Douglas Byng as General Melona and Lynn Kennington as Teresa and in The Maid of the Mountains (1964)

Title: Douglas Byng as General Melona and Lynn Kennington as Teresa and in The Maid of the Mountains (1964)
Date: 1964
Publisher: V&A
Contributor: V&A
Format: Jpg
Type: Theatre playbill caricature
Creator: Brighton Theatre Royal
Spatial Coverage: Oxford New Theatre, Oxford.
Language: English
Rights Holder: V&A
Rights: V&A; Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
Identifier: Douglas (Dougie) Byng

Description: This caricature features Douglas Byng as General Melona and Lynn Kennington as Teresa and in The Maid of the Mountains ( Oxford New Theatre, 1964). It was drawn by Gilbert Sommerlad (1904-1976), a rehearsal pianist and orchestra violinist at the Brighton Theatre Royal from 1932-1936. (Research and image courtesy of the V&A).

Subject: Cabaret; Theatre; Revue; Performance; Cross-dressing

Dougie Byng Caricature

Douglas Byng as General Melona and Lynn Kennington as Teresa and in The Maid of the Mountains (1964)

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