£18.50
Date 16/06/1965
London Whitehall Theatre – Chase Me Comrade – 1965
An original theatre programme for Chase Me Comrade at the Whitehall Theatre, London, dated 16 June 1965.
Brian Rix leads a cast including Vivienne Burgess, Helen Jessop and Kerry Gardner in Ray Cooney’s farce about a Soviet ballet dancer who defects and hides in the home of a British naval officer.
Programmes from the legendary Whitehall farces are a nostalgic favourite for collectors of theatre programmes.
| Production | Chase Me Comrade |
|---|---|
| Venue | Whitehall Theatre – London |
| Cast | Vivienne Burgess – Helen Jessop, Kerry Gardner – Brian Rix |
Condition: V Good, Vlcr, nof
Did you know?
- Brian Rix presented a celebrated run of farces at the Whitehall from 1950 to 1967, many of them televised by the BBC.
- Ray Cooney went on to write Run for Your Wife, one of the longest-running comedies in West End history.
- Brian Rix was later made a life peer and was a tireless campaigner for the learning disability charity Mencap.
SKU: T01407
