London Elephant and Castle Theatre – Dainty Ankles – 1922

About this Dainty Ankles theatre programme

An original theatre programme for Dainty Ankles at the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London, dated 8 May 1922. The cast includes Matthew Doran, Marjorie Thelma, Mabs Hardy, Wilson Howard, Will Haynes and Jimmy McCallister. Light-hearted touring revues of this kind were a staple of South London theatres in the early 1920s. A century-old survivor from the jazz age, valued by collectors of old theatre programmes.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a small note glued to the front corner (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• The Elephant and Castle Theatre was long known for popular melodrama and later became a cinema.
• The Elephant and Castle district takes its name from a coaching inn that stood at the junction.