A hotel visitors' book from 1928 has unearthed fascinating details about the inaugural production at Southampton's Mayflower Theatre. The book, donated to the theatre's archive, contains signatures from performers involved in the first show, 'Winona,' and provides insights into their stay at a local guest house.
A hotel visitors' book has revealed details of a landmark moment in Southampton 's theatre history , almost a century ago. The fragile lined notebook is signed by performers who appeared in the very first production at Southampton 's Empire Theatre - now known as the Mayflower Theatre - in 1928. It was donated to the Mayflower's archive by the family who used to run the guest house in the Shirley area of the city.
Volunteers are currently digitising the Mayflower's extensive archive of programmes, posters, tickets and other items so they can be accessed online.The book includes the comments of Cynthia Carlton and Rita Tate, who thanked guest house proprietor, Mrs Stevens, 'for her kindness during our fortnight's stay - a home away from home.''It helps us piece together the story of the performers - when they were here rehearsing and on the stage and where they stayed. It brings it all to life.' Ms Scott also researched the family who ran the guest house, discovering they were were circus performers. 'There are definitely those moments where you feel excited because of the history. When I first started this job I didn't realise how exciting it would be.'The performers were part of the large company of Winona - a lavish operetta billed on posters as a 'new romantic spectacular musical play'. It was the latest show by Rudolf Friml who had written the hugely popular Rose Marie and The Vagabond King. Although the show was a commercial success over its two week run in Southampton, mixed reviews meant a plan to transfer the production to London's West End was abandoned.The new Empire Theatre was opened by Moss Empires in 1928. Over subsequent decades it played host to the biggest stars of the day, including singer Gracie Fields and prima ballerina Anna Pavlova. In 1945 future film star Julie Andrews, then aged 10, gave her first public performance on the Empire stage as part of her parents' music hall ac
History Mayflower Theatre Southampton Theatre History Visitors' Book 1928
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