On the 20th January 1961 this appeared in the Norwood News. Chuck O"Neil, with father and son Billy Nelson and Billy Morris who lived in Leigham Court Road- all three appeared in Cinderella at the Streatham Hill Theatre
The image below is by Gilbert Sommerland ©V&A and includes the three comedians
This caricature shows Gary Webb, Sonny Dawkes, Chuck O'Neil, Billy Nelson, Billy Morris, Erica Yorke, Christine Tayler, David Nixon, Pam Beesley and Sam Woodcock, the cast of Cinderella at the Oxford New Theatre during Christmas 1958. It was drawn by Gilbert Sommerlad (1904-1976), a rehearsal pianist and orchestral violinist at the Brighton Theatre Royal from 1932 until 1936, and at the Oxford New Theatre from 1936 for over forty years. Sommerlad sketched the stars on stage when he wasn't needed in the orchestra pit, compiling the sketches in a series of albums.
The image below is by Gilbert Sommerland ©V&A and includes the three comedians
This caricature shows Gary Webb, Sonny Dawkes, Chuck O'Neil, Billy Nelson, Billy Morris, Erica Yorke, Christine Tayler, David Nixon, Pam Beesley and Sam Woodcock, the cast of Cinderella at the Oxford New Theatre during Christmas 1958. It was drawn by Gilbert Sommerlad (1904-1976), a rehearsal pianist and orchestral violinist at the Brighton Theatre Royal from 1932 until 1936, and at the Oxford New Theatre from 1936 for over forty years. Sommerlad sketched the stars on stage when he wasn't needed in the orchestra pit, compiling the sketches in a series of albums.
