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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/4889
Title'The Gentle People' by Irwin Shaw
Extent1 file
Date1939-1950
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Gentle People' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; programme extract inside front cover gives cast list and dates; includes photographs of cast members in scenes from the play

Performed at The Strand Theatre, London, 7 Jul 1939, closing performance (35th) 5 Aug 1939; presented by Anmer Hall; directed by Rollo Gamble; settings by Vera Cunningham; The Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, 13 Apr 1950; presented by Envoy Productions Ltd; produced by Robert Mitchell; settings by Gerry Solomons and Alfred Harris
America: The Belasco Theatre, New York, 5 Jan 1939

Casts: Abraham Sofaer, Ernest Jay, Clement McCallin, Charles Victor, Gina Malo, Ben Wright, Joan Periera, Stella Rho, Richard Clarke, George Pughe, George Smith, Tony Quinn, Meier Tzelniker, Alfie Bass, Robert Ayers, Jack Stewart, Hilda Simms, Alan Tilvern, Ina De La Haye, Eveline Garratt, Walter Gotell, Arthur Reynolds, Charles Stanley, Kenneth Henry, Sylvia Sidney, Francot Tone, Sam Jaffe
Access StatusOpen

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