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Musicals: 1970

1970: THE BOY FRIEND - Sandy Wilson (Theatre Royal, Lincoln)
Jean Boht (as Hortense), Yvonne Edgell (as Polly), Jane Briers (as Madame Dubonnet), Brian Protheroe (as Tony), Martin Duncan (as Pierre), Marlene Sideaway, Pepe and Lolita (as themselves); dir:Rhys McConnochie [16pp, 5.6x8.6; cast list, programme notes, synopsis of scenes, musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £2

1970: KISS ME KATE - Cole Porter (London Coliseum)
Sadler's Wells Opera: Emile Belcourt (as Frederick Graham/Petruchio), Eric Shilling, Judith Bruce, Ricky Price, Ann Howard (as Lilli Vanessi/Katherine), Teresa Wellard, Brian Casey, Teddy Green, Raymond Scally, Joseph Riordan, Francis Egerton, John Bluthal, Robert Lloyd, Hugh Halliday, Graham James; dir:Peter Coe, conducted by Marcus Dods [34pp, 5.2x9; cast list, biographies, rehearsal photos, designs, orchestra and chorus lists, articles etc.; VG] £4

1970: 1776 - Sherman Edwards, Peter Stone (New)
Bernard Horsfall, Simon Kent, Lewis Fiander (as John Adams), Tony Steedman, Ted Gilbert, Dudley Owen, Alan Page, Ian Burford, Ronald Radd (as Benjamin Franklin), Bernard Lloyd, Richard Huggett, Paul Bacon, John Moore, Kenneth Waller, Harold Kasket, David Morton, John Quentin (as Thomas Jefferson), Wallace Stephenson, David Kernan, Michael Napier Brown, Robert Mill, Ritchie Stewart, Terry Mitchell, David Firth, Vivienne Ross, Cheryl Kennedy; dir:Peter H Hunt [20pp, 6x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, biographies, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1970: CATCH MY SOUL - Ray Pohlman, Emil Dean Zoghby (Round House)
Jack Good, Lance LeGault, P J Proby, P P Arnold, Dorothy Vernon, Jeffry Wickham, Sharon Gurney, Emil Dean Zoghby, Marcia Miller, Vernon Pickering, Anthony Smart, Michael Trussell, Liz White, Sandra Wood; dir:Braham Murray and Michael Elliott [12pp, 6x9; cast list, programme notes, biographies, musical numbers, credits etc. VG] £4

1970: THE BOY FRIEND - Sandy Wilson (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh)
Lesley Joseph (as Hortense), Angela Easterling (as Polly), Trevor Jones, Peter Kenton (as Tony), Una McLean (as Madame Dubonnet); dir: Noel Tovey [20pp, 4.25x10; cast list, list of musical numbers, biographies etc.; VG] £2

Musicals: 1971

1971: HIS MONKEY WIFE - Sandy Wilson, John Collier (Hampstead)
June Ritchie, Robert Swann, Sally Mates, Jeffry Wickham, Bridget Armstrong, Myvanwy Jenn, Roland Curram, Jonathan Elsom, prologue spoken by Alec McCowen; dir:Basil Coleman [20pp, 5.4x8.4; cast list, musical numbers, biographies, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; details of Childrens' Matinees and a Late Show for the 1971-72 Christmas Season; VG] £3

1971: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - Abe Burrows, Richard Goldman, Glenn Paxton, George Weiss, adapted from Helen Jerome's dramatisation of Pride and Prejudice (Birmingham Repertory Theatre)
Jane Sandbrook, Lilian Evans, John Gill, Patricia Routledge, Gemma Craven, Liz Charles, Mary Tamm, Cheryl Kennedy (as Elizabeth Bennet), Jane Freeman, Felicity Harrison, Frank Moorey, Francis Matthews (as Mr. Darcy), Paul Chapman, Angela Browne, Bruce Bould, David Blagden, Adrian James, Paul Henry, Adrian Lawson, John Baddeley, Piers Rogers, Dudley Stevens, Madeleine Christie, Jackie Afrique, Angela Belair, Susan Bown, Ella Cheshire, Valerie Griffiths, Adrian James; dir:Peter Dews [20pp, 6.7x8.75; cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, 11 photos; stained and dog-eared, but uncommon] £3

1971: CATCH MY SOUL - Ray Pohlman, Emil Dean Zoghby (Prince of Wales)
Jack Good (as Othello), Lance LeGault (as as Iago), P J Proby, Marsha Hunt, Dorothy Vernon, Jeffry Wickham, Sharon Gurney (as Desdemona), , Emil Dean Zoghby, Carl Andrews, Felicity-Jane Balfour, Derek Damon, Kevin Dean, Karin Dominic, Kookie Eaton, Eva Lewis, Cassandra Mahon, Marcia Miller, Alec Poor, Noel Sheldon, Anthony Smart, Michael Trussell, Liz White, Sandra Wood, Rosita Yarboi; dir:Braham Murray and Michael Elliott [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, programme notes, biographies w.photos, musical numbers, credits etc. VG] £4

1971: CATCH MY SOUL - Ray Pohlman, Emil Dean Zoghby (Prince of Wales)
Lon Satton (as Othello), Lance LeGault (as as Iago), Malcolm Rennie, Sylvia McNeill, Dorothy Vernon, George Little, Sharon Gurney (as Desdemona), Emil Dean Zoghby, Marcia Miller, Alec Poor, Noel Sheldon, Rodney James, Michael Trussell, Karima Synmoie, Sandra Wood, Rosita Yarboi; dir:Braham Murray and Michael Elliott [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, programme notes, biographies w.photos, musical numbers, credits etc. VG] £4

1971: THE GREAT WALTZ - Johann Strauss, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Julius Bittner, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Forman Brown, Jerome Chodorov, based on the version by Moss Hart and Milton Lazarus, original book and lyrics by Alfred Willner, Heinz Reichert, and Ernst Marischka (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Tearlach Bruce, Deanne Horsham, Robert Howe, Nico Mott, Jonathan Poole, Dino Pardi, Harry Goodier, David Tate, Robert Dorning, Diane Todd, Sari Barabas (as Helene Vernet), Neville Jason, Paddy McIntyre, Gabor Baraker, David Watson, Peter Graves, Philip Frazer, Walter Cassel (as Johann Strauss Snr.), Jeffrey Benton, John Raymon, Donald Bisset, Glyn Adams, Patricia Hall, Kalman Glass; directed by Wendy Toye, musical direction by Alexander Faris [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £3

1971: THE GREAT WALTZ - Johann Strauss, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Julius Bittner, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Forman Brown, Jerome Chodorov, based on the version by Moss Hart and Milton Lazarus, original book and lyrics by Alfred Willner, Heinz Reichert, and Ernst Marischka (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Tearlach Bruce, Deanne Horsham, Robert Howe, Nico Mott, Jonathan Poole, Dino Pardi, Harry Goodier, David Tate, Robert Dorning, Diane Todd, Sari Barabas (as Helene Vernet), Neville Jason, Paddy McIntyre, Gabor Baraker, David Watson, Peter Graves, Philip Frazer, Inia Te Wiata (as Johann Strauss Snr.), Jeffrey Benton, John Raymon, Donald Bisset, Glyn Adams, Patricia Hall, Kalman Glass; directed by Wendy Toye, musical direction by Alexander Faris [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; centre pages loose from one staple, else VG] £3

