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The Palace Theatre is a disused theatre in Union Street, Plymouth, Devon in south west England. It opened in 1898 as a music hall but was damaged by fire only three months after opening, and was re-opened in 1899 as the New Palace Theatre of Varieties. In 1961 it was converted to a bingo hall, but later reverted to being a theatre as the Palace Theatre until 1983.
Panto history at Plymouth Palace
1941: Robinson Crusoe
1942: Aladdin
1943: Cinderella
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1945: Babes in the Wood
1946: Aladdin
1947: Babes in the Wood
1948: Mother Goose
1949: Goody Two Shoes
1950: Humpty Drumpty
1951: Jack and Jill
1952: Little Miss Muffet
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1954: Cinderella
1955: Puss in Boots
1956: Mother Goose
1957: Babes in the Wood
1958: Little Miss Muffett
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1978: Cinderella
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1981: Jack and the Beanstalk
1941/42: Robinson Cruesoe
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Cast
George Hirste
Helen Binnie
Nita Grey
Wendy Maye
Fred Sanger
Pat Nash
Fred Fields
Daniel Dare
1941
1942/43: Aladdin
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Cast
Francis Whitmer
Joe Nicholls
Jean Rayner
Frank Leslie
Ken Douglas
1942
1943/44: Cinderella
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Cast
Cora Craven​
John Powe
Kitty Keir
Kay Kench
1943
1947/48: Babes in the Wood
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Cast
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1947
1948/49: Mother Goose
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Cast
Tommy Fields
Doreen Dukes
Margot Field
1948
1951/52: Jack and Jill
Cast
Roy Barbour
Henry Lytton
1953/54 Aladdin (Palacee)
Nat Jackley
Jimmy Clutheroe
The Tiller Girls
1949/50: Goody Two Shoes
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Cast
Sonny Jenks
Joy Hayden
Vic Marlowe
Bobbie Medlock
1949
1950/51: Humpty Dumpty
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Cast
Billy Danvers
1950-51
1952/53: Little Miss Muffet​
Cast
Charlie Cairolo
Sylvia Norman
Normal Caley
Yvonne Marsh
Henry Lytton
1952
1954/55: Cinderella
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Cast
Tommy Fields
Barbara Evans
1954
1957/58: Babes in the Wood
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Cast
Reg Varney (On the Buses)
Billy Burden (Grace and Favour)
1957
1978/79: Babes in the Wood
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Cast
Frankie Howerd
Julian Orchard
John Boulter
Peter Jones
Terry Gadener
1978
1981/82: Jack and the Beanstalk
Cast
Allen Christie