Brighton Theatre Royal – Crooked Billet – 1928

About this Crooked Billet theatre programme

An original theatre programme for Crooked Billet at the Brighton Theatre Royal, dated 19 March 1928. The cast includes Charles Farrell, Lionel Yeoman, Elsie Erving, Ann Macgregor, Edward Irwin and Cecil Parker. Dion Titheradge’s thriller is set around a country inn and a hunt for stolen secret documents. Featuring a future film favourite early in his career, this is a nice example of old theatre programmes.

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

Did you know?

• The Crooked Billet was filmed in 1929, directed by Adrian Brunel.
• Cecil Parker later became one of Britain’s best-loved character actors, in films such as The Lady Vanishes and The Ladykillers.
• Dion Titheradge was an Australian-born actor, writer and director.