The Lyons Mail
This production left the Savoy on Wednesday 5th November 1930, succeeded on Friday the 7th by a Sir John Martin-Harvey revival of THE ONLY WAY.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Choppard | Edmund Gwenn |
|---|---|
| Coco | David Bain |
| Commissary of Police | Paul Barry |
| Courriol | Charles Carson |
| Didier | John S Burton |
| Didier (Replacement) | George Thirlwell |
| Dorval | Frederick Moyes |
| Dubosc | John Martin Harvey |
| Durochat | A E Morris |
| Fouinard | Eric Howard |
| Guard | N Bernard |
| Guerneau | John Killner |
| Jeannette | Nina De Silva |
| Jerome Lesurques | J Fisher White |
| Joliquet | Mercia Cameron |
| Joseph Lesurques | John Martin Harvey |
| Julie Lesurques | Muriel Martin Harvey |
| Lambert | Laurence Alleridge |
| Marie | April Merle |
| Niece to Postmaster | Mary Gray |
| Postillion | Basil David |
| Postmaster of Montgeron | Bernard Nichols |
| Waiter | Bernard Nichols |
Crew | |
| Director / Producer | John Martin Harvey |
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Play description
The play was originally written in 1854 as “The Courier of Lyons” and was based on an earlier work by Louis Mathurin-Moreau, Paul Siraudin and Alfred Delacour.
In 1877 it was rewritten as “The Lyons Mail” for presentation by Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre.
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