£42.50

Date 03/11/1946

Manchester Palace Theatre – Salford Flood Disaster Benefit 1946

An original theatre programme for the Salford Flood Disaster Benefit at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, dated 3 November 1946.

Performers included Maurice Rossiter, Peter Crick, Harry Nesbitt, Norman Evans, Linda Gray and Grahame Clifford, with the aim of raising £2,000 for the flood disaster effort.

Charity galas like this show how the entertainment world rallied round local communities in the hard post-war years. A poignant piece of North West social history and a meaningful addition to any collection of old theatre programmes.

ProductionSalford Flood Disaster Benefit
VenuePalace Theatre – Manchester
CastMaurice Rossiter – Peter Crick, Harry Nesbitt – Norman Evans, Linda Gray – Grahame Clifford, Aim was to raise £2,000 for the flood disaster effort.

Condition: V Good, Vlcr, a few slight cover markings, corner folds

Did you know?

  • Norman Evans was famous for his music hall sketch Over the Garden Wall, gossiping in drag as Fanny Fairbottom.
  • Manchester’s Palace Theatre on Oxford Street opened in 1891.

SKU: T01893