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The Play Pictorial: 1910s
PlayPict/1910 No.93 - THE RIVALS - Sheridan (Lyric/4.4.10)
Lewis Waller, Lottie Venne, Kate Cutler [44pp; excellent photos; VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1911 No.107 - PEGGY - Stuart (Gaiety/4.3.11)
Phyllis Dare, George Grossmith, Edmund Payne, Herbert Jarman, Olive May, Elsie Collier, Madge Melbourne, Gladys Guy [48pp; excellent photographs; one staple missing, top left corner of cover rubbed, contents unaffected; VG] (£7) SOLD
PlayPict/1911 No.110 - BABY MINE - Margaret Mayo (Vaudeville/22.2.11)
Weedon Grossmith, Iris Hoey, Constance Hyem, Donald Calthrop, Constance Bachner, Drelincourt Odlum, Miss E.Innes-Kerr, Arthur Leigh [36pp; staples rusty, top left corner of cover rubbed and slightly split, else VG] £7
PlayPict/1911 No.111 - ROMEO AND JULIET - Shakespeare (New/2.9.11)
Phyllis Neilson Terry, Vernon Steel, Fred Terry, Julia Neilson, Louis Calvert, James Berry, Mr.W.Devereux, Mr.H.C.Hewitt, Miss Filippi, Mr.F.Sargent, Mr.Beamish, Miss Halliday, Mr.Brydone, Mr.Worlock, Mr.J.Fisher-White [48pp; c.50 magnificent photographs of Romeo and Juliet; photograph of Herbert Beerbohm-Tree as Macbeth and article, photograph of Ellen Terry as Juliet and Mrs.Stirling as The Nurse etc.; staples rusty, top left corner of cover rubbed and slightly split, one staple detached, otherwise VG] £9
PlayPict/1911 No.112 - THE HOPE - Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton (Drury Lane/14.9.11)
Evelyn D'Alroy, Kate Rorke, Madge Fabian, Lyston Lyle, Cyril Keightley, Charles Rock, Fanny Brough, Gwendolen Wren [48pp; over 30 magnificent photographs of The Hope; photos of Mlle.Gina Palerme in The Quaker Girl, Fraulein Leopoldine Konstantin in Sumurun, Marie Lohr in The Marionettes; cover split and detached at spine, staples rusty, else VG] £7
PlayPict/1911 No.113 - THE MOUSME - Alex M.Thompson and Robert Courtneidge (Shaftesbury/9.9.11)
Florence Smithson, George Elton, A.H.Majilton, Dan Rolyat, Eric Maturin, Cicely Courtneidge, Harry Welchman, Nelson Keys, Ada Blanche, George Hestor [52pp; over 40 magnificent photographs of The Mousme; colour photo of Evelyn Scotney, photos of Mlle.Napierkowska, Mr.and Mrs.Ian Bulloch; staples rusty, else VG] £7
PlayPict/1911 No.114 - FANNY'S FIRST PLAY - Shaw (Kingsway/19.4.11)
Lillah McCarthy, Cicely Hamilton, Claude King, Christine Silver, Lyonel Watts, H.K.Ayliff [40pp; 25+ excellent photos; VG] £8
PlayPict/1911 No.115 - NIGHTBIRDS - Johann Strauss (Lyric/30.12.11)
Constance Drever, Muriel George, Maurice Farkoa, W.H.Workman, John Deverell, Claude Flemming, Mabel Burnege, Tom A.Shale, Stanley Brett, A.W.Bascombe; photo and review of Martin Harvey and Lillah McCarthy in Max Reinhardt's OEDIPUS TYRANNUS at Covent Garden etc. [44pp; excellent photos; repaired tears to front cover, covers detached, else VG] £6
PlayPict/1911 No.116 - THE GLAD EYE - Levy/Armont/Nancey (Globe/4.11.11)
Ethel Dane, Lawrence Grossmith, Auriol Lee, Daisy Markham, H.Marsh Allen, Philip Kay, J.P.Robertson, E.Dagnall, Arthur Hatherton; photo of Mlle.Maria La Bella in CARMEN [38pp; excellent photos; spine partially split, else VG] £7