1971: NO, NO, NANETTE - Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel (46th St.Theatre, New York)
Ruby Keeler, Jack Gilford, Bobby Van, Helen Gallagher, Susan Watson, Patsy Kelly, Roger Rathburn, Loni Zoe Ackerman, Sandra O'Neill, Pat Lysinger; adapted and directed by Burt Shevelove, production supervised by Busby Berkeley [40pp, 6x9 (Playbill Vol.8 No.5); cast list, musical numbers, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1971: SHOW BOAT - Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II (Adelphi)
Ena Cabayo, Brian Gidley, Derek Royle, Pearl Hackney, Jan Hunt, Kenneth Nelson, Cleo Laine (as Julie), John Larsen, Len Maley, Michael Napier-Brown, Andre Jobin (as Ravenal), Lorna Dallas (as Magnolia), Thomas Carey (as Joe), Albin Pahernik, Margo Cunningham, Ron Rich, Stanley Fleet, Chris Dyson, Josie Ashcroft, Alison Robertson, Carole Todd, Nicky Migden, Miguel Godreau, Lynda Bainbridge, Mercedes Kirkwood, Ray Cook, Robert Labassiere, Beatrice Aston, Rae Delarosa, Kelly Wilson, Yvonne Peters, Johnny Worthy; dir:Wendy Toye [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1971: SHOW BOAT - Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II (Adelphi) Souvenir Brochure
Andre Jobin (as Ravenal), Cleo Laine (as Julie), Thomas Carey (as Joe), Kenneth Nelson, Derek Royle, Lorna Dallas (as Magnolia), Pearl Hackney, Jan Hunt, Ena Cabayo; dir:Wendy Toye [24pp, 8.25x11.75; 20 large production photos (most in colour), 9 colour character photos, costume designs, Press Comment, excerpts from Edna Ferber's novel Show Boat etc.; VG] £6

Musicals: 1972

1972: COMPANY - Stephen Sondheim, George Furth (Her Majesty's)
Larry Kert, Marti Stevens, Robert Colman, Connie Booth, Phillip Hinton, Barbara Tracey, Paul Tracey, Dilys Watling, Richard Owens, Elaine Stritch, Eric Flynn, Antonia Ellis, Julia McKenzie, Julia Sutton; dir:Harold Prince [24pp, 5.2x9; cast list, 18 biographies w.photos, musical numbers, credits etc.; creased, else VG] £2

1972: GODSPELL - Stephen Schwartz (Wyndham's)
Jacquie-Ann Carr, Julie Covington, David Essex, Neil Fitzwilliam, Jeremy Irons, Verity-Anne Meldrum, Deryk Parkin, Tom Saffery, Gay Soper, Marti Webb; dir:John-Michael Tebelak [20pp, 5.25x9; biographies, cast photo, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1972: TRELAWNY - Julian Slade, George Rowell, Aubrey Woods, adapted from Sir Arthur Pinero's Trelawny of the Wells (Prince of Wales)
Roy Skelton, Dudley Stevens, Kenneth Shanley, John Watts, Veronica Clifford, Ian Richardson (as Tom Wrench), David Morton, Teddy Green, John Gower, Betty Benfield, Robert Lister, Jan Austen, Richard Thornton, David Goodland, Jean Hampson, Yvonne Lloyd, Tina Spooner, Dianne Roberts, Nicholas Loukes, Elizabeth Power, Gemma Craven (as Rose), Max Adrian (as Sir William Gower), Joyce Carey, John Quayle, Robert Lister; dir:Val May [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1972 (Feb): THE THREEPENNY OPERA - Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, translated by Hugh MacDiarmid (Prince of Wales)
Lon Satton, Patricia Quinn, Ronald Radd, Henry Woolf, Hermione Baddeley (as Mrs Peachum), Victor Maddern, Joe Melia (as Macheath), Helen Cotterill (as Polly Peachum), John Hartley, Declan Mulholland, Arthur Mullard, Derry Power, Dan Meaden, Diana Quick, Stella Courtney, Miriam Margolyes, Annie Ross, Kevin Flood, Barbara Windsor (as Lucy Brown), John Cording, David Wheldon Williams, Bill Bailey, Tom Bentley-Fisher, Timothy Davies, Christopher Taynton; dir:Tony Richardson [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, musical numbers, biographies w.photos; date on cover, else VG] £3

1972 (Apr): THE THREEPENNY OPERA - Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, translated by Hugh MacDiarmid (Piccadilly)
Norman Beaton, Patricia Quinn, Ronald Radd, Henry Woolf, Hermione Baddeley (as Mrs Peachum), Victor Maddern, Joe Melia (as Macheath), Helen Cotterill (as Polly Peachum), John Hartley, Declan Mulholland, Arthur Mullard, Derry Power, Dan Meaden, Diana Quick, Stella Courtney, Miriam Margolyes, Annie Ross, Kevin Flood, Barbara Windsor (as Lucy Brown), John Cording, David Wheldon Williams, Bill Bailey, Tom Bentley-Fisher, Timothy Davies, Christopher Taynton; dir:Tony Richardson [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, musical numbers, biographies w.photos, orchestra list, notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1972: GONE WITH THE WIND - Margaret Mitchell, Harold Rome, Horton Foote, (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
June Ritchie (as Scarlett O'Hara), Isabelle Lucas, Marion Ramsey, Melanie Parr, Mary Chilton, Doreen Croft, Harry Goodier, Andrew Norman, Christopher Beeching, Jeanette Ranger, David Hepburn, Stephen Holtom, Brian Davies, Paddy McIntyre, Chris Blackwell, Matt Zimmerman, Geoffrey Collins, Jeffery Benton, Terry Mitchell, Carlo Mansi, Glyn Adams, Robert Swann, Patricia Michael, Dudley Owen, Petra Siniawski, Jenny Kearney, Ian Hanson, Clare Fern, Sean Bartley, Joyce Rae, Sam Mansaray, Alan Quashi, Anni Domingo, Lorenza Johnson, Florilyn Waddell, Harve Presnell (as Rhett Butler), Ronald Adam, Bessie Love, Cynthia Morey, Lyn Douglas, Patricia Hall, Mercia Glossop, Betty Winsett, Peter Rhodes, Doreen Hermitage, Jane Bartlett, Eileen Bates, Joanna Horlock, Kim Leon, Gillian Shepherd, Peter Boyce, Roger Farrant, Philip Graham, Berwick Kaler, Richard de Meath, David Selwyn, Eddie Sommer, Jeremy Wallis, Neville Ware, Nigel Winder, Donald Britton, Maurice Lane, Elizabeth Lowry, Minoo Golvala, Carolyn Gray, Bill Drysdale, Zoe Caryl, Angela Gillett, Susan King, Sharon Smith, Celina Frediani, Luisa Frediani, Romana Kyriakou, Bonnie Langford; dir:Joe Layton [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, musical synopsis, credits etc.; minor marks, else VG] £4

