The Truth Game - Programme, 1942
Title
The Truth Game - Programme, 1942
Date
10 August 1942
Description
Fold-out programme for The Court Players production of The Truth Game in 1942
What's the story?
The Truth Game is a comedy by Ivor Novello, first staged in 1928.
The production was presented by producer Harry Hanson’s Court Players, who regularly performed at the Theatre Royal.
Hanson’s death in 1972 at the age of 77 represented the end of an era, as he was the last of the ‘circuit’ managers in weekly repertory theatre.
In 1932 he formed the Harry Hanson Court Players in Hastings. Its success led directly to the formation of further companies at Leeds, Sheffield, Peterborough, Penge, Nottingham, Richmond, Stockton, Chester, Bradford and Swansea. His partnership with George Black established the Court Players as the leading force in the weekly rep movement.
Under the title ‘Smart Set Satirised’, the Nottingham Journal review on 11 August 1942 stated …
“As a playwright Ivor Novello is a man of moods. There is the flippant mood, the sentiment with music mood, and as in ‘The Truth Game’, the comedy chosen by the Court Players to end their season at the Theatre Royal Nottingham, the sentiment without music mood.”
The production was presented by producer Harry Hanson’s Court Players, who regularly performed at the Theatre Royal.
Hanson’s death in 1972 at the age of 77 represented the end of an era, as he was the last of the ‘circuit’ managers in weekly repertory theatre.
In 1932 he formed the Harry Hanson Court Players in Hastings. Its success led directly to the formation of further companies at Leeds, Sheffield, Peterborough, Penge, Nottingham, Richmond, Stockton, Chester, Bradford and Swansea. His partnership with George Black established the Court Players as the leading force in the weekly rep movement.
Under the title ‘Smart Set Satirised’, the Nottingham Journal review on 11 August 1942 stated …
“As a playwright Ivor Novello is a man of moods. There is the flippant mood, the sentiment with music mood, and as in ‘The Truth Game’, the comedy chosen by the Court Players to end their season at the Theatre Royal Nottingham, the sentiment without music mood.”
Type
Programme
Location of item
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Rights
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Contributor
Researcher: David Longford
