Poster advertising The Old Curiosity Shop, or, Quilp, The Dwarf, at the Broadway Theatre, New Cross, 1910

Typographic.

This poster was the copy owned by Malcolm Morley, the actor and theatre historian who played Dick Swiveller in this production and who later became an authority on productions of Dickens on the stage. Malcolm Morley's research notes on 19th century theatre are in the collection of the Theatre Museum. For another copy of this poster, see S.608-1995. Associated Production: The Old Curiosity Shop. Author: Charles Dickens. Adapted by: Walter Frederick Evelyn. Actors: Vera Grenville (as Little Nell), Kathlees Marriott (as The Marchioness), Maud Philp (as Mrs Jarley), A. E. Brookes Cross (as Sampson Brass), Malcolm Morley (as Dick Swiveller), Frederick T. Harry (as Quilp, the Dwarf). The Dickens Repertoire Company. Broadway Theatre, New Cross, London. 12.12.1910. Performance category: drama. A note on this poster says that this production was: 'An entirely new drama in four acts' and that it was the 'first time on any stage' - 'A Great Dickens Drama by the Master of Laughs and Tears'.

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