£37.50
Date 26/03/1940
London Princes Theatre – Shephard's Pie – 1940
An original theatre programme for the revue Shephards Pie at the Princes Theatre, London, dated 26/03/1940.
The cast included Sydney Howard, Arthur Riscoe, Richard Hearne, Phyllis Robins, Rob Currie and Jack Leopold, a strong comedy line-up from the early months of the Second World War.
A wartime West End revue programme, this is a delightful example of old theatre programmes from the 1940s.
| Production | Shephards Pie |
|---|---|
| Venue | Princes Theatre – London |
| Cast | Sydney Howard – Arthur Riscoe, Richard Hearne – Phyllis Robins, Rob Currie – Jack Leopold. |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, rs, nof
Did you know?
- The title is a play on the name of its producer, the impresario Firth Shephard.
- Richard Hearne later became famous on television as the accident-prone Mr Pastry.
- Sydney Howard was a Yorkshire-born comedian who starred in many British comedy films of the 1930s.
SKU: T03241
