Little Lambs Eat Ivy

Cast & Crew

Observations

1. On 13^th April 2021 at 8:29 a.m., ovaltrack noted:

   Thanet Advertiser
   PROMISING START REPERTORY AT THE GRANVILLE

   Producer Alec Mason must have felt pleased when the curtain went up on Tuesday evening on the first repertory play to be presented at Ramsgate’s Granville Theatre. Mr. Mason and his London Theatre Company have this week begun the first autumn repertory season to be sponsored by Ramsgate Corporation at the theatre, and its success depends on support throughout the winter months from local people. First performance, on Tuesday, of the fast moving comedy “Little Lambs Eat Ivy,” written by Noel Langley, drew applause from about 700 people including the Mayor (Alderman Owen Hughes) and members of the Council. Most the people who have patronised Mr. Mason and his Palace Players during the past three years at Ramsgate were there, and members of the company who have returned to the town with this new venture were greeted with loud bursts of applause when they made their initial entrances during the play. Encouraging The first night was an encouraging one, and if future audiences are as large there need be no qualms about the establishment of repertory in the town for the present season. The stage of the Granville Theatre lends itself well to the drama, and particularly effective this week the scenery which gives the setting to one of the moat amusing modern comedies presented In Ramsgate. The play has the reputation of a successful run at London’s Ambassadors Theatre, and as with most plays of its kind It calls for a non-stop sparkle and unbroken run of action. The new company gave It all they had, and at the end there were bouquets for the ladies and presents for the men. Alec Mason had cast himself In a fitting role Wilfred, the hook-worm Intellectual son-inlaw of a mad but happy family, and he did well to give the role of the expectant father to David Lytton, whose acting was extremely good, particularly In the third act. New Leading Lady Ramsgate’s new leading lady, Pamela Beeson, actress with a personality, quickly made herself at home with the audience, and Frank Douglas and Stewart Dawson were welcome in their roles of family doctor and butler. There was a greeting, too, for Joanna Attwood In daughter role, and she was well supported by Esme Easterbrook as the vague and harassed Lady BuckerIng. Others In the cast were Paddy McQueen, Hugh Cameron, Elizabeth Moyes and James Beck, and the orchestra pit Al Clark provided Interval music at the piano.

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