Whitley Bay Kursaal Theatre – Paddy The Next Best Thing – 1920s

About this Paddy The Next Best Thing theatre programme

An original 1920s programme for Paddy The Next Best Thing at the Kursaal Theatre, Whitley Bay, with a cast including Sam Roberts, Emily Hatton, Mena Glyn and Eric Stone. The comedy was adapted from Gertrude Page’s bestselling novel about a high-spirited Irish tomboy, and was hugely popular on stage in the early 1920s. This seaside repertory programme is a lovely example of regional theatre programmes from the inter-war years.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a few tiny edge nis, tiny edge tears (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• Paddy the Next Best Thing was based on Gertrude Page’s 1908 novel, and the heroine’s nickname comes from her father wanting a son.
• The story was filmed in 1923 and again in 1933, the latter starring Janet Gaynor.