| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Blue for a Boy' or 'What shall we do with the body?', adapted from the original of Franz Arnold and Ernest Bach; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical; programmes with cast lists 1950, 1953
Performed at His Majestys Theatre, London, 30 Nov 1950, closing performance (666th) 28 Jun 1952; presented by Emile Littler; music by Harry Parr Davies; lyrics by Harold Purcell; musical numbers arranged by Joan Davis; costumes by Anthony Holland; settings by Edward Delany; The Royal Theatre, Birmingham, 14 Aug [1950]
Revived at: The Palace Theatre, Chelsea, 9 Mar 1953
On tour: The Lyceum, Sheffield; Butlin's, Skegness
Casts: Jasmine Dee, John Trayne, Austin Melford, Hermene French, Richard Hearne, Guy Fane, Jessie Hitter, Eve Lister, Fred Emney, Terence Theobald, Aud Johnson, Charles Stone, Bertha Belmore, Julie Anslow, Beryl Frew, Louise Hilton, Margaret Lawford, Jacqueline Terry, Jet Thackeray, Isabel Little, Helen Hurst, Leonora Walsh, Billy Milton, Kamala Amesur, Marten Tiffen, Bertram Blackwell, Bert Brownbill, Beryl Seton, Joan Bell, June Gawan, Barbara Kaye, Jane Linton, Jackie Logan, Maureen Thompson, Daphne Walker, Deirdre Williams, Benita Lydal, Anne Hodges, Deauville Beauties |