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Musicals: 1990

1990 (Jun-Jul): BERNADETTE The People's Musical - Gwyn Hughes, Maureen Hughes (Dominion)
Nikki Ankara (Louise Soubrious), William Pool (Henri), Meredith Braun (Camilla), Natalie Wright (as Bernadette Soubrious), Chris van Cleve (Dominique Jacomet), Terry Mitchell (Philippe), Robin Samson, Halima Fraval, Kellie Potter, Martine McCutcheon, Tara McDonald, Julia Jones, Joanna Morris, Vicky Coote, Margaret Bankier, Terence Conoley, Linda Gray, Catherine Fish, Avril Gray, Aisha Al-Lach, Victoria Lynson, Lottie Mayor, Valerie Morgan, Susan Paule, Jon Ellison, David Eynon, Martyn Harrison, Bryan Kesselman, Peter Mackarel, Drew Millar, Charles Shirvell, Susan Donald, Dana Jolly, Lizzie Leigh, Carol Wadsworth, Shaun Henson, Frazer Hurrell, Nicholas Musker, Paul Neaum, Donna Winwood, Nicholas Searle, Papatya Hussein, Alexis Caley, Katie Coogan, Claudia Hill, Ariana Fraval, Sarah Margerham, Fiona Legg; dir:Ernest Maxim [32pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, Themes of Bernadette by Maureen Hughes, list of musical numbers, orchestra list, credits etc.; [Despite a blessing from the Pope, Bernadette received damning reviews: "dull, dreary, derivative dross" (Sunday Express); "banal piffle scantily concealed behind fluffy-bunny ingenuousness" (City Limits); "The show would have moved at a snail's pace had not Ernest Maxin's production, worthy of a provincial revival of 'The Maid of the Mountains', slowed it down further." (Daily Telegraph); "At one point the on-stage Bernadette, caught mid-vision, was confronted by an official who asked "Where is this lady? I don't see her". "Please, monsieur," replied Bernadette, "you're standing on the Holy Mother's bush." (Must Close Saturday)]; only lasted 28 performances; uncommon; VG] £6

1990: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe (Her Majesty's)
Martin Smith, Jill Washington / Iren Bartok, Robert Meadmore, Paul Leonard, James Paterson, Morag McLaren, Mary Millar, Joan Aron (sic; John Aron); dir:Harold Prince [68pp, 6x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, very extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £5

1990 (Jul): ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
Matteo Patresi, William Deighan, Katrin White, Angus Crawford, Adi Topol, Ingnatius Faherty, Andrew Beynon, Andrew Cryer, Jane Gooderham, Gwynne Warner, Kwong Loke, Claire Garrigan, Peter Moreton, Michael Haighton, Fay Ripley, Rachel Clarke, Naveen Andrews, Xanthe Gresham, Alana West, Howard Shelton; dir:Martin Connor [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, orchestra list, designs, musical numbers, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1990 (Jan): JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Arts Theatre, Cambridge)
Graeme Smith, Nikki Ankara, Peter Lawrence, Dave Mayberry, Nigel Frances; dir:Bill Kenwright [32pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, extensive articles, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1990: EVITA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Theatre Royal, Nottingham)
Jacqui Scott/Paula Simpson, Christopher Corcoran, Michael Bauer, Steven Hallan, Gemma Lowy; dir:Harold Prince, restaged by Kenneth W.Urmston [28pp, 5.75x8.2; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes, musical numbers, production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1990: ASPECTS OF LOVE - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Charles Hart, based on the novel by David Garnett (Prince of Wales)
Susannah Fellows, David Greer, Barrie Ingham, Becky Norman, Paul Bentley, Marissa Dunlop / Claire Russell / Nicola Stapleton, Diana Morrison, Laurel Ford, Gareth Snook, Sally Smith; dir:Trevor Nunn [48pp, 6x8.5; cast, scenes, musical numbers, 25+ cast photos and biogs, illustrated article etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1990: FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE - Clarke Peters, Louis Jordan (Lyric)
Theatre Royal, Stratford East production: Kenny Andrews, Paul J.Medford, Peter Alex Newton, Omar Okai, Clarke Peters, Dig Wayne; dir:Charles Augins [52pp, 6x8.5; cast list, illustrated articles, cast biographies w.photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1990: THE FANTASTICKS - Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton)
New Shakespeare Company production: Jonathan Markwood, Rachel Pittman, Erick Ray Evans, Emma Amos, Adam Matalon, Roy Hudd, Anthony O'Donnell, Basil Hoskins, Mark Addy; dir:Ian Talbot [28pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1990: GODSPELL - Stephen Schwartz, John-Michael Tebelak (Birmingham Hippodrome)
Mike Holoway, Michele Coral, Matt Kane, Amanda Dainty, Sophie Lane, Peter Gallagher, Paul Lockwood, Julia Hampson, Charles Shirvell, Ann Woodfield; dir:Maurice Lane [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, list of musical numbers, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1990: YOURS, ANNE - Michael Cohen, Enid Futterman (Library Theatre, Manchester)
Sian Reeves (as Anne Frank), Peter Reeves (as Otto Frank), Thelma Ruby (as Edith Frank), Anna-Juliana Clare, John Levitt, Judith Bruce, Ian Hughes, Emile Belcourt; dir:Roger Haines [28pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, 12 pages of illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1990 (Nov): CITY OF ANGELS - Cy Coleman, David Zippel, Larry Gelbart (Virginia Theatre, New York)
James Naughton, Gregg Edelman, Randy Graff, Dee Hoty, Kay McClelland, Charles Levin; dir:Michael Blakemore [100pp, 5.5x8.5 (Playbill Vol.90 No.11); cast list, cast photos and biographies, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, etc. etc.; tiny split to cover, else VG] £5

1990: SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Petula Clark, Dee Shipman, Robin Midgeley, Fay Weldon (Strand)
Petula Clark, Euan Milne, Michael G.Jones, Joanne Campbell, Richard D.Sharp, Calum Macpherson, Alan Gill, Dave Willetts, Michael Seraphim, Jane Arden, Lewis Rae, Clive Carter; dir:Robin Midgeley [32pp, 6x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1990: RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET - Bob Carlton (Cambridge Theatre)
John Ashby, Christian Roberts, Kraig Thornber, Matthew Devitt, Nicky Furre, Chris Brooker, Kate Edgar, Allison Harding, Patrick Moore, Ben Fox, Jane Karen, Tim Barron, Steve Muller; dir:Bob Carlton [44pp, 6x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1990: SHOW BOAT - Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II (London Palladium)
Geoffrey Hutchings, Margaret Courtenay, Janis Kelly/Jan Hartley Morris (as Magnolia), Philip Gould, Janie Dee, Sally Burgess/Marilyn Cutts (as Julie), Mark Heenehan, Karla Burns, Bruce Hubbard (as Joe), Ron Travis, Peter Johnston, Alan Spencer, Peter Savidge/Richard Halton (as Ravenal), Clive Walton, Garrick Forbes, Trevor Alexander, Lucy Fenwick, Anna Daventry, Jacqueline Perkins, Teresa Wellard; dir:Ian Judge [68pp, 6x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles, orchestra list, production photos, credits etc.; a very full programme; VG] £5

1990: MISS SAIGON - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Richard Maltby Jr. (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Jonathan Pryce, Claire Moore, Simon Bowman, Peter Polycarpou, Keith Burns, Lea Salonga/Monique Wilson [72pp, 6x8.5; cast list, scenes, musical numbers, illustrated articles, 50+ cast photos and biographies etc.; VG] £4

1990: MISS SAIGON - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Richard Maltby Jr. (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Hilton McRae, Ruthie Henshall, Simon Bowman, Peter Polycarpou, Keith Burns, Lea Salonga/Monique Wilson [72pp, 6x8.5; cast list, scenes, musical numbers, illustrated articles, 50+ cast photos and biographies etc.; VG] £4

1990: BUDDY, The Buddy Holly Story - Alan Janes (Victoria Palace)
Plymouth Theatre Royal production: Paul Hipp (Buddy Holly), David Howarth (Joe Maudlin), Gareth Marks (The Big Bopper), Adam Henderson (Dion), David Bardsley (Jerry Allison), Laurence Bouvard (Maria Elena), Graham Brand (Frankie Sardo), Caroline Dennis (Vi Petty), Billy Geraghty (Clovis), Claudia Morris (Peggy Sue), Enzo Squillino Jnr (Ritchie Valens); dir:Rob Bettinson [54pp; cast, list of scenes and songs, cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4

1990: BUDDY, The Buddy Holly Story - Alan Janes (Victoria Palace)
Plymouth Theatre Royal production: Billy Geraghty (Buddy Holly), Mat Kane (Joe Maudlin), Nick Butler (The Big Bopper), Sean Aita (Dion), Paul Case (Jerry Allison), Laurence Bouvard (Maria Elena), Jayne Sylvester (Vi Petty), Stephen Gray (Clovis), Clare Summerskill (Peggy Sue), Enzo Squillino Jnr (Ritchie Valens); dir:Rob Bettinson [54pp; cast, list of scenes and songs, cast photos and biogs etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1990 (Feb): CATS - Andrew Lloyd Webber, T.S.Eliot, Richard Stilgoe, Trevor Nunn (New London)
Ria Jones, Richard Lloyd King, Mark Wynter, Graham Fletcher, Donald Francke, Japheth Myers, Anna-Jane Casey, Scott Sherrin, Gary Martin, Sonia Swaby; dir:Trevor Nunn [28pp, 9x5.5 "landscape" programme; synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, rehearsal photos, extensive biographies etc.; slightly rumpled, minor marks, else VG] £3

1990: LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton (Palace)
Peter Karrie (Jean Valjean), David Burt (Javert), Grania Renihan (Fantine), Sally Bentley (Crone), Gay Soper (Mme.Thenardier), Barry James (Thenardier), Linzi Hateley (Eponine), Stiffyn Parri (Marius), Christopher Howard (Enjolras), Halcro Johnston (Brujon), Lisa Hull (Cosette), Mark Heenehan (Combeferre), Tony Timberlake (Prouvaire); dir:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [40pp; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; attractive programme [30]; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1990: LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton (Palace)
Oystein Wiik (Jean Valjean), David Burt (Javert), Grania Renihan (Fantine), Sally Bentley (Crone), Gay Soper (Mme.Thenardier), Barry James (Thenardier), Linzi Hateley (Eponine), Stiffyn Parri (Marius), David Greer (Enjolras), Stig Rossen (Brujon), Lisa Hull (Cosette), Michael McCarthy (Combeferre), Tony Timberlake (Prouvaire); dir:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [36pp; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; attractive programme [33]; VG] £4

1990: LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton (Palace)
Stig Rossen (Jean Valjean), David Burt (Javert), Grania Renihan (Fantine), Sally Bentley (Crone), Gay Soper (Mme.Thenardier), Barry James (Thenardier), Meredith Braun (Eponine), Stiffyn Parri (Marius), David Greer (Enjolras), Derek Richards (Brujon), Lisa Hull (Cosette), Michael McCarthy (Combeferre), Tony Timberlake (Prouvaire); dir:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [36pp; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; attractive programme [35]; VG] £4

1990: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW - Richard O'Brien (Piccadilly)
Adrian Edmondson, Tim McInnerny, Gina Bellman, Mary Maddox, Linda Davidson, Jonathan Adams, Edward Tudor-Pole, Gordon Kennedy, Adam Caine; dir:Robin Lefevre [20pp, 8x9; illustrated articles, cast photos and biogs etc.; a smart programme; VG] £4

1990: BLOOD BROTHERS - Willy Russell (Phoenix) Souvenir Brochure
Kiki Dee, Mark Jefferis, Russell Boulter, Mark Hutchinson, Tom Roberts, Sarah Lancashire, Vivien Parry, John Conroy, Steve Edwin, Ulrika Butt, David Bingham, Fiona Campbell, Nick Moran, Linda Owen Jones, Will Brenton; dir:Bob Tomson [28pp, 8.25x11.75; large-size souvenir programme; cast list, list of musical numbers, production photos, illustrated articles, cast biographies with photos; VG] £5

1990 (May): CHESS - Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice (Orchard Theatre, Dartford) Souvenir Brochure
Rebecca Storm, Maurice Clarke, Richard Barnes, Brett Forrest, Linda-Mae Brewer, Malcolm Rivers, Paul Haley; dir:Trevor Nunn, Anthony Van Laast [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, the story of chess, credits etc.; VG] £5

1990: EVITA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Orchard Theatre, Dartford) Souvenir Brochure
Jacqui Scott, Christopher Corcoran, Michael Bauer; dir:Harold Prince [20pp, 8.25x11.75; large-size programme; cast and production photos; date written on cover] £4

1990 (25 May-16 Jun): SWEENEY TODD - Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler (Salisbury Playhouse) Souvenir Brochure
Michael Heath, Marilyn Cutts, Philip Wrigley, Gary Lyons; dir:Graham Berown [36pp, 8.25x11.75; large-size programme; programme notes, cast list, list of musical numbers, very extensive photographic tribute to the late David Horlock, company photos and biographies] £5

1990: RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET - Bob Carlton (Cambridge Theatre) Souvenir Brochure
Impressive souvenir in the form of an "In-Flight Magazine"; c15 colour production photos; illustrated Quiz about the Groups and Artists who feature in the show (including Bill Haley And His Comets, The Animals, The Beach Boys, Jerry Lee Lewiss, Connie Francis, Dion & The Belmonts etc.); copiously illustrated articles; packed with interest [16pp large size (9x12) glossy brochure; excellent condition] £6

1990: CATS - Andrew Lloyd Webber, T S Eliot, Richard Stilgoe, Trevor Nunn (New London) Souvenir Brochure
Mark Wynter, Graham Fletcher, Donald Francke, Japheth Myers, Gary Martin and large company; dir:Trevor Nunn [20pp, 9x12; superb large-size colour brochure; c35 colour production photos, illustrated articles, etc.; VG] £8
1990: INTO THE WOODS Souvenir Brochure
1990: INTO THE WOODS - Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine (Phoenix) Souvenir Brochure
Jacqueline Dankworth, Nicholas Parsons, Richard Dempsey, Ian Bartholomew, Imelda Staunton, Ann Howard, Elizabeth Brice, Liza Sadovy, Patsy Rowlands, Tessa Burbridge, Julia McKenzie, John Rogan, Eunice Gayson, Clive Carter, Mary Lincoln, Mark Tinkler, Peter Ledbury, Megan Kelly, Kate Arneil; dir:Richard Jones [24pp, 8.25x11.75; 20+ colour production photos, c30 cast photos; superb large-size colour brochure; VG] £10

