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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/1282
Title'Swing Along' by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson and Douglas Furber
Extent1 file
Date1936-1938
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Swing Along' with photographs and illustrations of cast members and cast lists; includes programme inside front cover with cast list and typescript dates 1936-1937; printed flyer [1936-1937]; magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play

Performed at The Gaiety Theatre, Strand, London, 2 Sep 1936, closing performance (312st) 5 Jun 1937; presented by Firth Shephard; produced by Leslie Henson and Herbert Bryan; costumes by Rene Hubert; ballet, dances and ensembles by Fred Lord; music by Martin Broones; lyrics by Graham John; The Opera House, Manchester, 17 Aug 1936
On tour; 1937: His Majestys Theatre, Aberdeen; The Tower Theatre, Morecambe; The Wimbledon Theatre; 1938: The Grand Theatre, Derby; The Royal Theatre, Brighton

Casts: Louise Browne, Roy Royston, Fred Emney, Cedric Percival, Rob Currie, Zelma O'Neal, Richard Hearne, John E. Coyle, John Pygram, Naylor Lindsay, Richard Caldicot, Leslie Henson, Alec Foy, Fred le Peel, Isa Bowman, Gavin Gordon, Barry Lupino, Leslie Spurling, Kenneth Ritchie, Gretchen Franklin, Ronald Hall, Nita Croft, Anthony Nichols, Tom Reynolds, Derrick Marsh, W.M. Murray, Edward Leroy, Eileen Marsh, Alfred Turner, James Cameron, Lili Breval, Billy Kershaw
Access StatusOpen

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