The Mogul and the Coliseum
John Rorke, Denis O'Neil, Bertha Willmott, Tessa Deane
Guest of the evening: the famous old-time singer, Dusty Rhodes
The Revue Chorus
The B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
The songs in the programme will include: Brighton, After the Ball, Ta-ra-raboom-de-ay, Silver threads among the gold, The most miserable man on earth, The lads in Navy Blue, Good-bye Dolly Gray, Little Dolly Day Dream, I'm afraid to come home in the dark, The sunshine of your smile, The Mot and the Flame, Take me on the Flip Flap, All alone, A little bit of Heaven. Hi! Hi! Hi! Mister McKie, When the Angelus is ringing, Let's all go mad, When I leave the world behind, Tragedies, Always.
Tonight's programme and the next three in the series will be devoted in each case to song-memories of two famous music halls. As usual, the programme has been devised by M. Willson Disher, who is an authority on the theatre-life of Old London, and will be presented by Stanford Robinson.
(London Regional Programme)