London Palace Theatre – Passing Show Of 1915

About this Passing Show Of 1915 theatre programme

An original theatre programme for the revue The Passing Show Of 1915 at the Palace Theatre, London. The cast includes the Yentoy Brothers, Frank Foster, Nicolayewa, Arthur Playfair, Nelson Keys and Basil Hallam. Wartime revues like this offered London audiences songs, sketches and topical humour during the First World War. A First World War era West End revue programme, this is a rare and evocative piece of theatre memorabilia among old theatre programmes.

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

Did you know?

• Basil Hallam found fame singing ‘Gilbert the Filbert’ in The Passing Show at the Palace.
• Basil Hallam was killed in 1916 while serving with a balloon section of the Royal Flying Corps.
• Nelson Keys was one of the great revue comedians of his day and father of film producer Anthony Nelson Keys.