London Lyric Theatre – Murder On The Second Floor – 1929

About this Murder On The Second Floor theatre programme

An original theatre programme for Murder On The Second Floor at the Lyric Theatre, London, from 1929. This comedy thriller set in a London boarding house was Written by Protected_User_8124ec7d Vosper, who also appeared in it, alongside Dorice Fordred, Sara Allgood, Muriel Aked, Nugent Steele and Ernest Haines. A lively example of the crime plays that thrilled 1920s West End audiences, this programme is a great piece of theatre memorabilia for collectors of old theatre programmes.

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

Did you know?

• Frank Vosper also wrote Love from a Stranger (1936), adapted from an Agatha Christie story.
• Vosper died in 1937 after disappearing overboard from the liner Normandie.
• Sara Allgood was a star of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre and created Juno in Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock (1924).