| Ref No | READ/PER/PLY/551929b |
| Collection | Reading Rayner |
| Title | Bitter Sweet (The Play Pictorial volume 55) |
| 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 Ivy St. Helier as Manon La Crevette, Dorothy Boyd as Dolly Chamberlain, Peggy Wood as Lady Shayne, William Harn as Lord Henry, Billy Milton as Vincent Howard, Peggy Wood as Sarah Millick, George Metaxa as Carl Linden, Robert Newton as Mr. Hugh Devon, Elaine Inescort as Mrs Millick, Marjorie Rogers as Hansi, Norah Howard as Gussi, Betty Huntley Wright as Freda, Mille Sim as Lotte, Peggy Wood as Sari, Austin Trevor as Captain Lutte, Clifford Heatherley as Herr Schlick and Tommy Hayes as Piccollo. Interspersed amongst the photographs are lyrics to songs entitled, "The Last Dance", "Little Cafe", "Green Carnations" and "Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay". |
| Notes | Previous reference number: UKC/PER/PLY/551929b |
| "The Prater Girls Dance, arranged by Tilly Losch". |
| Subject | Drama |
| Dance |
| Related Person | Coward, Noel, Sir, 1899-1973 |
| Burston, Reginald |
| Farrow, Claude |
| Boyd, Dorothy |
| Harn, William |
| Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978 |
| Bevan, Isla |
| Milton, Billy, 1905-1989 |
| Metaxa, Georges, 1899-1950 |
| Inescourt, Elaine |
| Davis, Winifred |
| Newton, Robert, 1905-1956 |
| Heatherley, Clifford, 1888-1937 |
| Robson, Victor, fl.1910s-20s |
| Nodin, Gerald, fl.1930s-1950s |
| Russell, Roy |
| Gatrell, John, 1907-1981 |
| Cornish, Richard |
| Sim, Millie |
| Wright, Betty Huntley |
| Rogers, Marjorie |
| Howard, Norah, 1901-1968 |
| St. Helier, Ivy, 1886-1971, (born Ivy Aitchison) |
| Trevor, Austin, 1897-1978 |
| Alexander, Arthur |
| Brian, Anthony |
| Napier, Alan, 1903-1988, (born Alan Napier-Clavering) |
| Pounds, Mary |
| Carey, Eileen |
| Hignell, Rose |
| Fearon, Josie, fl.1920s |
| Algar, Robert |
| Bevill, Nancy |
| Moore, Maureen, fl.1930s-1980s |
| Newton, Robert, 1905-1956 |
| Drage, Maie |
| Sturtivant, Robert |
| Ware, Kenneth |
| Thurgood, R.J., fl.1920s |
| Whittle, Cyril, fl.1920s |
| Pointing, Audrey |
| Rawle, Sheila |
| Sims, Ena Wood |
| Shaxon, Verena |
| Orton, Mai |
| Bose, Yvonne |
| Tuson, Keira, fl.1920s |
| Lauriston, Eric |
| Harn, William |
| Cuenod, Hugh |
| Bannerman, Penryn |
| Pearce, Lennard, 1915-1984 |
| Related Organisation | His Majesty's 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 |