PlayPict/1912 No.117 - MILESTONES - Bennet/Knoblock (Royalty/5.3.12)
Dennis Eadie, Mary Jerrold, Lionel Atwill, Evelyn Weeden, Gladys Cooper [36pp; excellent photos; covers detached and torn, else VG] £6
PlayPict/1912 No.118 - THE SUNSHINE GIRL - Rubens/Wimperis (Gaiety/24.2.12)
Phyllis Dare, Basil S.Foster, George Grossmith, Edmund Payne, Olive May, Tom Walls, Connie Ediss, George Barrett, Mabel Sealby [48pp; excellent photos; minor scuff to front cover, else VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1912 No.119 - BELLA DONNA - Hichens/Fagan (St.James's/9.12.11)
Mrs.Patrick Campbell, George Alexander, Charles Maude [44pp; excellent photos; VG] £8
PlayPict/1912 No.120 - AUTUMN MANOEUVRES - Kenney (Adelphi/25.5.12)
Robert Evett, Phyllys le Grand, Huntley Wright, Gracie Leigh, Hilda Antony, Leonard Mackay, [40pp; excellent photos; VG] £8
PlayPict/1912 No.121 - GIPSY LOVE - Lehar (Daly's/1.7.12)
Gertie Millar, Sari Petrass, Robert Michaelis, Webster Millar, Harry Dearth, W.H.Berry [44pp; excellent photos; VG] £8
PlayPict/1912 No.122 - BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS - Graham Moffat (Haymarket/18.7.11)
Kate Moffat, Watson Hume, Graham Moffat, George Tawde, Jean Turnbull, Eva McRoberts [36pp; excellent photos; cover slightly scuffed, else VG] £7
PlayPict/1912 No.123 - READY MONEY - Montgomery (New/12.8.12)
Allan Aynesworth, Hilda Antony, Kenneth Douglas, Miss May Whitty [40pp; excellent photos; covers detached; VG] £7
PlayPict/1912 No.124 - THE GIRL IN THE TAXI - Gilbert (Lyric/5.9.12)
Yvonne Arnaud, C.H.Workman, Robert Averell, Alec Fraser, Arthur Playfair, Amy Augarde [48pp; excellent photos; cover slightly scuffed, else VG] £8
PlayPict/1912 No.125 - THE DANCING MISTRESS - Monckton (Adelphi/19.12.12)
Gertie Millar, Joseph Coyne, Elsie Spain, Maud Cressall, Gracie Leigh, Nicholas Hannen [52pp; excellent photos; cover slightly scuffed, else VG] £7
PlayPict/1912 No.126 - TWELFTH NIGHT (Savoy/15.11.12)
Arthur Wontner, Lillah McCarthy, Henry Ainley, Evelyn Millard, Dennis Neilson-Terry, Leon Quartermaine, C.Hayden-Coffin, Arthur Whitby, Leah Hunter, Herbert Hewetson [40pp; 30+ excellent photos and review of Twelfth Night; front cover has rubbing on top left corner and repaired tear, contents unaffected and VG] £6
PlayPict/1912? No.127 - REVIEW OF REVUES
Robert Hale, Ida Crispi, Farren Soutar, Ivy St.Helier, Vernon Watson, Scott Russell, Unity More, Muriel Hudson, Christy Solari, George Grossmith, Shirley Kellogg [36pp; excellent photos; VG] £8
PlayPict/1913 No.128 - GENERAL JOHN REGAN - Birmingham (Apollo/9.1.13)
Charles Hawtrey, Cathleen Nesbit, Leonard Boyne, Franc Stoney, W.G.Fay, Gladys Ffolliot, Harry Wenman, A.Vane-Tempest, Dorothy O'Neill [36pp; excellent photos; top left corner of cover rubbed and loose from one staple, contents unaffected; VG] £8
PlayPict/1913 No.129 - FORBES-ROBERTSON SOUVENIR
Excellent souvenir issue on the Farewell to the Stage of Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson [36pp; 28+ excellent photos of Forbes-Robertson in Hamlet, The Passing of the Third Floor Back, Shylock, The Light That Failed and other plays; 2-page article by George Bernard Shaw about Forbes-Robertson and Gertrude Elliott in Caesar and Cleopatra (w.3 photos); front cover has minor rubbing on top left corner, contents VG] (£7) SOLD
