| Ref No | DDP/SHOW/CIN/7 |
| Collection | David Drummond Pantomime Collection |
| Title | Cinderella |
| Name of creator | Leach & Son, Ltd., Printers, Wisbech. |
| Date | 26 Dec [1949] - 18 Feb [1950] |
| Extent | 1 showcard |
| Description | 1 showcard for Cinderella at the Embassy Theatre, Peterborough, in 1949-50. The card lists cast and production credits, including the spectacle of a 'fairy coach and four royal ponies', theatre and box office information, ticket prices and showtimes in red and blue lettering. The card also has a colour illustration pasted centre left featuring a seated Cinderella with broom and half barrel of fire wood, in a corsetted bodice with scarf tied as a skirt; the background shows the Prince and a herald in a horse-drawn carriage travelling through a wooded landscape, the castle towering into the clouds above them. Note that a statement has been redacted on the showcard about Les Diagora appearing in England for the first time, and crosses have been penned on either side of Marie Makino's credit. |
| PhysicalDescription | 38.1 x 27.9 cm. |
| Arrangement | chronological |
| Related Person | Bancroft, Jack S., managing director and licensee |
| Makino, Marie, writer and producer |
| Simons, Elkan, creator |
| Clifford, Len, actor |
| Dawkes, Sonny, actor and dame |
| Rose, Tommy, actor and dame |
| Dudley, Bernard |
| Savage, Muriel |
| Bronze, Michael, costume designer |
| Kandy, Flora, costumier and costume designer |
| Sconce, Herbert, designer |
| Bishop, Eileen, actor |
| Taylor, Kim, actor |
| Related Organisation | Embassy Theatre |
| Larry Gordon Girls |
| Les Diagora, jugglers |
| Daphne Hammond Starlettes |
| Related Place | Peterborough |
| Wisbech |
| Category | Promotional material |
| Access conditions | This material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk). |
| Copyright | Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study. |
| Level | Item |