| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Shop at Sly Corner' with photographs of members of the cast; includes printed flyers on front cover and inside [1945]; the play was originally produced in 1941 at Brighton and entitled 'Playing with Fire'; mentions that the author's full title is Edward Percy Smith, MP (Conservative, Ashford, Kent)
Performed at The St Martins Theatre, London [11] Apr 1945; presented by Jack de Leon; produced by Henry Kendall; setting by Elizabeth Agombar; The 'Q' Theatre, Kew Bridge [1945]
On tour: 1946: The Grand Theatre, Derby; The Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield; The Royal Theatre, Newcastle
America: The Booth Theatre, New York [1946]
Casts: Kenneth Kent, John Carol, Ernest Jay, Christine Silver, Moira Lister, Mercia Swinburne, John Witty, Violet Gould, Frank Partington, Cathleen Nesbitt, Victoria Hopper, Joyce Heron, William Roderick, Rowland Bartrop, Deryck Guyler, Arthur Young, Jean Colin, Viola Lyel, Cyril Chamberlain, John Bryning, Anthony Pendrell, Deirdre Stewart, Robert Essex, Olive Walter, Jack Vyvyan, Kenneth Griffith, Alfie Bass, Henry Oscar, Ada Reeve, Marie O'Neill, Lily Kahn, Harry Geldard, Phoebe Kershaw, Peggy Evans, James Forbes, Max Brent, Bransby Williams, George Crowther, Eileen D'Arcy, Patricia Davidson, Margot Bell, Gwen Lewis, Norman Prince, Edward Norman, Nicholas Vlieland, Gerald Barton, William Bruce, Boris Karloff, Una O'Connor, Ethel Griffies |