Document ID ET-D514
| Archive Location | ET PROGS ET-D418a-551;561a-589, 1917-18 (BL) Loan 125/23A/6 |
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| Document description | programme |
| Date | 21 October 1917 |
| Document form | D - Programme |
| Corporate Body | Press Club |
| Production Date(s) | Sunday 21st October 1917 |
| Venue | London Coliseum |
| Stage Manager | Frank Collins |
| Orchestra | Coliseum Ladies' Orchestra |
| Music Director | Leon Bassett |
| General notes | The Press Club performance. Contribution by Ellen Terry; marks on reverse [possibly lipstick]. |
| Language | English |
Works Cited
| Title | The Better 'Ole |
|---|---|
| Original author | Charles B. Cochran |
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Press Club Performance London Coliseum Sunday the 21st October 1917
Chairman and Managing Dirctor OSWALD STOLL Manager ARTHUR CROXTON
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THE PRESS CLUB
President:
Col. LORD BURNHAM
Chairman:
JAMES GEORGE
Performance Committee:
Chairman - OSWALD STOLL
WILL A. BENNET
ARTHUR CROXTON
HERBERT GROVER
ARTHUR MORELAND Hon.Sec.
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The following Ladies will sell Programmes under the direction of
Miss MIRIAM WARNER
Miss JESSIE WINTER
Miss HILDA MOORE
Mis MERCIA CAMERON
Miss DOROTHY BELLEW
Miss VIOLET RENE
Miss DOROTHY BELL
Miss BUENA BENT
Miss RENEE MAYER
Miss MILICENT KENDALL
Miss DOROTHY HAMMOND
Miss GLADYS MAUDE
Miss MARY O'FARRELL
Miss JOYCE CAREY
Miss NETTA WESTCOTT
Miss BETTY CHESTER
Miss NORA NEIL
Miss KATHLEEN VINCENT
Miss SADRENNE STORRI
Miss NORA WADLEY
Miss EVELYN HOPE
Miss AGNES CROFT
Miss GLADYS DEANE
Miss WARREN
Mrs. QUETTON
Miss WINIFRED MACLELLAND
Miss DORIS VAUGHAN COWELL
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PROGRAMME
1. OVERTURE
"Phedre" Massinet
By COLISEUM LADIES' ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ALFRED DOVE, Musical Director of the Coliseum
2. VIVIAN FOSTER, "The Vicar of Mirth," will deliver a Humorous Address
"Yes, I think so!"
3. IRENE VANBRUGH will recite
"The Barrel Organ" Alfred Noyes
With Music selected and arranged by Herbert Haines
4. MARK HAMBOURG, the famous Russian Pianist,
wi11 play
(a) Chanson Triste - Tchaikovsky
(b) Rhapsodie No. 2 - Liszt
Pianco kindly lent by Messrs. Steinway & Sons, 15-17, Lower Seymour Street, W.
5. ELLEN TERRY
PROGRAMME
6. An Excerpt from "THE BETTER 'OLE."
Explosion 11
Mr. CHAS. B. COCHRAN'S Great BAIRNSFATHER-ELIOT PRODUCTION
Splinter 4 - "The Way In"
Old Bill: ARTHUR BOURCHIER
Bert - TOM WOOTTWELL
Alf - SINCLAIR COTTER
(by kind permission of Mr. Chas. B. Cochran and the Oxford Ltd.)
Manager Mr. C. BLYTH-PRATT
Stage Manager Mr. FRANK COLLINS
Assistant Stage Manager Mr. CHARLES DELPH
Musical Director Mr. LEON BASSETT
7. The GRESHAM SINGERS will sing
"Down in a Flowery Vale" ("Festa").. A.D. 1540
8. GEORGE ROBEY. Song (Selected)
9. ALICE DELYSIA and LEON MORTON in a Duet
(By kind permission of Mr. Chas. B. Cochrane)
10. DION BOUCICAULT will recite
"A Fragment" Robert Louis Stevenson
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PROGRAMME
11. Mlle. LYDIA KYASHT in Russian Dances
12. ALFRED LESTER in Selections from his Repertoire
13. G. KNOWLES "A Word to the Wise is sufficient"
14. VIOLET LORAINE in Selections
15. NELSON KEYS
16. GROCK, the French Clown, and PARTNER , IN A Humorous Musical Interlude
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Accompanist Mlle. ANDRE CONTI
Warmest Thanks are due to
THE ARTISTES, all of whom have given their
services, and the MANAGEMENTS who have
kindly allowed them to appear.
Mr. OSWALD STOLL and the DIRECTORS of
the LONDON COLISEUM for placing at the
disposal of the Committee the London Coliseum.
Mr. ARTHUR CROXTON, Manager of the London
Coliseum; Mr. Henry Crocker, Stage Manager
Mr. Alfred Dove, Musical Director ; Mr. Harry
Pryme, Acting Manager; Mr. E. E. Watson,
Treasurer; Mr. Henry T. Mawbey, Advertising
Department; Mr. Will A. Bennet, Press Repre-
sentative; and Miss Grossman, Box: Office.
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