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L DTPT Records Relating to the Palace Theatre, Hull 1928-1956 Hull History Centre: Records relating to the Palace Theatre L DTPT Records relating to the Palace Theatre, Hull 1928-1956 Historical Background: The Palace Theatre situated on Anlaby Road was designed by the renowned theatre architect Frank Matcham. The theatre opened on Monday 6 December 1897 with a variety show and was run by the Liverpool, Leeds and Hull Empire Company. The Theatre remained in use with occasional film screenings until it was damaged by bombing in 1940. The theatre remained closed for the next 10 years until it was eventually leased to Kingston Varieties who also owned the Tivoli Theatre in Hull at the time. They repaired and reopened the Palace Theatre in 1951. From 1958 the Palace Theatre operated as a nightspot called the Hull Continental Palace Theatre, with chairs and tables in the former stalls area, and cabaret style revues presented on its stage. The theatre closed in July 1965 and the building was demolished in 1966. The site of the Theatre remained empty for the next 20 years until it was finally used for the construction of a block of flats. Description: Theatre programmes Extent: 115 items Access conditions: Access will be granted to any accredited reader L DTPT/1 Palace Theatre, Hull, Programmes Aug 1928- 115 items Sep 1956 L DTPT/1/1 Palace Theatre, Hull Programmes: Unbound 6 Aug 1928- programmes August-December 1928 22 Dec 1928 8 items L DTPT/1/1/1 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: The Terror 6 Aug 1928 B.A.Meyer presents: ''The Terror'' Performers: Mary Glynne, Dennis Neilson-Terry, Kenneth Seymour, J.W.Waddy, Ernest Imeson, Richard Symons, Wilfred Hyde White, Jack Bligh, John Turnbull, J.S. Carre, Robert Gilbert, Flora Milne, Henry Carlisle, Madge Trenchard, Randolph Mcleod, Kenneth Seymour. 1 item L DTPT/1/1/2 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: Sunny 3 Sep 1928 Moss' Empires Ltd in conjunction with Lee Ephraim and Jack Buchanan present: ''Sunny'' Performers: Jo Monkhouse, Dennis Brockbank, Naylor Grimson, Jeffrey Piddock, Rita Varian, Bert Gunn, Felice Lascelles, Max Kirby, Zoe Andrews, Kathleen Burgess, Willie Warde, Junr. 1 item Page 1 of 27 Hull History Centre: Records relating to the Palace Theatre L DTPT/1/1/3 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: The White 17 Sep 1928 Camelia The Welchman-Steel Co. Ltd. present: ''The White Camelia'' Performers: George F. Ide, Kenneth Sterne, M.Klit-Gaarde, Charles Barrett, Huntley Wright, Clifford Seyler, Marie Dix, Harry Welchman, Eric Roland, Lisa Coleman, Barry Mackay, Dorothy Brunton, Barbara Everest, Conway Dixon, Ethel Oliver, T. Minogue. 1 item L DTPT/1/1/4 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: The Desert 1 Oct 1928 Song Alfred Butt in conjunction with Lee Ephraim presents: ''The Desert Song'' Performers: Cecil Webster Millar, Norman Edwards, Hugh Craig, George Wilson, Nan Liddle, Sanders Warren, George Lane, Ruby Morriss, George Ward, Patrick Worsley, Edward Laing, Marie Conan, June Mayne, Violette Deane, Cecil Dereham, Edith Sinclair, Henry Hambleton. 1 item L DTPT/1/1/5 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: The Blackpool 15 Oct 1928 Follies of 1928 A Julian Wylie production presents: ''The Blackpool Follies of 1928'' Performers: Gwladys Stanley, Naughton and Gold, Sandy Powell and Bertram Rogers, Maeder and Madova, Aubrey Knight, Eve Lynn, Eddie Jaye, The Baby Belles, Charlie Naughton, Jimmy Gold, Molly Seton. 