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The Summer Revellers

on BBC Home Service Basic

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with Nan Kenway and Douglas Young
Barbara Bartell (soprano), Tommy Sandilands (tenor), Laurance Holmes (baritone), James Ramsay (light comedian), George Bowler (light comedian), Ella Drummond (soubrette), Joan Morton (soubrette), David Graves (comedian)

A piano scholarship to the Royal College of Music brought Nan Kenway to England from her native Australia, but she always had an urge to go on the stage and made her debut with Ronald Frankau's 'White Kittens'. After playing in a concert party with Naunton Wayne at Newquay, she joined Will Seymour's 'Bubbles' as comedienne and tap-dancer. Douglas Young joined the company, and they were married within a year.
Douglas started life in an insurance office and then got a job as a reporter on the Richmond and Twickenham Times. But he also wanted to go on the stage. He began as a baritone, and one thing led to another - character work, satire, Bubbles, and Kenway and Young.

Contributors

Comedienne:
Nan Kenway
Comedian:
Douglas Young
Soprano:
Barbara Bartell
Tenor:
Tommy Sandilands
Baritone:
Laurance Holmes
Light comedian:
James Ramsay
Light comedian:
George Bowler
Soubrette:
Ella Drummond
Soubrette:
Joan Morton
Comedian:
David Graves
Orchestra under the direction of:
Cyril Addison
Producer:
George Hay

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