| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Matriarch', a dramatisation of the book 'Tents of Israel' by G. B. Stern; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; typescript inside front cover gives cast list and dates; includes printed flyer [1929]; magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play
Performed at The Royalty Theatre, London, 8 May 1929, closing performance (229th) 23 Nov 1929; presented by Frank Vernon and Jose Levy; produced by Frank Vernon
America: The Longacre Theatre, New York, 18 Mar 1930; presented by Lee Schubert; directed by Frank Vernon
Casts: Selma Vaz Dias, Marion Fawcett, Henry Hewitt, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Inez Bensusn, Beatrix Thompson, E. Walker, Ethel Irving, Hugh Williams, Phyllis Konstam, Henry Hallatt, Abraham Sofaer, Stella Rho, Francis James, Alexander Sarner, Hector Abbas, Paula Trevanion, Mary Pilgrim, Vera Gordon, Tony Halfpenny, Robert Haslam, E. Russell Gregg, Molly Hughes, Derrick de Marney, Earle Grey, Jessica Tandy, Constance Collier, Georgina Wynter, Laura Smithson, Hesketh Pearson |