1972: COWARDY CUSTARD - Noel Coward (Mermaid)
Olivia Breeze, Geoffrey Burridge, Jonathan Cecil, Tudor Davies, Elaine Delmar, Laurel Ford, Peter Gale, John Moffatt, Patricia Routledge, Anna Sharkey, Una Stubbs, Derek Waring; dir:Wendy Toye [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, running order, articles, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1972 (21 July midnight matinee): COWARDY CUSTARD - Noel Coward (Mermaid)
Olivia Breeze, Geoffrey Burridge, Jonathan Cecil, Tudor Davies, Elaine Delmar, Laurel Ford, Peter Gale, John Moffatt, Patricia Routledge, Anna Sharkey, Una Stubbs, Derek Waring; dir:Wendy Toye [28pp, 5.75x8.25; special performance in aid of the St.Paul's Appeal; cast list, running order, articles, biographies, credits etc.; PLUS 6.4x10 flyer; VG] £4

1972: COWARDY CUSTARD - Noel Coward (Mermaid) Souvenir Brochure
Olivia Breeze, Geoffrey Burridge, Jonathan Cecil, Tudor Davies, Elaine Delmar, Laurel Ford, Peter Gale, John Moffatt, Patricia Routledge, Anna Sharkey, Una Stubbs, Derek Waring; dir:Wendy Toye [24pp, 6.4x9.25; 15 production photos; detailed running order with 8 photographs and substantial quotations, programme notes, costume designs, biographies etc.; very uncommon; excellent condition] £5

Musicals: 1973

1973: COWARDY CUSTARD - Noel Coward (Mermaid)
Olivia Breeze, Jonathan Cecil, Tudor Davies, Elaine Delmar, Laurel Ford, Peter Gale, Julia McKenzie, John Moffatt, David Robb, Anna Sharkey, Una Stubbs, Derek Waring; dir:Wendy Toye [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, running order, articles, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1973: COWARDY CUSTARD - Noel Coward (Mermaid)
Olivia Breeze, Tudor Davies, Elaine Delmar, Laurel Ford, Maggie Grant, Julia McKenzie, John Moffatt, Jean Muir, David Robb, Guy Siner, Hugh Walters, Derek Waring; dir:Wendy Toye [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, running order, articles, biographies, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, minor marks, else VG] £2

1973: CANTERBURY TALES - Nevill Coghill, Martin Starkie, Richard Hill, John Hawkins (Bristol Old Vic Theatre Royal)
Paul Imbusch, Barry Wilmore, Leslie Meadows, Josephine Gordon, June Barrie (as The Nun), Philip Blaine, Tony Aitken, Mike Hayward, Miriam Margolyes (as The Wife of Bath), Nicholas Loukes, Michael Rothwell, Malcolm Thompson, Norman Tyrrell (as Chaucer); dir:Val May [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, illustrated programme notes, company lists, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1973: CANTERBURY TALES - Nevill Coghill, Martin Starkie, Richard Hill, John Hawkins (Leeds Playhouse)
Tim Barlow, Ian Barritt (as Chaucer), Elizabeth Bennett, Judith Blake, Peter Bourke, Michael Carter, Christopher Crooks, Christopher Emmett, Linda Gardner, Carol Gillies (as Wife of Bath), Linda Janiec, Taylor McAuley, George Parsons, Robin Soans, Philip Wilde, William Whymper; dir:John Harrison and Geoffrey Bullen [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, programme notes, company biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1973: KISS ME KATE - Cole Porter, Bella and Samuel Spewack (Northcott Theatre, Exeter)
Edward Brayshaw (as Fred Graham / Petruchio), Bob Peck (as Harry Trevor / Baptista), Joanna Tope (as Lois Lane / Bianca), Yvonne Edgell, Martin Duncan (as Stage Doorman / Hortensio), Brian Protheroe, Paul Jesson, Geraldine Wright (as Lilli Vanessi / Katherine); dir:David Toguri, Rhys McConnochie [16pp, 5.25x8.75; cast list, programme notes, lyrics, illustrations, credits etc.; VG] £2

1973: GYPSY - Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents (Piccadilly)
Angela Lansbury, Barry Ingham, Zan Charisse, Bonnie Langford; original New York production directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, dir:Arthur Laurents [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, musical numbers, credits etc.; light horizontal bend, else VG] £3

1973: APPLAUSE - Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Betty Comden, Adolph Green (Her Majesty's)
Lauren Bacall, Angela Richards, Basil Hoskins, Eric Flynn, Ken Walsh, Sarah Marshall, Ian Burford, Sheila O'Neill; dir:Ron Field [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, biographies, credits etc.; date on cover, else VG] £3

1973: NO, NO, NANETTE - Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Thora Hird, Anne Rogers, Anna Neagle, Tony Britton, Teddy Green, Peter Gale, Jenny Wren, Anita Graham, Elaine Holland, Barbara Rhodes; dir:Burt Shevelove [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, 2 production photos, credits etc.; date on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1973: NO, NO, NANETTE - Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Thora Hird, Anne Rogers, Anna Neagle, Tony Britton, Teddy Green, Peter Gale, Barbara Brown, Anita Graham, Elaine Holland, Jenny Wren; dir:Burt Shevelove [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, photo of Anna Neagle, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; ticket tipped in (5/5/73); slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1973: CANTERBURY TALES - Nevill Coghill, Martin Starkie, Richard Hill, John Hawkins (Phoenix)
Michael Logan, David Browning, Brian Hills, Gillian Neason, Nancy Nevinson, Philip Blaine, Bill Futter, Alexander John, Barbara Miller, Kenneth J Warren, John Rutland, Graham James, Douglas Nottage, David Nettheim, John Andre, Colin Couch, Des Graham, Mark Moser, Roy Staite, Gerry Tebbutt, Brian Todd, Norma Ash, Lilian Batten, Jacqueline Bennett, Wendy Cameron, Shirley Greenwood, Jini Steel; dir:Vlado Habunek [24pp, 5.2x9; cast, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, cast biographies w.photos, credits etc.; tickets stapled in (21 Feb), else VG] £3

1973: GODSPELL - Stephen Schwartz (Wyndham's)
Johanna Cassidy, Miles Fothergill, Tony Jackson, Trevor Jones, Sally Mates, Verity-Anne Meldrum, Mandy More, Deryk Parkin, Graham Schofield, Gay Soper; dir:John-Michael Tebelak [24pp, 5.25x9; biographies, cast photos, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1973: PIPPIN - Stephen Schwartz, Roger O Hirson (Her Majesty's)
Northern J Calloway, Patricia Hodge, Paul Jones, Diane Langton, John Turner, Elisabeth Welch; dir:Bob Fosse [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, musical numbers, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1973: ZORBA - John Kander, Fred Ebb, Joseph Stein (Greenwich Theatre)
Alfred Marks (as Zorba), Miriam Karlin, Jim Smilie, Angela Richards, Peter Daly; dir:Robin Phillips [12pp, 8.25x11.75 (Cue Magazine No.13); company biographies, company photo, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

