Samuel PepysItem of the Month
Pantomime programme, Palace Theatre, Reading, Christmas 1953

Pantomime Programme

Front cover of four page programme for Cinderella -
“The Favourite Pantomime of All”. Playing at The Palace Theatre, Reading with a brilliant cast including the popular radio comedian Tony(Silly Thing)Scott as Buttons.

“The true tradition of Pantomime has been fully maintained, with no coarse jokes and vulgar innuendoes, but one to which children can take their parents without a blush of shame - and parents can take their children and become young again.”

  • Christmas 1953
  • Printed by Taylors, Wombwell, Yorks.
  • 127 x 190mm (5 x 7½in)

 

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