| Ref No | DDP/FF/2/1 |
| Collection | David Drummond Pantomime Collection |
| Title | Good Old Timers, No. 20: Florrie Forde |
| Name of creator | Antony, Jonquil (1911-1980), Writer |
| Date | [17th April 1942] |
| Extent | 1 script |
| Description | This is script No. 20 of the Good Old Timers series, titled Florrie Forde. This script was written by Jonquil Antony and produced by Eric Fawcett. The script makes reference to Forde's death in 1940, and celebrates Forde's life and talent, re-enacting key moments from her life, including the start of her career and the success Forde experienced in England after she moved there at the age of 21 as a rising star and Principal Boy in pantomime. Annotations can also be found within the script. The cast included: Ada Reeve, Joan Young, who played the role of Florrie Forde, Doris Gambell, S. Dernier Warren, Kitty de Legh, Vera Lennox, Michael Lynd, Dick Francis, Hugh Morton, Ian Sadler, and the recorded voices of Flanagan & Allen, The Water Rats, which included the individuals Albert Whelan, Talbot O'Farrell, George Jackley, Charlie Austen, and Fred Russell, and Georgie Wood and Marjorie Stone. The latter also supplied additional material towards this script, as did Bert Feldman and Flora Crumner, Florrie Forde's niece.
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| Notes | Additional information has been sourced from Keith Harrison, Florrie Forde: The World’s Greatest Chorus Singer CLPGS Reference Series No. 48 (City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society Limited, 2022). |
| PhysicalDescription | This is a carbon copy composed of 18 sheets. The script's dimensions are 333mm x 208mm. |
| Admin history | Good Old Timers was a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) series run between 13th August 1940 and 4th August 1943. Good Old Timers was a series of 'docudrama' programmes that ran for 30-45 minutes. There 25 episodes overall, each focusing on a famous music hall actor or actress. It was broadcast on the BBC's Home Service and on the Forces' programme. While television service was temporarily shut down during the Second World War, programmes that formed part of radio entertainment, such as Good Old Timers, would have served as a moral booster for the general public. Jonquil Antony, writer of the script Florrie Forde, wrote six of the scripts for Good Old Timers. |
| Category | Scripts |
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| Level | File |