Ref NoDDP/PHO/SPE
CollectionDavid Drummond Pantomime Collection
TitleSpecialty Acts
Date1892-[1950s/1960s]
Extent3 boxes
DescriptionPhotographs and photographic postcards featuring individuals who delivered speciality acts. Images of individuals are from publications and various correspondence linked to the photographic material are also included. Individuals and group acts who feature in or who are mentioned in relation to these materials are the following: The 3 Rats, George Barnes, Wilkie Bard, Beatie and [Babs], Jennie Benson, Bex and Bex, Bil and Bil/Bipp and Bipp, The Athol Blair Trio, Iris Blair, Simon Blair, Borstal Boys, Nancy Buckland, Albert Burdon, Nancy Burne, Andy Busnell, Neil Busnell, Joe Busnell, Peter Butterworth, Grace Campbell, Morny Cash, Leslie Childs, Harry Claff, Eddie Connor, Clyde Cook, Harris and Cowley, John E. [Coyle], Cox Twins, Harry Craft, Annie Croft, Syd Crossley, Billy Danvers, A. E. Davies, Delbosque Brothers, Bernard Delfton, Kitty Denton's Little Rays of Sunshine, Dollie and Billie, Dom and Josie, Daisy Dormer, The Duroys, G. H. Elliot, Will Evans, Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen, Florrie Forde, Ethel Formby, Edward [Foster], Francois, George [Frerrel], Will Friffe, J. G. [Fuiglass], [Marie George], Germanie Ensemble, Bert Gilbert, [Jerry] Bartlett, George [Gilhy], Andie Glen, Jimmy Godden, Charles Goff, Georgie Good, George Goodfellow, George Graves, Jennie Gregson, Eddie Grey, Jack Grierson, Fred Griffith, Harry Gunn, Reginald Harris, Leslie Haskell, Hayward Hay and Davina, Dick Henderson Senior, Roland Hill, Leslie Holmes, Tom Hulme, Stan Jay, Jimmy Jewel. Betty Jumel, Jack Kellaway, Leslie Kellaway, Sylvia Kellaway, Nor Kiddie, [Irving] Knox, Teddy Knox, Lake and Barrasford, Lupino Lane, [Laughlin and Gold], Horace Lawe, Jack Le White, Emile Littler, Fred Locke, Martz Lupine, Stanley Lupino, Hugo Magosser, The Two Butterflies, Margarete Magosser, The Two Butterflies, Malcia, Manetti Twins, Eric Marshall, Enrico Martialo Trio, Renee Mayer, Clarice Mayne, Miles Twins, Nat Mills and Boffie, Bert Murray, James Nervo, Jeremy Nicholls, Noughlin Brothers, Dave O'Gorman, O'Gorman Brothers, Joe O'Gorman, O'Gorman Brothers, Vic Oliver, The Poluskis, Lorna Pounds, Toots Pounds, Elsie Prince, Harry Randalls, Rex Rashley, Sisters Reeve, Reg's Twins, Beryl Reid, Eddie [Renkard], Ethel Renvell, Rigoletto Brothers, George Robey, Nicolette Roeg, Fred Rogerson, Colin Ross, Derek Roy, Leslie Sarony, Don Saunders, The Scholeys, T. Shale, Pauline Simonne, Florence Smithson, William Smythe, Jack Stanford, [Stevie Standford], George William Stewart, The Pastor Brothers, John Edward Stewart, The Pastor Brothers, Ran Sutton, The Tally Ho Trio, Billy Tasker, [Lou] Taylor, Pauline Terrie, The Tiller Girls, Tommy Trinder, Duggie Wakefield, [Paul Wallis], Dorothy Ward, Ben Warriss, Eric Watts, Alan Wells, George Williams, Denny Willis, Bernie Winters, Mike Winters, Willy Woltard, and Dan Young.

Theatres that feature in these materials are the following: Alhambra Theatre, Birmingham Hippodrome, Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Prince's Theatre, Bristol, New Theatre, Cardiff, Coliseum, Douglas, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, Shakespeare, Liverpool, Elephant and Castle, London, King's Theatre, Hammersmith, Opera House, Leicester, Liverpool Olympic, Marlborough Theatre, London, London Casino, London Palladium, Regent's Polytechnic, London, Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, Royal Princess's Theatre, Olympia Shoreditch, Prince's Theatre, Manchester, and Casino Municipale, Nice.

Pantomimes that feature in these materials are the following: Aladdin, Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Goody Two Shoes, Humpty Dumpty, Mother Goose, Queen of Hearts, Red Riding Hood, The Red Mill, Robinson Crusoe, and Sleeping Beauty."
NotesImagery of cultural appropriation are found within these materials and reflect attitudes of the period. These items do not reflect the views or opinions of the University of Kent, Special Collections & Archives or our staff. We apologise for any offence that our inclusion of these terms may cause.
ArrangementPhotographs have been arranged by time period. This has been estimated.
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).
LevelSubSubFonds
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