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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/1392
Title'The Chiltern Hundreds' by William Douglas Home
Extent1 file
Date1947-1951
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Chiltern Hundreds' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; printed flyer [1947-1949]

Performed at The Vaudeville Theatre, London, 26 Aug 1947, closing performance (651st) 19 Mar 1949; presented by Linnit and Dunfee Ltd; directed by Colin Chandler; setting by Sebastian Minton; The Theatre Royal, Brighton, 18 Aug 1947
Revived at: The Strand Theatre, London [1 Aug] 1949, closing performance [27 Aug 1949]; [presented by Linnit and Dunfee Ltd; directed by Colin Chandler; setting by Sebastian Minton]; The Dolphin Theatre, Brighton, 18 Jun 1951
On tour: [1949]: The King's Theatre, Glasgow
America: The Booth Theatre, New York, 4 Oct 1949 (as 'Yes M'Lord'); presented by Messrs Shubert, John Krimsky and Linnit and Dunfee

Cast: A. E. Matthews, Majorie Fielding, Leora Dana, Peter Coke, Diane Hart, Edith Savile, Tom Macauley, Michael Shepley, Anne Blake, Barbara St Ledger, Margot George, Kevin Stoney, Moray Watson, Edith Savile, Patrick Desmond, Edna Best, George Curzon, Hugh Kelly, Gladys Boot, Elaine Stritch, William Douglas Home, Jane Fergus, Tom Macaulay
Access StatusOpen

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