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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/2961
Title'The Man with a Load of Mischief' by Ashley Dukes
Extent1 file
Date1924-1950
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Man with a Load of Mischief' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; programme extract inside front cover gives cast list and has typescript dates and cast changes; includes photographs of cast members in scenes from the play

Performed at The Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 11 Jun 1925, closing performance (261st) 16 Jan 1926; produced by [E. Lyal Swete]; scenery and costumes by Aubrey Hammond; music by Norman O'Neill
Originally at: The New Theatre, London, 7 Dec 1924; presented by the Stage Society; produced by A. E. Filmer
Revived at: The Westminster Theatre, London, 26 Sep 1933, closing performance, 21 Oct 1933; presented by Anmer Hall in association with A. E. Filmer; produced by A. E. Filmer; scenery and costumes by Aubrey Hammond; music by Norman O'Neill; The Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, London, 5 Aug 1942; directed by Ashley Dukes; decor by Paul Gibson; The Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, London, 10 Oct 1950; presented by Molly May Ltd; directed by Maurice Colbourne
On tour: 1925: The Kings Theatre, Hammersmith; The Wimbledon Theatre; 1926: The Grand Theatre, Croydon; The Royal Theatre, Nottingham; The Royal Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; 1927: The Royal Theatre, Bath; The Royal Theatre, Exeter; 1928: The Little Theatre, Leeds; Her Majesty's Theatre, Carlisle
American: The Broad Street Theatre, Newark, New Jersey, 15 Jun 1925
The Ritz Theatre, New York, 26 Oct 1925 (16 performances); presented by Lee Shubert

Casts: Wallace Evennett, Esme Hubbard, Laura Cowie, Eileen Beldon, Allan Jeayes, Leon Quartermaine, Alfred Clark, Clare Greet, Fay Compton, Joyce Kennedy, Frank Cellier, Mary Sheridan, Isabel Jeans, Edgar Norfolk, Ruth Chatterton, McKay Morris, Ralph Forbes, Robert Loraine, A. G. Andrews, Berthe Mann, Alan Trotter, Kynaston Reeves, Mary Newcomb, Andrew Leigh, Pauline Wynn, Charles Thursby, Mollie Ellis, Graham Pockett, Marguerite Cellier, Eleanor Stuart, Zoe Davis, Colette O'Niel, Basil Bowen, Mildred Howard, H. Hutteroth, Gerald Ames, Alexander Marsh, Germaine de Vaux, Gladys Spencer, Stanley Lathbury, Valerie Taylor, Julia Crawley, D. A. Clarke Smith, Ion Swinley, Frank Tickle, Jane Mapley, Heather Stannard, Patricia Dickson, Griffith Jones, Clement McCallin
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