Salford Palace Theatre – Dancing Mistress – 1929 – Cross Lane

About this The Dancing Mistress theatre programme

An original theatre programme for The Dancing Mistress at the Palace Theatre, Salford, dated 18 March 1929, performed by the Eccles Amateur Dramatic & Operatic Society. The cast includes Judy Eyre, W H Ferguson, Doris Hill, Maurice Collinge, Olive Nichols and Frank Pinnington. The show is an Edwardian-era musical comedy with music by Lionel Monckton, a favourite with amateur companies. Programmes from 1920s amateur societies are a lovely link to local history, and treasured by collectors of old theatre programmes.

Condition: V Good, Vlcr, covers are a bityy grubby, a few edge nicks (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• The Dancing Mistress opened at London’s Adelphi Theatre in 1912, starring Gertie Millar.
• Composer Lionel Monckton also wrote The Arcadians and The Quaker Girl, and was Gertie Millar’s husband.