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'THE SLEEPING BEAUTY'

on Regional Programme Midland

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An excerpt from the pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham Book by J. Hickory Wood and Dan Leno Jnr. Music composed, selected, and arranged by May Clapham and Guy Jones
Cast
Specialities by The Sixteen J. W. Jackson Girls
The Twelve Dupree Babes
The Dario Bario Family of Clowns
The entire production staged by Robert Nesbitt under the personal supervision of Tom Arnold
Except for a break at the beginning of this century while the present theatre was being built, the Birmingham Theatre Royal has held annual pantomimes continuously since 1840, so that this year's is the ninety-seventh, and at the moment looks as if it will break all records.

Contributors

Book By:
J. Hickory Wood
Book By:
Dan Leno Jnr.
Arranged By:
May Clapham
Arranged By:
Guy Jones
Unknown:
J. W. Jackson
Unknown:
Dario Bario
Unknown:
Robert Nesbitt
Prince Florizel:
Evelyn Laye
Princess Beauty:
Hazel Jennings
Trixie (her maid):
Winnie Braemar
The King:
Albert Darnley
The Queen:
Tom Gamble
Rudolph (the Prince's Page):
Bunny Doyle
Claribel (the Good Fairy):
Mary Thornley
Maligna (the Wicked Witch):
Frank Attree
Father Time:
Gordon Whelan

Regional Programme Midland

About Regional Programme

Regional Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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