| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Land of Smiles', adapted from the original book by Victor Leon; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast list; typescript inside front cover gives cast list and dates; includes printed postcard flyers [1931], [1932]; programme with cast list for provincial theatre [1942]; programme extract with cast list [1932]; photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical
Performed at The Drury Lane Theatre, London, 8 May 1931, closing performance 18 Jul 1931; presented by Stanley H. Scott; produced by Felix Edwardes; conductor K. Ernest Irving; scenery by Alick Johnstone; music by Franz Lehar; The Dominion Theatre, London, 31 May 1932, closing performance, 18 Jun 1932; presented by Stanley H. Scott; produced by Felix Edwardes
Revived at: The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, 18 Jun 1942; presented by Tom Arnold; produced by Felix Edwardes; musical director Tom Lewis
On tour: 1932: The Streatham Hill Theatre; The Golders Green Hippodrome; 1940: The Palace Theatre, Manchester; 1941: The Royal Theatre, Birmingham; 1942: The Wimbledon Theatre
Casts: George Bishop, Lena Halliday, Neil J. More, George Vollaire, Renee Bullard, Walter Webster, Richard Tauber, Phyllis Edwardes, Dorothy Crofts, Gwen May, Dorothea Ronald, Dorothy Cooper, David Henley, W. Cronin Wilson, Hella Kurty, Bruce Winston, Robert Naylor, Cyril Gardiner, Patrick Waddington, Josie Fearon, Edmond Nash, Miraim Sabbage, Mona Jenkins, Jean Beckwith, Joan Panter, Phyllis Neal, Fred Maguire, Stanley Vilven, Florence Hunt, Frank Royde, Charles Gillespie, Bertram Dench, Lambert Ensom, Reginald Atkinson, Norman Edwards, Peggy Rowan, Ester Moncriffe, Marianne Deeming, Elizabeth de Isle, Dorothy Dauncey, Gerti Kutham, Bernard Hunter, Jimmy de Lille, Sonia Peters |