1 item L DTPT/1/1/6 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: So This Is Love 29 Oct 1928 Laddie Cliff presents: ''So This Is Love'' Performers: Fred Mackay, Peggy Heather, Eileen Murphy, Teddy Fox, Dudley Rolph, Joan Cole, Stanley Field, Guy Fane, Mignon Morenza, John Dawson, Laurence Stevenson, Fred Mackay, John Tiller Girls. 1 item Page 2 of 27 Hull History Centre: Records relating to the Palace Theatre L DTPT/1/1/7 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: The Student 5 Nov 1928 Prince Macdonald and Young present: ''The Student Prince'' Performers: Ralph Wilkinson, John Foster, David Raybould, Richard Simpson, T.C.Williamson, Frederick C.Ridding, George Bishop, Frank A.Wood, May Yates, W.E.Richardson, Henry Lambourne, Ewart Thomas, John Grimston, Eileen Moody, Arthur Denton, Frank Rydon, Grace Wilson, Mary Pounds, Reginald Matthews, Helen Rose-Innes. 1 item L DTPT/1/1/8 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: The Windmill 22 Dec 1928 Man Nelson King presents: ''The Windmill Man'' Performers: Terence Maxwell, Margaretta Warwick, Horace Wentworth, Rex De Vique, Peter Marwoode, John McCormick, Margaret Parsons, Doris Chandler, Kathleen Clarke, Master Avil John, Una Storey, Stannela Panas, Dot Simester, Patrick Boyle. 1 item L DTPT/1/2 Palace Theatre, Hull Programmes: Unbound 14 Jan 1929- programmes January-December 1929 30 Sep 1929 18 items L DTPT/1/2/1 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: The Vagabond 14 Jan 1929 King United Producing Corporation Ltd presents: ''The Vagabond King'' Performers: Thornton Bassett, Evan John, May Marshall, Marjorie Ames, Ethel Moon, Fred Marshall, Gwen Mannering, Gus Sharland, Wallace Court, Fred De Lara, Eric Woodburn, Cecile Forbes, Edward Thane, Arthur Tempus, Roy Gillespie, Patricia Russell, Peter Upcher, Gordon Hill, Mollie France, Dorothea Powell, Roy Gilchrist, Frank Lowland, Doris Kirk, Aimee Gillespie, Joie Suter, Lola Bruton, William Welsbey, John Collins, Arthur Selby 1 item Page 3 of 27 Hull History Centre: Records relating to the Palace Theatre L DTPT/1/2/2 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: The Show's The 4 Feb 1929 Thing Archie Pitt presents: ''The Show's The Thing'' Performers: Monti Ryan, Mary Ludlow, June Meredith, Archie Pitt, Gracie Fields, Dulcie Le Blanc, Jean Allistone, Ethel Cook, Eve Samuel, Peter Murray, Fred Heppell, Winnie Morgan, Billie Kennedy. 1 item L DTPT/1/2/3 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: By Candle Light 18 Feb 1929 Lionel Bute presents: ''By Candle Light'' Performers: Lawrence Grossmith, Langhorne Burton, Edgar Dickeson, Kathleen Boutall, Flora McDowell, William Matthews, Herbert Barrs, Mary MacDonald 1 item L DTPT/1/2/4 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: The Trial Of 25 Feb 1929 Mary Dugan MacDonald and Young present: ''The Trial Of Mary Dugan'' Performers: Pat Hagan, George Morris, Trevor Ward, Arthur Carey, Charles Dickson, James Wright, H. Nelson, Bernard Nicholas, Rex Kyberd, George Courtney, Bennett Southard, Dorothy Neave, Marie Rocco, Herbert Uzeilli, Marie Nixon, Evelyn Stafford, Elspeth Taylor, Wilfred Bentley, Dora Rignold, Jack Peirce, Marie Rignold, Rex Berd. 1 item L DTPT/1/2/5 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: So This Is Love 11 Mar 1929 Laddie Cliff presents: ''So This Is Love'' Performers: Fred Mackay, Peggy Heather, Eileen Murphy, Teddy Fox, Dudley Rolph, Joan Cole, Stanley Field, Guy Fane, Mignon Morenza, John Dawson, Laurence Stevenson, Fred Mackay, John Tiller Girls 1 item L DTPT/1/2/6 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: Young