1930 Where Company Play
15th March. Alexandra Palace Theatre Archie Pitt’s The Revue Shop
28th March. Southend   The Revue Shop
3rd April. Empire Stratford   The Revue Shop
10th April. Empire Swansea   The Revue Shop
24th April. Empire Birmingham   The Revue Shop
5th June. Empire Glasgow   The Revue Shop
12th June. Empire Edinburgh   The Revue Shop
24th July. Empire Nottingham   The Revue Shop
25th September. New Theatre, Cambridge   The Revue Shop
       
1931 Where Company Play
26th March. Chelsea Palace Archie Pitt’s The Revue Shop
11th June. Hippodrome, Boscombe   Variety Artists Benevolent Fund, collection taken by Clifford
       
1932

7th October - Trocadero Restaurant for the 36th anniversary of the establishment. The themed night included everything from 1896, menus, cutlery and “old” variety act where Clifford topped the bill. Other entertainment provided included the pianist Hutch, a family friend of the Morgans.

December - Pantomime, Babes in the Wood at the Grand Opera House, Belfast.

1933

23rd November at the Princes Theatre, Manchester, played Klotz in J. P. Mitchelhill's Eight Bells.

1934

December - Pantomime, Robinson Crusoe at The Gaiety, Dublin.

1935

22nd April - appeared at the London Palladium.

December - Pantomime, played Bill Atkins in Robinson Crusoe at the Grand Opera House, Belfast.

1936

22 December (opening night) - played Nicki & The Cook in Balalaika at The Adelphi.

After several postponements the stage musical Balalaika opened at the Adelphi Theatre on December 22nd, 1936, then transferred to His Majesty's on February 6th, 1937, transferring back to the Adelphi on February 19th, 1938, running for a total of 569 performances.

A musical play in three acts, and a revised version of 'The Great Hussar' by Eric Maschwitz with music by George Posford and Dr. Bernard Grun. A love story between a young nobleman and a ballerina set mostly in Russia during World War I and the Russian Revolution, it begins and ends in 1924 at a Montmartre night-club called the Balalaika, telling the lovers' story through a series of flashbacks.

Whilst most British plays would not survive the transatlantic crossing, Balalaika avoided Broadway heading straight to MGM in Hollywood where they, apart from the main plot, rewrote it to suit the silver screen audiences, even the lyrics to the one song from the show that made it to the movie was rewritten. At the Balalaika.

On 10th June at the Queen Mary’s Garden, Regents Park, a Royal theatrical garden party was held, in aid of the Actors Orphanage with the stars from Balalaika.

The Cast:

Muriel Angelus, George Bowler, Rudolph Brandt, Anna Brunton, Winifred Comstock, Gordon Croker, Hermione Darnborough, Edwin Ellis, Anthony Eustrel, Raymond Farrell, Charles Fletcher, Friday Fowler, George Gerhardt,
Michael Grahame, Natasha Gregorova, Arthur Hardy, Robert Hine, Leon Hochloff, Ronnie Hyde, Leila M. Lada,
Eric Marshall, Stanley Medhurst, Clifford Mollison, Clifford Morgan, Cleo Nordi, Bennett O Loghlen, John Pierre,
Bonnie Roberts, Jerrold Robertshaw, Dorothy Seacombe, June Seymour, Thelma Sheehan, Edward Stuart,
Roger Treville, Leo Von Pokorny, Betty Warren, Margaret Withers, and Andrew Wolkowsky.

1937

31st May - Clifford starred in African Dawn playing the part of MacNeil his son Philip also starred.

1938

Pantomime - Clifford played Abanazar in Fred Collins' Aladdin at the Edinburgh Royal.

1939

21st December for three weeks - Pantomime - Clifford played The Joker in Fred Collins' Queen of Hearts at the Tivoli, Aberdeen.

1940

Pantomime - Clifford played The Joker in Fred Collins' Queen of Hearts at the Dundee Palace.

1941

December to March - Pantomime - Clifford played Abanazar in Fred Collins' Aladdin at the Pavilion, Glasgow.

1942

1st October, Clifford is recovering in the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, following a serious operation.

December to February - Pantomime - Clifford played Abanazar in Fred Collins' Aladdin at the Edinburgh Royal.

1943

December to March - Pantomime - Clifford  appeared in Stewart Cruikshank's Goldilocks & the Three Bears at the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, produced by Charles Ross.

1944

4th August - Clifford  appeared in Charles Ross's revue, 'Half Past Eight' at the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh.

1945

On 13th December Clifford  appeared in Puss in Boots at the Pavilion, Glasgow, and in December to March appeared in Stewart Cruikshank's Goldilocks & the Three Bears at the Royal, Newcastle, produced by Charles Ross.

1947

At 6a.m. on 14th December at 1009 Sauchehail Street, Glasgow, Clifford passed away at the age of 70. The death certificate indicates that he had been suffering from bowel cancer for 4 years and had an inflamed heart for the previous six months.

Until his death in 2000, his son Philip placed an 'In Memory' advertisement in the December issue of the stage. The address is Glasgow is no longer there, but this area was close to the theatre and properties in this street would have provided the sort of digs actors would have stayed-in, whilst working. Was Clifford living in Glasgow, or was he rehearsing the 1947 pantomime season when he sang his final farewell?


 
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