London Alhambra Theatre – Variety Show – 1926

About this Alhambra Theatre variety programme

An original variety theatre programme from the Alhambra Theatre, London, dated 7 December 1925. The bill includes Bert Maddison, Dollie & Billie, Gillie Potter, Ella Retford, Sophie Tucker and Bert Ralton, a superb line-up of transatlantic and British variety talent. Sophie Tucker’s visits to London in the 1920s were major events in the music hall calendar. A wonderful survivor from the heyday of variety, prized by collectors of old theatre programmes.

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

Did you know?

• Sophie Tucker was billed as The Last of the Red Hot Mamas, and Some of These Days was her signature song.
• Gillie Potter’s comic monologues were famous for their tales of the fictional village of Hogsnorton.
• The Alhambra in Leicester Square was demolished in 1936 and replaced by the Odeon cinema.