Musicals: 1991

1991: 42ND STREET - Harry Warren, Al Dubin, Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble (Dominion Theatre)
Graeme Henderson, Peter Aylin, Robert Wilson, Alison Mellor, Meg Johnson (as Maggie Jones), Harry Dickman, Richard Cuerden (as Billy Lawlor), Jenna Ward (as Peggy Sawyer), Cheryl Hull, Sarah Read, Kenneth Nelson (as Julian Marsh), Elaine Loudon (as Dorothy Brock), Ralph Lawton, Bob Sessions; dir:Mark Bramble [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, extensive illustrated programme notes, orchestra list, 50+ biographies w.photos, credits etc.; date written inside (23.3.91 2.30pm), else VG] £4

1991 (Jan-Apr): CHILDREN OF EDEN - Stephen Schwartz, John Caird (Prince Edward)
Ken Page (as Father), Martin Smith (as Adam), Shezwae Powell (as Eve), Richard Lloyd-King (as Snake), Adrian Beaumont (as Cain), Shion Abdillah/Ramilles Corbin/Ashley Walters (as Abel), Kevin Colson (as Noah), Earlene Bentley (as Mama Noah), Craig Pinder (as Shem), Ray Shell (as Ham), Anthony Barclay (as Japheth), Hiromi Itoh (as Aysha), Ruthie Henshall (as Aphra), Frances Ruffelle (as Yonah), Kerry-Jane Beddows, Kaye Brown, Sophia Butler, Anna-Jane Casey, Colin Charles, Sally Dewhurst, Stephane Drouard, Jacqui Dubois, Brenda Edwards, Andrea Francis, Antoni Garfield Henry, Steven Houghton, Graham Hubbard, Stephen Kent, Vanessa Leagh-Hicks, Glenn Lee, Kumiko Miura, Michael Aaron Peth, Elizabeth Renihan, Andrew Robbins, Mitch Sebastian, Jonathan Stigwood, Sonia Swaby, Matthew White, Michael Winsor, Tunku Yasmin; dir:John Caird [36pp, 6x8.5; cast list, 50+ company biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, orchestra list, credits etc.; "... devoid of any overall purpose." (Herald Tribune), "Musicals should never be yawnsome - and this one is seat-twitchingly so." (Sunday Express); only lasted ten weeks; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

1991 (Jan): CHILDREN OF EDEN - Stephen Schwartz, John Caird (Prince Edward) Souvenir Brochure
Ken Page (as Father), Martin Smith (as Adam), Shezwae Powell (as Eve), Richard Lloyd-King (as Snake), Adrian Beaumont (as Cain), Shion Abdillah/Ramilles Corbin/Ashley Walters (as Abel), Kevin Colson (as Noah), Earlene Bentley (as Mama Noah), Craig Pinder (as Shem), Ray Shell (as Ham), Anthony Barclay (as Japheth), Hiromi Itoh (as Aysha), Ruthie Henshall (as Aphra), Frances Ruffelle (as Yonah), Kerry-Jane Beddows, Kaye Brown, Sophia Butler, Anna-Jane Casey, Colin Charles, Sally Dewhurst, Stephane Drouard, Jacqui Dubois, Brenda Edwards, Andrea Francis, Antoni Garfield Henry, Steven Houghton, Graham Hubbard, Stephen Kent, Vanessa Leagh-Hicks, Glenn Lee, Kumiko Miura, Michael Aaron Peth, Elizabeth Renihan, Andrew Robbins, Mitch Sebastian, Jonathan Stigwood, Sonia Swaby, Matthew White, Michael Winsor, Tunku Yasmin [20pp, 9x12; cast list, TWENTY-SIX excellent production photos etc.; dir:John Caird; VG] £6

1991 (Nov-Feb 1992): THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL - Jeremy Paul, Leslie Stewart, Keith Strachan (Orange Tree)
Nicola Stapleton, Billy Hartman, Aline Mowat, Vivienne Martin, Marcello Marascalchi, Tina Martin, Gordon Reid, Duncan Smith, Patrick Barnett, Robin Weaver, Jonquil Cook; dir:John Wood [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, list of musical numbers, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1991: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (London Palladium) Souvenir Brochure
Jason Donovan (as Joseph); dir:Steven Pimlott, des:Mark Thompson [16pp, 9x12; 20+ excellent colour production photos, programme notes, three-page illustrated feature on the designs, lighting, choreography etc. (w.15+ further photos); VG] £6

1991: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (London Palladium)
Jason Donovan (as Joseph), Linzi Hateley (as Narrator), Aubrey Woods (as Jacob / Potiphar), David Easter (as Pharaoh), Paul Tomkinson, Patrick Clancy, Nadia Strahan, Amanda Courtney-Davies, Michael Small, Nicolos Colicos, Philip Cox, Mark Frendo, Peter Bishop, Connor Byrne, Michael Small, Jason Moore, Johnny Amobi, Megan Kelly, Jacqui Jameson, Joselyn Vodovoz Cook, Gael Johnson, Elizabeth Renihan, Sonia Swaby, Jacqui Harman, Caroline Dillon, Robin Cleaver; dir:Steven Pimlott [72pp, 6.75x9.5; cast, 45+ company biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, 12+ rehearsal photos, credits etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1991: SOME LIKE IT HOT The Musical - Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, Peter Stone (Churchill Theatre, Bromley)
Mason Taylor, Douglas Anderson, Jonathan Owen, Les Want, Christopher Connah, David McEwan, Steven Osborne, Glenn Munroe, Ben Lush, Tommy Steele, Billy Boyle, Veronica Clifford, Edward Phillips, Graham Hoadly, Jaclyn Mendoza, William Folan-Conray, Tim Claydon, Mandy Perryment, Stephen Mear, Kim Harwood, Georgina Field, Cathryn J Smith, Susan Freebury, Royce Mills; dir:Tommy Steele [40pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, 30+ biographies (w.photos), scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £3

1991: CHESS - Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus (Apollo Theatre, Oxford)
Rebecca Storm, Maurice Clarke, Christopher Corcoran, Graham Macduff, Linda-Mae Brewer, Malcolm Rivers, Paul Haley; dir:Anthony Van Laast [32pp; 40+ biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1991: RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET - Bob Carlton (Cambridge)
Tim Barron, Christopher Beaumont, Roy Brandon, Chris Brooker, Libby Crabtree, Julian Littman, Nina Lucking, Karen Mann, Steve Muller, Wendy Parkin, Craig Stevenson, Stephen Tate [48pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1991: ASPECTS OF LOVE - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Charles Hart, based on the novel by David Garnett (Prince of Wales)
Helen Hobson, David Malek, Barrie Ingham, Grania Renihan, Paul Bentley, Alicia Davies / Nicola Stapleton, Diana Morrison, Dorothy Vernon, Gareth Snook; dir:Trevor Nunn [40pp, 5.9x8.5; cast, scenes, musical numbers, 25+ cast photos and biogs, illustrated article etc.; VG] £4

1991: BUDDY, The Buddy Holly Story - Alan Janes (Victoria Palace)
Chip Esten, Paul Case, Mat Kane, Sean Aita, Laurence Bouvard, Colin Salmon [52pp; cast, scenes, 28 cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4

1991: MATADOR - Michael Leander, Edward Seago, Peter Jukes (Queen's Theatre)
John Barrowman, Stefanie Powers, Caroline O'Connor, Alexander Hanson, Jackie Dunn, Nicky Henson; dir:Elijah Moshinsky [68pp, 6x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, cast biographies (w.photos), rehearsal photos, etc.; VG] £5

1991: OH, KAY! - George and Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, P G Wodehouse (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York)
Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Richardson, Helmar Augustus Cooper, Kevin Ramsey, Mark Kenneth Smaltz, Kyme, Alexander Barton, Natalie Oliver, Gregg Burge; dir:Dan Siretta [64pp, 5.5x8.5 (Playbill Vol.91 No.4); cast list, production photos, cast biographies and photos, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, etc. etc.; VG] £5

1991 (May): CATS - Andrew Lloyd Webber, T S Eliot, Richard Stilgoe, Trevor Nunn (New London)
Di Bother, Christopher Howard, Mark Wynter, Graham Fletcher, Donald Francke, Japheth Myers, Barbara King, Adrian Edmeades, Gary Martin, Louisa Shaw; dir:Trevor Nunn [28pp, 9x5.5 "landscape" programme; synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, rehearsal photos, extensive biographies etc.; VG] £4

1991 (Aug): CATS - Andrew Lloyd Webber, T S Eliot, Richard Stilgoe, Trevor Nunn (New London)
Jacqui Scott, Christopher Howard, Mark Wynter, Graham Fletcher, Donald Francke, Geoffrey Garratt, Barbara King, Shaun Henderson, Vincent Leigh, Louisa Shaw; dir:Trevor Nunn [28pp, 9x5.5 "landscape" programme; synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, rehearsal photos, extensive biographies etc.; VG] £4

1991: ME AND MY GIRL - Noel Gay, L Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Stephen Fry, Mike Ockrent (Adelphi)
Les Dennis (as Bill Snibson), Louise English (as Sally Smith), Angela Moran, Alfred Marks (as Sir John Tremayne), Amanda Prior, Andrew Wheaton, Roy Macready, Richard Colson, Austin Kent, Barry J Gordon, Marie Lorraine, Joyce Blane, David Streames, Wendy Pollock, Tim Menah, Clive Bebee, Amanda Martin, Chris Moppett, Angela Lloyd, Chris Cavanagh, Reg Eppey, Jason Di Mascio, Graham Macduff, Mike Scott, Ian Dring, Marcus Savage, Melanie Allpress, Colin John-Bell, Alison Bish, Neale Birch, Kathryn Hare, Sean Kingsley, Gavin Lee, Robert McWhir, Kirsty Sparks, Rebecca Trelease; dir:Mike Ockrent [36pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, 35+ biographies w.photos, scenes and musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1991: INTO THE WOODS - Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine (Wolsey, Ipswich)
Alan Moore, Debbie Paul, Michael Winsor, David Timson, Marilyn Cutts, Jill Pert, Beth Tuckey, Nelly Morrison, Buster Skeggs, Wendi Peters, Rosemary Ashe, Michael Bell, Josephine Cooper, Don Gallagher, Bernadette Lord, Philip Wrigley, Robert Benfield, Clare Harper/Sophie Jones, Cheryl Halliwell/Julie Moggan; dir: Antony Tuckey [32pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; minor blemish on cover, else VG] £3

1991: CHICAGO - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Leicester Haymarket)
Diane Langton, Caroline O'Connor, Steve Weston; dir:Paul Kerryson [24pp, 5.5x11.75; illustrated articles, cast photos and biographies] £3

1991: CARMEN JONES - Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II (Old Vic)
Wilhelminia Fernandez, Damon Evans, Gregg Baker, Clive Rowe; dir:Simon Callow [36pp, 5.5x11.75; extensive illustrated articles; cast photos; a full programme] £5

1991: CARMEN JONES - Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II (Old Vic)
Paula Ingram, Damon Evans, Gregg Baker, Clive Rowe; dir:Simon Callow [40pp, 5.5x11.75; extensive illustrated articles; c50 cast photos; a full programme] £4

1991: CARMEN JONES - Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II (Old Vic)
Sharon Benson, Michael Austin, Gregg Baker, Clive Rowe; dir:Simon Callow [36pp, 5.5x11.75; extensive illustrated articles; cast photos, biographies; a full programme] £4

1991: CARMEN JONES - Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II (Old Vic)
Sharon Benson, Gary Wilmot, Gregg Baker, Clive Rowe; dir:Simon Callow [40pp, 5.5x11.75; extensive illustrated articles; cast photos, biographies; a full programme] £4

1991: OKLAHOMA - Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch)
June Bland, Mark Roper (as Curly), Liz Izen (as Laurey), Matthew White, Leon Berger (as Jud Fry), David Shaw-Parker, Catherine Terry, Amanda Tingle, Geoffrey Dallamore, Mark Jardine, Ian Mowat, James Buller, Andrew Ableson, Greg Dexter, Katie Verner, Rebecca Hartley, Lucy Moorby, Sarah Louise Mayne, Lynne Winslow, Mark Canton; dir:Gerry Tebbutt [24pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £3

1991: NUTMEG AND GINGER - Julian Slade (Orange Tree Theatre)
John Gower, Paul Hegarty, Mary Lincoln, Osmund Bullock, David Timson, Elizabeth Mansfield, Nicola Slade, Antonia Castle, Richard Owens, Ursula Smith, Howard Samuels, Carol Mounter, Vincent Shields, Richard Long; dir:Sam Walters [28pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1991: TWO BY TWO - Richard Rodgers, Peter Stone, Martin Charnin (Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich)
Colin Farrell (as Noah), Pip Hinton, Damian Myerscough, Clive Hayward, Geoffrey Abbott, Jackie Downey, Sian Reeves, Liz Izen; dir:Gerry Tebbutt [32pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, list of musical numbers, orchestra list, credits etc.; VG] £5

1991: BARNUM - Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble (Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham) Souvenir Brochure
Paul Nicholas, Carol Duffy, Clara Miller, Richard Gauntlett, Nicola Blackman, Simon David Trout; dir:Buddy Schwab [36pp, 8.25x11.75; excellent illustrated article about Phineas T.Barnum, biographies w.photos etc.; attractive brochure; VG] £6

1991: THE BEGGAR'S OPERA - John Gay, Vandalised by Simon Andrew Stirling, Music & Additional Material by Anthony Ingle (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) Souvenir Brochure
Louis Hilyer, Paul M.Meston, Karl Collins, Andrew Hobday, Vivien Parry, Jason Riddington, Nick Moran, Elizabeth Ash, Shelly Willetts, Karen Tomlin; Provoked & Realised by Helena Kaut-Howson [24pp, 8.25x11.75; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1991: SARAFINA! - Mbongeni Ngema (Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham) Souvenir Brochure
Seipati Sothoane, Somizi Mhlongo and large cast [24pp large size (8.25x11.75) glossy brochure, with cast photos and biographies, illustrated articles etc.; South African musical depicting students involved in the Soweto Riots; VG] £3

1991: LET'S DO IT - Cole Porter (Tour) Souvenir Brochure
Paul Jones, Elaine Delmar, Keith Smith and the Manhattan Club All Stars [20pp; cast photos; lightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1991 (Sep): JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, translated by Tokiko Iwatani and Keita Asari (Dominion Theatre) Souvenir Brochure
Shiki Theatrical Company of Tokyo: Yuichiro Yamaguchi (as Jesus), Jun Swaki (as Judas), Chizu Hosaka (as Mary), Morimasa Sagawa, Akira Aoki, Goro Matusmiya, Akio Yoshiya, Takao Okamoto, Kiyomichi Shiba, Masayuki Sano, Akihiko Mitsueda, Takanori Shimomura; dir: Keita Asari [28pp, 8.25x11.75; Japanese language Kabuki style production; cast list, credits, scene breakdown and synopsis, biographies w.photos, 15+ excellent colour production photos, history of the Shiki Theatrical Company etc.; lightly rumpled, else VG] £6

