| Ref No | READ/PER/PLY/531928b |
| Collection | Reading Rayner |
| Title | Show Boat (The Play Pictorial volume 53) |
| Date | 1929 |
| 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 Howett Worster as Ravenal, Miss Edith Day as Magnolia, Marie Burke as Julie, Colin Clive as Stephen Baker, Paul Robeson as Joe, Dorothy Lena as Ellie, Leslie Sarony as Frank, Percy Parsons as Sheriff Vallon and Michael Cole as Jake. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "Ol' Man River" and "Bill". |
| Notes | Previous reference number: UKC/PER/PLY/531928b |
| "Adapted From The Novel Of Edna Ferber". |
| "Mississippi Chorus led and directed by John Payne". |
| Subject | Drama |
| Music |
| Related Person | Edwardes, Felix, c.1871-1954 |
| Scheck, Max |
| Finck, Herman, 1872-1939 |
| Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960 |
| Kern, Jerome David, 1885-1945 |
| Martin, Jack, fl.1920s |
| Clive, Colin, 1900-1937, (born Colin Clive-Greig) |
| Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960 |
| Hearne, Fred, fl.1915-1948 |
| Hunter, Alberta, 1895-1984 |
| Compton, Viola, 1886-1971, (sister of Fay and Francis Compton) |
| Hardwicke, Cedric, Sir, 1893-1964 |
| Lena, Dorothy |
| Sarony, Leslie, 1897-1985 |
| Thomas, Henry, fl.1920s |
| Burke, Marie, 1894-1988, (born Marie Holt, mother of Patricia Burke) |
| Worster, Howett, fl.1920s |
| Parsons, Percy, 1878-1944 |
| Day, Edith, 1896-1971 |
| Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 |
| Wallace, William, fl.1920s |
| Willard, Alec J. |
| Hill, Felix |
| Emerton, Roy, 1893-1944, (born Hugh Fitzroy Emerton) |
| Crocker, Gordon |
| Gadsden, Lenore |
| Dereham, Cecil |
| Yarde, Margaret |
| Thomas, Kathleen, fl.1920s |
| Cole, Michael |
| Stuart, Will |
| Webster, Walter, fl.1920s |
| Smith, Norris |
| Brown, Nancy, 1910- |
| Lovat, Peggy |
| Barbour, Ann |
| Related Organisation | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
| 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 |