Radio Script - "Calling Miss Courtneidge" BBC, 3rd series, No 3, written by Gene Crowley, produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston. With Cicely Courtneidge, Maurice Denham, Harry Locke, Louise Traill, Gene Crowley & Clive Morton 28pp annotated

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- GB 811 CC/13
Dates of Creation
- 06/10/1955
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- 1 item
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Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert ArchiveCC

Radio Script - "England is Young Again" by H Purcell and K Leslie Smith. Cicely Courtneidge introduces the Commonwealth Broadcast in celebration of the Coronation. 15pp including 2 script cards and song sheets. Annotated.CC/1

Interview Script - "These Radio Times" No 10. Cicely Courtneidge interviewed by Howard (Radio Times). Annotated and with emphasis lines. 7ppCC/2

Radio Script & Correspondence "Nights of Gladness"CC/3

Radio Script - "Top of the Town" by Jimmy Grafton after an idea by Terry Thomas. Script for guest Cicely Courtneidge. Annotated with insertions by Cicely Courtneidge. Includes lyrics for Vitality. 29ppCC/4

Script - "Swiss Cabaret" for Cicely Courtneidge, performed for the Air Force. Includes lyrics for Hurdy Gurdy Joe, Wedding of the Gingerbreads. 8pp (some pages duplicated)CC/5

Radio Script - "Let The People Sing" Interview script for Cicely Courtneidge and Philip Slessor as part of a Tribute programme to the composer Noel Gay. Annotated by Cicely Courtneidge. 5pp.CC/6

Radio Script - Commercial Television Script, featuring Cicely Courtneidge. Satire on the introduction of commercial television to Britain in 1954. 3pp.CC/7

Radio Script - "I Gotta Think A Minute" by Gavin Blakeney - The Cicely Courtneidge Theatre. 19ppCC/8

Radio Script - "Cicely Courtneidge Series" trial recording by David Climie. 17ppCC/9

Radio Script - "Calling Miss Courtneidge" BBC, 2nd series, No 2, written by Gene Crowley, produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston. With Cicely Courtneidge, the Headley Ward Trio, Desmond Walter Ellis, Gene Crowley, Harry Locke, Inia Te Wiata, Sarah ChurchillCC/10

Radio Script - "Calling Miss Courtneidge" BBC, 3rd series, No 1, written by Gene Crowley, produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston. With Cicely Courtneidge, Headley Ward Trio, Charles Leno, George Martin, Victoria Campbell, Gene Crowley & Ursula JeansCC/11

Radio Script - "Calling Miss Courtneidge" BBC, 3rd series, No 2, written by Gene Crowley, produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston. With Cicely Courtneidge, Headley Ward Trio, Thorley Walters, Graham Stark, John Horvelle, Gene Crowley, Margaret LeightonCC/12

Radio Script - "Calling Miss Courtneidge" BBC, 3rd series, No 3, written by Gene Crowley, produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston. With Cicely Courtneidge, Maurice Denham, Harry Locke, Louise Traill, Gene Crowley & Clive Morton 28pp annotatedCC/13

Radio Script - "Calling Miss Courtneidge" BBC, 3rd series, No 5, written by Gene Crowley, produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston. With Cicely Courtneidge, John Carol, Peter Sellers, Bruce Trent, Gene Crowley, Jack Hulbert. 30pp annotatedCC/14

Radio Script - "Calling Miss Courtneidge" BBC, 3rd series, No 6, written by Gene Crowley, produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston. With Cicely Courtneidge, Dora Bryan, Tony Fayne, David Evans, Victoria Sladen, Gene Crowley & Eric Portman. 2 copies 11 pp eachCC/15

Radio Script - "Calling Miss Courtneidge" BBCCC/16

Radio Script - Jack Buchanan in "Man About Town", No.4 BBC, Script by Bernard Botting, Produced by Roy Speer. With Cicely Courtneidge, Jaon Sims, Charlie Chester, Vanessa Lee, Hubert Gregg, Pat Coombs, David Jacobs, & The Coronets. 30ppCC/17

Radio Script - "George Mitchell Glee Club", BBC introduced by Cicely Courtneidge, with Graham Stark, Tibor Kunstler, Bob Monkhouse, Dennis Goodwin, Bruce Trent, Thorley Walters, Sam Wanamaker, includes sketch "Red Carnation". Annotated 11ppCC/18

Radio Scripts - Variety Playhouse, Pocket Theatre Playlets, mainly written by Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert (known as Miss C & Mr H). Continuity by Eric Merriman. AnnotatedCC/19