1991: STARLIGHT EXPRESS - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe (Apollo Victoria) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 40+ pages of splendid colour production photographs; dir:Trevor Nunn [44pp, 11x11; 1984 company list, 1991 company list, introductory article by Trevor Nunn, production credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

Musicals: 1992

1992: SOME LIKE IT HOT The Musical - Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, Peter Stone (Prince Edward)
Steven Osborne, Glenn Munroe, Nick Ferranti, Tommy Steele (as Joe), Billy Boyle (as Jerry), Mason Taylor, Douglas Anderson, Richard Ratcliffe, Les Want, Christopher Connah, Veronica Clifford, David McEwan, Edward Phillips, Graham Hoadly, Victoria Lynson, William Folan-Conray, Phill Harrison, Mandy Perryment (as Sugar Kowalczyk), Kim Harwood, Sharon White, Susan Freebury, Stephen Mear, Royce Mills (as Osgood Bikertalk), Moira Hartley, Cathryn Fort-Reynolds, Emma Taylor, Melinda Creelman, Anna David, Catherine Duncan, Natasha Haslam, Stephanie Claire Hicks, Gary Hoof, Alexandra Moore, Samantha Murray, Andrew Martyn Miles; dir:Tommy Steele [40pp, 6.75x9.75; cast list, 30+ biographies (w.photos), scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1992: THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse (Sadler's Wells)
Liz Robertson, Christopher Cazenove, Robin Nedwell, Jan Waters, Linda Hibberd; dir:Wendy Toye [40pp, 7.9x7.9; cast, scenes, musical numbers, 6 production photos, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1992 (Sep): LADY BE GOOD - George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson (Darlington Civic Theatre)
New Shakespeare Company: Simon Green, Joanna Riding, Zubin Varla, Jane Maud, Samantha Spiro, Gavin Muir, Bernard Cribbins; dir:Ian Talbot [32pp, 6x8.25; cast, biographies, 3 small production photos etc.; VG] £4

1992 (Oct): LADY BE GOOD - George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson (Theatre Royal, Brighton)
New Shakespeare Company: Simon Green, Joanna Riding, Zubin Varla, Jane Maud, Samantha Spiro, Gavin Muir, Bernard Cribbins; dir:Ian Talbot [36pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, list of musical numbers, extensive illustrated article about the Gershwins, credits etc.; VG] £4

1992: LADY BE GOOD - George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson (Arts Theatre, Cambridge)
New Shakespeare Company: Simon Green, Jane Arden, Zubin Varla, Jane Maud, Samantha Spiro, Gavin Muir, Bernard Cribbins; dir:Ian Talbot [32pp; cast, charmingly illustrated articles, list of scenes and musical numbers, cast biogs etc.; VG] £4

1992: DO I HEAR A WALTZ? - Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
Alice Macdonald, Zubin Varla, Charles Edwards, Stephen Ventura; dir:Martin Connor [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast, scenes, musical numbers etc.; minor marks, else VG] £2

1992: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe (Pantages Theatre, Toronto)
Jeff Hyslop, Mary D'Arcy/Glenda Balkan, Byron Nease, Irena Welhasch Baerg/Patty Goble; dir: Harold Prince [54pp, 5.25x8.4; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1992: CRAZY FOR YOU - George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Ken Ludwig, Mike Ockrent (Sam S.Shubert Theatre, New York)
Harry Groener, Jodi Benson, John Hillner, Michele Pawk, Bruce Adler; dir:Mike Ockrent, choreographed by Susan Stroman [68pp, 5.6x8.4 (Playbill Vol.92 No.10); articles, photographs (including production shots), cast list, biographies, scenes and musical numbers etc.; slight crease, else VG] £4

1992: SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS A Celebration of Vivian Ellis - Vivian Ellis, Sheridan Morley (King's Head)
Sheridan Morley, Thelma Ruby, Frank Thornton, Maurice Clarke, Ray C Davis, Rachel Robertson, Fiona Sinnott; dir:Dan Crawford [28pp, 6x8.3; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, article on Vivian Ellis (w.photo), credits etc.; VG] £4

1992: SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS A Celebration of Vivian Ellis - Vivian Ellis, Sheridan Morley (Whitehall)
King's Head production: Ron Moody, Thelma Ruby, Simon Shepherd, Clare Burt, Maurice Clarke, Rachel Robertson, Sheridan Morley/Dillie Keane; dir:Dan Crawford [20pp, 6x9; cast list, list of musical numbers, excellent illustrated articles, cast photos; w.newsclipping review and ticket; VG] £4

1992: A SWELL PARTY: A Celebration of Cole Porter - Cole Porter, John Kane, David Kernan (Vaudeville)
Nickolas Grace, Angela Richards, Anne Wood, David Kernan, Martin Smith; dir:David Gilmore [32pp, 6.1x8.5; list of musical numbers, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; date written on title page (26.2.92), else VG] £4

1992: FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE - Clarke Peters, Louis Jordan (Lyric)
Theatre Royal, Stratford East production: Johnny Amobi, Kenny Andrews, Colin Charles, Peter Alex Newton, Horace Oliver, Dig Wayne; dir:Charles Augins [60pp, 6x8.5; articles, photographs, etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1992: ASPECTS OF LOVE - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Charles Hart, based on the novel by David Garnett (Prince of Wales)
Sarah Brightman, Michael Praed, Barrie Ingham, Grania Renihan, Paul Bentley, Emma Nelson/Lindsay Reid/Ellen Richardson, Diana Morrison, Dorothy Vernon, Gareth Snook; dir:Trevor Nunn [44pp, 5.9x8.5; cast, scenes, musical numbers, 25+ cast photos and biogs, illustrated article etc.; VG] £4

1992: LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton (Palace)
J Mark McVey (Jean Valjean), Andrew C Wadsworth (Javert), Ruthie Henshall (Fantine), Sally Bentley (Crone), Rosemary Ashe (Mme.Thenardier), Peter Polycarpou (Thenardier), Stephanie Martin (Eponine), Darryl Knock (Marius), Keith Burns (Enjolras), Mark Turnbull (Brujon), Megan Kelly (Cosette), Nigel Richards (Combeferre), Tony Rouse (Prouvaire); dir:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [28pp; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; attractive programme [51]; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1992: LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton (Palace)
Mark McKerracher (Jean Valjean), Andrew C Wadsworth (Javert), Claire Moore (Fantine), Nicola Sloane (Crone), Jenny Galloway (Mme.Thenardier), Mark White (Thenardier), Gemma Wardle (Eponine), Tony Rouse (Marius), David Malek (Enjolras), Michael French (Brujon), Nicky Adams (Cosette), Mark Turnbull (Combeferre), Matthew Cammelle (Prouvaire); dir:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [28pp; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; attractive programme [53]; VG] £4

1992: ASSASSINS - Stephen Sondheim (Donmar Warehouse)
Paul Bentley, Jack Ellis, Michael Cantwell, Henry Goodman, Paul Harrhy, Ciaran Hinds, Cathryn Bradshaw, Louise Gold, David Firth, Anthony Barclay, Kevin Walton, Michelle Fine, Gareth Snook, Sue Kelvin; dir:Sam Mendes [24pp, 5.9x8.9; cast list, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits; VG] £4

1992: ME AND MY GIRL - Noel Gay, L Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Stephen Fry, Mike Ockrent (Adelphi)
Brian Conley (as Bill Snibson), Joanna Riding (as Sally Smith), Angela Moran, Ivor Danvers (as Sir John Tremayne), Amanda Prior, Ramsay Gilderdale, Roy Macready, Richard Colson, Richard Pescud, Roland MacLeod, Marie Lorraine, Joyce Blane, Philip Hazelby, Maggie Ellis, Hadrian Delacey, Michael Dotchin, Mandi Martin, Chris Moppett, Susan Fay, Chris Cavanagh, Austin Kent, Jason Di Mascio, Philip Snowden, Robert Armstrong, Ian Dring, Marcus Savage, Steve Aliffe, Melanie Allpress, James Gray, Angela Lloyd, Robert McWhir, Tim Menah, Johanne Murdoch, Tammy Needham, Carl Trevors, Samantha Warden; dir:Mike Ockrent [32pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, 35+ biographies w.photos, scenes and musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1992: WHICH WITCH - Benedicte Adrian, Ingrid Bjornov, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Piers Haggard (Piccadilly)
Benedicte Adrian, Graham Bickley, Vivien Parry, Billy Hartman, Stig Rossen, Sara Weymouth, Leo Andrew, Gay Soper, Jahn Teigen, John Ayldon, Julian Forsyth, Kevin A J Ranson, David Arneil, Issy Van Randwyck, Samantha Lavender, Samantha Shaw, Karen Skinns, Paul Gyngell, Stephen Hanley, Peter Ledbury, Tim Morgan, Barbara King, Kerry-Jane Beddows, Tammi Jacobs, Maria Kesselman; dir:Piers Haggard [24pp, 5.9x9; cast list, synopsis, list of scenes and musical numbers, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG; Sheridan Morley in the Herald Tribune: "Years from now, stunned members of the first-night audience will be holding reunions to try to recall whether Which Witch was really as appalling as it first appeared. It was, it was." The show lasted 10 weeks ...] £5

1992: KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN - John Kander, Fred Ebb, Terrence McNally, Manuel Puig (Shaftesbury)
Chita Rivera (as Aurora), Brent Carver (as Molina), Anthony Crivello (as Valentin), Kirsti Carnahan, Jerry Christakos, Jeff Crossland, Joshua Finkel, Lorraine Foreman, Colton Green, Philip Hernandez (as Esteban), Halcro Johnston (as Marcos), Herndon Lackey (as Warden), Merle Louise, Keith McDaniel, Robert Montano, Dan O'Grady, Aurelio Padron, Raymond Rodriguez, Gary Schwartz, Dorothy Stanley, John Norman Thomas; dir:Harold Prince [28pp, 6x9; excellent production and cast photos, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1992: KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN - John Kander, Fred Ebb, Terrence McNally, Manuel Puig (Shaftesbury)
Bebe Neuwirth (as Aurora), Jeff Hyslop (as Molina), Charles Pistone (as Valentin), Clarke Peters (as Warden), Leo Andrew, David Bardsley, Buz Butler, Jeff Crossland, Richard Cuerdon, Paul Darnell (as Esteban), Yvonne Edgell, Samantha Fawcett-Young, Julia Goss, Halcro Johnston (as Marcos), Donna King, George Alex Livings, Joseph Noble, David Obinyan, Julie Paton, David Pendlebury, Neil Rose, Mike Scott, Simon Street, Matthew White; dir:Harold Prince [6x9, 28pp; cast list, cast photos and biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1992: MISS SAIGON - Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, Richard Maltby Jr. (Drury Lane)
Simon Bowman, Junix Inocian, Antoni Garfield Henry, Robert Sena, Nikki Ankara, Jenine Desiderio / Jamie Rivera; dir:Nicholas Hytner [72pp, 6.75x9.6; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles; a full programme; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1992: THE COTTON CLUB - Douglas Barron (Aldwych)
Joanne Campbell, Marilyn J Johnson, Richard Lloyd King, Britt Wilson, Debby Bishop, Special Guest: Marcel Peneux (World Tap Dancing Champion); dir:Billy Wilson [32pp, 6.75x9.6; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1992: RADIO TIMES - Noel Gay, Abi Grant, Robin Miller, Don Black, Chris Walker, Alex Armitage (Queen's)
Tony Slattery, Jeff Shankley, Kathryn Evans, Peter Rutherford, Harriet Benson, James Buller, Ian Bartholomew, Tamzin Outhwaite; dir:David Gilmore [60pp, 6.75x9.6; cast, scenes, musical numbers, production and cast photos, biogs etc.; tiny tear to cover, else VG] £4

1992: RADIO TIMES - Noel Gay, Abi Grant, Robin Miller, Don Black, Chris Walker, Alex Armitage (Birmingham Rep)
Tony Slattery, Jeff Shankley, Kathryn Evans, Peter Rutherford, Harriet Benson, James Buller, Ian Bartholomew, Tamzin Outhwaite; dir:David Gilmore [36pp, 5.5x11.75; extensive illustrated articles, cast photos and biogs etc.; attractive programme; VG] £4

1992: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Bernard Lloyd (as Tevye), Beverley Klein (as Golde), Alexandra Sumner, Carol Starks, Alison Ruffelle, Tricia Deighton, Graham Hubbard, Brendan O'Hea, Vernon Gudgeon, Jon Rumney, Gerard Doyle, David Trevena, Dermot McLaughlin, Jessica Stevenson, Catherine Terry, Stephen Mackenna, Christopher Wild, Fenella Norman, Hannah Newbold, Janine Walker, Caroline Felstone, Louise Ball, Stephanie Hall, Michelle Christie, Kevin Austin,Darren J Bennett, Akasdair Harvey, Richard Neuberg; dir:Matthew Warchus [36pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, scenes and musical numbers, very extensive illustrated articles, cast photos and biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1992: CARMEN JONES - Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II (Old Vic)
Patti Boulaye, Blair Wilson (for Gary Wilmot), Joshua Bancel (for Ashley Howard Wilkinson); dir:Simon Callow [40pp, 5.5x11.75; extensive illustrated articles; cast photos, biographies; minor marks, cast substitutions written in; a full programme] £5

1992: CANDIDE (Everyman Theatre Liverpool) Souvenir Brochure
Mike Afford, Philip Rham, Elena Ferrari, Jenny Galloway, Oliver Beamish, Graham Du Fresne; dir:John Doyle [20pp large size (8.25x11.75) brochure; extensive illustrated articles, rehearsal and cast photos, biographies etc.; VG] £4

1992 (Jul-Aug): GUYS AND DOLLS - Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows (Young Vic)
Young Vic Youth Theatre: Simon Meacock, Mark Fleischmann, James Dove, Nicola Kingston (as Sarah Brown), Iain Ward, Jon Lee, Kolade Agboke, Gary Moynihan (as Nathan Detroit), Chris Ryman, Juliet Aghion (as Miss Adelaide), Ben Caplan (as Sky Masterson), Robert Hatch, Clare Francis, Gillian McCafferty, Paul Leyshon, Nathan Willey, Marc Beers; dir:Karen Stephens and Chris White [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1992: WEST SIDE STORY - Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents (Corn Exchange, Cambridge) Souvenir Brochure
Dominic Curtis, Scott Harris, Paul T'Sang, Maria Rallings, Jane Edwards; dir:Irina Brown, musical director:Wayne Marshall [28pp large size (8.25x11.75) glossy brochure; rehearsal photos, illustrated articles, cast photos and biographies etc.; VG] £4

