| Ref No | READ/PER/PLY/011902e |
| Collection | Reading Rayner |
| Title | The Toreador (The Play Pictorial volume 1) |
| Date | 1902 |
| Description | The cast list is accompanied by a description of the plot and photographs of the actors in character and in scenes from the play. In particular Miss Marie Studholme as Dora Selby, Mr. George Grossmith junr. as Sir Archibald Slackitt, Mr. Lionel Mackinder as Augustus Traill, Miss Ethel Sydney as Nancy Staunton, Miss Queenie Leighton as Donna Teresa, Mr. Edmund Payne as Sammy Gigg, Mr. Fred Wright junr. and Miss Ruby Verdi as Pettifer and Cora, Miss Violet Lloyd as Susan, Miss Connie Ediss as Mrs Malton Hoppings, Mr. Herbert Clayton as Carajola, Miss Gertie Millar as Cora, Mr. Harry Grattan as the Governor of Villaya and Miss Emilie Herve, Miss Olive May, Miss Nancy Langtyre, Miss Millicent Vernon, Miss Florence Warde and Miss Lydia West as the 'Chorus of Bridesmaids'. There is also a photograph of Mr. Grossmith and Miss Florrie Warde doing 'The Cake Walk'. Interspersed amongst the photographs are music and lyrics of songs including, 'The Language of Flowers', 'Espana', 'Captivating Cora', 'Everybody's Awfully Good To Me' and 'Keep Off The Grass'. |
| Notes | Previous reference number: UKC/PER/PLY/011902e |
| Special Collections and Archives also holds a loose copy of this issue. |
| "The Dances and Chorus business arranged by Will Bishop." |
| Subject | Drama |
| Related Person | Edwardes, George, 1852-1915 |
| Dodson, A. E. |
| Marshall, Edward |
| Nicholls, Harry, 1852-1926 |
| Tanner, James Tolman, 1858-1915 |
| Caryll, Ivan, 1861-1921 |
| Monckton, Lionel, 1861-1924 |
| Ross, Adrian |
| Greenbank, Percy |
| Mackinder, Lionel |
| Wright, Fred Jnr. |
| Grossmith, George, 1874-1935, (son of George Grossmith, brother of Lawrence Grossmith) |
| Nainby, Robert, 1869-1948 |
| Grattan, Harry |
| Clayton, Herbert |
| Hatherton, Arthur |
| Lincoln, Frank |
| Barry, Shiel, (sometimes credited as S. Barry) |
| Grande, J. |
| Payne, Edmund |
| Studholme, Marie, 1875-1930 |
| Lloyd, Violet |
| Ediss, Connie, 1871-1934 |
| Leighton, Queenie, 1872-1943 |
| Verdi, Ruby |
| Jacobsen, Hilda |
| Saqui, Maie |
| Baker, Minnie |
| Mason, Kitty, 1882-1971 |
| Sydney, Ethel |
| Beresford, Doris |
| Read, Georgie |
| Darrell, Maudi |
| May, Olive |
| Warde, Florence |
| Field, Millie |
| Gray, M. |
| Carlow, Blanche |
| Fawcett, Marie |
| Herve, Emilie |
| Roche, Daisy |
| Vernon, M. |
| West, Lydia |
| Holly, Daisy |
| Related Organisation | Gaiety Theatre |
| Related Place | Westminster, City of Westminster, London |
| Category | Periodicals |
| Printed publications |
| 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). |
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| Level | Piece |