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The Gang dominated comedy at the London Palladium in the 1930s, switching to the Victoria Palace in 1947.  Their final show was <i>Young in Heart</i> which opened in 1960.  The Crazy Gang was actually three different double acts (Flanagan and Allen, Naughton and Gold, Nervo and Knox), though by the time they moved to the Victoria Palace, Chesney Allen had retired.  In 1956 'Monsewer' Eddie Gray rejoined the Gang (he had been with them in the 1930s). From 1951 they were also assisted by Peter Glaze. Nervo and Knox were famous as acrobatic parodists whose speciality act was a cod ballet sequence, and it was probably their influence that led to the 'drag' sequences which featured in the Victoria Palace shows.  Bonn and MacKenzie's costumes for the 'Royal Ascot' scene parody Cecil Beaton's designs for the Ascot sequence in the musical <i>My Fair Lady</i>, which was running at Drury Lane. 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Along lower edge of design beneath individual  figures."},{"content":"'Bonn and Mackenzie Limited'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Embossed stamp. Lower right hand corner."}],"objectHistory":"Associated production: Young in Heart. Designer: Carl Bonn and Colin Mackenzie. Producer: Jack Hylton. Performers: The Crazy Gang (Jimmy Gold, Teddy Knox, Bud Flanagan, Charles Naughton, Jimmy Nervo).Victoria Palace, London, 21.12.1960. Performance category: Revue, Female Impersonation & Drag. The Crazy Gang appeared in drag as 'Top People' in this number.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Sheet of costume designs by Carl Bonn and Colin Mackenzie for The Crazy Gang in Scene 6, 'Royal Ascot', of the revue, Young in Heart, Victoria Palace, 1960","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"The Crazy Gang","id":"N13279"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"costume","id":"AAT178802"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"6\r\nCOSTUME DESIGN FOR YOUNG IN HEART\r\n1960\n\r\nThe Crazy Gang were a popular comedy act who appeared regularly in London from the 1930s until 1960. Leading costumiers Carl Bonn and Colin Mackenzie designed and made these dresses for the ‘Royal Ascot’ scene in the Gang’s final revue. The outfits parody Cecil Beaton’s black and white Ascot costumes for the long-running musical My Fair Lady.\n\r\nRevue by the Crazy Gang, music and lyrics by Ross Parker,\r\nBryan Blackburn and Greatrex Newman, 1960\r\nVictoria Palace, London\n\r\nPaper, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, pencil and fabric swatches\r\nDesigned by Carl Bonn and Colin Mackenzie\r\nMuseum no. S.821-1997\n","date":{"text":"October 2013","earliest":"2013-10-01","latest":"2013-10-31"}}],"partNumbers":["S.821-1997"],"accessionNumberNum":"821","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":1997,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-05-08","recordCreationDate":"2010-10-07","availableToBook":false}}