1992 (22 Jun-4 Jul): GRAND HOTEL - Robert Wright and George Forrest (Dominion) Preview Programme
Large-size Preview Programme: Liliane Montevecchi, Brent Barrett, Barry James, Barry Foster, Pierre Dulaine, Yvonne Marceau; dir:Tommy Tune [28pp large size (8.9x11.9) glossy colour brochure; cast list, 20 production photos, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, orchestra list, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £5

1992: GRAND HOTEL - Robert Wright and George Forrest (Dominion) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure: Liliane Montevecchi, Brent Barrett, Barry James, Barry Foster, Pierre Dulaine, Yvonne Marceau; dir:Tommy Tune [28pp large size (8.75x12) glossy colour brochure; excellent photography throughout (including 45+ production pics); 30+ cast photos and biographies, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £6

1992: MOBY DICK - Robert Longden, Hereward Kaye (Piccadilly) Souvenir Brochure
Tony Monopoly (as Dorothy Hyman, Headmistress/Ahab), Hope Augustus, Jayne Collins, Jackie Crawford, Theresa Kartell, Leigh MacDonald, Joanne Redman, Dawn Spence, Earl Tobias, Mark White, Emma Priest, John Tobias, Jenny Galloway; dir:Robert Longden [20pp, 9x12; excellent black and white photography throughout, lyrics, notes, 40+ cast and production team photos and biographies, 15+ rehearsal photos, illustrated articles etc. etc.; an unusual programme for this cult show, a legendary flop (which ran for 127 performances); slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

1992 (Jul): MISS SAIGON - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Richard Maltby Jr. (Drury Lane) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 30+ pages of splendid colour photographs featuring the original and subsequent London casts, and articles by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Cameron Mackintosh, Edward Behr, Nicholas Hytner, Richard Maltby Jr., Bob Avian, James Fenton, William D Brohn, David English etc. [40pp, 9x12; VG] £6

1992: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN - Irving Berlin, Herbert and Dorothy Fields (Prince of Wales)
Kim Criswell (as Annie Oakley), John Diedrich (as Frank Butler), Norman Rossington, Brian Glover (as Chief Sitting Bull), Meg Johnson, Leon Greene (as Buffalo Bill), Veronica Hart, Billy Burke, Mel Cobb, Richard Armitage (in ensemble); dir:Roger Redfarn [40pp, 6.75x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1992: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN - Irving Berlin, Herbert and Dorothy Fields (Prince of Wales) Souvenir Brochure
Kim Criswell (as Annie Oakley), John Diedrich (as Frank Butler), Norman Rossington, Brian Glover (as Chief Sitting Bull), Meg Johnson, Leon Greene (as Buffalo Bill), Veronica Hart, Billy Burke, Mel Cobb; dir:Roger Redfarn [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, 30+ colour production photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £5

1992: CYRANO The Musical - Ad Van Dijk, Koen Van Dijk (Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam) Souvenir Brochure
Bill van Dijk (as Cyrano de Bergerac), Ryan van den Akker (as Roxanne), Danny de Munk (as Christian), Peter de Smet (as De Guiche), Edwin de Jongh, Max van Weegberg (as Ragueneau), Rik Luycx, Sasja Brouwers, Lizzy Haslinghuis, Gerardo Jak, Albert Kamphuis, Judy Kesnar, Rolf Koster, Leon van Leeuwenberg, Irma Lohman, Hans Musman, Marcel Smid, Inez Timmer, Paul Vaes, Robert Valter, Betty Vermeulen, Janine Vos; dir: Eddy Habbema, c: Alan Evans, movement: Eleanor Fazan, fights: William Hobbs [56pp, 8.75x12.75; cast list, synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, 40+ cast and company biographies w.photos, colour costume sketches, 50+ COLOUR PRODUCTION PHOTOS, credits etc.; programme in Dutch; Original Production; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

1992: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe (Her Majesty's) Souvenir Brochure
Peter Karrie, Shona Lindsay, Simon Burke, Michael Bauer, Sandra Dugdale, Peter Land, Ramon Remedios, Sally Smith, Lisa Hull; dir:Harold Prince [28pp, 9x12, secured with a decorative red tie; a magnificent souvenir of this long-running production, containing 20+ colour production photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £6

Musicals: 1993

1993 (11-13 Nov): THE TEN COMMANDMENTS A Collaborative Musical - Adele Anderson, Stephen Clark, Brenda Cooper, Howard Goodall, Edward Hardy, Charles Hart, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Paul James, Stephen Keeling, Paul Leigh, Martin Lowe, Ben Mason, James McConnel, Andrew Peggie, Peter Spafford, Mary Stewart-David, Denise Wharmby, Warren Wills, Kate Young (The Place Theatre)
The Mercury Workshop: Rowan Spinks, Sam Hiller, Paul Hegarty, Patti Boulaye, Stephen Aintree, Julie Burnage, Jacqui Cryer, Peter Duncan, Vincent Leigh, Jan Waters, dir:Steven Dexter [28pp, 5.9x8.3; full cast and credits for each of the ten brief musical scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; ] £3

1993: The New STARLIGHT EXPRESS - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe (Apollo Victoria)
Greg Ellis (Rusty), Nigel Casey (Greaseball), Shelley Meredith (Pearl), John Partridge (Electra), Lon Satton (Poppa), Caron Cardelle (Dinah) and large cast [32pp, 9x5.6; cast list, biographies. rehearsal photos, musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN - Irving Berlin, Herbert and Dorothy Fields (Prince of Wales)
Kim Criswell (as Annie Oakley), John Diedrich (as Frank Butler), Norman Rossington, Brian Glover (as Chief Sitting Bull), Meg Johnson, Leon Greene (as Buffalo Bill), Veronica Hart, Billy Burke, Mel Cobb, Richard Armitage (in ensemble); dir:Roger Redfarn [40pp, 6.75x9.7; cast list, 30+ biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; w.ticket (3 Jan 1993); VG] £4

1993: LUST Circa 1661, based on Wycherley's The Country Wife - The Heather Brothers (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
Denis Lawson (as Horner), Paul Leonard, Colin Marsh, Janet Devenish, Stuart Pendred, Judith Paris, Anthony Dawes, Sean Wilton, Karen-Jane Tomlinson, Kate O'Sullivan, Andrew Nyman, Tim Willis, Sophie Aldred (as Margery), Julian Curry (as Pinchwife), Mark Haddigan, Sarah Moyle, Helen Hobson, Andrew Sherwood; dir:Bob Carlton [40pp, 6.75x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of scenes and musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles on William Wycherley, The Country Wife and Restoration Rakes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1993: CANDIDE - Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur, Hugh Wheeler, Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche (Theatre Royal, York)
Liverpool Everyman production: Mike Afford (as Doctor Voltaire/Doctor Pangloss), Judith Bruce, Graham Du Fresne, Richard Felix (as Candide), Elena Ferrari (as Cunegonde), Kim Harwood, Richard Hodder, Peter Oxley, Kevin Walton, Sharon White, Helen Ireland, Millie Taylor; dir:John Doyle [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, 6 pages of illustrated articles, credits etc.; w.two tickets (9 Jun); VG] £3

1993: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (London Palladium)
Jason Donovan (as Joseph), Linzi Hateley (as Narrator), Aubrey Woods (as Jacob / Potiphar / Guru), Maynard Williams (as Pharaoh), Jonathan D Ellis, Robert Woodall, Deborah Shrimpton, Gabrielle Noble, Michael Small, Mark Adams, Lincoln Hudson, Gerard McIsaac, Andrew Newey, Mark Carroll, Edward Glen, Colin Charles, Nicola Keen, Beth Robson, Jane Ashby, Deborah Bundy, Claire Massie, Samantha Lane, Chellie Michaels, Vikki Coote, Nicky Lawson; dir:Steven Pimlott [72pp, 6.75x9.5; cast, 45+ company biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, 12+ rehearsal photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1993 (March): GOOD ROCKIN' TONITE! - Jack Good (New Victoria, Woking)
Ronnie Caryl, Carl Picton, Tracy Taylor, David Carling, Michael Dimitri, Caron Pascoe, Michelle Hooper, Simon Fraser, Vas Constanti, Mark Leadbetter, Tim Francis; dir:Ian Kellgren [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, credits, extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1993 (Mch): MY FAIR LADY - Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe (Lewisham Theatre)
Lewisham Operatic Society production: Susie Clark (as Eliza), William Christmas, Brian Butler (as Professor Higgins), Roy Baxter, Shelagh Lewis, Mike Smith; dir:Ray Moon [12pp, 5.9x8.3; cast list, synopsis of scenes, musical numbers, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £1

1993: INTO THE WOODS - Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine (Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe)
Charles Foster (as Narrator / Mysterious Man), Grania Renihan, Fenton Gray (as Jack), Ann Emery, Barry James (as Baker), Di Botcher, Adele Anderson, Jane Stoggles, Michaela J Noakes, Eddie Caswell, Lindsey Dawson (as Little Red Riding Hood), Caroline O'Connor (as Witch), Rosemary Williams, Glyn Kerslake, Debra Stable, Stephen Barlow, Fergus McLarnon, Liz Cooper, Julia Roy-Williams, Megan Lunsdane; dir:Roger Haines [32pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, musical numbers, biographies, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: TOMMY - Pete Townshend, Des McAnuff (St.James Theatre, New York)
Michael Cerveris (Tommy), Marcia Mitzman (Mrs Walker), Jonathan Dokuchitz (Captain Walker), Anthony Barrile (Cousin Kevin), Lisa Leguillou (Nurse), Lee Morgan (Lover), Paul Kandel (Uncle Ernie); dir:Des McAnuff [72pp, 8.5x5.4 Playbill Programme (Vol.93 No.4); cast list, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, cast biographies w.photos, credits and much else; VG] £3

1993: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY 1993 - Gerard Alessandrini (Theatre East, New York)
Susanne Blakeslee, Allison Briner, Brad Ellis, Brad Oscar, Craig Wells; dir:Gerard Alessandrini [4pp, 5.6x8.75 Playbill Programme; cast photos and biographies, credits etc.; VG] £1

1993: CITY OF ANGELS - Cy Coleman, David Zippel, Larry Gelbart (Prince of Wales)
Roger Allam, Henry Goodman, Martin Smith, Haydn Gwynne, Susannah Fellows, Fiona Hendley, Maurice Clarke, Sarah Jane Hassell, David Schofield, Matt Zimmerman, Andrew Halliday; dir:Michael Blakemore [44pp, 6.6x9.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, 27 cast photos with biographies; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

1993: BLOOD BROTHERS - Willy Russell (Phoenix)
Stephanie Lawrence, Carl Wayne, Paul Crosby, Angus Pope, Peter Watts, Sharon Byatt, Sandy Walsh, David Hitchen, Andrew Blair, Annie Richardson, David Bingham, Peter Faulkner, Annie Cowan, William Adams; dir:Bob Tomson [40pp, 6.75x9.5; biographies, cast and production photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1993: PIAF - Pam Gems (Piccadilly)
Peter Hall Company: Elaine Paige, Wendy Morgan, Greg Hicks, Dawn Hope; dir:Peter Hall [40pp, 6.75x9.5; cast biogs and photos, scenes, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1993: MISS SAIGON - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Richard Maltby Jr. (Drury Lane)
Junix Inocian, Jerome Pradon/Niall Stones, Nikki Ankara, Clinton Derricks Carroll, Robert Sena, Jenine Desiderio/Joanna Ampil; dir:Nicholas Hytner [72pp, 6.75x9.6; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles; a full programme; minor marks, else VG] £4

1993: LEONARDO The Musical: A Portrait of Love - Tommy Moeller, Greg Moeller, Russell Dunlop, Duke Minks, John Kane (Strand)
Jane Arden, James Barron, Paul Collis (as Leonardo), Hal Fowler, Lisa Hollander, David Alder, Adrian Beaumont, Lisa Bluthal, Ian Caddick, John Dulieu, Brian Ellis, Samantha Glenn, Paul Hegarty, Susie Lee Hayward, Gerard Leighton, George Little, Felix Medina, Sam Newman, Jon Osbaldeston, Rebecca Pearce, Peter Reeves, Chrissy Roberts, Mark Roper, Jane Stoggles; dir:Rob Bettinson [44pp, 6.6x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos, scenes and musical numbers, programme notes, credits etc. (This musical costing 2 million pounds was apparently financed by phosphate-rich bird-droppings from the Republic of Nauro; sadly it only lasted 44 performances.) VG] £4

1993: CRAZY FOR YOU - George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Ken Ludwig, Mike Ockrent (Prince Edward)
Kirby Ward, Ruthie Henshall, Chris Langham, Don Fellows, Amanda Prior, Shaun Scott, Robert Austin, Paula Tinker, Vanessa Leagh Hicks, Helen Way, Avril Angers; dir:Mike Ockrent, choreography by Susan Stroman [60pp, 6.7x9.6; cast list, scenes, musical numbers, 30+ cast photos and biogs etc.; slightly rumpled, minor marks, else VG] £4

1993: CRAZY FOR YOU - George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Ken Ludwig, Mike Ockrent (Prince Edward) Souvenir Brochure
Spectacular Souvenir Brochure with 25 excellent production photos; Kirby Ward, Ruthie Henshall, Chris Langham, Don Fellows, Amanda Prior, Shaun Scott, Robert Austin, Paula Tinker, Vanessa Leagh Hicks, Helen Way, Avril Angers; dir:Mike Ockrent, choreography by Susan Stroman [20pp, 9x12; photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £6

1993: GREASE - Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey (Dominion)
Charlotte Avery, Jo Bingham, Richard Calkin, Glenn Carter, John Combe, Liz Ewing, Debbie Gibson, Drew Jaymson, Andrew Kennedy, Gary Martin, Craig McLachlan, Tamzin Outhwaite, Shane Ritchie, Heather Robbins, Myra Sands, Aidan Treays, Sally Ann Triplett, Robin Cleaver, Amand?a Courtney-Davies, Derek Joshua Cullen, James Davies, Simon Harper, Daniel Hinchliffe, Kim Leeson; dir:David Gilmore [48pp, 7x9.75; scenes and musical numbers, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; minor fading to cover, else VG] £4

1993 (Aug): GREASE - Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey (Dominion) Souvenir Brochure
Spectacular Souvenir Brochure with 30 excellent production photos, Grease History (w.7 photos), From Rock Around The Clock to Grease by Paul Nicholas (w.5 photos), Talk About Grease by Director David Gilmore and Choreographer Arlene Phillips (w.7 photos); dir:David Gilmore [28pp, 9.25x13.1; VG] £5