Musicals: 1974

1974: HANS ANDERSEN - Frank Loesser, Beverley Cross (London Palladium)
Tommy Steele (as Hans Andersen), Bob Todd (as Schoolmaster Meisling), Lila Kaye (as Louise Meisling), Sarah Bennett (as Eva), Milo O'Shea (as Otto Pedersen), Willoughby Goddard (as Colonel Guldberg), Colette Gleeson (as Jenny Lind), Geoffrey Toone (as Max Klaus), Paddy McIntyre, Carolyn Gray, Jean Morton, Geoffrey Saunders, Geraldine Young, Wallace Stephenson, Janet Nelson, Gary Downie, Albin Pahernik, Francesca Lucy; dir: Freddie Carpenter, choreog: Gillian Lynne [28pp, 5.25x8.75x; cast list, 16 biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £3

1974: KISS ME KATE - Cole Porter, Samuel and Bella Spewack (Oxford Playhouse)
Oxford Playhouse Company: Jim Smilie (as Fred Graham/Petruchio), Harry Hankin, Zoe Wanamaker (as Lois Lane/Bianca), Graham Simpson, Amy Nissen (as Lilli Vanessi/Katherine), Veronica Clifford, John Rogan, Colin Bennett, Neil McCaul, Stephen Temperley, Geoffrey Hutchings, Patrick Newell, Jacqueline Currie, Carolyn Hamilton, Holly Palance; dir:Nancy Meckler [20pp, 5.9x8.5; cast list, programme notes, biographies, musical numbers, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1974: LET MY PEOPLE COME - Earl Wilson, Jr. (Regent Poly Theatre)
Steve Amber, Juliet Beckett, Michael Blaise, Michael Cowie, Christine Ellerbeck, Oswald Lindsay, Peter McVea, Chrissy Roberts, Janet Shaw, Catherine Tontoh, Johnny Worthy, William Zappa; dir:Phil Oesterman [12pp, 5.9x8.4; cast list, list of musical numbers, biographies, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1974: LIZA - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Winter Garden Theatre, NY)
Liza Minelli, Pam Barlow, Spencer Henderson, Jimmy Roddy, Sharon Wylie; dir:Bob Fosse [68pp, 5.6x9 (Playbill Vol.11 Jan 1974); 2 photos of Liza Minelli, extensive biography, company biographies, credits and much else; VG] £3

1974: PAL JOEY - Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, John O'Hara (Northcott Theatre, Exeter)
Steven Grives, Stuart Saunders, Pauline Siddle, Dilys Hamlett, Nicolette Marvin, Vincent Brimble, Philip Newman, Mary Yeomans, M J Matthews, Keith Hasemore; dir:Clive Barker, Penelope Cherns [16pp, 5.25x8.7; cast list, musical numbers, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1974: BILLY - Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, John Barry, Don Black (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Michael Crawford, Avis Bunnage, Bryan Pringle, Betty Turner, Billy Boyle, Barry James, Christopher Hancock, Lockwood West, Gay Soper, Elaine Paige, Diana Quick, Elsie Winsor, Michael Howe, John Keston; dir:Patrick Garland [24pp, 5.3x9; cast list, biographies, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1974: THE GOOD COMPANIONS - J B Priestley, Andre Previn, Johnny Mercer, Ronald Harwood (Her Majesty's)
John Mills, Judi Dench, Christopher Gable, Marti Webb, Ray C Davis, Hope Jackman, Malcolm Rennie, Roy Sampson, Jeannie Harris, Bernard Martin, Ann Way, Sidney Johnson, Neil Kennedy, Laurie Webb, Richard Denning, Madeleine Newbury, Alan Rebbeck, Dudley Jones, Alexander John, Tilly Tremayne, John Bardon, Patrick Reilly, Stanley Fleet, Nicholas Denney, David Barclay, Zoe Bright, Jean Reeve, Eric Francis; dir:Braham Murray [24pp, 5.3x9; cast list, biographies, musical numbers, 5 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1974: RAISIN - Judd Woldin, Robert Brittan, Robert Nemiroff, Charlotte Zaltzberg, based on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (46th Street Theatre, New York)
Virginia Capers, Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen, Helen Martin, Loretta Abbott, Walter P.Brown, Herb Downer, Marenda Perry, Al Perryman, Ted Ross, Richard Sanders, Ralph Carter; dir:Donald McKayle [24pp, 5.6x9 (Playbill Vol.11 Feb 1974); cast list, biographies, musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1974: COLE - Cole Porter, Benny Green, Alan Strachan (Mermaid) Souvenir Brochure
Ray Cornell, Lucy Fenwick, Peter Gale, Bill Kerr, Julia McKenzie, Rod McLennan, Kenneth Nelson, Elizabeth Power, Angela Richards, Una Stubbs; dir:Alan Strachan and David Toguri [20pp, 8.25x11.75; 14 excellent Cole Porter photos, articles, 10 cast photos and biographies, 7 rehearsal photos; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

Musicals: 1975

1975: HAPPY AS A SANDBAG - Ken Lee (Ambassadors)
David Ashton, Martin Duncan, Julian Hough, Trevor Jones, Robert McIntosh, Lesley Duff, Yvonne Edgell, Darlene Johnson, Roy Macready, Geraldine Wright; dir:Philip Hedley [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, company photo, synopsis of musical numbers, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1975 (w/c 28 Apr): JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Wimbledon Theatre)
Peter Denyer (as Pharoah / Jacob), Amanda Waldy, Avril Gaynor, Wendy Taylor, Heidi Cook, Michael Gunn, Barry Wilmore, Eden Phillips, Mason Taylor, Lewis Barber, Ben Tabiner, Stephen Leigh, David Alder, Adam Stirling, Jonathan Evans, Kevin Garty, Bryan Evans (as Joseph), Richard Fox (as Narrator); dir:Donald Bodley [16pp, 5.75x8.4; cast list, biographies, musical numbers, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1975: GODSPELL - Stephen Schwartz (The Playhouse, Harlow)
Mary Adams, Sally Bentley, David Burt, Andrew Frank, Sharon Lyle, David MacArthur, Neil Martin, Su Pollard, Tony Rickell, Dee Robillard, Barbara Rosenblat, Andrew C Wadsworth; dir:John-Michael Tebelak, James Gill [16pp, 5.9x8.5; cast list, biographies, musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £2

1975 (Jun): KISS ME KATE - Cole Porter, Bella and Samuel Spewack (Embassy Theatre)
Central School of Speech and Drama: Peter Evans (as Fred Graham - Petruchio), Donna Champ (as Lili Vanessi - Kate), Jessica Turner (as Lois Lane - Bianca), Mark Lewis, Elliott Cooper, John Parsonson, Kevin Whately, Janet Behan, Linda Barry, Selina Cadell, Nancy Diuguid, Angela Dove, Clare Howard, Judi Maynard, Fiona Mollison, Christina Nagy, Carina Wyeth, Michael Fenner, Derek Hewitson, Tim Hughes, Leonard Preston, Richard Walker, Tony Brooks, Philip Sully, Vivien Rosenz, David Montgomery, Peter Pentz, Alan Sandbrook, Cliff Zenker, Simon Chandler (as 1st Gangster), David Lyon (as 2nd Gangster), Adrian van der Bok, Karen Bradley, Carmella Milne-Buckley, Robert Longthorne; dir:George Hall [8pp, 6.5x8; cast list, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1975: OH, COWARD! - Noel Coward, Roderick Cook (Criterion)
Geraldine McEwan, Roderick Cook, Jamie Ross; dir:Roderick Cook [20pp, 5.25x8.8; cast list, biographies, production photo, musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £3

