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King’s Theatre and Hippodrome, 3 April 1916

Poster

King’s Theatre and Hippodrome, 3 April 1916, Local History Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library

Object details

Object type
Poster
Production date
Apr 1916
Dimensions
89 x 43 cm
Museum number
MH/KT/160

Source collection
Local History Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library

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The object’s story

Transcription
KING’S THEATRE AND HIPPODROME, DUNDEE
Twice Nightly: 7.00 pm and 9.00 pm
Early Doors: 6.30 pm and 8.00 pm
Ordinary Doors: 6.50 pm and 8.50 pm
Monday, 3 April 1916, and During the Week
Messrs F. & H. Reeves
Present a musical revisical laughette entitled:
HIGH EXPLOSIVES
By Robert Reilly and Herbert C. Sargent
In Five Explosions
Guaranteed to kill with laughter and wound nobody.
Cast
  • Robert Reilly
  • Harry Maxam
  • Kitty Emson
  • Lulu Copping
  • Ernest Ball
  • Edward Law
  • Will Collins
Russell’s Eight Firecrackers
and
A Shrapnel of Feminine Beauties
Production Credits
  • Fun bombs by Herbert C. Sargent
  • Lyrics by Robert Reilly
  • Music by Robert Reilly
  • Special gowns by Madame Goodwin
  • Gowns and hats by Swan & Edgar, Piccadilly
  • Costumes by Pottertons
  • Scenic effects by John Bull, Lydia Dreams, and H. Gibbons
Note
This All-British production has no bearing on the Army, Navy or Politics.
It Goes With a Bang.
Admission Prices
  • Boxes: 15s
  • Box Seat: 3s
  • Orchestra Stalls: 1s 6d
  • Booked and Reserved or Early Doors: 2s
  • Grand Circle: 1s
  • Booked and Reserved: 1s 6d
  • Early Doors: 1s 3d
  • Pit: 6d
  • Early Doors: 9d
  • Gallery: 3d
  • Early Doors: 4d
Telephone: 1930
Box Office open daily from 11 am to 4 pm and 6 pm to 10 pm.
Late Trains
  • Tay Bridge Station for Tayport and Newport: 10.45 pm
  • Tay Bridge Station for Broughty Ferry, Carnoustie and Arbroath: 11.07 pm
  • Tay Bridge Station for St Andrews: 9.45 pm
  • East Station for Broughty Ferry, Monifieth, Carnoustie and Arbroath: 9.00 pm and 10.20 pm
  • West Station for Perth and Intermediate Stations: 10.40 pm
Late Boats
  • To Newport: 8.45 pm, 9.45 pm, 10.45 pm.

JOHN Durham & SON, PRINTERS, 11 & 13 OVERGATE, DUNDEE

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King’s Theatre (1909 – )

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