| Ref No | READ/PER/PLY/021903e |
| Collection | Reading Rayner |
| Title | Light That Failed (The Play Pictorial volume 2) |
| Date | 1903 |
| 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 Mr. Forbes Robertson as Dick Heldar, Mr. Sydney Valentine as J.G. Fordham 'Nilghai', Mr. Aubrey Smith as Gilbert Belling Torpenhow, Miss Gertrude Elliott as Maisie, Miss Nina Boucicault as Bessie Broke, Miss Minnie Griffin as Mrs Haynes, Miss Margaret Halston as the Red-Haired Girl and Miss Marianne Caldwell as the Bonne. |
| Notes | Previous reference number: UKC/PER/PLY/021903e |
| Special Collections and Archives also holds a loose copy of this issue. |
| "Adapted from Rudyard Kipling's novel...." |
| "Mr. Frederick Villiers, the War Artist Correspondent, has kindly superintended the arrangement of the Camp Scene in the Prologue." |
"This, the only authorised version of Mr. Kipling's book, has been secured by Mr. Forbes Robertson for England and America, by arrangement with Miss Olga Nethersole."
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| Subject | Drama |
| Related Person | Greet, William, 1851-1914, (brother of Sir Philip Greet) |
| Davis, Tom Buffen, 1867-1931 |
| Forbes-Robertson, Ian, 1858-1936, (brother of Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson) |
| Frost, Shad |
| Fenigstein, Claude |
| Fleming, George |
| Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937, (sometimes credited as John Forbes-Robertson, brother of Ian Forbes-Robertson) |
| Smith, C. Aubrey, (Charles Aubrey), Sir., 1863-1948 |
| Valentine, Sydney |
| Dansey, Herbert |
| MacDonald, Ean |
| Quartermaine, Leon, 1876-1967 |
| Bickley, Frank |
| Vernon, Cyril |
| Harrold, Arthur |
| Farren, William, 1853-1937 |
| Graham, George M. |
| Elliott, Gertrude, 1874-1950, (wife of Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson) |
| Boucicault, Nina, 1867-1950, (daughter of Dion Boucicault and Agnes Robertson, sister of Dion Boucicault Jnr.) |
| Halstan, Margaret, 1879-1967 |
| Griffin, Minnie |
| DeBurgh, Aimee |
| Caldwell, Marianne |
| Related Organisation | Lyric 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). |
| 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 | Piece |