| Main Performers | Mr Louis Wain - sketch artist
Miss Elena Gerhardt,
Madame Kirkby Lunn,
Miss H Henschel - vocals,
Mr Percy Grainger - piano accompanist
Mr Dennis Eadie,
Miss Gladys Cooper,
Miss Kate Cuier - actors |
| Orchestra or Band | Band of the Coldstream Guards |
| Set List | Main Auditorium Stalls (and Presidents):
Glass (Countess of Lonsdale),
Miscellaneous (Mrs Shaw),
Fish Pond (Mrs Murray Ind),
Edward's (Countess of Lonsborough),
Cigars and Cigarettes (Miss Gladys Cooper),
Percy Edward's (Lady Oranmore and Browne),
American Candy (Lady Henry),
Knick-Knacks (Her Serene Highness Princess Hatzfeldt and Mrs Richard McCreery),
Faberge (Madame Kocj de Gooreynd),
Hook 'em (Lady Ashbourne),
Marshall and Snelgrove's Prehistoric Pavilion (Countess of Clonmell),
Millinery (Countess of Northbrook),
Medici Society - Italian Master Paintings (HRH Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll),
Refreshments (Mrs Hwfa Williams),
Hoop-la (Lady Violet Charteris),
The Mysterious Lady (Mrs Warner),
Lyle's tea and coffee stall (Countess of Carnwath),
Souvenirs and Russian ballert portfolios (Lady Kathleen Pilkington),
Carrington's stall (Lady Naylor-Leyland),
Baskets (Mrs Sofer Whitburn),
Boot's perfurmes and toilet requisites (Lady Baring),
Ice-cream soda fountain (Lady Sarah Wilson),
Toys (Hon. Mrs Harry Lawson,
Miscellaneous (Couness of Lindsey),
Autographed Books (Hon. Lady Musgrave),
Debenham's (Mrs Archibald Weigall),
Wile's flowers (Countess of Lindsey),
Carter's Japanese garden (Duchess of Sutherland),
Buffet (Lady Hewitt),
Gramophone Company (Madame Nellie Melba),
Orchestrelle Company,
Cinematograph Company,
American bar with a baby elephant carrying a collection box (Earl of Lonsdale),
Cocoanut shy (Hon Mrs Lyndhurst Bruce),
The Misses MacIntyre,
The Penzons (living marionettes),
Auction rostrum (Mr Seymour Hicks)
Musical Entertainments:
Band of the Coldstream Guards (from the Balcony),
Gramophone Company selections (Madame Melba)
Auction Sale (Mr Seymour Hicks)
15:00 West Theatre Concert (Gerhardt, Kirkby Lunn, Henschel, Grainger) including:
'O Ma Lyre Immortelle', Gounod (Kirkby Lunn),
Works by August Bungert, Brahms (Gerhardt),
Piano Solos by Grieg, Chopin (Grainger)
20:00 West Theatre Drama:
'The Constant Lover' (Eadie, Cooper),
Monologue (Cutier) |
| Royal Presence | HRH Queen Alexandra,
Empress Marie of Russia,
HRH Princess Victoria,
Her Serene Highness Princess Hatzfeldt,
HRH Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll |
| Performance Notes | Also referred to as the Noah's Ark Fete and the Noah's Art Great Fair and Variety Show.
Queen Alexandra visited the fete in the course of the afternoon and honoured the artist Mr Louis Wain by a command to draw some sketches of cats for her in the royal box, and both she and the Empress Marie purchased drawings of the artist.
'...There is some uncertainty as to the period which is now represented, for the scheme of decoration there are suggestions of Scheherazade and the mysteries of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, and also of the Great Flood, for Noah's Ark towers above all else. The strange animals with grinning faces and glistening eyes which guard the stalls are, however, of a prehistoric kind which one is not inclined to associate with the sojourn in the Ark. The atmosphere of the Arabian Nights has been especially cleverly suggested, and with varying shades of blue Mrs Hwfa Williams has evolved a delightful effect.
The centre of the hall is occupied by two of the most striking exhibits, Messrs. Marshall and Snelgrove's display of the very latest fashions and Messrs. Carter's Japanese garden. The remaining stalls, about forty in number, cater for every taste, from cigarettes to American candy, from knick-knacks to autographed books, and from flowers to tea and coffee. In one way only could the visitor escape a constant fusillade of requests to buy, and that was the purchase of an "Indemnity Badge", which was by no means a bad investment at a sovereign.'
(The Times, June 12 1913)
£1,900 was fundraised for the London Hospital. |
| Related Archival Material | Illustration (RAHE/9/1913/2) |