1993 (Nov-Feb 1994): THE IRON MAN - Pete Townshend, Ted Hughes, David Thacker (Young Vic) Anthony Barclay (as Hogarth), Tessa Burbridge, Mina Anwar, Jonquil Cook, Andrew Robbins, Patrick Clancy, Lynden Edwards, Stephen Moyer, Ismail Taylor-Kamara, Karen Heyworth, Josette Bushell-Mingo (as Star Spirit), Trevor Michael Georges (as Spirit of the Iron Man); dir:David Thacker [20pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, scenes and musical numbers, biographies w.photos , rehearsal photos, credits etc.; "... a well-meaning evening of the worthiest kind... just one bland rock ballad after another." (Daily Express), "A perfect Christmas show for tone-deaf l0-year-olds or vegetarian weekend hippies." (Observer); VG] £4

1993: ONLY THE LONELY - Bill Kenwright, Laurence Ross (Liverpool Playhouse)
Larry Branson (as Roy Orbison), Dave Mayberry, Janan Kubba, Bronwen Davies, Leigh McDonald, Steve Tremblay, Shelley Blond, Rob Jarvis, Karl Lornie, Stephen Thiebault, Martin Glyn Murray, Chris Brooker, Sam Newman, Paul Besterman; dir:Ian Kellgren [52pp, 5.75x11.75; smart programme printed on glossy paper; extensive illustrated articles, cast biographies and photos; centre page loose from one staple, else VG] £4

1993: CARMEN JONES - Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II (Old Vic)
Patti Boulaye, Antoni Garfield Henry / Lynn Randolph, Stacey Robinson / Ronald Samm, Ian Roberts (AKA Kwame Kwei-Armah, as Dink); dir:Simon Callow [40pp, 5.5x11.75; extensive illustrated articles; cast photos, biographies; a full programme; VG] £4

1993: HAIR The Musical - James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot (Old Vic)
Paul Hipp, John Barrowman, Sinitta, Pepsi Lawrie Demacque, Felice Arena, Paul J Medford, Andree Bernard, Rebecca Vere, Katharine Mehrling, Carl Antony, Sallyann Barber, Linda Mae Brewer, Paul Charles, Claire Coates, Paul Darnell, Andrea Francis, Tom Hamilton, Veronica Hart, Christopher Novack, Adrian Pang, Colin Roy Patterson, Colin Peel, Karen Lee Roberts, Ashleigh Sendin, Marvin Springer, Vinnette; dir:Michael Bogdanov [36pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of scenes and musical numbers, band list, 12 pages of illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1993: GYPSY - Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Jane Arden (as Louise), Ashley Artus, Tim Barker, Alison Burrows, Michael Cashman (as Herbie), Charmian Gradwell, Josephine Gradwell, Sheila Hancock (as Rose), Simon Hunt, Marisa Jones, Orla McFeely, Francis Maston, Joanna Mays, Nikki J Moodie, Wendi Peters, Bruce Richardson, Geoff Steer, James Tomlinson, Drew Varley, Marsha Ward, Sheney Moodie, Kara Moodie, Michelle Christie, Sarah Campion; dir:Jude Kelly [36pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, scenes and musical numbers, very extensive illustrated articles, cast photos and biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1993: BLOOD BROTHERS - Willy Russell (Phoenix) Souvenir Brochure
Barbara Dickson, Stephen Donald, Peter Treganna, Carl Wayne; dir:Bob Tomson [24pp, 8.25x11.75; large-size souvenir programme; cast list, list of musical numbers, production photos, illustrated articles, cast biographies with photos; VG] £5

1993 (Aug): GODSPELL - Stephen Schwartz, John-Michael Tebelak (Barbican Hall) Souvenir Brochure
Gemma Craven, Andy Crane, James Gaddas, Mark Greenstreet, Andrew Bradley, Richard Brightiff, Lisa Hull, Robert Irons, Barbara King, Shona Lindsay, David Rubin, Amanda Symonds; dir:Lindsay Dolan [24pp, 8.25x11.75; large-size souvenir programme; 6 photos of the original production and the 1973 film, list of musical numbers, cast biographies with photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: THE GAMBLER - Peter Brewis, Bob Goody, Mel Smith (Everyman Theatre, Liverpool)
Jon Glentoran, Andrew Tansey, Kraig Thornber, Fergus McLarnon, Chris Mellor; dir:Peter Rowe [20pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, illustrated articles, cast biographies with photos; VG] £3

1993: CAROUSEL - Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II (Haymarket Theatre, Leicester) Souvenir Brochure
Nikki Ankara, Andrew Halliday, Pip Hinton, Liz Izen, Buster Skeggs, Scott Davies, Yomi A.Michaels, Mark Roper, Corey-Sams Gallagher; dir:Paul Kerryson [24pp, 8.25x11.75; illustrated articles, list of musical numbers, cast biographies w.photos; VG] £5

1993 (Apr-May): MOLL FLANDERS - George Stiles, Claire Luckham, Paul Leigh (Lyric Hammersmith) Souvenir Brochure
Josie Lawrence, Issy Van Randwyck, Angela Richards, Clare Burt, Vincent Leigh, Darryl Knock, Martyn Ellis, David Tysall, Peter Woodward; dir:Peter James [36pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1993: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe (Her Majesty's) Souvenir Brochure
Peter Karrie, Jill Washington, Simon Burke; dir:Harold Prince [28pp, 9x12, secured with a decorative red tie; a magnificent souvenir of this long-running production, containing 20+ colour production photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £6

Musicals: 1994

1994 (Feb-Mch): CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF - Ian Armit, Carl Zeller, Ken Hill (Theatre Royal, Stratford East)
Steven Pacey, Tyler Butterworth, Robin Nedwell, Judith Bruce, Reginald Marsh, Diana Morrison, Toni Palmer, Terrence Hardiman, Bogdan Kominowski; dir:Ken Hill [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, list of scenes and songs, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994 (Dec-Feb 1995): FLORA THE RED MENACE - John Kander, Fred Ebb, David Thompson (Orange Tree)
Lucy Treager (as Flora), Dale Rapley (as Harry), Elizabeth Mansfield (as Charlotte), Christopher Staines, Colin Farrell, Nicola Fulljames, Graeme Henderson, Julie-Ann Ward, John Hudson; dir:Sam Walters [36pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994 (26 Jun): THE FLY - Roy Hill, Stephen Clark (Garrick)
Michael Howe, Fiona Hendley, Vincent Leigh, James Daley, Jan Waters, Morgan Deare; dir:Steven Dexter [4pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, synopsis etc.; VG] £2

1994: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN! - Thomas Morgan, Kevin Metchear (King's Head)
Gary Cady (as Peter Carter), Leroy Charlery, Simon Clark, Martin Connor (as Conductor 71), Katey Crawford Kastin, Amardeep Kaushal, Jane Lancaster, Alan Livingstone, Karen McCaffrey, Michael Medwin (as Dr.Frank Reeves), Brogden Miller, Ichi Obdam, Tober Reilly, Fiona Sinnott (as June), Jeremy Tustin, Claire Vouden; dir:Dan Crawford [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £3

1994: UNDER THEIR HATS - Michael Flanders, Donald Swann, Alan Strachan (King's Head)
Stefan Bednarczyk, Susie Blake, Peter Ledbury, Louise Tomkins, Moray Watson, Duncan Wisbey; dir:Wendy Toye [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of musical numbers, programme note by Claudia Flanders, credits etc.; VG] £4

1994: ME AND MY GIRL - Noel Gay, L Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Stephen Fry, Mike Ockrent (Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
Andrew O'Connor, Rebecca Thornhill, Patsy Rowlands, Derek Beard, Gary Lyons, Claire Massey, Peter Schofield, Anthony Dawes; dir:Mike Ockrent [48pp, 5.75x8.2; cast, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, 30+ cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1994: COPACABANA - Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman (Prince of Wales)
Gary Wilmot, Richard Lyndon, Anna Nicholas, Howard Attfield, Jenny Logan, Nicola Dawn; dir:Roger Redfarn [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1994: MY FAVOURITE YEAR - Stephen Flaherty, Joseph Dougherty, Lynn Ahrens (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
David Antrobus, Andrew Snowden, Joseph Morton, Elizabeth Mills, Natasha Little; dir:Martin Connor [24pp, 6x8.25; cast, scenes, musical numbers, costume designs, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1994: CRAZY FOR YOU - George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Ken Ludwig, Mike Ockrent (Sam S Shubert Theatre, New York)
Harry Groener, Karen Ziemba, John Hillner, Kay McClelland, Carleton Carpenter, Jane Connell, Beth Leavel, Stephen Temperley, Amelia White, Jill Matson, Bruce Adler; dir:Mike Ockrent [56pp, 5.3x8.5 (Playbill Vol.94 No.3); articles, production photographs, cast list, biographies, scenes and musical numbers etc.; VG] £4

1994: CRAZY FOR YOU - George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Ken Ludwig, Mike Ockrent (Sam S Shubert Theatre, New York)
Harry Groener, Karen Ziemba, John Hillner, Kay McClelland, Carleton Carpenter, Jane Connell, Beth Leavel, Stephen Temperley, Colleen Smith Wallnau, Jill Matson, Bruce Adler; dir:Mike Ockrent [68pp, 5.3x8.5 (Playbill Vol.94 No.6); articles, production photographs, cast list, biographies w.photos, scenes and musical numbers etc.; w.3 cast substitute inserts (minor roles); VG] £4

1994 (Mch): CYRANO The Musical - Ad Van Dijk, Koen Van Dijk, Peter Reeves, Sheldon Harnick (Neil Simon Theatre, New York)
Ted Keegan, Paul Schoeffler, Ed Dixon, Paul Anthony Stewart (as Christian), Geoffrey Blaisdell (as De Guiche), Anne Runolfsson (as Roxanne), Adam Pelty, Joy Hermalyn, Mark Agnes, Timothy Nolen (as Cyrano), Tom Polum, Elizabeth Acosta, Michele Ragusa; dir:Eddy Habbema [56pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Vol.94 No.3); cast list, list of musical numbers, biographies w.photos, production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1994: LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton (Palace)
Phil Cavill (Jean Valjean), James Staddon (Javert), Lindsey Danvers (Fantine), Nicola Sloane (Crone), Mandy Holliday (Mme.Thenardier), Philip Cox (Thenardier), Gemma Wardle (Eponine), Alistair Robins (Marius), David Malek (Enjolras), David Fawcett (Brujon), Nicky Adams (Cosette), Andy Reiss (Combeferre), Matthew Cammelle (Prouvaire); dir:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [32pp, 6x9; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; attractive programme [64]; VG] £4

1994: SUNSET BOULEVARD - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Christopher Hampton (Adelphi)
Betty Buckley, John Barrowman, Michael Bauer, Anita Louise Combe; dir:Trevor Nunn [44pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1994: SHE LOVES ME - Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Joe Masteroff (Savoy)
John Gordon-Sinclair, Ruthie Henshall, Barry James, Tracie Bennett, Gerard Casey, David Alder, Simon Connolly, David de Keyser; dir:Scott Ellis [32pp, 6x9; cast list, illustrated articles, 30+ biographies with photos; 6-page illustrated article about musicals at the Savoy; attractive programme; VG] £4

1994: THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL - Hans Christian Anderson, Neil Bartlett, Nicolas Bloomfield (Lyric Theatre Hammersmith)
Sian Reeves, Terry Neason, Tim Britton, Chris Britton, Liza Sadovy, Steve Fortune, Lindsey Dawson, Simon Penman, Teddy, Pupils from Brackenbury School; dir:Leah Housman [40pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, musical numbers, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe (Her Majesty's)
Peter Karrie, Jill Washington / Lisa Hull, Simon Burke, Malcolm Rivers, Mark Wynter, Paula Bott, Patricia Cope, Ramon Remedios, Philip Griffiths, Michael Fitchew, Marina Stevenson, Kevin Wainwright, Janos Kurucz, Christopher Blades, Michael James Montgomery, Sean O'Brien, Ellen Jackson, Jeffrey Cresswell, Lisa Waddingham, Rosemary Williams, Dursley McLinden, Caroline Baker, Anne Stuart-James, Graham Stone, Samantha Lavender; dir:Harold Prince [64pp, 6.75x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, very extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £5

1994: CRAZY FOR YOU - George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Ken Ludwig, Mike Ockrent (Prince Edward)
Tim Flavin, Helen Way, Chris Langham, Don Fellows, Amanda Prior, Stuart Milligan, Robert Austin, Paula Tinker, Janes Fowler, Michelle Hodgson, Avril Angers; dir:Mike Ockrent, choreography by Susan Stroman [56pp, 6.6x9.5; scenes, musical numbers, 30+ cast photos and biogs etc.; minor marks, else VG] £3

1994: HOT SHOE SHUFFLE - Larry Buttrose, Kathryn Riding (Queen's)
David Atkins, Rhonda Burchmore, Jack Webster, Dein Perry, Kevin Coyne, Adam Garcia, Christopher Horsey, Dale Pengelly, Sheldon Perry; dir:David Atkins [56pp, 6.75x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photos, list of musical numbers; music by Duke Ellington, Jerome Kern, Fats Waller, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Berlin and others; minor marks, else VG] £4

1994: BLOOD BROTHERS - Willy Russell (Phoenix)
Stephanie Lawrence, David Hitchen (for Carl Wayne), Paul Crosby, Angus Pope, Joe Young, Sharon Byatt, Sandy Walsh, Peter Faulkner (for David Hitchen), Andrew Blair, Annie Richardson, David Bingham, William Adams (for Peter Faulkner), Annie Cowan; dir:Bob Tomson [40pp, 6.6x9.5; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, production photos; cast substitutions marked in; w.ticket (20 June 1994); VG] £3

1994: COPACABANA - Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman (Palace Theatre, Manchester)
Gary Wilmot, Richard Lyndon, Anna Nicholas, Howard Attfield, Jenny Logan, Nicola Dawn; dir:Roger Redfarn [48pp, 6.9x9.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, costume designs, orchestra list, illustrated history of British Music Theatre, credits etc.; cover creased, else VG] £3

1994 (Nov): FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein (Palace Theatre, Manchester)
Topol, Sara Kestelman, Margaret Robertson, David Bacon, Bruce Montague, Neil Rutherford, Peter Darling, Jacquelyn Yorke, Jo John, Adi Topol-Margalith, Kieran McIlroy, George Little, Tim Flannigan; original production directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, reproduced by Sammy Dallas Bayes [48pp, 6.8x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, synopsis of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1994: HOT STUFF - Maggie Norris, Paul Kerryson (New Victoria Theatre, Woking)
Leicester Haymarket production: Ceri Dupree, Chris Talman, Melvin Whitfield, Vinnette Cowan, Jo-Anna Lee, Mandy Mayhew, Nigel Thomas, Lincoln Hudson, Sarah Bowron; dir:Paul Kerryson [32pp, 6.75x9.75; cast, credits, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos; VG] £3

