BY THE WAY
ApolloTheatre, London 22 January, 1925 (341 perfs)
Revue devised by Ronald Jeans and Harold Simpson. Music: Vivian Ellis. Lyrics: Graham John. Additional songs by Irving Berlin, Isham Jones and Jerome Kern. PRODUCED BY JACK HULBERT
The Cast included
Betty Chester, Charles Courtneidge, Cicely Courtneidge, Harold French, Celia Glynn, Jack Hulbert, Dorothy Hurst, Babs Valerie
The Musical Items included
- Three Little Hairs
- By the Way
- Lazy (Berlin)
- Stepping High
- Spain (Jones)
- Nothing Ever Happens to Me
- Don't Tell Mother
- Raggedy Ann (Kern)
- Summer's Here
- Gather Roses While You May
Programme
ACT I.
- OVERTURE
- BY THE WAY - Music by VIVIAN ELLIS. Lyric by HAROLD
SIMPSON
The COMPANY
- STEPPING HIGH - Music by VIVIAN ELLIS Lyric by
GRAHAM JOHN
FAY COLE, APRIL HARNION, DOROTHY HURST, BABS VALERIE, MARIE ARNOLD and CHORUS
- CLEANSING THE STAGE By HAROLD SIMPSON
Masters - MARIE ARNOLD
Edith Keswick - CICELY COURTNEIDGE
Arnold Ponsonby - CHARLES COURTNEIDGE
Clarence Pinchley - HAROLD FRENCH
Helen Lancaster - WINNIE NIEYERN
Eric Wayne - JACK HULBERT
Rhoda Lancaster - APRIL HARMON
(a) The Modern Disease (b) The Remedy?
- WHAT CAN THEY SEE IN DANCING? - Music by Vivian
ELLIS Lyric by GRAHAM JOHN
MARIE ARNOLD and HAROLD FRENCH
- THE MIRACLE - By HAROLD SIMPSON
John Manners - HAROLD FRENCH
Nurse Atkins - BABS VALERIE
Doctor Darlington - CHARLES COURTNEIDGE
Nurse Tunnibell - CICELY COURTNEIDGE
Scene — A Ward in a Nursing Home
- I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS
DOROTHY HURST and CHORUS
- GREEK AS SHE IS TAUGHT - By RONALD JEANS
The Master - JACK HULBERT
The Boy - CICELY COURTNEIDGE
Scene — The Classroom
- THE ELOPEMENT - By RONALD JEANS
Prologue :
Mr. Brown - CHARLES COURTNEIDGE
Mrs. Brown - WINNIE MEYERN
The Broadcast Drama:
Capt. Slazenger - HAROLD FRENCH
Lady B. Juniper - CICELY COURTNEIDGE
Landlord - A. GOODMAN
Susan - CELIA GLYNN
Lieut. Carfax - CHARLES COURTNEIDGE
The Property Man - JACK HULBERT
Scene—A Broadcasting Station
- FOLLIES
Introduction - MARIE ARNOLD
" Gather Roses while You May" - THE COMPANY ( Music by VIVIAN ELLIS Lyric by GRAHAM JOHN)
"Folly" - BABS VALERIE
"In the Same Way I Love yoU" - DOROTHY HURST, CELIA GLYNN, CHARLES COURTNEIDGE and HAROLD FRENCH - (Music by H. M. TENNENT Lyric by ERIC LITTLE)
" I know Someone Loves Me " - JACK HULBERT
"High Street, Africa" - CICELY COURTNEIDGE
The Dancers - EDDIE CHILDS and JACK HULBERT
ACT II.
- RED HOT MOMMA
EDDIE CHILDS and DOLLS
- ALL THE WORLD'S A LINKS - By HAROLD SIMPSON
Herbert - HAROLD FRENCH
Marjorie (his Wife) - CELIA GLYNN
Scene—A Suburban Sitting Room
- TEA FOR THREE - By HAROLD SIMPSON
Jack Dennington - JACK HULBERT
Wilks (his Butler) - CHARLES COURTNEIDGE
Joyce Carew - DOROTHY HURST
Phoebe Lintop - CICELY COURTNEIDGE
Scene—Jack's Rooms at the Albany
- Song — WINE, WINE! - Words by HAROLD SIMPSON
MUSIC by VIVIAN ELLIS
GWYN ELWIN
- CLAIR DE LUNE - Dialogue by GRAHAM JOHN
The Poet - CHARLES COURTNEIDGE
The Ordinary Man - LAURENCE GREEN
The Flappers - APRIL HARMON and DOREEN LYNCH
At the Piano - DOROTHY HURST
Ballet MARIE ARNOLD
- MAKE UP YOUR MIND - music by VIVIAN ELLIs Lyric
by GRAHAM JOHN
CELIA GLYNN, BABS VALERIE & HAROLD FRENCH
- HONEYMOON HALL By HAROLD SIMPSON
George Wassop - JACK HULBERT
Maria Wassop - CICELY COURTNEIDGE
Mrs. Barking - WINNIE MEYERN
James Porterhouse - CHARLES COURTNEIDGE
A Maid - IVY FRANCIS
Scene—A Sitting Room in a Seaside Boarding House
- NIPPY - Music by VIVIAN ELLIS Lyric by GRAHAM JOHN
HAROLD FRENCH and CHORUS
- COURTNEIDGE and HULBERT
"Blokes like me" - Lyric by GRAHAM JOHN Music by VIVIAN ELLIS
- COLOUR
- FINALE - The COMPANY
The Costumes designed by Guy de Gerald