| Set List | Included:
'Dream Bubbles', J Tate,
'Clarice', J Tate
Limelight Dancing,
Balloon Drop,
Variety of 'suprises' including Ice Cream Selling (Alfred Lester) |
| Performance Notes | This event raised well over £10,000 for the Artists' Benevolent Fund. Over 10,000 theatrical posters were used the decorate the Hall and limelight was used to shine on the dancers. A feature of the evening was the selling of ices on the dance floor by Mr Alfred Lester, from a genuine barrow. It was attended by Mr Harry Gordon Selfridge.
(The Times, 2 December 1920)
President of the Variety Artists' Benevolent Fund was Mr James W Tate.
The Brinsworth Home was founded by Mr Joe Elvin in Twickenham as a home for variety artists in need of help.
Organised by Miss Maragaret Chute.
The orchestra was situated in the middle of the dance floor. A proscenium arch framing theatre posters was placed on the stage where the orchestra is usually situated.
(The Daily Telegraph, 2 December 1920)
Guests at the event included:
Mr Godfrey Tearie, Mr Charles Gulliver, Mr George Robey, Miss Gwen Farrar, Sir Mortimer Singer, Mr Herman Darewski, Miss Lily Brayton, Miss Violet Loraine, Miss Iris Hoey, Lord Beaverbrook, the Marchioness Townshend, the Earl of Lathom, Lady Decies, Lord and Lady Holden, Lady Dorothey Mills, Sir M and Lady Abbott-Anderson, the Dowager Marchioness of Queensberry, Lord Fairfax, Miss Selfridge, Sir Alfred Butt, James Fawn, Charles Coburn, Arthur Roberts, Barnsby Williams, Ella Retford, Maidie Scott and Vest Victoria. |
| Related Archival Material | Handbill (RAHE/6/1920/32) |