1994: GREASE - Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey (Dominion Theatre)
Shane Ritchie, Sonia, Myra Sands, Sally Ann Triplett; dir:David Gilmore, Arlene Phillips [48pp, 6.75x9.75; cast list, illustrated articles, cast biographies with photos; VG] £4

1994: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Alan Menken, Howard Ashman (New Victoria Theatre, Woking)
Hazel Holder, Vinnette Cowan, Wendy May Brown, Morgan Deare, Su Pollard, Marc Joseph, Peter McNally, Billy Miller, Ken Haines; dir:Richard Lewis [36pp, 6.75x9.75; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1994: THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds)
Kathryn Evans (as Maria Rainer), Deirdre Forrest, Heather Davies, Meriel Dickinson (as Mother Abbess), Sylvia Griffin, Michael Hadley (as Captain Georg Von Trapp), Alan Thompson, Rosemary Lyford, Louise Breckon-Richards, Fraser Wilkinson/Mathew Firth, Helen Hamer/Katherine Russell, Becky Swales/Sarah Goodyear, Neil Brading/Thomas Rogerson, Nicole Quartermain/Katie Green, Charlotte Cox/Abigail Brodie, Peter Prentice, Rosamund Shelley (as Elsa Schraeder), Stephen Ley, John Owen-Jones, Godfrey Charles, Charlotte Collingwood, Sharon Eckman, Jean Lloyd, Sarah Redmond; dir:Irina Brown [36pp, 5.5x11.75; extensive illustrated articles, cast photos and biographies] £4

1994: OUT OF THE BLUE - Shun-Ichi Tokura, Paul Sand (Shaftesbury)
Meredith Braun, Simon Burke, David Burt, Greg Ellis, James Graeme, Paulette Ivory, Michael McCarthy, David Arneil, Anna-Jane Casey, Amanda Chennell, Lynden Edwards, Karen Evans, Fenton Gray, Chris Holland, Andrew Newey, Ellen O'Grady, Theresa Pitt, Neil Rose, Charles Shirvell, Philip Sparling-Kerr, Lorraine Velez, Andrew Wale; dir:David Gilmore [32pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, synopsis, company photos and biographies, 12+ rehearsal photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; lasted 20 performances; very minor crease on corner of cover, else VG] £5

1994: CALAMITY JANE - Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster, Charles K Freeman (Haymarket Theatre, Leicester) Souvenir Brochure
Louise Gold (as Calamity Jane), Ricco Ross (as Wild Bill Hickock), Liz Izen, Hal Fowler, Nicole Carty, James Head, Alan Mosley, James Duke, Phillip Aiden, Ralph Anderson, Graeme Conway, Matthew Finch, Richard Laing, Stuart McLeod, Paul Nield, Greg Pichery, Graham Soutar, Cressida Carre, Lisa Davies, Angela Haydock, Catherine Hoskins, Jill-Louise Hydes, Marcia Tricker; dir:Paul Kerryson [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, orchestra list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1994: GREASE - Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey (Dominion) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 20+ pages of splendid colour photographs of past and present cast members, including Shane Ritchie and Sonia, dir:David Gilmore [28pp, 9.25x13; VG] £6

Musicals: 1995

1995 (Feb): MAD AND HER DAD - Paul Sand (Lyric Studio, Hammersmith)
Denise Black, Tim Hardy, Kate McKenzie, Conrad Nelson, The Lyric Quartet; dir:Glen Walford [16pp, 6x8.5; cast list, biographies, 12+ rehearsal photos, list of songs, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995 (Dec–Jan 1996): SOUTH PACIFIC - Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan (Drill Hall)
Joanna Maddison (as Nellie Forbush), Peter Polycarpou (as Emile de Becque), Matt Lessall, Ian Farthing, David Newsome, Oliver Godfrey, Nicholas Rylance, John Marquez, Kenny Clay, Reg Wilson, Christopher Howard, Patti Boulaye (as Bloody Mary), Susan Warren, Sarah Moffett, Lauren Taylor, Paula Coyne, Sasha Oakley; dir:Phil Willmott [16pp, 5.9x8.3; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' - Fats Waller, Murray Horowitz, Richard Maltby Jr. (Tricycle Theatre)
Ray Shell, Debby Bishop, Dawn Hope, Melanie E Marshall, Sean Palmer, Clement Ishmael; dir:Gillian Gregory, Nicolas Kent [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £3

1995: THE WORLD GOES ROUND - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Anthony Corriette, Pepsi Lawrie Demcque, Michelle Dixon, Fiona Hendley, Glyn Kerslake, RJC Dance Theatre Company (De Napoli Clarke, Donald Edwards, Ras Freckleton, Leo Hamilton, Edward Lynch, Sigourney Robinson, Kathy Williams); dir:Jude Kelly [32pp, 6.75x9.75; cast, credits, list of songs, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1995: COPACABANA - Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman (Prince of Wales)
Gary Wilmot, Richard Lyndon, Anna Nicholas, Howard Attfield, Jenny Logan, Nicola Dawn; dir:Roger Redfarn [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, credits, biographies w.photos; charming illustrations; VG] £4

1995: BUDDY, The Buddy Holly Story - Alan Janes (Victoria Palace)
Alex Bourne, Craig Urbani, Matt Devereaux, Francis Stone, David Allman, Brierley Arnell, Justin Butcher, Claire Carpenter, Diana Croft, Tommy Donbavand, Anthony Dunn, Angus Glen, Mark Heenehan, Matt Hodgson, Guy James, Lorenza Johnson, Sean McElroy, Stephen Pallister, Alison Porter, Melvin Reeves, Michael Samuels, Ronald Samm, Carol Sloman, Frank Williams; dir:Rob Bettinson [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1995: JOLSON The Musical - Francis Essex, Rob Bettinson (Victoria Palace)
Theatre Royal Plymouth production: Brian Conley, John Bennett, Sally Ann Triplett, John Conroy, Brian Greene, Craig Stevenson, Chrissy Roberts, Kit Benjamin, Gareth Williams, Corinna Richards; dir:Rob Bettinson [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1995: HOT STUFF - Maggie Norris, Paul Kerryson (Wimbledon Theatre)
Ceri Dupree, Chris Talman, Colin Roy, Vinnette Cowan, Jo-Anna Lee, Mandy Mayhew, Stuart Liddle, Gerard Leighton, Sarah Bowron; dir:Paul Kerryson [24pp, 5.75x8.1; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1995: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe (Opera House, Manchester)
Mark McKerracher, Nikki Ankara, Mike Sterling, Alan Rice, Paul Bentley, Sandra Dugdale, Janet Cowley, Adrian Martin; dir:Harold Prince [48pp, 5.8x8.25; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1995: ZORRO The Musical - Ken Hill (Theatre Royal, Stratford)
Steven Boydall, Larry Dann, Gary Lyons, Kate Harbour, Michael N Harbour, Bogdan Kominowski, Siobhan McCarthy, Sylvester McCoy, Leigh McDonald, Richard Owens, Toni Palmer, Andrew Secombe, Jane Stoggles; dir:Ken Hill and Peter Rankin [16pp; list of scenes and musical numbers, illustrated article, cast photos and biogs etc.; PLUS 4pp Ken Hill photographic tribute, with list of his productions at Stratford East, tributes by Joan Littlewood and others etc., PLUS 5.75x8.25 flyer; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1995: LEAVE IT TO JANE - Jerome Kern, P G Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, based on College Widow by George Ade (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
Lisa Shingler, Charlotte Longfield, Rhiannon Meades, Gemma Aston, Frances Duca, Rebecca Blech, Florence Sparham, Fiona Leaning, Louise Birgan, Kate Blackham, Melanie Malcolm, Katrina Syran, Jonathan Bond, Francis Maguire, Sune Svanekier, Stephen Gallagher, Giles Smith, Peter Morgan, Michael Bibb, Stephen Ventura, Antonio Cantos, David Blair, Adam James, Nicholas Charters, Paul Sheehan; dir:Martin Connor [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, programme notes, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, orchestra list, production team biographies, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1995: LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton (Palace)
Phil Cavill (Jean Valjean), Michael McCarthy (Javert), Lindsey Danvers (Fantine), Nicola Sloane (Crone), Jenny Galloway (Mme.Thenardier), Philip Cox (Thenardier), Jacinta Whyte (Eponine), Matthew Cammelle (Marius), David Bardsley (Enjolras), Hadrian Delacey (Brujon), Lisa Hull (Cosette), James Barron (Combeferre), Jonathan Hart (Prouvaire); dir:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [32pp, 6x9; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; attractive programme [74]; VG] £4

1995: SHE LOVES ME - Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Joe Masteroff (Savoy)
John Gordon-Sinclair, Ruthie Henshall, Barry James, Tracie Bennett, David de Keyser [28pp; cast list, illustrated articles, 30+ biographies with photos; 6-page illustrated article about musicals at the Savoy; attractive programme; staples rusted away, slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1995: The New STARLIGHT EXPRESS - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe (Apollo Victoria)
Paul Baker (Rusty), Tony Rouse (Greaseball), Claudia Bradley (Pearl), Richard Mylan (Electra), Lon Satton (Poppa), Caron Cardelle (Dinah) and large cast [32pp, 9x5.6; rehearsal photos, cast, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs etc.; staples rusty, minor spine damage, minor marks, else VG] £2

1995: COMPANY - Stephen Sondheim, George Furth (Donmar)
Adrian Lester, Rebecca Front, Clive Rowe, Clare Burt, Gareth Snook, Liza Sadovy, Teddy Kempner, Sophie Thompson, Michael Simkins, Sheila Gish, Paul Bentley; dir:Sam Mendes [28pp, 6x9; cast, credits, list of musical numbers, biographies, illustrated articles; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1995: MAMA I WANT TO SING - Rudolph V.Hawkins, Wesley Naylor, Doris Troy, Vy Higginsen, Ken Wydro (Cambridge Theatre)
Chaka Khan, Doris Troy, Joanne Campbell, Stacy Francis, Howard McCrary, Charles Stewart; dir:Vy Higginsen, Ken Wydro [48pp, 6.75x9.5; cast list, extensive biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1995: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' - Fats Waller, Murray Horowitz, Richard Maltby Jr. (Lyric)
Tricycle Theatre production: Ray Shell, Debby Bishop, Dawn Hope, Melanie E Marshall, Sean Palmer [64pp, 6.6x9.6; cast, musical numbers, excellent colour production photos, extensive illustrated articles, cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4

1995: ME AND MY GIRL - Noel Gay, L Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Stephen Fry, Mike Ockrent (New Victoria Theatre, Woking)
Gary Wilmot, Josephine Baird, Ursula Smith, Paul Aves, Julie-Alanah Brighten, Graham Hopkins, Godfrey Jackman, Anthony Dawes; dir:Mike Ockrent [44pp, 7x9.6; cast, credits, list of musical numbers, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1995: FAME The Musical - David De Silva, Steve Margoshes, Jose Fernandez, Jacques Levy (Cambridge Theatre)
Gemma Wardle, Richard Dempsey, Marcos D'Cruze, Lorraine Velez, Scott Sherrin, Josephina Gabrielle, Sonia Swaby, Jonathan Aris, Nicola Bolton, Alastair Willis; dir:Runar Borge [64pp, 6.75x9.6; cast, credits, rehearsal photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; a full programme; VG] £4

1995: MISS SAIGON - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Richard Maltby Jr. (Drury Lane)
Junix Inocian, Mike Scott/Mark O'Malley, Sarah Jane Hassell, Colin Charles, Robert Sena, Riva Salazar/Maya Barredo; dir:Nicholas Hytner [72pp, 6.75x9.6; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles; a full programme; VG] £4

1995: MISS SAIGON - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Richard Maltby Jr. (Drury Lane)
Junix Inocian, Graham Bickley, Sarah Jane Hassell, Colin Charles, Jojo De La Cerna, Riva Salazar / Roanne Monte; dir:Nicholas Hytner [72pp, 6.75x9.6; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles; a full programme; VG] £4

1995: MACK & MABEL - Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart (Piccadilly)
Howard McGillin, Caroline O'Connor, Kathryn Evans, Jonathan D.Ellis, Philip Herbert, Graham Hubbard, Alan Mosley, Julia Parrott, Ray Scott-Johnson, Beata Alfoldi, Matthew Finch, John McPherson, Andrew Wright; dir:Paul Kerryson [44pp, 6.6x9.6; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1995: OLIVER - Lionel Bart (London Palladium)
Jonathan Pryce, Sally Dexter, Miles Anderson, Gregory Bradley/James Daley (as Oliver), Paul Bailey/Adam Searles (as The Artful Dodger), Julia Deakin, David Delve, Jenny Galloway, Carmel McSharry, James Saxon, James Villiers, Tamzin Outhwaite, Halcro Johnson, Keel Watson; dir:Sam Mendes [68pp, 6.7x9.5; cast list, illustrated articles, cast biographies with photos; a full programme; VG] £4

1995: CRAZY FOR YOU - George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Ken Ludwig, Mike Ockrent (Prince Edward)
Tim Flavin, Helen Way, Chris Langham, Don Fellows, Stuart Milligan, Avril Angers; dir:Mike Ockrent, choreography by Susan Stroman [56pp, 6.75x9.7; scenes, musical numbers, 30+ cast photos and biogs etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1995: DAMN YANKEES - George Abbott, Douglass Wallop, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Jack O'Brien (Marquis Theatre, New York)
Jerry Lewis (as Applegate), Charlotte d'Amboise (as Lola), Dennis Kelly, Liz Larsen, Dick Latessa, Linda Stephens, Scott Wise, Louis D Giovanetti, Mark Chmiel, Terrence P Currier, Susan Mansur, Jarrod Emick (as Joe Hardy); dir:Jack O'Brien [80pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Vol.95 No.5); cast list, production photo, list of musical numbers, 30 cast biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1995 (May-Jun): CALAMITY JANE - Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster, Charles K Freeman (Sadler's Wells)
Gemma Craven (as Calamity Jane), Stephen McGann (as Wild Bill Hickok), Grace Kinirons, Stuart Pendred, Nicole Carty, Peter Edbrook, James Gavin, Mark Roper, Christian Michael Gibson, Greg Pichery, Kenny Linden, Garry Stevens; dir:Paul Kerryson [32pp, 6.75x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1995: CALAMITY JANE - Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster, Charles K Freeman (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry)
Gemma Craven (as Calamity Jane), Stephen McGann (as Wild Bill Hickok), Grace Kinirons, Stuart Pendred, Nicole Carty, Peter Edbrook, James Gavin, Mark Roper, Christian Michael Gibson, Greg Pichery, Kenny Linden, Garry Stevens; dir:Paul Kerryson [56pp, 6.75x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: UNFORGETTABLE - The Nat King Cole Story (Garrick)
Clarke Peters, Donovan Carpenter, Edison Herbert, Adrian Reid [48pp; cast, scenes, musical numbers, production and cast photos, biogs etc.; VG] £3

