Grand Guignol
Eight portmanteaux of Grand Guignol pieces, initially advertised as LONDON’S GRAND GUIGNOL
The first selection (details below) opened on 1st September 1920 and comprised HOW TO BE HAPPY by Pierre Weber, G.-H.-Q. LOVE by Pierre Rehm, THE HAND OF DEATH by André de Lorde and Alfred Binet, and OH, HELL!!! by Reginald Arkell and Russell Thorndike. All members of the company appeared in the last of these.
Subsequent programmes – billed as ‘Second Series’, ‘Third Series’, etc – opened on 15th December 1920, 28th March 1921, 27th June 1921, 12th October 1921, 25th January 1922, 3rd April 1922 and 31st May 1922.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| G.-H.-Q. LOVE: A Messenger | Ralph Neale |
|---|---|
| G.-H.-Q. LOVE: A Wife | Ivy Williams |
| G.-H.-Q. LOVE: American Officer / THE HAND OF DEATH: The Visitor | Russell Thorndike |
| G.-H.-Q. LOVE: Carmen / THE HAND OF DEATH: Elise Charrier | Sybil Thorndike |
| G.-H.-Q. LOVE: Gaston / THE HAND OF DEATH: 2nd Doctor | Jack Farquhar |
| G.-H.-Q. LOVE: Her Husband / THE HAND OF DEATH: Henri Deniare | Lewis Casson |
| G.-H.-Q. LOVE: Lily | Dorothy Minto |
| G.-H.-Q. LOVE: Mama / THE HAND OF DEATH: Marie | Minnie Rayner |
| HOW TO BE HAPPY: Jack White | Cyril Cattley |
| HOW TO BE HAPPY: Marie Simpkins | Cicely Oates |
| HOW TO BE HAPPY: Ted Burrows / G.-H.-Q. LOVE: A Gentleman / THE HAND OF DEATH: 1st Doctor | Richard Carfax |
| HOW TO BE HAPPY: Timothy Simpkins | Fred Eastman |
| THE HAND OF DEATH: Professor Charrier | George Bealby |
Crew | |
| Director | Lewis Casson |
| Music for OH, HELL!!! by | Albert Fox |
| Posters designed by | Aubrey Hammond |
| Presented by | José G Levy |
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