A scarce Programme for the Christmas Pantomime Aladdin, staged in the Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle in December 1943. Accompanied by a ticket to a specific performance of the play.
The programme records the cast list, headed by Princess Elizabeth as Aladdin and Princess Margaret as Princess Roxana.
With the programme is a rare ticket for Thursday, December 16, 1943 at 2:30pm. It is stamped s19.
The wartime play was staged to raise money for the Wool Fund.
Both princesses appeared in these pantomimes between 1940 and 1944. The Royal Household Wool Fund raised funds to buy wool to knit comforters for soldiers. The shows, produced with local children, attracted audiences in the hundreds.
The 1943 production of Aladdin was especially important to Princess Elizabeth, who was excited and delighted that a young naval officer would be attending the shows.
Prince Philip of Greece would be engaged to Princess Elizabeth four years later.
This charming, important and rare pair of documents comes from an ATS member, who attended the show while stationed at Windsor during WWII.
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