A Cuckoo in the Nest
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A Cuckoo in the Nest is a farce by the English playwright Ben Travers. It was first given at the Aldwych Theatre, London, the second in the series of twelve Aldwych farces presented by the actor-manag
Yvonne Arnaud, Ralph Lynn and Mary Brough in the 1925 production
From left: Major Bone, Peter, Marguerite, Claude Hickett and Barbara Wykeham, 1925 original cast
Gordon James (actor)
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Gordon James was an English actor who became known as the "heavy" in the Aldwych farces, between 1923 and 1933. He also appeared in some twenty films between 1929 and 1942.
A Cuckoo in the Nest
…Yvonne Arnaud as the leading lady; Robertson Hare, as a figure of put-upon respectability; Mary Brough in eccentric old lady roles; and the saturnine Gordon James. Walls and his team had enjoyed a substantial hit at the Aldwych, with It Pays to Advertise (1923), which had run for 598 performances. For this second…
Gordon James