1975: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler (Adelphi)
John J Moore, Chris Melville, Liz Robertson, David Bexon, Jacquey Chappell, Christine McKenna, Hermione Gingold, Michael Harbour, Terry Mitchell, Veronica Page, Joss Ackland, Diane Langton, Jean Simmons, Christopher Beeching, David Kernan, Maria Aitken, Penelope Potter; dir:Harold Prince [24pp, 5.25x8.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1975: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler (Adelphi) Lyrical Picture Book
Virginia McKenna, Angela Baddeley, Joss Ackland, David Kernan, Maria Aitken, Veronica Page, Terry Mitchell, Diane Langton, Christine McKenna, Michael Harbour, Chris Melville, John J Moore, Jacquey Chappell, David Bexon, Liz Robertson; dir:Harold Prince [20pp, 8.9x11.4; Splendid Souvenir Brochure, containing c40 production photos (many in colour), many lyrics, credits etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £6

1975: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Palace Theatre) Souvenir Brochure
Christopher Neil (as Jesus), Colm Wilkinson (as Judas), Anna MacLeod (as Mary), Jeffrey Shankley, Gerald Moon (as King Herod), Paul Barber (as Caiaphas), Steve Alder, John Kerruish, Larry Walker; dir:Jim Sharman [32pp, 9.25x11.25; production team and cast biographies w.photos, COMPLETE LIBRETTO, 40+ production photos many in colour; VG] £5

Musicals: 1976

1976: GREAT EXPECTATIONS - Charles Dickens, Cyril Ornadel, Hal Shaper, Trevor Preston (Richmond Theatre)
Martin Connor (as Pip), Alastair Kerr, Christopher Nieto, Peter Demin, Edward Kemp, Colin Douglas, Frank Middlemass, George A Cooper, Joy Nichols, John Mills (as Joe Gargery), Janet Mahoney, Austin Kent, Richard Hampton, Lesley-Anne Down, Moira Lister (as Miss Havisham), David Burt, Ronald Radd, Ray C Davis, Kim Begley, Roger Farrant, David Machin, Berwick Kaler, Jean Reeve; dir:Alan Lund [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1976: ONCE MORE WITH MUSIC - Ronald Millar (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford)
Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert, Polly James, David Morton, Kenneth Nelson, Robin Hunter, Elizabeth Graham, Paddy Glynn, Lucy Fenwick, Graham James, Maurice Lane, Patrick McIntyre; dir:Wendy Toye and Irving Davies [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £3

1976: SALAD DAYS - Julian Slade (Duke of York's)
Bill Kerr, Christina Matthews, Adam Bareham, Sheila Steafel, David Morton, Tricia George, Elizabeth Seal, David Alder, Colette Kelly, Ian Talbot, Louis Hammond, Osmund Bullock, Malcolm Rennie, Melanie Parr; dir:David Conville [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1976: HAPPY AS A SANDBAG - Ken Lee (Ambassadors)
David Ashton, Lesley Duff, Yvonne Edgell, Trevor Jones, Robert McIntosh, Vincent Brimble, Martin Duncan, Darlene Johnson, Roy Macready, Geraldine Wright; dir:Philip Hedley [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, company photo, synopsis of musical numbers, programme notes, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1976 (w/c 23 Feb): A NEW TOMORROW - David Wood, Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent (Wimbledon Theatre)
Carl Andrews, Dicken Ashworth (as Herod), David Sebastian Bach, Jimmy Cassidy, Helen Chapelle (as Mary), Anni Domingo, Andy Forray, Philip Hatton (as Gabriel), John Newton, Les Saxon, Michael Scholes (as Joseph), Barbara Sexton, Mike Wade, Mandi Wilson; dir:Gareth Morgan [16pp, 5.75x8.4; cast list, biographies, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; uncommon; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1976: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler (Adelphi)
John J Moore, Chris Melville, Liz Robertson, David Bexon, Jacquey Chappell, Christine McKenna, Angela Baddeley (as Madame Armfeldt), Michael Harbour, Terry Mitchell, Veronica Page, Joss Ackland (as Fredrik Egerman), Diane Langton, Daphne Anderson (as Desiree Armfeldt, for Virginia McKenna), Christopher Beeching, David Kernan, Erica Rogers (for Maria Aitken), Penelope Potter; dir:Harold Prince [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; w.2 substitution inserts; VG] £4

1976: SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM - Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne (Mermaid)
Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan, Ned Sherrin; dir:Ned Sherrin [6pp, 4.4x8 triple-fold; cast list, list of musical numbers, notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1976: SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM - Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne (Mermaid)
Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan, Ned Sherrin; dir:Ned Sherrin [12pp, 6x10; cast list, cast biographies and photos, rehearsal photo, list of Sondheim's shows 1957-1973, extensive biography of Stephen Sondheim (w.photo), 8 photos of previous Sondheim shows, article on The Mermaid Theatre at Puddle Dock, credits etc.; VG] £4

1976: SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM - Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne (Wyndham's)
Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan, Ned Sherrin; dir:Ned Sherrin [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1976: LIZA OF LAMBETH - Somerset Maugham, Cliff Adams, William Rushton, Berny Stringle (Shaftesbury)
Maggie Vickers, Peggy Ann Jones, Pamela Cundell, Stella Tanner, Jean Reeve, Jeannie Harris, Christopher Neil (as Tommy Pratt), Patricia Hayes (as Mrs Selina Kemp), Brian Hall, Michael Robbins (as Mr Albert Hodge), Tony Hughes, Dudley Stevens, Kenneth Caswell, Angela Richards (as Liza), Tina Martin (as Sally Hodge), Jan Todd, Frank Coda, Bryan Marshall (as Jim Blakeston), Kate Williams (as Kate Blakeston), Paddy Glynn, David Rayner, Ron Pember, Eric Shilling, David Bowman, Dudley Stevens, Richard Merson; dir:Berny Stringle [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1976: MARDI GRAS - Melvyn Bragg, Alan Blaikley, Ken Howard (Prince of Wales)
Morgan Sheppard, Nicky Henson, Pepsi Maycock, Dana Gillespie, Tony Cyrus, Gaye Brown, Eric Roberts, Miquel Brown, Don Staiton, Gregory Munroe, Aubrey Woods, Marsha Hunt; dir:Clifford Williams [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, 15 biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1976: I DO! I DO! - Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt (Phoenix)
Juliet Prowse, Rock Hudson; dir:Lowell Purvis [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; 3 tickets (26 Feb) stapled to cover, else VG] £3

