£42.50
Date 24/01/1916
Tidworth Garrison Theatre – Aladdin – 1916
An original programme for the pantomime Aladdin at the Garrison Theatre, Tidworth, Wiltshire, for the week of 24 January 1916. The cast includes Lillie Lassah, Frank Wood, Weston Mann, Gertie Orchard, Mona Helene and Ivy Wright.
Performed in the middle of the First World War, shows like this entertained the thousands of troops training on Salisbury Plain.
Wartime garrison theatre programmes are scarce and evocative pieces of theatre memorabilia, and a moving survival among old theatre programmes.
| Production | Aladdin |
|---|---|
| Venue | Garrison Theatre – Tidworth Wiltshire |
| Cast | Lillie Lassah – Frank Wood, Weston Mann – Gertie Orchard, Mona Helene – Ivy Wright |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a tiny tiny corner nick
Did you know?
- Tidworth was one of the largest army garrisons in Britain, and many soldiers passed through it on their way to the Western Front.
- Aladdin’s comic dame, Widow Twankey, takes her name from ‘twankay’, a type of Chinese green tea.
SKU: T02191
