| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Last of Mrs Cheyney' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast; programme extract inside front cover gives cast list, typescript cast changes and dates; includes photographs of members of the cast in scenes from the play produced in 1925 and 1944; includes printed flyer for provincial theatre 1926; reviews of overseas productions of the play in America, France, Australia and Austria
Performed at The St. James's Theatre, London, 22 Sep 1925, closing performance, 18 Dec 1926; presented by Gilbert Miller in association with Gerald du Maurier and Gladys Cooper; produced by Gerald du Maurier; scenery by J. A. Fraser
Revived at: The Savoy Theatre, London, 15 Jun 1944; presented by Firth Shephard; produced by Tyrone Guthrie assisted by Laurence Green; costumes by Sophia Harris; scenery by Ernest Stern
On tour: 1926: The Golders Green Hippodrome; The Royal Theatre, Brighton; The King's Theatre, Hammersmith; The Wimbledon Theatre; The Opera House, Southport; The Grand Theatre, Croyden; The Theatre Royal, Worthing; The Brixton Theatre; The Royal Theatre, Aldershot; The Opera House Bridlington; The Royal Theatre, Bath; The Royal Theatre, Stockport; Her Majesty's Theatre, Carlisle; 1927: The Royal Theatre, Bath; The New Theatre, Northampton; The Royal Theatre, Exeter; 1945: The Royal Theatre, Newcastle
America: The Fulton Theatre, New York, 9 Nov 1925; presented by Charles Dillingham; directed by Lewis Broughton
Casts: Gerald du Maurier, Dawson Milward, Ronald Squire, Basil Loder, Guy Fletcher, Frank Lawton, E. H. Paterson, A. Harding Steerman, Gladys Cooper, Ellis Jeffreys, May Whitty, Mabel Sealby, Gladys Gray, Violet Campbell, Martin Lewis, Bellenden Clarke, Evelyn Roberts, Kenneth McLaine, Arthur Lowie, Terence de Marney, George E. Ritchie, J. Mitchell, Zena Dare, Kate Cutler, Clare Lindsay, Daisy Cordell, Doris Cooper, Frances Lonsdale, Muriel Martin Harvey, Violet Elliott, Ann Farrarr, Peggy Morrow, Annie Chippendale, Gladys Dunham, Julian D'Albie, Javis Walter, Geoffrey Clark, Garry Marsh, Jack Webling, Malcolm McLean, Samuel Allen, Tony Foss, Coral Browne, Athene Seyler, Ann Firth, Frances Rowe, James Dale, Jack Buchanan, Margaret Scudamore, Madge Compton, Austin Trevor, Anthony Shaw, Cyril Renison, Bryan Matheson, Jack Leopold, Douglas Herald, Gore Browne, Helen Haye, E. A. Matthews, Roland Young, Ina Claire, Lionel Pape, Felix Aylmer, Leslie Victor, George Barrand, Renee Kelly, Jane Renouardt, Elizabeth Bergner |