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These Names Made Variety

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Wilkie Bard the celebrated comedian
Vera Wootton
The favourite serio
Harry Champion fhe world's fastest comic singer
Alice Lloyd
Illustrious member of a famous family
Talbot O'Farrell
The popular singer of Irish songs
Ada Reeve
The inimitable character comedienne
The entertainment compered in song and story by Albert Whelan
The star of two hemispheres-and inventor of the ' Signature Tune'
The title of the show and artists appearing are by permission of George Black
The BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Charles Shadwell
Production by Ernest Longstaffe
This programme revives memories of the great days of the music-halls, when creative artists such as those that listeners will hear this evening were giving their acts night after night at the Oxford and Tivoli, driving from one to the other in broughams, and at kindred music-halls in London and its suburbs, and throughout the country. Great days: Wilkie Bard bringing down the house with ' I want to sing in opera ', Harry Champion with ' Boiled Beef and Carrots',
Ada Reeve with ' Not the proper way to treat a lady They are here this evening, with Vera Wootton , Alice Lloyd , Talbot O'Farrell , and Albert Whelan-all great names ; and will sing some of the songs that made them-and Variety too.

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilkie Bard
Unknown:
Vera Wootton
Singer:
Alice Lloyd
Songs:
Ada Reeve
Story By:
Albert Whelan
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell
Production By:
Ernest Longstaffe
Unknown:
Wilkie Bard
Unknown:
Ada Reeve
Unknown:
Vera Wootton
Unknown:
Alice Lloyd
Unknown:
Talbot O'Farrell
Unknown:
Albert Whelan-All

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