Object name: King's Theatre and Hippodrome, 24 September 1917, Local History Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library
King’s Theatre and Hippodrome, 24 September 1917, Local History Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library
Dimensions: 89 x 43 cm
Production date: Sep 1917
Museum number: MH/KT/223
Source collection: Local History Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library
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Associated location:
King’s Theatre (1909 – )
Notes:
Early Doors, 6.15 & 8 o’clock.
Act 1 – Mendocino Bluff, Southern California
General Manager: Mr Walter E. Ponting
Ring Up and Book your Seats Early. Telephone 1930.
BOXES (Limited to Four Persons)
Orchestra Stalls
Pit Stalls
Grand Circle
PIT
GALLERY
KING’S THEATRE, DUNDEE.
6.45 — TWICE NIGHTLY — 9
‘Phone 1930
Early Doors, 6.15 & 8 o’clock.
Ordinary Doors, 6.30 & 8.45.
MONDAY, 24th SEPT., 1917 and during the Week
MATINEE, SATURDAY AT 2.30
DOORS OPEN AT 2 P.M.
FREE LIST ENTIRELY SUSPENDED
GREAT MUSICAL ATTRACTION
Henry Dallas and Louis Casson
Present their Principal Company in
THE
MARRIAGE
MARKET
A Musical Play in Three Acts from Daly’s Theatre, London.
NOTE THE POWERFUL CAST
| Character | Performer |
|---|---|
| Lord Hurlingham | Mr Victor Kerr |
| Blinker (his Valet) | Mr Alfred Pearson |
| Jack Fleetwood (known as Slippery Jack) | Mr James Ashmore |
| Captain of the “Mariposa” | Mr Cyril Dane |
| Bald Face Sandy (Sheriff of Mendocino) | Mr George Vaughan |
| Breezy Bill (a Comic Sailor) | Mr Nevil Baring |
| Senator Abe K. Gilroy | Mr Jack Brown |
| Mexican Bill | Mr Wm. Patton |
| Shorty | Mr James Hurdle |
| Tabasco Ned | Mr John McDougall |
| Cheyne Harry | Mr Frank Holloway |
| Hi-ti (Chinese Bar Keeper) | Mr Mont Harborough |
| Kitty Kent | Mr Tom Fenwick |
| Emma (“Mariposa’s” Maid) | Miss Peggy Hope |
| A Middy | Miss Jessie Epston |
| Peach | Miss Ivy Soughy |
| Dora | Miss Gie Selwyn |
| Pansy | Miss Dorise Kerr |
| Dolly | Miss Marjorie Elaine |
| Mariposa Gilroy | Miss Winifred Browne |
Spanish and American Girls, Sailors, Miners, etc.: Misses Kitty Arnold, Marie Selwyn, Nora Noel, Eva Martau, Pauline Temple, Irene Vernon, M. Morgan, L. Morgan, Dina Durant, Elsie Percival, Dorothy Smith, Doris Dennis, Mero Gatterick.
All the Male Members of this Company have either been discharged from the Army or are ineligible for Active Service.
POWERFUL CHORUS • AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA
Under the direction of Mr W. R. Parker.
Scenes
Act 1 – Mendocino Bluff, Southern California
Act 2 – Yacht “Mariposa,” anchored in Bay of San Francisco
Act 3 – Senator Gilroy’s Palace, San Francisco
Management
General Manager: Mr Walter E. Ponting
Stage Manager: Mr Wm. Patton
Wardrobe Mistress: Miss Connie
Advance Manager: Mr Horace Mitchell
Special Notice
Owing to the length of the performance, the First House, during this week, will commence at 6.45. Second House 9.0 as usual.
Ring Up and Book your Seats Early. Telephone 1930.
Box Office at Theatre open daily from 11 to 4 & 6.15 to 10.
All Children must be paid for.
No Money returned. Seats not Guaranteed. The Management reserve to themselves the right of refusing admission. No Shouting or Whistling. Offenders will be immediately expelled.
Prices
BOXES (Limited to Four Persons)
12/6 Tax 1/-
Orchestra Stalls
1/6 Tax 2d
Booked and Reserved 1/10 Tax 2d
Pit Stalls
1/- Tax 2d
Booked & Reserved 1/4 Tax 2d
Early Doors 1/3 Tax 2d
Grand Circle
1/- Tax 2d
Booked & Reserved 1/4 Tax 2d
Early Doors 1/3 Tax 2d
PIT
6d Tax 1d
GALLERY
3d Tax 1d
JOHN DUHRAM & SON, PRINTERS, 11 & 13 OVERGATE, DUNDEE