Captain Swift
Playbill
1922 (designed)
1922 (designed)
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| Place of origin |
Gosport Theatre was built initially as Wesleyan Chapel, but was taken over by Gosport Bioscope Company Ltd and converted into a theatre in 1910. In 1931 it was refurbished as a cinema which closed in 1938.
J. Grant Anderson was a Scottish actor, writer and theatre director. Anderson started a repertory company in Gosport in the 1920s, and toured with it from 1929-1939 through India, Burma, Ceylon, China, Japan, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Java and Sumatra.
J. Grant Anderson was a Scottish actor, writer and theatre director. Anderson started a repertory company in Gosport in the 1920s, and toured with it from 1929-1939 through India, Burma, Ceylon, China, Japan, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Java and Sumatra.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Captain Swift (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Ink printed paper |
| Brief description | Playbill for Captain Swift, Gosport Theatre, 1922 |
| Physical description | Brown paper playbill printed with black typography for Mr. J. Grant Anderson's stock season at Gosport Theatre, High Street. The season commenced on 9th April 1922 with the opening play Captain Swift by Haddon Chambers and produced by Beric Hammersleigh. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Pearce |
| Summary | Gosport Theatre was built initially as Wesleyan Chapel, but was taken over by Gosport Bioscope Company Ltd and converted into a theatre in 1910. In 1931 it was refurbished as a cinema which closed in 1938. J. Grant Anderson was a Scottish actor, writer and theatre director. Anderson started a repertory company in Gosport in the 1920s, and toured with it from 1929-1939 through India, Burma, Ceylon, China, Japan, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Java and Sumatra. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.644-2016 |
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| Record created | October 18, 2016 |
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