a celebrated actor, comedian and monologist, topping the musical bills in 1890–1930 with impersonations such as ‘The Cabman’s Railway Yarn’ or ‘The Aristocrat’ and a wide range of Dickens’ characters.
more about Bransby Williams
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Bransby Williams
The Shop at Sly Corner, another smash hit of April,1945, transferring from The St Martin‘s Theatre to the provinces a year later and advertised at the Opera House Theatre, Cheltenham, in October 1946 as ’London’s Sensational Thriller by Edward Percy, After 16 Months at the St Martin’s Theatre – and Still Running!’ This tale of murder, blackmail and closet homosexuality was made into a film in 1947 and also played on Broadway with Boris Karloff in the lead. In Cheltenham and Exeter, the lead was taken by Bransby Williams,
a celebrated actor, comedian and monologist, topping the musical bills in 1890–1930 with impersonations such as ‘The Cabman’s Railway Yarn’ or ‘The Aristocrat’ and a wide range of Dickens’ characters.
more about Bransby Williams
a celebrated actor, comedian and monologist, topping the musical bills in 1890–1930 with impersonations such as ‘The Cabman’s Railway Yarn’ or ‘The Aristocrat’ and a wide range of Dickens’ characters.
more about Bransby Williams
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