£28.50
Date 05/12/1940
Liverpool Royal Court Theatre – Dear Octopus – 1940
An original wartime programme for Dodie Smith’s Dear Octopus at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, dated 5 December 1940. The cast includes Marie Tempest, Una Venning, Felix Irwin, Annie Esmond, Muriel Pavlow and Nan Munro.
The much-loved comedy gathers three generations of the Randolph family for a golden wedding celebration, with the family itself as the ‘dear octopus’ whose tentacles never quite let go.
Starring the legendary Dame Marie Tempest, this is a charming piece of old theatre programmes history from the Blitz years.
| Production | Dear Octopus |
|---|---|
| Venue | Royal Court Theatre – Liverpool |
Condition: V Good, vlcr, slrs
Did you know?
- Dodie Smith also wrote I Capture the Castle and The Hundred and One Dalmatians.
- Marie Tempest began as a light opera soprano and was made a Dame in 1937.
- Dear Octopus first opened in London in 1938 with Marie Tempest and John Gielgud.
SKU: T01737
