London Dalys Theatre – A Southern Maid – 1920

About this A Southern Maid theatre programme

An original programme from Daly’s Theatre, London, dated 5 November 1920, for the romantic musical play A Southern Maid, with Mark Lester, Claude Flemming, Cyprian Hyde and Gwendoline Brogden. A colourful story of love, jealousy and revenge, it was one of the great musical successes at Daly’s in the years after the First World War. A fine relic of a celebrated musical house, this is a desirable piece among old theatre programmes of the 1920s.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, slrs, a mark on page 3 at the top edge (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• A Southern Maid had music by Harold Fraser-Simson, composer of The Maid of the Mountains.
• The show was a vehicle for the star soprano Jose Collins, the reigning queen of Daly’s.
• Daly’s Theatre was famous for its musical comedies under George Edwardes, including The Geisha and The Merry Widow.