Margate Hippodrome – Mercenary Mary – 1920’s

About this Mercenary Mary theatre programme

An original theatre programme for Mercenary Mary at the Margate Hippodrome, believed to date from the mid 1920s, with principal cast including Hal Jasper and Yvonne Winifred. This breezy Jazz Age musical comedy, with music by Con Conrad, was a hit in London before touring to seaside and provincial theatres. A fun reminder of 1920s seaside theatre-going, and a welcome addition to any collection of old theatre programmes.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• Mercenary Mary opened on Broadway in 1925 and played the London Hippodrome the same year.
• Con Conrad later won the first Academy Award for Best Original Song, for The Continental (1934).