1976: IPI-TOMBI - Bertha Egnos, Gail Lakier (Her Majesty's)
Large South African cast; conceived, devised and produced by Bertha Egnos [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, list of scenes and musical numbers, biographies, 6 production photos, credits; VG] £3

1976: A CHORUS LINE - Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Tommy Aguilar, Michael Austin, Christine Barker, Steve Baumann, Nancy Dafgek, Mark Dovey, Brandt Edwards, Troy Garza, Mitzi Hamilton, Jeff Hyslop, Ron Kurowski, Jennifer Ann Lee, Betty Lynd, Wendy Mansfield, Yvette Mathews, Gina Paglia, A William Perkins, Martie Hatem Ramm, T Michael Reed, Ken Rogers, Sandy Roveta (as Cassie), Timothy Scott, Donn Simione, Ronald Stafford, Jane Summerhays, Miriam Welch, Nancy Wood, Ronald Young (as Zach); dir:Michael Bennett [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, list of musical numbers, 2 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1976: A CHORUS LINE - Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) Souvenir Brochure
Tommy Aguilar, Michael Austin, Christine Barker, Steve Baumann, Nancy Dafgek, Mark Dovey, Jean Fraser, Troy Garza, Mitzi Hamilton, Eivind Harum, Jeff Hyslop, Loida Iglesias, Ron Kurowski, Jennifer Ann Lee, Wendy Mansfield, Yvette Mathews, Gina Paglia, A William Perkins, T Michael Reed, Ken Rogers, Sandy Roveta (as Cassie), Timothy Scott, Donn Simione, Ronald Stafford, Jane Summerhays, Miriam Welch, Nancy Wood, Ronald Young (as Zach); dir:Michael Bennett [28pp, 8.75x11.7; many large-size black-and-white production photos; extensive comments (w.photos) by James Kirkwood (book), Nicholas Dante (book), Marvin Hamlisch (composer), Edward Kleban (lyrics), Bob Avian (co-choreographer), Robin Wagner (sets), Theoni V Aldredge (costumes), Tharon Musser (lighting), Abe Jacob (sound), Don Pippin (vocal arrangements), Bernard Gersten (associate producer) and Joseph Papp (producer); fascinating interviews with the original cast about the auditioning and rehearsal period; illustrated history of the New York Shakespeare Festival 1954-76 etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £6

1976: THE WIZ - Charlie Smalls, William F.Brown (Majestic Theater, New York) Souvenir Brochure
Tiger Haynes, James Wigfall, Hinton Battle, Alan Weeks, Stephanie Mills; excellent souvenir brochure, containing synopsis, 12 production photos, 20 cast and production team photos w.biographies, list of scenes and musical numbers, 2 set designs, credits, full cast list, excerpts from reviews, lyrics etc. [20pp, 9x12; slightly rumpled, very minor marks else VG] £5

Musicals: 1977

1977 (Dec): I LOVE MY WIFE - Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart, from a play by Luis Rego (Prince of Wales)
Deborah Fallender, Liz Robertson, Ben Cross, Adrian Brown, Bob Emmines, Simon Woolf, David Brown, Richard Beckinsale; dir:Gene Saks [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, musical numbers, biographies w.photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1977: SOMETHING'S AFOOT - James McDonald, David Vos, Robert Gerlach, Ed Linderman (Ambassadors)
Ruth Madoc, Peter Rutherford, Michael Bevis, Sally Smith, Robert Dorning, Dudley Stevens, Joyce Grant, Peter Bayliss, Sheila Bernette, Martin Smith; dir:Tony Tanner, c:Ian MacPherson [16pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, musical numbers, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1977: A CHORUS LINE - Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Lance Aston, Peter Barry, Olivia Breeze, Jean-Pierre Cassel (as Zach), John Chester, Susan Claire, Nicky Croydon, Gerry Davis, Geraldine Gardner, Roy Gayle, Cherry Gillespie, Jack Gunn, Judy Gridley, Loraine Hart, Michael Howe, Diane Langton, Richard Lloyd-King, Jenny Lyons, Leslie Meadows, Thorey Mountain, Kenn Oldfield, Veronica Page, Jo-Anne Robinson, Jeffrey Shankley, Petra Siniawski (as Cassie), Vicky Spencer, Michael Staniforth, Stephen Tate, Linda Williams; dir:Michael Bennett [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1977: THE POINT - Harry Nilsson (Mermaid)
Wayne Sleep, Bernard Miles, Colin Bennett, Kenneth Caswell, Cristina Avery, Jo Warne, David Delve, Paul Aylett, Raymond Skipp, Oscar James, Peggy Ann Jones, Alan Bodenham, Richard Merson; dir:Ron Pember [16pp, 8.75x8.75; biographies of Harry Nilsson and Wayne Sleep w.photos; cast list, list of scenes, 6-page colourful cartoon-style synopsis, lyrics, 5 rehearsal photos; light vertical bend, else VG] £4

1977 (Oct): "THE ACT" - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Majestic Theatre, New York)
Christopher Barrett, Liza Minelli, Arnold Soboloff, Barry Nelson, Roger Minami, Mark Goddard, Gayle Crofoot, Wayne Cilento, Michael Leeds, Albert Stephenson; dir:Martin Scorsese [84pp, 5.6x9 (Playbill October 1977); biographies, articles etc.; VG] £5

Musicals: 1978

1978: BAR MITZVAH BOY - Don Black, Jack Rosenthal, Jule Styne (Her Majesty's)
Barry Angel (as Eliot Green), Ashley Knight, Zelah Clarke, Kerry Shale, Sharon Lee Hill, Gordon Faith, Peter Whitman, Harry Towb (as Victor Green), Leonie Cosman, Ray C Davies (as Harold), Joyce Blair (as Rita Green), Vivienne Martin (as Sylvia), Raymond Brody, Benny Lee, Barry Martin, Mostyn Evans, David Hitchen, Jonathan Courage, Joan Hall, Jeannie Harris, Maurice Lane, Albin Pahernik, Barbara Rosenblat, Buster Skeggs, Carole Star, Brent Vernon, Giselle Wolf, Erica Yorke; dir:Martin Charnin [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1978: SOMETHING'S AFOOT - James McDonald, David Vos, Robert Gerlach, Ed Linderman (Palace Theatre, Westcliff)
Julia Deakin, Robert Fyfe, Philip Denyer, Linda Jean-Barry, Edward McDermott, David Goudge, Lynda Craig, Brian Tully, Jill Graham, Graham Richards; dir:Christopher Dunham [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photo, credits etc.; VG] £2

1978: IPI-TOMBI! - Bertha Egnos, Gail Lakier (Richmond Theatre)
Large South African cast; conceived, devised and produced by Bertha Egnos [20pp, 5.75x8.25; company list, photo, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £2

