£28.50

Date 11/03/1940

Hereford Palladium Theatre – White Cargo – 1940

An original theatre programme for White Cargo at the Palladium Theatre, Hereford, dated 11 March 1940, with a cast including Barry Ferguson, Douglas Quayle, Jess Sweet, Vernon Fortescue, Philip Stainton and Donal Mills.

Leon Gordon’s steamy melodrama is set among British planters in the West African tropics and features the famous temptress Tondeleyo.

A colourful example of wartime repertory and a fine addition to a collection of old theatre programmes.

ProductionWhite Cargo
VenuePalladium Theatre – Hereford
CastBarry Ferguson, Douglas Quayle, Jess Sweet, Vernon Fortescue, Philip Stainton, Donal Mills.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a few tiny marks, slrs

Did you know?

  • White Cargo was first staged in New York in 1923 and became a long-running hit.
  • Hedy Lamarr played Tondelayo in the 1942 MGM film version.

SKU: T04581