London’s Grand Guignol

Sequel to José G Levy’s 1920–22 Grand Guignol seasons at the Little Theatre (qv).

This portmanteau comprised PRIVATE ROOM NO 6 by André de Lorde and Pierre Chaine (adapted by José G Levy), DEAD MAN’S POOL by Victor Bridges and T C Bridges, PETER WESTON by Frank Dazey and Leighton Osmun, and E. AND O.E. by Eliot Crawshay-Williams. Of these four pieces, PETER WESTON made such a big impression that, by 1^st July, the show was being advertised as PETER WESTON AND THREE GRAND GUIGNOL PLAYS

Plans to revive THE OLD WOMEN and THE HAND OF DEATH, from Levy’s previous seasons, were reportedly vetoed by the Lord Chamberlain. (‘London Calling: The Censor’s Qualms’, London Daily News 9^th July 1924, page 6.)

Cast & Crew

Crew
Dead Man’s Pool: a warder	Stockwell Hawkins
Dead Man’s Pool: Colonel Redcliffe	H G Stoker
Dead Man’s Pool: Joseph Harris	Henry Oscar
Dead Man’s Pool: Mr Trant	Mervyn Johns
E. and O.E: Charles Crosby	Henry Oscar
E. and O.E: Henry Stone	Cyril Cattley
E. and O.E: James Smith	Stockwell Hawkins
E. and O.E: Jane Mackintosh	Florence Tyrrell
E. and O.E: Mary Smith	Ivy Williams
Peter Weston: Henry Vannard	George Bealby
Peter Weston: Isabelle Weston	Nora Johnston
Peter Weston: James Weston	Richard Bird
Peter Weston: Jessie Weston	Isobel Elsom
Peter Weston: John Weston	Henry Oscar
Peter Weston: Paul Vannard	Wyndham Goldie
Peter Weston: Peter Weston	Norman McKinnel
Peter Weston: police officer	Stockwell Hawkins
Peter Weston: the butler	George Owen
Peter Weston: the maid	Ivy Williams
Peter Weston: William Harris	H G Stoker
Private Room No 6: 1^st detective	Cyril Cattley
Private Room No 6: 2^nd detective	Wyndham Goldie
Private Room No 6: Alice	Nora Johnston
Private Room No 6: Count Lutzi	H G Stoker
Private Room No 6: General Gregoroff	George Bealby
Private Room No 6: Lea	Isobel Elsom
Private Room No 6: under waiter	Geoffrey Norman
Private Room No 6: Victor	Stockwell Hawkins
Director	Lewis Casson
Presented by	J E Vedrenne
Presented by	Nora Johnston
Presented by	José G Levy

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