| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Blue Train', adapted from the book of Alfred Grunwald and Walter Stein; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; typescript inside front cover gives cast list and dates; includes photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical; printed flyers for provincial theatre [1927]
Performed at The Prince of Wales Theatre, London 10 May 1927, closing performance, 27 Aug 1927; presented by Philip Ridgeway; produced by Jack Hulbert; orchestra directed by Howard Carr; music by Robert Stolz; additional numbers by Ivy St Helier; lyrics by Reginald Arkell
Originally at: The Kings Theatre, Southsea, 14 Mar 1927
On tour (three companies): 1927: The Royal Theatre, Birmingham; The Empire Theatre, Newcastle; The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford; The Opera House, Manchester; The Royal Theatre, Torquay; The Kings Theatre, Portsmouth; The Royal Theatre, Plymouth; The Grand Pavilion Theatre, Weston-Super-Mare; The Kings Theatre, Hammersmith; The Borough Theatre, Stratford; 1928: The Royal Theatre, Brighton; The Perth Theatre; The Princes Theatre, Bristol; The Royal Theatre, Exeter; The New Theatre, Crewe; The Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne; The Winter Gardens, New Brighton; 1929: The Grand Theatre, Oldham; The New Theatre, Northampton; The Manor Theatre, Exmouth; 1930: The Palace Theatre, Chelsea
Casts: Pat Malone, Jack Raine, Eric Coxon, James Cameron, Bobby Howes, Cicely Debenham, Arthur Margetson, Lily Elsie, Henry Ford, Aida Bird, Herbert Strathmore, Vera Fleck, Ena Evans, Betty French, Bessie and Sid Tracey, Helen Moore, Phyllis Bourke, Leslie Ward, Alex Devore, Blake Adams, Dorothy Ward, Shaun Glenville, Adrienne Brune, Billie Fry, Sydney Granville, Dorothy Debenham, Trixie Andree, Jack Curtis, Nanette and Leon, Gladys Malova, Jack Shurman, J. Berman, Peter Pounds, Sanders Warren, Jack Rose, Gladys Lyle, Aimee Hayward, Kenneth Birrell, Muriel Walker, Cherry Wylmott, Ronald Brandon, Cecil Wayne, Bernard Giddy, Marion Pratova, Billy Best, Bobbie Wordell, Fred Rees, Pat Terry, Jack Duff, Marjorie Lancaster, Nan Kale, Edward Duncan, John St John, Kathleen Kilfoyle, Stanley Joy, Eileen Wayne, Gladys Ivery, Peter Upcher, Dickie Pounds, Royston Taylor, Rex Goven, Gwendolin Geralde, Trixie Devore, Dick Stone, Bernard May, William Murray, J. Edmund Whitty, Arthur Brander, Phil Knighton, Sybil Carlton, Gwendolin Garside, William Marshall, H. Pilcher, Edward Richards, Edward Tolan, Queenie Pickford, Ogna Hicks, Guy Latham, David Henley, Weena and Joe Seena, Hylda Smith, Haidee Royston, Jeanette Love, Billy Holmes, Gordon Stamford |