Our Shows 1930-1939
The Boy - 1930
Directed by Madame Forbes Wilson
The full company outside the Grand Hotel.
This show was the last the Society presented
in the Theatre Royal before it closed later the same year.
Sybil - 1931
Directed by Madame Forbes Wilson
The Full Company and the Principals (with Borzoi!) of “Sybil” outside the Grand Hotel. The show was presented what was then the Queen’s Theatre - later the Queen’s Cinema.
Falka - 1932
Directed by Madame Forbes Wilson
There are unfortunately no photos of this show.
High Jinks - 1933
Directed by Allan Wilson & Edward Ablett
The Society on stage in the Queen’s Theatre.
The Cabaret Girl - 1934
Directed by Allan Wilson & Edward Ablett
Maurice Beattie (Harry Zona) Florence Selby (Lily de Jigger) Leo C Kirkpatrick (Gravvins) Jean Graham (Little Ada) Robert Burns (March) Dorothy Field (April) | Harrogate: "Why don't you carry a wrist watch?" | Dorothy Field & the Ka-lu-a Girls -- N Todhunter, D Mitchell, O Pickering, A Roe, A Millington, M Cross, G Aitken, N Atkinson |
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"Take me away, Jim, to the country, anywhere" Marjorie Nixon (Marilynn Morgan) & Philip Byrne (James Paradene) |
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The Desert Song - 1935
Directed by Mavis Shrubb
Poster | Joe Roe (Bennie) Jean Graham (Susan) | Act I The Retreat of the Red Shadow in the Riff Mountains |
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Annie Dobie
(Margot Bonvalet) | Allan Wilson (Gen. Birabeau) Philip Byrne (Sid El Kar) Vera Wade (Azuri) Tom Scully (Hassi) Jack Wattleworth (Ali Ben Ali) Ernest Brandford (Red Shadow) |
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The New Moon - 1936
Directed by Mavis Shrubb & Lawrence Handel
Poster | James Pearsall (Besac) Mrs. Wilson (Clotilde Lambaste) | P.J. King (MonsieurBeaunoir) Tom Scully (Vicomte Ribaud)
James Pearsall (Besac) Robert Wilson (Robert)
Jack Kellett (Jacques) Isabelle G Gilhooley (Marianne) Brass Robertson (Capt Georges Duval) |
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Isabelle G Gilhooley (Marieanne) | Joe Roe (Alexander) Jeam Graham (Julie) | Jack Kellett (Jacques) Jean Graham (Julie) Joe Roe (Alexander) Mrs. Wilson (Clotilde Lambaste) James Pearsall (Besac) |
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No! No! Nanette - 1937
Directed by Mavis Shrubb & Lawrence Handel
Poster | Jean Graham (Nanette) Joe Roe (Jimmy) John Ramsey (Tom) Flo Ramsey (Sue) Peggy Nancarrow (Lucille) Harry Schofield (Billy) | John Ramsey (Tom) Jean Graham (Nanette) Joe Roe (Jimmy) |
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Harry Schofield (Billy Early) with the girls |
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Merrie England - 1937
Directed by Harry Schofield
Poster | Robert Wilson (Earl of Essex) Freda Pear (Queen Elizabeth I | Evelyn Watson (Jill-all-alone) |
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Evelyn Ashcroft (Bessie Throckmorton) |
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The Mikado - 1938
Directed by Harry Schofield
Poster | Dennis Sowden
(Peep-Bo) | Joe Roe
(Koko) |
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Fred Woodruff
(Pish-Tush) | Jack Wattleworth
(The Mikado) | Freda Pear
(Katisha) |
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Robert Wilson
(Pooh-bah) | Doris Pearson
(Yum-Yum) | Joseph Jenkinson
(Nanki-Poo) |
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Evelyn Watson
(Pitti-Sing) |
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The Gondoliers - 1939
Directed by Harry Yates
Poster | Joe Roe
(The Duke of Plaza Toro) | Dennis Sowden
(The Duchess of Plaza Toro) |
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Robert Wilson
(Don Alhambra del Bolero) |
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