Radio Script - The Laughtermakers, BBC Home Service. Written by Gale Pedrick, produced by Tom Ronald. Annotated by Cicely Courtneidge 34pp. With Arthur Macrea, Claude Hulbert, Iris Ashley, Jevan Brandon Thomas, Cyril Raymond, Jack Hulbery, Cecil ShepherdCC/20

Radio Script - Variety Playhouse Pocket Theatre. Hour long tribute to Cicely Courtneidge celebrating her 50th year in show business. Written by Gene Crowley & Eric Merriman. Annotated by Cicely Courtneidge. 43pp. With Jack Hulbert, & Sam WanamakerCC/21

Radio Scripts - Desert Island Discs with Roy Plomley. Cicely Courtneidge's copy with handwritten notes about the playlist she has chosenCC/22

Radio Script - Variety Playhouse, Pocket TheatreCC/23

Variety Playhouse, Pocket Theatre radio scriptsCC/24

Radio Script - "Scrapbook for 1911", written by Leslie baily, produced by Vernon Harris. Cicely Courtneidge 's copy, with reference to The Arcadians. 51ppCC/25

Radio Script - "This I Believe" (biography of Cicely Courtneidge), Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd, written by Ian Stuart Black for Radio Luxembourg. Cicely Courtneidge's copy (24pp), with substitution pages (2pp)CC/26

Radio Script - "Toast of the Town" with Eamonn Andrews. Cicely Courtneidge's Script. Includes sketch from "Calling Mis Courtneidge" with Joan Sims and Graham Stark 20ppCC/27

Inventories of careers of Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, including sketches, lyrics, Scripts for shows, television and radio, records, film scripts, film stills and list of music 15ppCC/28

Script - "The Great White Sale", recorded at the Adelphi Theatre, London. 4pp with Jack Hulbert and Cicely CourtneidgeCC/29

Script - Full Swing, Palace Theatre, London. Jack Hulbert's script, annotated, with insertsCC/30

Correspondence - Letters between Peter Haddon (Wimbledon Theatre, London) and Eric Goodhead Management Ltd (representative of the Executors of Mr W P Lipscomb, concerning the play 'The Joy of Living'CC/31

Film Script - "Take My Tip", Gaumont British Studios. Jack Hulbert's Script with shooting angles, scene and action descriptions and dialogue. Annotations. With loose pages. 123ppCC/32

Television Script - The Cicely Courtneidge Show introduced by Jack Hulbert. Script and shooting script for a film about their farm.CC/33

Script (Excerpt) & Programme - "The Bride and the Bachelor", Duchess Theatre, LondonCC/34

Television Script - This Is Your Life (Captain Anthony Kimmins OBE) with Eamonn Andrews. Features Cicely Courtneidge, Peter Haig, Sir Brian Kimmins, Diana Beaumont, Elizabeth Allen. 40ppCC/35

Play Script - "The Last Resort" by Alan Haines (A farcical comedy)CC/36

Script & Correspondence - "Almost A Lady" by Ken AttiwillCC/37

Play Script - "Hooray For Our Side" by Anon. Script sent to Jack Hulbert (Spider's Web Company, Princess Theatre, Torquay) 2 ActsCC/38

Play Script - "A Game Called Arthur" by David Snodin. Script sent to Jack Hulbert. 80ppCC/39

Story Line Synopsis of an original Musical Comedy idea by Montgomery Tully, with music by Hans May. Script sent to Jack HulbertCC/40

Television Series Outline - "They Don't Make 'Em Like They used To" by Maurice StewartCC/41

TV Script outline - "The Youngsters" by Godfrey HarrisonCC/42

Play Script - The Necklace by Rex Rienits (dramatic sketch), 11pp. Copy sent to Jack HulbertCC/43

Song Sheet - Lyrics for "The Empire Depends On You", with details of stage directions. Jack Hulbert's scriptCC/44

Lyric - Topsy, The Fairy Queen. Jack Hulbert's copyCC/45

Unidentified ScriptsCC/46

Admin for Theatrical Manager's AssociationCC/47

Correspondence - Letter from Edward J Mason to Jack Hulbert concerning story lines for Christopher BlazeCC/48

Programme - Something In The Air, Palace Theatre, LondonCC/49

Programme - Full Swing, Palace Theatre, LondonCC/50

Programme - Under Your Hat, Palace Theatre, London, featuring Theatre Gossip Magazine, featuring production photographsCC/51

Programme - The Bride Comes Back, Vaudeville Theatre, London, featuring cast photographsCC/52

Photocopied list of items with descriptions of the Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, Variety Archive, including Who's Who Entry.CC/53

Scrapbook containing newspaper cuttings relating to Cecily Courtneidge and Jack HulbertCC/54