PlayPict/1913 No.130 - OH! OH!! DELPHINE!!! - Caryll (Shaftesbury/18.2.13)
Iris Hoey, Courtice Pounds, Walter Passmore, Dorothy Jardon, Harry Welchman, Reginald Owen [36pp; excellent photos; VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1913 No.131 - THE GIRL ON THE FILM - Tanner (Gaiety/5.4.13)
George Grossmith, George Barrett, Charles Maude, Robert Nainby, Emmy Wehlen, Madeleine Seymour, Gwendoline Brogden, Connie Ediss [40pp; excellent photos; VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1913 No.132 - THE MARRIAGE MARKET - Jacobi (Daly's/17.5.13)
Gertie Millar, Sari Petrass, Robert Michaelis, Tom Walls, W.H.Berry, Harry Dearth [40pp; excellent photos; VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1913 No.133 - OH! I SAY!! Blow/Hoare (Criterion/28.5.13)
James Welch, Marguerite Scialtiel, Sybil de Bray [32pp; excellent photos; VG] £8
PlayPict/1913 No.134 - THE BARRIER - Hubbard/Beach (Strand/17.7.13)
Matheson Lang, May Blayney, Malcolm Cherry [32pp; excellent photos; VG] £8
PlayPict/1913 No.135 - JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN - Parker (His Majesty's/2.9.13)
Herbert Beerbohm Tree, George Relph, Maxine Elliott, Philip Merivale, Cynthia Brooke, Jessie Winter, Henry Vibart, Owen Roughwood, Roy Byford [40pp; excellent photos; VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1913 No.136 - SEALED ORDERS Raleigh/Hamilton (Drury Lane/11.9.13)
Madge Fabian, Myrtle Tannehill, John le Page, Arthur Poole, Edward Sass, [36pp; excellent photos of this spectacular sensation drama!; VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1913 No.137 - THE PEARL GIRL - Felix/Talbot (Shaftesbury/25.9.13)
Harry Welchman, Jack Hulbert, Alfred Lester, Dorothea Temple, Cicely Courtneidge, Iris Hoey [40pp; excellent photos; VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1913 No.138 - THE GIRL FROM UTAH - Rubens/Jones (Adelphi/18.10.13)
Phyllis Dare, Joseph Coyne, Edmund Payne, Gracie Leigh, Ina Claire [40pp; excellent photos; VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1913 No.139 - WHO'S THE LADY? - Levy (Garrick/22.11.13)
Jean Alwyn, Farren Soutar, E.Dagnall, Fay Compton, Violet Gould, Minnie Terry [36pp; excellent photos; VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1913 No.140 - MR. WU - Vernon/Owen (Strand/27.11.13)
Matheson Lang, Lilian Braithwaite, Hilda Bailey, Evan Thomas [36pp; excellent photos; VG] £8
PlayPict/1913 No.141 - WITHIN THE LAW - Veiller/Fenn/Wimperis (Haymarket/24.5.13)
Edyth Goodall, E.Lyall Sweete, Frederick Ross, Leon M.Lion [36pp; excellent photos; covers detached and damaged, else VG] £7
PlayPict/1914 No.142 - AFTER THE GIRL - Rubens (Gaiety/7.2.14)
Clifton Crawford, Isobel Elsom, Ethel Lawson, Lew Hearn, William Stephens, [38pp; excellent photos; back cover missing, else VG] (£7) SOLD
PlayPict/1914 No.143 - KISMET - Knoblock (Globe/10.3.14)
Oscar Asche, Lily Brayton, Frederic Worlock [36pp; excellent photos; portrait insert torn, else VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1914 No.144 - THE LAND OF PROMISE - Maugham (Duke of York's/26.2.14)
