Venus in silk
Contributors: Sovey, Raymond, -1966; Holbrook, William; Morrison, Kay; Schwab, Laurence, 1893-1951; O'Keefe, Lester, 1896-1977; Stolz, Robert, 1880-1975; Grunwald, Alfred; Herzer, Ludwig, 1872-1939; National Theatre Corporation (Washington, D.C.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1935
Language: eng
Description: National Theatre, direction, A.L. Erlanger Realty Corporation, business management, S.E. Cochran, Laurence Schwab presents a gay musical play "Venus in Silk," by Laurence Schwab and Lester O'Keefe, from the original "Venus in Seide," by Alfred Grunwald & Ludwig Herzer, music by Robert Stolz, book staged by Zeke Colvan, dances staged by William Holbrook, settings by Raymond Sovey, costumes designed by Kay Morrison.
Notes: National Theatre, week beginning Monday, October 7, 1935.

Title devised by Library staff.

"The Playgoer. A magazine for the Theatre. October 7, 1935"--Cover. "Vol. 7. October 7 to October 12, 1935. No. 1"--p. 3.

Cast: Florenz Ames, Roy Gordon, Nancy McCord, Audrey Christie, Gilbert Lamb, J. Harold Murray, Jack Young, Al Dowing, Victor Casmore, Joseph Macaulay, John Sheehan, Bela Loblov, John Cherry, Alice Dudley, John Ray, Jack Cole. Dancers: Pat Andrews, Virginia Condon, Connie Crowell, Aurelia Drehkoff, Marcia Edwards, Libby Faye, Frances Foley, Mitzi Garner, Roony Graham, Micky Herson, Rita Horgan, Diane Hunter, Georgette Lampsi, Julia Pirie, Nikki Pittell, Dorothy Schwenk, Helen Shepard, Georgia Sprattle. Singing girls: Ruth Adams, Helene Bush, Lee Chiods, Ruth Clayton, Jean Dale, Nina Dean, Dorothy Forsyth, Vera Gorska, Sally Hadley, Carolyn Henry, Inga Hill, Marian Huntley, Betty Kerr, Emily Marsh, May Muth, Marie Louise Quevli, Mary Rodes, Virginia Vallance. Singing boys: Forbes Alexander, Jay Amiss, Leonard Berry, Robert Bostwick, Clinton Brissey Jr., William Broder, Clark Butler, Edison Campbell, Tones Chapmen, William Dawes, Norman Durask, Dave English, Edward Gallaway, William Garner, Gus Godwyn, William Horn, Lyn Howe, Fred Koehler, Donald Lee, Earle MacVeigh, Gifford Nash, Joseph Olney, Charles Pittenger, Orville Race, Bradley Louis Roberts, Joseph Scandur, Earl Scholl, Guy Smith Jr., Alois Van Megan, William Venturo, Gladstone Waldrip, Ralph Williams.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).