Prince Littler

Prince Frank Littler CBE (25 July 1901 – 1973) born Prince Frank Richeux, was an English theatre proprietor, impresario, and television executive.

Life and career Littler was born in Ramsgate, Kent, in the south east of England, the elder son in the family of five children of Jules Richeux (1863–1911), a cigar importer, and his wife, Agnes May, née Paisey (b. 1874). Richeux became a theatrical proprietor, leasing the Ramsgate Victoria Pavilion from 1906, while Agnes Richeux leased the Artillery Theatre, Woolwich, from 1909. After Richeux's death, his widow married, in 1914, the theatre manager Frank Rolison Littler (1879–1940), who adopted the five children, all of whom took his surname. The younger son Emile, and one of the daughters, Blanche, also went into theatrical management.

Littler's West End shows included Glamorous Night (1936), Brigadoon (1950); Carousel, (1951); Guys and Dolls (1953), Can-Can (1954), The Black and White Minstrel Show and Fiddler on the Roof (both 1966). He retired from production in 1966, and died at his home in Sussex in 1973 at the age of 72.