£34.50

Date 05/02/1945

Manchester Hulme Hippodrome Theatre – Grumpy – 1945

An original wartime programme for Grumpy at the Hulme Hippodrome Theatre, Preston Street, Manchester, dated 5 February 1945. The cast includes Edward Dunstan, Phil Grainger, Alfred Beckett, Eric Norman, Irene Meville and Lola Wilard.

The play is a comedy-thriller by Horace Hodges and T. Wigney Percyval, in which a cantankerous retired barrister turns detective to recover a stolen diamond.

Programmes from Manchester’s suburban theatres are an evocative strand of old theatre programmes collecting.

ProductionGrumpy
VenueHulme Hippodrome Theatre – Preston Street Manchester.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr

Did you know?

  • Grumpy was first produced in 1913 and became a signature role for the actor-manager Cyril Maude.
  • Cyril Maude played the role on both sides of the Atlantic and in the 1930 Hollywood film.
  • Hulme Hippodrome is a listed Edwardian theatre in Manchester.

SKU: T01713