| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Dancing Years' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; programme inside front cover gives cast list, photographs of cast members and typescript dates; includes photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; printed flyer [1942]
Performed at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, 23 Mar 1939, closing performance, 2 Sep 1939; lyrics by Christopher Hassall; presented by Tom Arnold Ltd; devised, written and composed by Ivor Novello; produced by Leontine Sagan; orchestrations by Charles Prentice; dances and ensembles by Freddie Carpenter; scenery by Joseph Carl
Revived at: The Adelphi Theatre, Strand, London, 14 Mar 1942; presented by Tom Arnold Ltd; devised, written and composed by Ivor Novello; produced by Leontine Sagan; lyrics by Christopher Hassall; orchestrations by Charles Prentice; dances and ensembles by Freddie Carpenter; scenery by Joseph Carl; The Casino Theatre, London, Mar 1947; presented by Tom Arnold; reproduced by Freddie Carpenter
On tour: 1940: The Palace Theatre, Manchester; 1941: The Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth; The Winter Gardens Theatre, Brighton; 1946: The Royal Theatre, Birmingham; 1948: The Grand Theatre, Leeds
Casts: Jeanette Carello, Stephen Jack, John Palmer, Ivor Novello, Dunstan Hart, Roma Beaumont, Minnie Rayner, Frances Clare, Muriel Barron, Hilary Allen, Rosamund Dalton, Lorna Henderson, Maria Rita, Majorie Tomlin, Peter Graves, Hilton Porter, Harry Fergusson, Richard Rogers, Mary Ellis, Anthony Nicholls, Olive Gilbert, Fred Hearne, Eric Sutherland, Anthony Hart, Roger Parker, Patrick Ross, Muriel Barron, Edgar Elmes, Arthur Budd, Bebe Verdi, Robin Maule, Fred Nye, Florence Chumbcos, Hilary de Charville, Irene Busby, Dorothy Davies, Diana Gardner, Victor Raymond, Rhoda Sewell, Claire Newman, Dorothy Fox, Judy Child, Gladys Walthoe, C. Francis J. Stanislaw, Terry Lowe, Ben Pullen, Stephen la Haye, Ridgeway West, Peter Braid, Victor Bogetti, Edgar Elmes, Margaret Ball, Barry Gasney, Liliam Hutchins, Orest Orloff, Keith Lester, Joan Innes, Riccy Chisholm, Lind Howard, Juanita Bradshaw, Walter Cooke, Billy Hodges, Barry Sinclair, Douglas Thomson, Jacqueline Remer, Veronica Brady, Jessica James, Angela Braemar, Sara Romano, Peter Tuddenham, Leslie Moorhouse, Marion Edwardes, Henry Lutman, Nicholette Roeg, Elizabeth French, Peter Madron, Kynaston Hart, Peter Stephen, Stephen Steele |