Woodley 25 Mar 1929 The Dee Cee Company in conjunction with Basil Dean present: ''Young Woodley'' Performers: George Howell, Henry Mollison, Arnold Riches, Basil Langton, Frank Lawton, Molly Rankin, David Horne, Isobel Scott, Arthur Seaton 1 item Page 4 of 27 Hull History Centre: Records relating to the Palace Theatre L DTPT/1/2/7 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: A Damsel In 1 Apr 1929 Distress Basil Foster and Tom Miller present: ''A Damsel In Distress'' Performers: Gerard Barton, Patricia Reid, Edward Sinclair, April Harmon, Gerard Lyley, Bernard Martin, Norman Pierce, Kathleen Harrison, Ormonde Wynne, Drelincourt Odlum, Mary Wallis, Terence Downing, Edward Dignon, Elsie Shelton, Marie Seton, Gerard Barton, Charlotte Leigh, Bruce Malcolm. 1 item L DTPT/1/2/8 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: That's A Good 15 Apr 1929 Girl Moss Empires' Ltd. with Jack Buchanan and Lee Ephraim present: ''That's A Good Girl'' Performers: Donald McCann, Fred Barradel, S. Hooper Russell, Ethel Stewart, Henry Adnes, Nell Shepherd, Walter Bird, Fred Kitchen, Jnr, Frank Hector, Nina Devitt, Marguerite, Leigh, Donald McCann. 1 item L DTPT/1/2/9 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: Lucky Girl 22 Apr 1929 B.A. Meyer presents: ''Lucky Girl'' Performers: Ronald Alpe, Bernard Ryder, E.V. Clay, S. Bumford, Charles Heslop, Wilbur Lenton, Roy Royston, Lena Chisholm, Billie Hill, Thomas Pauncefort, Dorothy Fane, Bert Randall, Bellenden Powell, Cecil G. Calvert. 1 item L DTPT/1/2/10 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: Sunny Skies 29 Apr 1929 Maurice Cowan presents: ''Sunny Skies'' Performers: Tommy Lorne, Betty Warren, W.S. Percy, William Thompson, Xenia, Betty De Jay and Girls, Aston, Iris De Jay, The Gaiety Girls. 1 item L DTPT/1/2/11 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: Business Is 6 May 1929 Business Scoley Productions, Limited, present: ''Business Is Business'' Performers: Addison Yorke, Edie Shirley, Vivian Gregory, Dorothy Thorpe, Freddie Foss, Eddie Whaley, Harry Scott, William Glover, Tom Soulsby. 1 item Page 5 of 27 Hull History Centre: Records relating to the Palace Theatre L DTPT/1/2/12 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: Good Gracious 24 Jun 1929 T. Elder Hearn present: ''Good Gracious'' Performers: Creole Belles, Willie Williams, Eddie Hunter, Sleepy Harris, Aldyth Berry, Mabel Chandler, Olive Mendez and the Wild Women, Norman Astwood, Elizabeth Smith, Rosa Walker. 1 item L DTPT/1/2/13 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: Crazy Rhythm 1 Jul 1929 B. & H. Productions present: Crazy Rhythm Performers: Oswald Waller, Chick Farr, Edgar Dolton, Claude Grant, Lilian Francis, Bobbie Hind and His London Sonora Band. 1 item L DTPT/1/2/14 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: Sherlock 8 Jul 1929 Holmes Cecil Barth presents: ''Sherlock Holmes'' Performers: H.A. Saintsbury, George E. Fearon, Walter Ashley, Walter Heaton, Frank Irish Junr., Quinton McPherson, John F. Traynor, Ernest Hill, William Yeldham, Heather Evans, Adrian Heathcote, Henry Browne, George Williams, Sydney Rudston, Gladys Dunham, Marle Mangan, Bertha Northam, Dorothy Chevalier. 1 item L DTPT/1/2/15 Palace Theatre, Hull Programme: One Dam Thing 2 Sep 1929 After Another Tom Arnold presents: ''One Dam Thing After Another'' Performers: The Lawrence Tiller Girls, Lew Lake Jnr., William Nokes, Trixie Andree, Crystal Heather, Dennis Brockbank, Jack Curtis, Grace West, Ethel Revnell, Lawrie Howe, Adrienne Peel.
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