| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Song of the Sea', based on the play by Richard Bars and Leopold Jacobson; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; typescript inside front cover gives dates and changes in cast members; includes programme with cast list and photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical; programme extract with cast list for provincial theatre; magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical
Performed at His Majesty's Theatre, London, 6 Sep 1928, closing performance, 19 Jan 1929; presented by The Daniel Mayer Company and Reandco; produced by Jack Hulbert; orchestra directed by Percy Fletcher; music by Edouard Kunneke; lyrics by Arthur Wimperis; devised by Jack Hulbert and Paul Murray; The Empire Theatre, Liverpool, 6 Aug 1928
On tour: 1929: The Golders Green Hippodrome; The Kings Theatre, Glasgow
Casts: Ronald Massey, Leonard Mackay, Polly Ward, Jerry Verno, Claude Hulbert, Lilian Davies, Stanley Holloway, Mary Leigh, A. W. Baskcomb, Dennis Hoey, Winifred Hare, Rita Elsey, Ray Taylor, William Biggs, George Gregory, George A. Neil, Vera Sherburn, John Thomson |