Nita Croft

Nita Croft (1902–1987), born Nita Pycroft, was an English stage actress and vocalist.

First printed reference – a classified advert in ‘The Stage’ 5 Oct 1922: “Nita Croft, Soprano, At liberty immediately. Revue or Vaudeville.”

Croft sang and danced in musicals, and had a hit record, “When It’s Sunset on the Nile” (1931), but also starred in pantomimes. She was featured in the tobacco card series “Beauties of Today” in the 1930s.

Past productions

Aunt Eller, Oklahoma! October 1961 – 24^th February 1962, Streatham Hill Theatre, London, His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, and other locations.
Robin Hood, Babes in the Wood started December 1954, New Theatre, Cardiff.
Babes in the Wood 1953 – 1954, Bristol Hippodrome.
Babes in the Wood, Prince Littler started 24^th December 1952, Hippodrome, Brighton.
Babes in the Wood started 22^nd December 1951, Royal Opera House, Leicester.
Jack, Jack and the Beanstalk started December 1950, New Theatre, Cardiff.
Josepha, The White Horse Inn 1^st August – 14^th October 1950, New Theatre, Cardiff and New Hippodrome, Coventry (now Coventry Apollo).
Josepha, The White Horse Inn started 4^th October 1949, Bristol Hippodrome.
Josepha, The White Horse Inn, Prince Littler started 6^th September 1948, New Theatre, Oxford, Palace Theatre, Manchester, and other locations.
Prince Silverthistle, Sleeping Beauty, Prince Littler started December 1946, Bristol Hippodrome.
The Dollar Princess 26^th – 31^st March 1945, Winter Gardens, Morecambe.
Jack, Jack and the Beanstalk started 1945, Bristol Hippodrome.
The Count of Luxembourg 14^th June – 18^th November 1943, New Hippodrome, Coventry (now Coventry Apollo), Winter Gardens, Morecambe, and other locations.
Humpty Dumpty, Prince Littler started December 1942, Golders Green Hippodrome.
Franzi, A Waltz Dream started 1942, Bristol Hippodrome, New Hippodrome, Coventry (now Coventry Apollo), and other locations.
Prince Charming, Cinderella, Howard and Wyndham started December 1941, Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
Principle Boy, Mother Goose started 24^th December 1940, Empire Theatre, Liverpool.
Josepha, The White Horse Inn, Prince Littler started 12^th February 1940, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, London Coliseum, and other locations.
Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe December 1939 – January 1940, Empire Theatre, Liverpool.
Josepha, The White Horse Inn, Prince Littler 2^nd – 7^th October 1939, New Hippodrome, Coventry (now Coventry Apollo).
Prince Rudolph, Humpty Dumpty, Prince Littler started December 1938, Prince’s Theatre, Manchester.
Sonia, The Merry Widow, Moss Empires / Tom Arnold Ltd started March 1936, Empire Theatre, Sunderland, Finsbury Park Empire, London, and other locations.
Josepha, The White Horse Inn, Prince Littler started 6^th August 1934, Kings Theatre, Southsea.
Josepha, The White Horse Inn 1932 – 1933, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
Principal boy, Mother Goose, Howard and Wyndham started December 1930, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh.
Miss Simpson, Here Comes the Bride, Julian Wylie 7^th October 1929 – 19^th July 1930, Piccadilly Theatre, London, Lyceum Theatre, London, and other locations.
Princess Badroum, Aladdin started December 1922, Alexandra Theatre, Pontefract.

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