Spotlight on Variety
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Spotlight on Variety
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Programme of a revue arranged and produced by Henry Howard and Wallie Okin.
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Four printed sheets
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MHowardHF1158144-210821-15
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SPOTLIGHT ON VARIETY
[boxed] "Worth 2d. of anyone's money." – DAILY LIAR."
"It's a riot – bring your gas mask!" – "A.R.P. POST."
"The audience screamed ! ! !" – "BEHIND TIMES."
"Fills the stage!" – "LOCAL FERKIN." [/boxed]
[page break]
“SPOTLIGHT ON VARIETY”
Arranged and presented by – HENRY HOWARD and WALLIE OKIN.
Compere – CONRAD VINCE.
1. SPOTLIGHT FOCUSES
2. “SPOTLIGHT ON GOLF” PHIL LUNN and WALLY SPENCER
3. JOSEPH GOTTLIEB Operatic Tenor
4. “SPOTLIGHT ON RADIO”
The Listener-in WALLY SPENCER
The Announcers JOE GOTTLIEB, PHIL LUNN, JIM CUMMINGS
Dr. Ponus Plaster CONRAD VINCE
Major Knapsack HENRY HOWARD
Mr. Albert Cable WALLIE OKIN
5. “PER PHIL and WALLY AD ASTRA” PHIL LUNN and WALLY SPENCER
6. “CAFETARIA”
The Barman JIM CUMMINGS
First Girl JILL WINSOME
Second Girl DIANA MALE
Third Girl FRANKIE MIDDLETON
7. “PICKLED PARODIES” WALLIE OKIN
8. DIANA MALE Soprano
9. “JOKING APART” HENRY HOWARD
INTERVAL – “LET THE PEOPLE SING.”
10. “THE MISSING LINK”
The Maid FRANKIE MIDDLETON
The First Son PHIL LUNN
The Second Son WALLIE SPENCER
The Mother JILL WINSOME
The Father HENRY HOWARD
11. “THE VARIETY VICAR” JIM CUMMINGS
12. SYDNEY FAZAKERLEY Pianoforte
13. THE NINCOMPERE CONRAD VINCE
14. PHIL LUNN and WALLY SPENCER The Variety Cads
15. “AN ALL-BRITISH DRAMA”
The Booster WALLIE OKIN
The Wife JILL WINSOME
The Lover HENRY HOWARD
The Husband JOE GOTTLIEB
16. DIANA MALE and JOSEPH GOTTLIEB Duet
17. “SOFT AND BARMY” WALLIE and HENRY
18. SPOTLIGHT FADES
Accompanist – SYDNEY FAZAKERLEY
[page break]
[boxed] The “Spotlight on Variety” Company is available for future engagements.
All communications:
H. HOWARD,
“Tintagel,” Chiltern Road,
WENDOVER, Bucks. [/boxed]
F.H. CASTLE & CO. LTD., THAME.
[boxed] "Worth 2d. of anyone's money." – DAILY LIAR."
"It's a riot – bring your gas mask!" – "A.R.P. POST."
"The audience screamed ! ! !" – "BEHIND TIMES."
"Fills the stage!" – "LOCAL FERKIN." [/boxed]
[page break]
“SPOTLIGHT ON VARIETY”
Arranged and presented by – HENRY HOWARD and WALLIE OKIN.
Compere – CONRAD VINCE.
1. SPOTLIGHT FOCUSES
2. “SPOTLIGHT ON GOLF” PHIL LUNN and WALLY SPENCER
3. JOSEPH GOTTLIEB Operatic Tenor
4. “SPOTLIGHT ON RADIO”
The Listener-in WALLY SPENCER
The Announcers JOE GOTTLIEB, PHIL LUNN, JIM CUMMINGS
Dr. Ponus Plaster CONRAD VINCE
Major Knapsack HENRY HOWARD
Mr. Albert Cable WALLIE OKIN
5. “PER PHIL and WALLY AD ASTRA” PHIL LUNN and WALLY SPENCER
6. “CAFETARIA”
The Barman JIM CUMMINGS
First Girl JILL WINSOME
Second Girl DIANA MALE
Third Girl FRANKIE MIDDLETON
7. “PICKLED PARODIES” WALLIE OKIN
8. DIANA MALE Soprano
9. “JOKING APART” HENRY HOWARD
INTERVAL – “LET THE PEOPLE SING.”
10. “THE MISSING LINK”
The Maid FRANKIE MIDDLETON
The First Son PHIL LUNN
The Second Son WALLIE SPENCER
The Mother JILL WINSOME
The Father HENRY HOWARD
11. “THE VARIETY VICAR” JIM CUMMINGS
12. SYDNEY FAZAKERLEY Pianoforte
13. THE NINCOMPERE CONRAD VINCE
14. PHIL LUNN and WALLY SPENCER The Variety Cads
15. “AN ALL-BRITISH DRAMA”
The Booster WALLIE OKIN
The Wife JILL WINSOME
The Lover HENRY HOWARD
The Husband JOE GOTTLIEB
16. DIANA MALE and JOSEPH GOTTLIEB Duet
17. “SOFT AND BARMY” WALLIE and HENRY
18. SPOTLIGHT FADES
Accompanist – SYDNEY FAZAKERLEY
[page break]
[boxed] The “Spotlight on Variety” Company is available for future engagements.
All communications:
H. HOWARD,
“Tintagel,” Chiltern Road,
WENDOVER, Bucks. [/boxed]
F.H. CASTLE & CO. LTD., THAME.
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Citation
“Spotlight on Variety,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 18, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42740.


