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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/4581
Title'The Imaginary Invalid' by F. Anstey
Extent1 file
Date1929-1938
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Imaginary Invalid', adapted from 'Le Malade Imaginaire' by Moliere [1929 production only]; with a photograph of a member of the cast and cast list; typescript inside front cover gives dates

Performed at The Old Vic Theatre, London, 28 Oct 1929, closing performance, 16 Nov 1929; produced by E. Harcourt Williams; costumes and scenery by Owen Smyth
Revived at: The Apollo Theatre, London, 15 Nov 1938, closing performance (6th) 19 Nov 1938 (as 'The Robust Invalid'); preceded by 'Les Deux Couverts' by Sacha Guitry; produced by Maurice Sachs

Casts: Brember Wills, Martita Hunt, Adele Dixon, Rosemary Burne, Henry Wolston, John Gielgud, Eric Adeney, Gyles Isham, Donald Wolfit, John Killner, Francis James, Margaret Webster, Richard Riddle, Eric Phillips, Bruce Winston, Doris Hare, Carole Lynne, Grizelda Hervey, David Keir, Philip Friend, Kaye Seely, Stuart Latham, Joan Greenwood, Austin Trevor, Alan Trotter, Henry Morrell, Helene Lara, Pierre Gillier
Access StatusOpen

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