Chu Chin Chow by Oscar Asche

Chu Chin Chow by Oscar Asche. Centre of four page flyer for His Majesty's Theatre in London. With music by Frederic Norton. Titled A Musical Tale of the East'. On page 3 Oscar Asche says he used Richard Burton's translation of the Arabian Nights for this version of "The Forty Thieves". He has removed "strange and uncongenial characters and incidents" and introduced other scenes and personalities needed to fill the theatre's big stage. The cast listed is Oscar Asche, Lily Brayton, Aileen d'Orme, Bessie Major, Sydney Fairbrother, Violet Essex, Courtice Pounds, Norman Williams, Frank Cochrane and J.V. Bryant

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