Liverpool Shakespeare Theatre – Variety Show – 1929

About this Variety Show theatre programme

An original variety theatre programme from the Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool, dated 23 September 1929, with a bill including The Savoy Orpheans Band, Jimmy Ferguson, Tommy Dixon, Tarzan, The Great Morrell, Eric Peacock and Stetson. Bills like this mixed dance bands, comedians and novelty acts in one evening’s entertainment. A fascinating piece of interwar variety history and a fine example of old theatre programmes from Liverpool.

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

Did you know?

• The Savoy Orpheans were formed in 1923 as the resident dance band at London’s Savoy Hotel and became famous through BBC radio broadcasts.
• By 1929 the arrival of ‘talkie’ films was putting variety theatres under increasing pressure.
• Tarzan was a hugely popular name in 1929, following Edgar Rice Burroughs’ books and silent films.