£37.50
Date 27/10/1943
Liverpool Shakespeare Theatre – Variety Show – 1943
An original wartime variety programme from the Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool, dated 27 October 1943. The bill features comedian Rob Wilton and music hall singer Randolph Sutton, with The Delysia Trio, Peter White and Bebe Norma.
It also includes two used theatre tickets from the show.
Variety kept spirits up through the war years in blitzed Liverpool, and this programme with its tickets is an evocative piece of theatre memorabilia and a fine example of old theatre programmes.
| Production | Variety Show |
|---|---|
| Venue | Shakespeare Theatre – Liverpool |
| Cast | The Delysia Trio, Peter White – Randolph Sutton, Bebe Norma – Rob Wilton |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr
Did you know?
- Rob Wilton’s famous monologue began ‘The day war broke out, my missus said to me…’, a catchphrase loved throughout the Second World War.
- Randolph Sutton was best known for the song On Mother Kelly’s Doorstep.
- Liverpool’s Shakespeare Theatre in Fraser Street opened in 1888 and was later destroyed by fire in 1976.
SKU: T02061
