£27.50
Date 20/04/1946
Manchester Opera House – Big Ben – 1946
An original programme for the musical Big Ben at the Opera House, Manchester, dated 20 April 1946. The cast includes George Hamilton, Carole Lynne, Eric Palmer, Eric Fort, Lizabeth Webb and Donald Reed.
Big Ben was Written by Protected_User_7087bad0. P. Herbert with music by Vivian Ellis and presented by C. B. Cochran, a light-hearted look at life at Westminster.
Programmes for Cochran productions are a favourite with collectors of old theatre programmes from the 1940s.
| Production | Big Ben |
|---|---|
| Venue | Opera House – Manchester |
| Cast | George Hamilton – Carole Lynne, Eric Palmer – Eric Fort, Lizabeth Webb – Donald Reed |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, nof, a tiny edge ni at the seal
Did you know?
- A. P. Herbert was himself an Independent MP for Oxford University from 1935 to 1950.
- Herbert, Ellis and Cochran followed it with Bless the Bride (1947), also starring Lizabeth Webb.
- Vivian Ellis is also remembered for the musical Mr Cinders and the radio theme Coronation Scot.
SKU: T01693
