Alice Delysia
Poster
1942 (made)
1942 (made)
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Poster advertising the London Varieties Concert Party, featuring Alice Delysia, at the Britannia Club, Port Said, on Friday, 12 June 1942.
The poster announces the performance of 'The enormously successful Concert Party' and its 'first class cast' including 'the incomparable Alice Delysia', and Harry Robbins (xylophonist), Harry Tait (pianist), George Hancock ('Carl Rosa Baritone'), Doreen Bristol ('a Nightingale Sang'); Frank Norris and Hilda Ciro (accordionists), Carl Carlisle and Virginia Carrol ('the celebrated B.B.C. Mimic'), and Alf Thomas ('Mrs. Thomas's Favourite Husband').
French actress and singer Alice Delysia (1889-1979) became a star of the London stage after appearing in C.B. Cochran's revue Odds and Ends in 1914. During World War II she joined ENSA, the Entertainments National Service Association, and toured in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, bringing a touch of West End glamour to a range of revues, including armed services clubs such as the Britannia.
The poster announces the performance of 'The enormously successful Concert Party' and its 'first class cast' including 'the incomparable Alice Delysia', and Harry Robbins (xylophonist), Harry Tait (pianist), George Hancock ('Carl Rosa Baritone'), Doreen Bristol ('a Nightingale Sang'); Frank Norris and Hilda Ciro (accordionists), Carl Carlisle and Virginia Carrol ('the celebrated B.B.C. Mimic'), and Alf Thomas ('Mrs. Thomas's Favourite Husband').
French actress and singer Alice Delysia (1889-1979) became a star of the London stage after appearing in C.B. Cochran's revue Odds and Ends in 1914. During World War II she joined ENSA, the Entertainments National Service Association, and toured in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, bringing a touch of West End glamour to a range of revues, including armed services clubs such as the Britannia.
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Title | Alice Delysia (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Printed paper |
Brief description | Poster advertising the London Varieties Concert Party, featuring Alice Delysia, at the Britannia Club, Port Said, 1942 |
Physical description | Typographic poster, printed in black ink, advertising 'The enormously successful Concert Party' London Varieties, with a cast including 'the incomparable Alice Delysia', presented by the Britannia Club, Port Said, on Friday, 12 June 1942. |
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Credit line | Given by John Devaut |
Summary | Poster advertising the London Varieties Concert Party, featuring Alice Delysia, at the Britannia Club, Port Said, on Friday, 12 June 1942. The poster announces the performance of 'The enormously successful Concert Party' and its 'first class cast' including 'the incomparable Alice Delysia', and Harry Robbins (xylophonist), Harry Tait (pianist), George Hancock ('Carl Rosa Baritone'), Doreen Bristol ('a Nightingale Sang'); Frank Norris and Hilda Ciro (accordionists), Carl Carlisle and Virginia Carrol ('the celebrated B.B.C. Mimic'), and Alf Thomas ('Mrs. Thomas's Favourite Husband'). French actress and singer Alice Delysia (1889-1979) became a star of the London stage after appearing in C.B. Cochran's revue Odds and Ends in 1914. During World War II she joined ENSA, the Entertainments National Service Association, and toured in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, bringing a touch of West End glamour to a range of revues, including armed services clubs such as the Britannia. |
Other number | THM/95/4/3/1 - Archive number |
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Accession number | S.600-1985 |
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Record created | May 11, 2016 |
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