1995 (Oct): UNFORGETTABLE - The Nat King Cole Story (Greenwich Theatre)
Clarke Peters, Donovan Carpenter, Edison Herbert, Adrian Reid [32pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, song list, credits etc.; VG] £4

1995: The New STARLIGHT EXPRESS - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe (Apollo Victoria)
Paul Baker (Rusty), Tony Rouse (Greaseball), Claudia Bradley-Rouse (Pearl), Richard Mylan (Electra), Lon Satton (Poppa), Deborah Spellman (Dinah), Dawn Buckland, Anna Jane Casey and large cast [40pp, 7x9.75; rehearsal photos, illustrated articles, cast, musical numbers, 50+ cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4

1995 (Oct): RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET - Bob Carlton (Wimbledon Theatre)
Philip Corbitt, Bob Hewis, Michael Lloyd, Neil Nicholas, Karen Mann, Simon Jessop, Miles Russell, Alex Kelly; dir:Bob Carlton, Peter Rowe [28pp, 7x10; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1995 (Dec): RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET - Bob Carlton (New Victoria Theatre Woking)
Philip Corbitt, Bob Hewis, Michael Lloyd, Neil Nicholas, Karen Mann, Simon Jessop, Miles Russell, Alex Kelly; dir:Bob Carlton, Peter Rowe [36pp, 6.9x9.75; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated Captain's Log; ticket (15 Dec) stapled in, else VG] £3

1995: PRISONER CELL BLOCK H, The Musical - Don Battye, Peter Pinne (Queens Theatre)
Lily Savage, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Liz Smith, Penny Morrell; dir:David McVicar [48pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, scenes and musical numbers, cast biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1995: JOLSON The Musical - Francis Essex, Rob Bettinson (Birmingham Hippodrome)
Theatre Royal Plymouth production: Brian Conley, John Bennett, Sally Ann Triplett, John Conroy, Brian Greene, Craig Stevenson, Chrissy Roberts, Kit Benjamin, Gareth Williams, Corinna Richards, David Bacon; dir:Rob Bettinson [36pp, 5.5x11.75; extensive illustrated articles, list of scenes and musical numbers, cast biogs w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1995: A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Mike Read, Andy Rumble, Christopher G.Sandford (Theatre Royal, Nottingham)
Anton Rodgers, Joshua Bancel, Annalene Beechey, Louise Davidson, Lynden Edwards, Lana Green, David Habbin, Graham Hoadly, Kenny Linden, Angela Lloyd, Richard Long, Leigh McDonald, Owen Paul, Gary Philp, Tober Reilly, Katy Secombe; dir:Christopher G.Sandford [36pp, 8.25x11.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1995: TWIST AND SHOUT - David Graham (Tour) Souvenir Brochure
DMG Production: Paul Shane, Mike Holoway, Lesley-Anne Sharpe, Sarah Buckley, Ryk Burnett, Ian Conningham, Pieter Lowe, Jack Pinder, Toria Whitney; dir:David Graham [24pp, 8.25x11.75; extensive illustrated articles, cast photos and biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1995: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe (Her Majesty's) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 15+ pages of splendid colour photographs featuring the current London cast (Grant Norman, Nikki Ankara, Simon Bowman) and International productions; and illustrated articles by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cameron Mackintosh, Charles Hart, Hal Prince, Gillian Lynne etc. [24pp enclosed in 4pp white cover secured with red cord, 9x12; slightly rumpled, else VG] £6

1995: MISS SAIGON - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Richard Maltby Jr. (Drury Lane) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 30+ pages of splendid colour photographs featuring past, present and worldwide cast members, and articles by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Cameron Mackintosh, Nicholas Hytner, Richard Maltby Jr. etc. [40pp, 9x12; VG] £6

1995: EVITA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Bournemouth Pavilion)
Marti Webb, Christopher Corcoran, Duncan Smith, Leo Andrew, Poppy Tierney, dir:Harold Prince, Kenneth W Urmston [28pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: EVITA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Tour) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 20+ pages of splendid colour photographs of the 1995 UK Tour; Marti Webb, Christopher Corcoran, Duncan Smith, dir:Harold Prince, Kenneth W Urmston [24pp, 9.25x13.25; VG] £6

Musicals: 1996

1996: ME AND MY GIRL - Noel Gay, L Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Stephen Fry, Mike Ockrent, translated by Mary Millane, Hartmut H Forche, Joachim Carl, W Arthur (Pfalztheater-Kaiserslautern)
Thomas Georgi (as Bill Snibson), Christine Matt (as Sally Smith), Geertje Nissen, Dieter Hofinger, Hlin Petursdottir, Gunther Fingerle, Gerhard Mohr/Hans-Joachim Muller, Wally Vosberg, Marian Szkwarkowski, Alois Eckes; dir:Claus J Frankl and Thomas Georgi [44pp, 4.7x6.75; cast list, programme notes, synopsis, 7 production photos, German lyric of The Lambeth Walk (Wenn ihr 'mal nach Lambeth kommt etc.), article on Der Cockney-Reim (w.photos), biographies of Noel Gay (w.2 photos) and his son Richard Armitage (w.photo), further biographies etc.; Text in German; VG] £4

1996: WEST SIDE STORY - Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents (Bullingdon Prison, Oxford)
Pimlico Opera Prison Project: Sheena Woolstencroft, Stephen Chaundy, Marcia Bellamy, Meurig Davis, Andrew Rivera, Ron Milhench and many others; dir:Stephen Langridge [28pp; poems, cast list, fascinating biographies from 50 of the participants in this remarkable prison project (e.g. "I took part in this drama to escape mentally the cage I'm in right now, and it's been one of the most rewarding things I've ever done in my life. I and we need more. Respect, Peace, enuff love to all in the pimlico and big thanks for showing me yet another side of me. Peace!! Love!!"); VG] £5

1996 (Spring): JOLSON The Musical - Francis Essex, Rob Bettinson (Victoria Palace)
Theatre Royal Plymouth production: Brian Conley / Allan Stewart, John Bennett, Sally Ann Triplett, John Conroy, Brian Greene, Craig Stevenson, Chrissy Roberts, Kit Benjamin, Gareth Williams, Corinna Richards, David Bacon, Julie Armstrong, Alison Carter, Helen McNee, Colin Stevens, Gavin Faulkner-Hackett, Antony Reed, Oliver Beamish, Gil Cohen-Alloro, Susan Freebury, Richard Brightiff, Gary Milner, Warren Carlyle, Neil Reynolds, Lisa Rollin, Darren Smith, John Polhamus, Timothy Walker, Mohammed George, Ian Gosling, Simon Karaisikos, Eric Hunter, Aml Ameen; dir:Rob Bettinson [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, list of scenes and musical numbers etc.; VG] £4

1996 (Summer): JOLSON The Musical - Francis Essex, Rob Bettinson (Victoria Palace)
Theatre Royal Plymouth production: Allan Stewart, John Bennett, Sally Ann Triplett, John Conroy, Brian Greene, Craig Stevenson, Chrissy Roberts, Kit Benjamin, Gareth Williams, Corinna Richards, David Bacon, Julie Armstrong, Alison Carter, Helen McNee, Colin Stevens, Gavin Faulkner-Hackett, Antony Reed, Oliver Beamish, Gil Cohen-Alloro, Susan Freebury, Richard Brightiff, Gary Milner, Warren Carlyle, Neil Reynolds, Lisa Rollin, Darren Smith, John Polhamus, Sophie-Louise Dann, Eric Hunter, Aml Ameen; dir:Rob Bettinson [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, list of scenes and musical numbers etc.; VG] £4

1996: BY JEEVES - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alan Ayckbourn (Norma Terris Theatre, Goodspeed at Chester)
John Sherer, Edward Keith Baker, Donna Lynne Champlin, Randy Redd, Kevin Ligon, Merwin Goldsmith, Nancy Anderson, Emily Loesser, Ian Knauer, Jonathan Stewart, Michael O'Flaherty; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [24pp; cast photos and biographies, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: VICTOR VICTORIA - Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse, Blake Edwards (Marquis Theatre, New York)
Julie Andrews, Tony Roberts, Michael Nouri, Rachel York, Mark Lotito; dir:Blake Edwards [56pp (Playbill Vol.96 No.12); scenes and musical numbers, 30+ cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4

1996: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart (St.James Theatre, New York)
Nathan Lane, Mark Linn-Baker, Lewis J.Stadlen, Ernie Sabella, William Duell, Mary Testa, Jessica Boevers, Cris Groenendaal, Jim Stanek; dir:Jerry Zaks [60pp (Playbill Vol.96 No.10); cast, musical numbers, 26 cast photos and biogs etc. etc.; VG] £4

1996: BIG - David Shire, Richard Maltby Jr., John Weidman (Shubert Theatre, New York)
Daniel Jenkins, Crista Moore, Jon Cypher; dir:Mike Ockrent, chor:Susan Stroman [60pp (Playbill Vol.96 No.10); cast and production photos etc. etc.; VG] £4

1996: RENT - Jonathan Larson (Nederlander Theatre, New York)
Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jess L.Martin, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Anthony Rapp, Fredi Walker, Idina Menzel; dir:Michael Greif [60pp (Playbill Vol.96 No.10); cast and production photos etc. etc.; slight split to spine, else VG] £3

1996: BRING IN 'DA NOISE, BRING IN 'DA FUNK - Daryl Waters, Zane Mark, Ann Duquesnay , Reg E. Gaines, George C. Wolfe (Ambassador Theatre, New York)
Savion Glover, Ann Duquesnay, Jeffrey Wright; dir:George C.Wolfe [60pp (Playbill Vol.96 No.10); cast and production photos, biographies etc. etc.; VG] £3

1996: THE KING AND I - Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II (Neil Simon Theatre, New York)
Donna Murphy, Lou Diamond Phillips; dir:Christopher Renshaw, chor:Jerome Robbins [60pp (Playbill Vol.96 No.10); cast photos and biographies etc. etc.; VG] £4

1996 (Jul): MEET ME IN ST LOUIS - Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, Sally Benson (Guildhall School)
Yankel Broder (as Mr Alonzo Smith), Hattie Ladbury (as Mrs Anna Smith), Matthew Mills, Kirsty McKay (as Rose Smith), Emily Bruni (as Esther Smith), Emma Sear (as Agnes Smith), Helena Rea (as "Tootie" Smith), Jeff Daniel, Charlotte McDougall (as Katie), Tim Funnell (as John Truitt), Magnus Hastings, Cristina Gavin (as Lucille Ballard), Catherine Neville, Charlotte Christie, Paula Stephens, Sarah Lavelle, Christopher Ryman, Russell Mabey, Roger Evans, Patrick Jardine, Fergus Webster; dir:Martin Connor [20pp, 5.9x8.3; cast list, orchestra list, scenes and musical numbers, programme notes, creative team biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: CATS - Andrew Lloyd Webber, T S Eliot, Richard Stilgoe, Trevor Nunn (New London)
Diane Langton, Richard Lloyd-King, Fenton Gray, Fergus Logan, John Rawnsley, Jimmy Johnston, Zoe Smith, Christian Storm, David Malek, Stephanie Johns; dir:Trevor Nunn [28pp, 9x5.5 "landscape" programme; synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, rehearsal photos, extensive biographies etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1996 (Apr): CATS - Andrew Lloyd Webber, T S Eliot, Richard Stilgoe, Trevor Nunn (New London)
Rosemarie Ford, Richard Lloyd-King, Fenton Gray, Fergus Logan, John Rawnsley, Jimmy Johnston, Zoe Smith, Christian Storm, David Malek, Stephanie Johns; dir:Trevor Nunn [28pp, 9x5.5 "landscape" programme [96]; synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, rehearsal photos, extensive biographies etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1996: MACK & MABEL - Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart (Piccadilly)
James Smillie, Caroline O'Connor, Kathryn Evans; dir:Paul Kerryson [36pp, 6x9; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1996: COMPANY - Stephen Sondheim (Albery)
Adrian Lester, Rebecca Front, Clive Rowe, Clare Burt, Gareth Snook, Liza Sadovy, Teddy Kempner, Sophie Thompson, Michael Simkins, Sheila Gish, Paul Bentley, Anna Francolini, Kiran Hocking, Hannah James; dir:Sam Mendes [40pp, 5.9x9; production photos, cast photos and biographies; VG] £5

1996: NINE - Maury Yeston, Arthur Kopit (Donmar Warehouse)
Larry Lamb, Susannah Fellows, Clare Burt, Eleanor David, Dilys Laye, Sara Kestelman, Jenny Galloway; dir:David Leveaux [32pp; cast list, list of musical numbers, biographies; smart programme; VG] £4

1996 (Jan-Feb): THE FIELDS OF AMBROSIA - Martin Silvestri, Joel Higgins (Aldwych)
Joel Higgins (as Jonas Candide), Christine Andreas (as Gretchen Herzallerliebst), Michael Fenton Stevens (as Doc), Mark Heenehan (as Malcolm Piquant), Mark Joseph (as Jimmy Crawford), Roger Leach (as Warden Brodsky), David Anthony, Cliff Brayshaw, Ryk Burnett, Siobhan Coebly, Lindsey Dawson, Morgan Deare, Nicholas Denney, Catherine Digges, Susie Fenwick, Peter Gallagher, Daniel Hopkins, Michael H Magee, Chris Andrew Mellon, Tim Morgan, Michael Neilson, Amanda Noar, Miranda Richards, Kevin Rooney, Karen Skinns, Henry Webster; dir:Gregory S Hurst [48pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, musical numbers and scenes, c40 company biographies w.photos, Deirdre Clancy's costume designs, illustrated programme note, orchestra list, credits etc.; [This show (which lasted 13 performances) was universally damned by the critics: "titter-making dross" (Daily Express), "It exists in a taste-free zone" (Evening Standard), "one of the all-time great bad musicals... Those involved in this farrago appear genuinely to believe that a relentlessly jaunty, indeed insanely cheerful, musical about capital punishment is just what the paying public needs on these cold winter nights." (Daily Telegraph)]; very uncommon; VG] £10

