£22.50
Date 1950's ?
Regent Theatre Coldharbour Lane – Theatre Flyer Leaflet 1950s
A single sheet theatre flyer leaflet, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, from the Regent Theatre, Coldharbour Lane, dating from the 1950s.
The bill for Radio Round Up features Foster & Clarke, Mavis White, Max & Cherie, The Austins, Thelma Gray and Gwenda Wilkin, accordion player, a typical mix of radio names and speciality acts of the period.
Handbills like this were printed cheaply and rarely kept, making them a lovely piece of theatre memorabilia from the last great years of British variety.
| Size | 5.5" X 8.5" – single sheet |
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Condition: V Good, vlcr, a few tiny marks
Did you know?
- In the early 1950s many variety bills borrowed the names and formats of popular BBC radio shows to draw audiences.
- Accordion players were a staple of post-war variety bills, when the instrument was at the height of its popularity in Britain.
- The spread of television through the 1950s led to the closure of many local variety theatres.
SKU: T03855