1978: OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR - Theatre Workshop, Charles Chilton and the members of the Cast (Redgrave Theatre, Farnham)
Susan Bovell, Sue Elgin, Joan Moon, Rosemary Williams, Christopher Bramwell, Richard Cordery, Peter Corey, Andrew Harris, Jonathan Howell, Lloyd McGuire, Ter Merwood, Tony Taff; dir:David Horlock [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, notes, list of musical numbers, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1978 (Mch): I LOVE MY WIFE - Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart, from a play by Luis Rego (Prince of Wales)
Belinda Sinclair, Liz Robertson, Ben Cross, Adrian Brown, Bob Emmines, Simon Woolf, David Brown, Richard Beckinsale; dir:Gene Saks [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies w.photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1978 (Apr): ANNIE - Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, Thomas Meehan (Victoria Palace)
Andrea McArdle, Sheila Hancock (as Miss Hannigan), Harry Ditson, Richard Manuel, Edward Harbour, Andy Mulligan, Beatrice Aston, Judith Paris, Jay Denyer, Lynne Williamson, Colette Hiller, Sue Aldred, Stratford Johns (as Oliver Warbucks), Kenneth Nelson, Clovissa Newcombe, Matt Zimmerman, Brian Ellis, Archie T.Tridmorten, Damon Sanders, Laura James, Lisa Maxwell; dir:Martin Charnin [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1978 (Aug): ANNIE - Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, Thomas Meehan (Victoria Palace)
Ann-Marie Gwatkin/Jacinta Whyte, Sheila Hancock (as Miss Hannigan), Harry Ditson, Richard Manuel, Edward Harbour, Andy Mulligan, Beatrice Aston, Judith Paris, Jay Denyer, Lynne Williamson, Colette Hiller, Sue Aldred, Stratford Johns (as Oliver Warbucks), Kenneth Nelson, Clovissa Newcombe, Matt Zimmerman, Brian Ellis, Archie T.Tridmorten, Damon Sanders, Laura James, Lisa Maxwell; dir:Martin Charnin [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1978 (Jun): EVITA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Prince Edward) Souvenir Brochure
Stephanie Lawrence (as Evita), Martin Smith (as Che), Oz Clarke (as Peron), Lyndy Brill, Clifton Todd, Jacquey Chappell (Eva at certain performances); dir:Harold Prince [32pp, 9x12; superb large-size souvenir, with 40+ excellent photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1978: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Palace Theatre)
Robert Farrant (as Jesus), Mike Mulloy (as Judas), Nicky Hamilton, John Mulcahy-Morgan, Marloe Wilson (as Mary), Johnny Worthy, Gary Martin, Alan McMahon, Francis Thomson, Nelson Perry (as Caiaphas), Michael Sanderson, Barry James (as Herod); dir:Jim Sharman [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, credits, list of musical numbers, extensive biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1978: CANTERBURY TALES - Martin Starkie, Nevill Coghill, Richard Hill, John Hawkins (Swan Theatre, Worcester)
David Brenchley, Malcolm Sircom, Arthur Kohn, David Davenport, Sally Willis, David Riley, Marcia King, Nichola McAuliffe, Leon Tanner, Keith Woodhams, Gregory Martyn; dir:Patrick Masefield [16pp, 6x8.4; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1978: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Palace Theatre) Souvenir Brochure
Robert Farrant (as Jesus), Mike Mulloy (as Judas), Mandi Wilson (as Mary Magdalene), Michael Sanderson, Barry James (as Herod), Nelson Perry (as Caiaphas), Nicky Hamilton, John Mulcahy-Morgan, Ross Macfarlane; dir:Jim Sharman [32pp, 8.4x11.2; biographies of the cast and creative team (w.photos), 40 production photos (15 in colour), complete libretto etc.; VG] £5

1978: ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green (St.James Theatre, New York)
John Cullum, Imogene Coca, Judy Kaye, Kevin Kline, Lee Goodman, Dean Dittman, Rufus Smith, George Lee Andrews, Tom Batten, Leslie Easterbrook, Willi Burke, Stanley Simmonds, Keith Davis, Quitman Fludd III, Ray Stephens, Joseph Wise, Ted Williams; dir:Harold Prince [100pp, 5.6x9 (Playbill Dec 1978); cast list, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, credits etc. etc.; VG] £3

1978: KISMET - Robert Wright, George Forrest, Charles Lederer, Luther Davis, Edward Knoblock, Alexander Borodin (Shaftesbury) Souvenir Brochure
Minoo Golvala, Alan Charles-Thomas, Michael Jones, Kevin A J Ranson, David Wheldon-Williams, Mason Taylor, Kenneth Caswell, Paul Bacon (as Omar Khayyam), John Reardon (as Hajj), Lorna Dallas (as Marsinah), Roland A Wollens, Joe MacKlaine, Roy Stewart, Denis Carey, Jane Darling, David Hampshire, Steve Payne, Margo Harris, Antoinette Howlett, Rosemary Ashe, Frank Olegario, Barnaby Noel-Hiles, Christopher Hewitt (as Wazir of Police), Elizabeth Larner (as Lalume), Sheila O'Neill (as Princess), Anita Pashley, Shaune Powell, Wallace Stephenson, Clifton Todd (as Caliph), Lynda Bainbridge, Franca Maria De'arth, Lynne Brotchie, Angie Harwood, Sue Rittman, Alison Temple Savage, Didi Watts, Shirley Lee, Marie Lorraine, Elizabeth Suggars, Michael Hartley, Carolyn Allen, Jan Harley; dir:Albert Marre [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, 12+ superb colour production photos, 6 further black and white production photos, illustrated feature on previous productions (w.9 photos), production team biographies w.photos, credits etc.; w.single sheet insert w.leading cast biographies and photos; VG] £5

1978: ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green (St.James Theatre, New York) Souvenir Brochure
John Cullum, Imogene Coca, Judy Kaye, George Coe, Dean Dittman, Kevin Kline, Rufus Smith, George Lee Andrews, Tom Batten, Christine Ebersole, Willi Burke, Keith Davis, Quitman Fludd III, Ray Stephens, Joseph Wise, Ted Williams; dir:Harold Prince [20pp, 9x12; cast biographies w.photos, 15+ production photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

Musicals: 1979

1979 (7-29 Sep): THE BEGGAR'S OPERA - John Gay, Michael Reed, Dick Ihnatowicz (Birmingham Repertory Theatre)
John Savident (as Peachum), Kim Begley, Thelma Ruby (as Mrs Peachum/Diana Trapes), Rosamund Shelley (as Polly Peachum), Edward Woodward (as Macheath), Peter Forest, Gil Sutherland, Rob Stuart, John Foley, Richard Morss, Richard Walsh, Alan Bodenham, Eileen Bell, Suzanne Sloan, Pamela Beesley, Gillian Burns, Linda Roberts, Gilda Waugh, Barbara Rosenblat, Cyril Shaps (as Lockit), Michael Dotrice (as Lucy Lockit); dir:Edward Woodward and Clive Perry [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, cast biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979: SWEENEY TODD - Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler, Christopher Bond (Uris Theatre, New York)
Victor Garber, Len Cariou, Merle Louise, Angela Lansbury, Edmund Lyndeck, Jack Eric Williams, Sarah Rice, Ken Jennings, Joaquin Romaguera, Robert Ousley, dir:Harold Prince [72pp, 5.6x9 (Playbill March 1979); cast list, list of musical numbers, cast biographies, 5 production photos, credits and much else; VG] £4

