20:05

Before the Fringe

Mon 30^th Jan 1967, 20:05 on BBC Two England

Highlights of famous revues introduced by Alan Melville.

Starring this week Dora Bryan, Cicely Courtneidge, Robert Dorning, Eira Heath, Betty Marsden, Hugh Paddick, Thelma Ruby, Terry Skelton, Jimmy Thompson, Elisabeth Welch - in excerpts from Clowns in Clover (1928), Spread it Abroad (1939), Sweetest and Lowest (1948), Tuppence Coloured (1947), The Globe Revue (1952), For Amusement Only (1956), Living for Pleasure (1958).

(Dora Bryan is appearing in "Hello, Dolly!" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; Hugh Paddick in "Let's Get a Divorce" at the Comedy Theatre; Thelma Ruby in "Jorrocks" at the New Theatre; Terry Skelton in "Charlie Girl" at the Adelphi Theatre, London)

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Presenter/Written, composed, or devised by:: Alan Melville
Written, composed, or devised by:: William Chappell
Written, composed, or devised by:: Noel Coward
Written, composed, or devised by:: Herbert Farjeon
Written, composed, or devised by:: null Louiguy
Written, composed, or devised by:: Edith Piaf
Written, composed, or devised by:: Dion Titheradge
Written, composed, or devised by:: Charles Zwar
Compiled by:: Peter Myers
Music arranged and conducted by:: Dennis Wilson
Designer:: Martin Johnson
Producer:: Robin Nash
Performer:: Dora Bryan
Performer:: Cicely Courtneidge
Performer:: Robert Dorning
Performer:: Eira Heath
Performer:: Betty Marsden
Performer:: Hugh Paddick
Performer:: Thelma Ruby
Performer:: Terry Skelton
Performer:: Jimmy Thompson
Performer:: Elisabeth Welch

Source: Radio Times

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