Document ID ET-D391
| Archive Location | ET PROGS ET-D235-418, 1912-1915 (BL) Loan 125/22/8 |
|---|---|
| Document description | programme |
| Date | 11 October 1913 |
| Document form | P - Poster or handbill |
| Document attributes | Annotated |
| Corporate Body | Charing Cross Hospital |
| Production Date(s) | Saturday October 11th 1913 |
| Venue | London Coliseum |
| Venue address | Charing Cross WC |
| Time of performance | 8.30pm |
| General notes | Good Samaritan performance organised by Sarah Bernhardt, attended by the King and Queen. Songs, recitals, skits and plays; recital by Ellen Terry. |
| Language | English |
Works Cited
| Title | Ten Little Nigger Boys all in a Row |
|---|---|
| Original author | Harry Grattan |
| Title | Phedre |
| Original author | Racine |
Document ID ET-D391, Image 1 of 3
LONDON COLISEUM
CHARING CROSS W.C.
Chairman and Managing Director - OSWALD STOLL
Manager - ARTHUR CROXTON
UNDER THE GRACIOUS PATRON AGE OF
THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN
Their Majesties the
King & Queen, together with other
Members of the Royal
Family,have expressed
their intention of being
present at the "Good
Samaritan" Perform-
ance organised by Mme.
Sarah Bernhardt at the
London Coliseum on
Saturday, October 11,
1913, at 8.30
In aid of the Earl of Lonsdale's Special
Appeal on behalf of the Charing Cross
Hospital and the Funds of the French
Hospital in London.
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His Majesty The King has graciously approved of the inclusion of the following Artistes in the Programme
The order and artistes may be subject to alteration.
Miss Ellen Terry
will speak a few words written by Mr. Owen Seaman.
Revue Tabloid
played by the most famous Revue Artistes in Paris.
Arranged and produced by Madame Rasimi.
Mr. Robert Hale
will sing his famous HUNTING SONG from
"Everybody's Doing It" at the Empire Theatre.
(By permission of Mr. Walter Dickson)
"Ten Little Nigger Boys all in a Row"
Written and produced by Mr. Harry Grattan.
Messrs.
Fred Emney
Will Evans
George Formby
Neil Kenyon
George Mozart
George Robey
Mark Sheridan
George Graves
Alfred Lester
Huntley Wright
Mr. W. C. Fields
will give a display of remarkable Pyramid Shots.
Madame Yvette Guilbert
in selections from her repertoire.
Messrs. Green and Wood
the Humpsti-Bumpsti Comedians.
Mr. Harry Tate
in his "Fishing" Travesty.
M. Harry Fragson
and a Piano,
Mlle. Lydia Kyasht
will Dance.
Mr. G. P. Huntley
"Buying a Gun"
from Mr. Harry Grattan
Madame Kirkby Lunn
will Sing.
Messrs. Billy Merson and
James A. Watts
in Russian Ballet Skit.
Danseur - Mr. Billy Merson
Mlle. Havatollova - Mr. James A. Watts
Madame Sarah Bernhardt
and COMPANY
in Act II. of Racine's "PHEDRE "
Phedre - Mme, SARAH BERNHARDT
Hippolyte - M. R. JOUBE
Theramene - M. FAVIERES
Aricie - Mlle. SEYLOR
OEnone - Mme. BOULANGER
Isurene - Mlle. DUC
Musical Sketch
By Seymour Hicks and Max Pemberton
in which the principal Ladies and Gentlemen in
Musical Comedy and Opera will appear, including
Miss Yvonne Arnaud
Miss Constance Drever
Miss Florence Smithson
Miss Ellaline Terriss
Messrs. Joseph Coyne,
George Grossmith,
C. H. Workman, etc.
"The Marseillaise"
will be played by the Largely Augmented Orchestra;
under the conductorship of SIR HENRY J. WOOD,
at the close of the programme, followed by
The National Anthem
the solo of which will be sung by MR. IVOR
FOSTER, the audience being requested to join in
singing the chorus.
Amongst the Theatrical and other Managers who have kindly given their permission for any of their artistes
to be drawn upon for the purposes of the "Good Samaritan" Performance are :-
Sir Herbert Tree, and Messrs. Frank Allen, ... Allan Aynesworth, Granville Barker, Alfred Butt, Charlot and
Leveaux, Arthur Chudleigh, Robert Courtneidge, Tom B. Davis, Walter Dickson George Edwardes, P. Michael
Faraday, Walter De Preece, Charles Frohman, Charles Gulliver, Carl F. Leyel: Henry Tozer, J. E. Vedrenne.
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The entire Auditorium will be
transformed, with masses of gold,
pink carnations, and fleur-de-lys,
and will be brilliantly illuminated.
A new Royal Box, next to the
stage on the level of the Balcony
Stalls, is being constructed.
All persons with tickets are re-
quested to be in their seats not
later than 8.15 p. m., when an
Overture will be performed by a
largely-augmented orchestra.
The curtain will rise at 8.30 p.m.,
on the entrance into the theatre
of Their Majesties and the Royal
Party.
PRICES OF ADMISSION
Boxes - By arrangement
Fauteuils 10 gns.
Fauteuils 7 gns.
Fauteuils 5 gns.
Balcony Stalls 7 gns.
Balcony Stalls 5 gns.
Balcony Stalls 2 gns.
Grand Tier Stalls 2 gns.
Grand Tier Stalls 1 gn.
Grand Tier Stalls 10/6
Balcony 5/.
Promenade Royal Circle I gn.
Promenade Grand Tier 10/6
Promenade Balcony 5/-
Tickets may be obtained from the Countess of
Lonsdale, Charing Cross Hospital, W.C.; or from
the Advance Booking Office, London Coliseum
(Telephone: Gerrard 7541).
MILES & CO, LTD.
PRINTERS TO H.M. THE KING
68 & 70 WARDOUR STREET. W
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