Ref NoDDP/PHO/PD
CollectionDavid Drummond Pantomime Collection
TitlePrincipal Dames
Date1901-28th August 1987
Extent2 boxes
DescriptionPhotographs of Principal Dames and associated records. Principal Dames include: Arthur Askey, Bill Bain as an Ugle Sister in Cinderella, [Willie] Bard, Max Brewster, Douglas Byng, Sid Colclough, Eddie Connor, Rex Dawe, Reggie Dingle, George Ellisia as an Ugly Sister in Cinderella and as Mother Goose, Bert Errol, Reg Fenton, Alwyn D. Fox, W. F. Frame, Leslie French, Rikki Fulton, Ted Gatty, Shaun Glenville, Harry Gordon, Bruce Green, Bert Gunnell, Charles Harrison, Rowland Hill, Nat Jackley as Widow Twankey with Jean Carson as Aladdin, Jimmy Jewel, Charles Jones and Victor Thomas in Tom Arnold's Puss in Boots at the Alhambra in Glasgow and the Theatre Royal in Nottingham, Jean Kennedy, Neil Kenyon as Widow Twankey, George Lacy, Jimmy de Lacey, Danny La Rue, Dan Leno as Sister Ann in Blue Beard, Queen Spritely in Humpty Dumpty, and as Mother Goose, Jimmy Logan, Tommy Lorne, Arthur Lucan as Mother Riley with Kitty McShane, Stanley Lupino and Will Evans in Babes in the Wood, Ernie Mayne, G. S. Melvin as Mother Hubbard and as Maggie Trot in Jack and the Beanstalk, Horace Mills in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Prince's Theatre in Bristol, Allen Modeley as Mrs Sinbad, James O'Neill, Jimmy Plant, Sandy Powell as Dame Martha in Babes in the Wood, W. H. Powell, Harry Pringle, Harry Randall, Eddie Reinhard, Eddie Reindeer, George Robey as The Bride and as Queen Victoria at the London Palladium, Clarkson Rose as Widow Twankey at the King's Theatre at Hammersmith and at Wimbledon and various other photographs, Rupert Rogers, Malcolm Scott in Aladdin, K. Scott-Barrie as Widow Twankey at the Lyceum, Chris Sheen, Jack Storey, Patrick Walcott, Nellie Wallace as Widow Twankey and in various photographs, including with Randolph Sutton, Terry Wilson, and Chris Worthan as Widow Twankey. There are also identified Pantomime Dames.
ArrangementPhotographs have been arranged alphabetically, with unknown Principal Dames found at the end of the run.
CategoryPhotographs
Access conditionsThis 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).
LevelSeries
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