1979: ELVIS - Jack Good, Ray Cooney (Astoria)
Bogdan Kominowski, Shakin' Stevens, Timothy Whitnall; dir:Jack Good [20pp, 5.75x8.25; company list, 11 biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1979: CABARET - John Kander, Fred Ebb, Masteroff (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh)
Leslie Lawton (as M.C.), Michael Mackenzie, Stephen Hoye, Julian Forsyth, Jane Lowe, Jenny Tarren, Michael Cotterill, Dianne Michaels, Mark Handy, Peter St.James, Rosemary Williams (as Sally Bowles); dir:Leslie Lawton [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, musical synopsis of scenes, notes, 11 rehearsal photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1979: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich)
Martin George (as Joseph), Ewart James Walters, David Davenport, Tim Swinton, Peter Alexander; dir:Peter Clapham [16pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, credits, article, company photo etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1979: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon)
Martin George (as Joseph), Ewart James Walters, David Davenport, Tim Swinton, Peter Alexander; dir:Peter Clapham [24pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, credits, article, 8 company photos etc.; VG] £3

1979: CHICAGO - John Kander, Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse (Cambridge)
Jenny Logan, Antonia Ellis, Richard Fox, Don Fellows, Erick Ray Evans, Jacquie Toye, Liz Whiting, Rachel Izen, Philppa Boulter, Tracie Hart, Hope Jackman, Okon Jones, Mark Jefferis, Martin Baker, Ben Cross, Kenn Oldfield, G.Lyons, Linda Dobell, Colin Bennett, Buster Skeggs; dir:Peter James [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, musical numbers, articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1979: ANNIE - Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, Thomas Meehan (Victoria Palace)
Helen Thorne, Jackie Ekers, Maria Charles (as Miss Hannigan), Derek Beard, Richard Manuel, Carl Haugland, Andy Mulligan, Beatrice Aston, Patricia Michael, Jay Denyer, Joyce Rae, Colette Hiller, Francesca Lucy, Charles West (as Oliver Warbucks), Katherine Dyson, Kenneth Nelson, Clovissa Newcombe, Matt Zimmerman, Brian Ellis, Archie T.Tridmorten, Damon Sanders; dir:Martin Charnin [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; date stamp on cover, else VG] £3

1979: SONGBOOK - Monty Norman, Julian More (Globe)
Anton Rodgers, Gemma Craven, Diane Langton, Andrew C Wadsworth, David Healy; dir:Jonathan Lynn [32pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.large photos, list of musical numbers, 5 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979 (Dec): SONGBOOK - Monty Norman, Julian More (Globe)
Anton Rodgers, Zoe Bright (for Gemma Craven), Diane Langton, Andrew C Wadsworth, David Healy; dir:Jonathan Lynn [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.large photos, list of musical numbers, 5 cast and 5 production photos, substitution slip, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' - Fats Waller, Richard Maltby Jr. (Her Majesty's)
Evan Bell, Andre de Shields, Annie Joe Edwards, Jozella Reed, Charlaine Woodward; dir:Richard Maltby Jr. [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, minor marks, else VG] £3

1979: THE KING AND I - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (London Palladium)
Nick Burnell, Kevin Heuston, Alasdair Cameron, Mark Niall, Virginia McKenna (as Anna), Maurice Chong Lim, John Bennett, Yul Brynner (as The King), Kathy Lee, Marty Rhone, June Angela, Hye-Young Choi, Richard Choo, James Hickling, Rossanni Shamsuddin, Paul Williamson; dir:Yuriko, choreographed by Jerome Robbins [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £3

1979: OLIVER - Lionel Bart (Albery) Souvenir Brochure
Haymarket Theatre Leicester production: George Layton (as Fagin), Helen Shapiro (as Nancy), Mostyn Evans, Valentine Palmer, Eileen Bell, Geoffrey Toone; dir:Robin Midgley, based on the original production by Peter Coe [16pp, 9.25x11.75; large-size souvenir, with 25+ excellent photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

1979: EVITA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Prince Edward)
Elaine Paige (as Evita), Gary Bond (as Che), John Turner (as Peron), Siobhan McCarthy, Mark Ryan, Marti Webb (as Evita at certain performances), Joshua Bancel, Derek Beard, Michele Breeze, Chris Brooke, Jo Cameron Brown, Jimmy Cassidy, Beryl Corsan, Derek Damon, Jeni Evans, Colin Fay, Stanley Fleet, Paul Lindsay, Stewart Mackintosh, Robin Merrill, Nigel Planer, Clare Rimmer, Ken Robson, Myra Sands, Wendy Schoemann, Janet Shaw, David Taegar, Christina Thornton; dir:Harold Prince [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, musical numbers, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1979: EVITA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Prince Edward)
Elaine Paige (as Evita), Gary Bond (as Che), John Turner (as Peron), Janet Shaw, Mark Ryan, Marti Webb (as Evita at certain performances), Joshua Bancel, Ian Dring, Michele Breeze, Chris Brooke, Janis Carol, Jimmy Cassidy, Beryl Corsan, Edwin Van Wyk, Jeni Evans, Colin Fay, Stanley Fleet, Paul Lindsay, Stewart Mackintosh, Don Gallagher, Nigel Planer, Clare Rimmer, Ken Robson, Myra Sands, Wendy Schoemann, David Taegar, Christina Thornton, Julie Kirk; dir:Harold Prince, c:David Caddick [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979: EVITA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Prince Edward) Souvenir Brochure
Elaine Paige (Evita), Marti Webb (special guest performances as Evita), Gary Bond (Che), John Turner (Peron), Siobhan McCarthy, Mark Ryan; dir:Harold Prince [32pp, 9x12; superb large-size souvenir, with 40+ excellent photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £6

1979: THE KING AND I - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (London Palladium) Souvenir Brochure
Yul Brynner, Virginia McKenna, Hye-Young Choi, June Angela, Marty Rhone, Diana Choy, Paul Williamson, John Bennett, Nick Burnell; dir:Yuriko, choreographed by Jerome Robbins [20pp, 9x12; superb large-size souvenir, with 17+ excellent large-size colour photos etc.; VG] £6

1979: HELLO, DOLLY! - Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's The Merchant of Yonkers (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) Souvenir Brochure
Carol Channing, Eddie Bracken, Tudor Davies, Ian Burford, Veronica Clifford, Angela Curran, Richard Drabble, Mike Fields, Mandy More, Maureen Scott; dir:Lucia Victor, original production directed and choreographed by Gower Champion [24pp, 9x12; superb large-size souvenir, with 20+ excellent photos (most in full colour), many biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £6

1979: MY FAIR LADY - Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe (Adelphi) Souvenir Brochure
Tony Britton, Liz Robertson, Peter Bayliss, Anna Neagle, Richard Caldicot; dir:Robin Midgeley [24pp, 9x12; superb large-size souvenir, with 30+ excellent colour photos, 20+ black and white photos, 11 costume renderings, articles etc.; VG] £6

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