Brighton West Pier Theatre – Constant Nymph – 1927

About this The Constant Nymph theatre programme

An original theatre programme for The Constant Nymph at the Brighton West Pier Theatre, dated 21 November 1927. The cast includes Sebastian Shaw, Jose Chambers, Henry Cass, Grace Arnoold, Walter Reeve and Ruby Cole. The play is based on Margaret Kennedy’s best-selling novel about a teenage girl’s devotion to a gifted composer. One of the big theatrical hits of the 1920s, this is a desirable example of old theatre programmes.

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

Did you know?

• Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean adapted the 1924 novel; the London production opened in 1926 with Noël Coward, who was soon replaced by John Gielgud.
• Sebastian Shaw, decades later, played the unmasked Anakin Skywalker in Return of the Jedi (1983).
• Henry Cass later became director of the Old Vic.