Riverside Nights (1926)

An Entertainment in three parts, written and arranged by A P Herbert and Nigel Playfair. Produced by Nigel Playfair. Dances arranged by Penelope Spencer.

MUSIC

Frederic Austin and Alfred Reynolds; additional music by Lord Berners, Dennis Arundell, Richard Leveridge, Harold Scott, and others

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Philippe Forbes-Robertson, John Armstrong, James Whale, and The Cottars’ Market

DANCERS

Nigel Playfair, Elsa Lanchester, Richard Goolden, James Whale, George Baker, Harold Scott, Cavan O’Connor, Penelope Spencer, and others

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Nigel Playfair, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 10 April 1926

During the General Strike of that year the revue transferred to the Ambassadors Theatre, then reopened at the Lyric with the addition of Frederick Ashton’s first ballet:

A Tragedy of Fashion or, The Scarlet Scissors