Irene Vanbrugh, Godfrey Tearle, C.V.France [36pp; excellent photos; VG] £8
PlayPict/1914 No.146 - THE CINEMA STAR- Gilbert (Shaftesbury/4.6.14)
Dorothy Ward, Harry Welchman, Lauri de Frece, Cicely Courtneidge, H.V.Tollemache, Fay Compton [36pp; excellent photos; back cover torn, else VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1914 No.147 - POTASH AND PERLMUTTER- Glass/Klein (Queen's/14.4.14)
Madeline Seymour, Robert Leonard, Augustus Yorke, Ezra Matthews, Ernest Milton (London debut, aged 24) [26pp; excellent photos; back cover missing, else VG] £7
PlayPict/1914 No.149 - MILESTONES - Bennett/Knoblock (Royalty/31.10.14)
Dennis Eadie, Mary Jerrold, Lynn Fontanne, Edith Evans [20pp; excellent photos; VG] £7
PlayPict/1914 No.150 - A COUNTRY GIRL - Monckton/Rubens (Daly's/28.10.14)
Winifred Barnes, Gertie Millar, R.Michaelis, W.H.Berry, Phyllis Le Grand [20pp; excellent photos; VG] (£7) SOLD
PlayPict/1914 No.151 - THE MAN WHO STAYED AT HOME - Worrall/Harold (Royalty/10.12.14)
Dennis Eadie, Isobel Elsom, Malcolm Cherry, Mary Jerrold, Ruth Mackay [20pp; excellent photos of this Spy Drama; VG] (£7) SOLD
PlayPict/1914 No.152 - MISTRESS WILFUL - Hendrie/Barrett (Strand/2.1.15)
Julia Neilson, Fred Terry [20pp; excellent photos; charming issue; VG] £7
PlayPict/1914 No.153 - RAFFLES - Presbrey/Hornung (Wyndham's/23.12.14)
Gerald du Maurier, Hilda Moore, Kyrle Bellew, Murray Carrington [20pp; excellent photos; VG] £7
PlayPict/1915 No.154 - PEG O' MY HEART - Manners (Comedy/10.10.14, Globe/11.1.15)
Laurette Taylor, A.E.Matthews, Percy Ames, Helen Ferrers [20pp; excellent photos; VG] £7
PlayPict/1915 No.155 - THE PASSING SHOW OF 1915- Wimperis/Carrick/Finck (Palace/9.3.15)
Elsie Janis, Basil Hallam, Nelson Keys, Arthur Playfair, Gwendoline Brogden, [24pp; excellent photos; VG] (£7) SOLD
PlayPict/1915 No.156 - BETTY - Rubens (Daly's/24.4.15)
Winifred Barnes, Donald Calthrop, W.H.Berry, Mabel Sealby, G.P.Huntley [20pp; excellent photos; VG] (£7) SOLD
PlayPict/1915 No.157 - 5064 GERRARD! - Redstone (Alhambra/19.3.15)
Gaby Deslys, Robert Hale, Beatrice Lillie, Phyllis Monkman, Lee White, Jack Morrison [20pp; excellent photos; slight edge damage, else VG] (£7) SOLD
PlayPict/1915 No.158 - QUINNEY'S - Vachell (Haymarket/20.4.15)
Henry Ainley, Marie Hemingway, Sydney Fairbrother, Godfrey Tearle [20pp; excellent photos; VG] £7
PlayPict/1915 No.159 - GAMBLERS ALL - Martindale (Wyndham's/8.6.15)
Lewis Waller, Gerald du Maurier, Frances Wetherall, Madge Titheradge, Hilda Moore [20pp; excellent photos; VG] (£7) SOLD
PlayPict/1915 No.160 - TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - Rubens/Kern (Gaiety/28.4.15)
George Grossmith, Madge Saunders, Julia James, Leslie Henson, Peggy Kurton; the show featured "They didn't believe me!" [24pp; excellent photos; VG] (£8) SOLD
PlayPict/1915 No.163 - A LITTLE BIT OF FLUFF - Ellis (Criterion/27.10.15)
Ernest Thesiger, Marjorie Maxwell, George Desmond, Ruby Miller, Stanley Lethbury, Alfred Drayton, Violet Gould, Lilian Talbot, [20pp; excellent photos, VG] (£7) SOLD
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