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Sleeping Partners', A "Garden of Eden" episode adapted by Seymour Hicks from Jose Levy's translation of 'Faisons un Reve' by Sacha Guitry; also for accompanying production of 'The Truth about the Russian Dancers' by J. M. Barrie; originally at The Coliseum Theatre, Mar 1919; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; typescript inside front cover gives cast lists, changes in cast members and dates; includes programme extracts with cast lists for provincial theatres; typescript mentions act 2 was subsequently played in music halls by Seymour Hicks
Performed at The Savoy Theatre, Strand, London, 28 Jul 1926, closing performance, 25 Sep 1926; presented and produced by C. B. Cochran and Seymour Hicks
Originally at: The St Martins Theatre, London, 31 Dec 1917, closing performance (127th) 20 Apr 1918; produced by C. B. Cochran and Seymour Hicks; The St Martins Theatre, London, 25 Mar 1919, closing performance (23rd) 12 Apr 1919; [produced by C. B. Cochran and Seymour Hicks]
On tour: 1926: The Kings Theatre, Hammersmith; The Royal Theatre, Brighton; 1927: The Empire Theatre, Penge; The Royal Theatre, Aldershot; The Rolls Hall, Monmouth
Casts: Seymour Hicks, Ellaline Terriss, Madge Lessing, Lydia Bilbrooke, Edmund Gwenn, Stanley Turnbull, Fred Kerr, John
J. Hooker, William Home, Thamar Karsavina, Herman de Lange, Robin Irvine, Basil Foster, Gertrude Sterroll, Geoffrey Wilmer, C. M. Lowne, Percy Williams, William Lugg, Ethel Inga, Norah Edwards, Herbert Waring, Ivy St Helier, H. W. Bryden, S. Grenville Darling, Noranna Rose, Vincent W. Lawson, Lawrence Caird, Louis Palgrave, Minnie Terry, Griffin Campion, E. Thornley Dodge, Edward Colman, Philip Golding, Henrietta Joy, Sydney Compton, Jack Terry |