1996: BLOOD BROTHERS - Willy Russell (Grand Opera House, York)
Stephanie Lawrence, Warwick Evans, Paul Crosby, Nicholas Hart; dir:Bob Tomson, Bill Kenwright [32pp, 6.9x9.75; illustrated feature on Willy Russell, 15+ cast photos and biographies] £4

1996: LA DOLCE VITA A Musical - adapted from Federico Fellini's film (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)
David Glass Ensemble/Crucible Theatre, Sheffield production: Gerard Casey, Maria Carrigan, Laurie Carter Rose, Tom Hodgkins, Francis Maston, Sarah Parish, Rachel Pittman, Johnson Willis; dir:David Glass [24pp, 6.9x9.7; cast list, list of musical numbers, rehearsal photos, programme notes etc.; VG] £4

1996: FAME The Musical - David De Silva, Steve Margoshes, Jose Fernandez, Jacques Levy (Cambridge Theatre)
Gemma Wardle, Richard Dempsey, Marcos D'Cruze, Lorraine Velez, Danzi, Josephina Gabrielle, Sonia Swaby, Gerard Bentall, Nicola Bolton, Alastair Willis; dir:Runar Borge [68pp, 6.75x9.6; cast, credits, rehearsal photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; with insert announcing a Special Charity Performance on 23rd May 1996 in memory of Scott Sherrin, who had been playing the role of Tyrone Jackson, and who died on 29th January 1996 aged 23 years; a full programme; VG] £4

1996: BUDDY, The Buddy Holly Story - Alan Janes (Strand)
Plymouth Theatre Royal production: Peter Alexander, Justin Butcher, Tommy Donbavand, Christopher Howell, Matthew Hodgson, Sean McElroy, Carol Sloman, Angus MacGregor (as Buddy Holly), Stephen Pallister, Guy James, Alex Paez, David Allman, Claire Carpenter, Diana Croft, John Sheridon (as Buddy Holly), Angus Glen, Alison Porter, Andrea Turner, John-Simon Rawlings, Trevor Michael Georges, Paulette Ivory, Melvin Reeves, Frank Williams; dir:Rob Bettinson [40pp, 6.7x9.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1996: TOMMY - Pete Townshend, The Who, Des McAnuff (Shaftesbury)
Kim Wilde (as Mrs Walker), Alistair Robins (as Captain Walker), Ian Bartholomew (as Uncle Ernie), Steve Devereaux, Hannah Tollman, Megan Bertie, Shaun Escoffery, Spencer Stafford, Adrian Smith, Shaun Henson, John Partridge, Laura Allen, Danielle Harmer, Paul Keating (as Tommy), Patrick Clancy, Michael Loftus, Kyle Wicks, Hal Fowler (as Cousin Kevin), Emma Tunmore, Nigel Harman, Beth O'Brien, Golda Rosheuvel, Nicola Hughes (as The Acid Queen), James Gillan, Gregg Brown, Natalie Powers, Gail Easdale, Geoffrey Tyler, Frederike Haas, Tara Wilkinson, Ian Waller; dir:Des McAnuff [28pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, scenes and musical numbers, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

1996: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe (Her Majesty's)
Grant Norman, Nikki Ankara/Megan Kelly, Simon Bowman, Kevin Wainwright, Mark Wynter, Valda Aviks, Evette Davis, Huw Priday; dir:Harold Prince [64pp, 6.75x9.5; biographies w.photos, very extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe (Her Majesty's)
Simon Bowman, Megan Kelly/Josie Walker, Alasdair Harvey, Kevin Wainwright, Mark Wynter, Jasna Ivir (as Jasner Ivir), Evette Davis, Richard Braebrook; dir:Harold Prince [64pp, 6.75x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, very extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: PASSION - Stephen Sondheim (Queen's)
Michael Ball, Maria Friedman, Helen Hobson, David Firth, Hugh Ross, Simon Green; dir:Jeremy Sams [48pp; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs, production photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: CHESS - Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus (Wimbledon)
Jacqui Scott, Maurice Clarke, Bogdan Kominowski, Michael Winsor, Nicholas Pound, Simon Clark, Julia Howson; dir:Anthony Van Laast [44pp; cast photos and biographies, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: JEKYLL - Tony Rees, Gary Young (Churchill Theatre, Bromley)
Dave Willetts (as Henry Jekyll), Kevin Colson, Nicky Croydon, Julian Curry, Bill Homewood, Emma Kershaw, Paul Leonard, Rebecca Thornhill; dir:Stephen Rayne [48pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, cast photos and biographies, scenes and musical selections, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1996: SALAD DAYS - Julian Slade, Dorothy Reynolds (Vaudeville)
Simon Connolly, Nicola Fulljames, Edward Baker-Duly, Elizabeth Counsell, Chris Dickins, Gary Fairhall, Doug Fisher, Sarah Mortimer, David Morton, Diane V Parrott, Nova Skipp, Gay Soper, Kit Hesketh-Harvey and Richard Sisson (AKA Kit and the Widow); dir:Ned Sherrin [36pp, 6.9x9.75; illustrated articles, 20+ cast photos and biographies; VG] £4

1996 (Feb): HOT SHOE SHUFFLE - Larry Buttrose, Kathryn Riding (Wimbledon Theatre)
Melanie Stage, Darren J.Bennett, Teddy Green, James Doubtfire, Martin Eyre, Stuart McLeod, Sean Kingsley, Dean Magri, Nick Holmes; dir:David Atkins [36pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; music by Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller and others; VG] £4

1996: CABARET - John Kander, Fred Ebb, Joe Masteroff (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch)
Rebecca Vere, Kraig Thornber, Ben Fox; dir:Bob Carlton [28pp, 7x9.9; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1996: EVITA - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (New Theatre, Woking)
Marti Webb, Christopher Corcoran, Duncan Smith, Christopher Howard, Jayne O'Mahony; dir:Harold Prince, Kenneth W Urmston [48pp, 6.9x10; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1996: PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, The Musical - David G.Smith, Warren Wills, Richard Hansom, Mark Knowles, based on the film by Ed Wood (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch)
Julian Harries, Luke Goss, Peter Straker, Michael Lloyd, Raya North, Vanessa Clark; dir:Marina Caldarone, Richard Hansom [28pp, 6.9x9.75; illustrated feature on Ed Wood, 10+ cast photos and biographies; VG] £5

1996: STARLIGHT EXPRESS (Apollo Victoria)
Paul Baker (Rusty), Simon Marlow (Greaseball), Amanda Salmon (Pearl), Chris Lennon (Electra), Lon Satton (Poppa), Anna Jane Casey (Dinah) and large cast; dir:Trevor Nunn [40pp, 7x9.8; cast, scenes, musical numbers, rehearsal photos, cast biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1996: STARLIGHT EXPRESS (Apollo Victoria)
Paul Baker (Rusty), Simon Marlow (Greaseball), Amanda Salmon (Pearl), Chris Lennon (Electra), Maurey Richards (Poppa), Anna Jane Casey (Dinah) and large cast; dir:Trevor Nunn [40pp, 7x9.8; cast, scenes, musical numbers, illustrated articles, rehearsal photos, cast biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1996: SWEENEY TODD - Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler (Haymarket Theatre, Leicester)
Dave Willetts (as Sweeney Todd), Jeanette Ranger (as Mrs Lovett), Jeremy Finch, Josephine Baird, Mark Roper, Peter Edbrook, Peter Cormican, Stuart de la Mere, Angela Lloyd, Valda Aviks, Sylvia Griffin, Frazer Lincoln, Lesley McClymont, Andrew Newey, Neil Rose; dir:Paul Kerryson [36pp, 5.5x11.75; cast, biographies w.photos, musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles, creditsetc.; VG] £4

1996: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES - Jerry Herman, Harvey Fierstein (Wimbledon Theatre) Souvenir Brochure
Jeremy Hobbs, Tony O'Rourke, Ross Antony, Harry Carmichael, Margery Carmichael, Phillip Arran; dir:John Cumberlidge [20pp, 8.3x11.75; large-size souvenir programme; cast list, list of musical numbers, programme notes, cast biographies with photos; VG] £4
1996: BY JEEVES Souvenir Brochure
1996: BY JEEVES - Alan Ayckbourn, Andrew Lloyd Webber (Lyric) Souvenir Brochure
Large-size Souvenir Brochure with 12 large colour photographs, featuring Steven Pacey, Malcolm Sinclair, Lucy Tregear, Nicolas Colicos, Simon Day, Robert Austin; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [20pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, list of songs, illustrated articles, 19 biographies w.photos; VG] £6

Musicals: 1997

1997 (11 Feb-8 Mch): HEATHCLIFF - Cliff Richard, Frank Dunlop, Tim Rice, John Farrar (Apollo Hammersmith)
Cliff Richard (as Heathcliff), Helen Hobson (as Cathy), Darryl Knock, Jimmy Johnston, Sara Haggerty, Gordon Giltrap, Geoff David, Chris Holland, Sonia Jones, Niki Kitt, Suzanne Parry; dir:Frank Dunlop [16pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, list of musical numbers, biography of Cliff Richard w.photo, credits etc.; VG] £4

1997: ALWAYS - William May, Jason Sprague, Frank Hauser (Victoria Palace)
Clive Carter (as Edward VIII), Jan Hartley (as Wallis Simpson), Shani Wallis (as Aunt Bessie), David McAlister, James Horne (as Stanley Baldwin), Ursula Smith (as Queen Mary), Chris Humphreys (as Lord Mountbatten), Sheila Ferguson, Philip Aiden, Helen Anker, David Arneil, Brodie Bass, Simon Coulthard, Edwina Cox, Stuart Cross, Naomi Crouch, Nicholas Denney, Lisa Devereaux, Brian Ellis, Tim English, Elaine Gibbs, Tim Godwin, Mari Gordon-Price, Peter Johnston, Mark Joslin, Mary Lincoln, Francesca Newitt, Audrey Palmer, Jane Parsons, Buster Skeggs, Rachel Stanley, Taffy Taylor, Emma Tunmore, Kevin Wainwright, Robert Wilson, Chris Black, Sophie England, Michael Fox, Kirstie Kober, Johnathon Neal, Holly Tufney, Ian Richardson (voice of the BBC Announcer); dir:Frank Hauser and Thommie Walsh [32pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc. ["A lot of unkind things - most of them accurate - are going to be written about ALWAYS..." (Matt Woolf in 'Variety') They were, and the show lasted only seven weeks.]] VG; £4

1997: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller - Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (Prince of Wales)
Shaun Escoffery, Joanne Farrell, Robert Grose, Chrissie Hammond, Paulette Ivory, Michelle John-Douglas, Ben Richards, Walter Herron Reynolds III, Neal Wright, Winston Pitt, Suzy Bloom; dir:Jerry Zaks [32pp, 6x9; cast list, full-page biographies w.photos, synopsis of musical numbers, production team biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1997: LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton (Imperial Theatre, New York)
Robert Marien/Ivan Rutherford (Jean Valjean), Christopher Innvar (Javert), Juliet Lambert (Fantine), Gina Lamparella (Crone), Fuschia Walker (Mme.Thenardier), Nick Wyman (Thenardier), Sarah Uriarte Berry (Eponine), Peter Lockyer (Marius), Stephen R Buntrock (Enjolras), Gary Moss (Brujon), Christeena Michelle Riggs (Cosette), Robert Gallagher (Combeferre), Kipp Marcus (Prouvaire); dir:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [64pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Vol.97 No.3); cast biographies, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1997: THE LIFE - Cy Coleman, Ira Gasman, David Newman (Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York)
Pamela Isaacs, Kevin Ramsey, Lillias White, Chuck Cooper, Bellamy Young, Vernel Bagneris, Rich Hebert, Gordon Joseph Weiss, Michael Brian; dir:Michael Blakemore, chor:Joey McKneely [84pp (Playbill Vol.97 No.12); cast photos and biographies etc. etc.; minor wrinkles on back pages, else VG] £4

1997: THE CAPEMAN - Paul Simon, Derek Walcott (Marquis Theatre, New York)
Ruben Blades, Marc Anthony, Ednita Nazario, Renoly Santiago; dir+chor:Mark Morris [84pp (Playbill Vol.97 No.12); cast photos and biographies etc. etc.; VG] £4

1997: CABARET - John Kander, Fred Ebb, Joe Masteroff (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
Nicholas Scrivens, David Tughan, Connie Walker, Dean Fowler, Simone Harper, Mark Rimer, Simon Cole, Alexander Newman; dir:Martin Connor [24pp; cast, scenes, musical numbers, 23 cast photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1997: ENTER THE GUARDSMAN - Craig Bohmler, Scott Wentforth, Marion Adler, based on Ferenc Molnar's The Guardsman (Donmar)
Nicky Henson, Alexander Hanson, Janie Dee, Angela Richards, Jeremy Finch, Walter Van Dyk, Nicola Sloane; dir:Jeremy Sams [28pp, 6x9; cast list, scenes, musical numbers, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1997 (9-13 Sep): 42ND STREET - Harry Warren, Al Dubin, Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble (Congress Theatre, Eastbourne)
Gemma Craven (as Dorothy Brock), James Smillie (as Julian Marsh), Sandy Rass (as Billy Lawlor), Jennifer Williams (as Peggy Sawyer), Shirley Jameson (as Maggie Jones), Neil Smye, Shaun Curry, Leon De Ste Croix, Adam Russell-Owen, Jo Redburn, Tracey Iliffe, Jacqueline Hargest; dir:Andrew O'Connor [40pp, 6.9x9.9; cast list, synopsis, illustrated articles, list of scenes and musical numbers, cast biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1997 (5 Dec-17 Jan 1998): GODSPELL - John-Michael Tebelak, Stephen Schwartz (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke)
Paul Baker (as Jesus), Bobby Martino (as John The Baptist/Judas), Francois Brunel, Leroy Charlery, Gail Easdale, Marcia Hewitt, Daniel Hinchcliffe, Annette McLaughlin, Simona Morecroft, Lucie Pankhurst, Kimberley de Forres; dir:Adrian Reynolds [24pp, 7x9.78; cast, musical numbers, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1997: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES - Jerry Herman, Harvey Fierstein (Theatr Clwyd, Mold)
Trevor Hall, Tony O'Rourke; dir:Peter Swingler [20pp; articles, cast photos and biographies; w.ticket (24 Jun '97)] £3

1997: CATS - Andrew Lloyd Webber, T S Eliot, Richard Stilgoe, Trevor Nunn (New London)
Lindsey Danvers, Tee Jaye, James Barron, Fergus Logan, Bruce Graham, Nigel Garton, Joann Gibb, Drew Varley, Jean-Luc Rebaldi, Susie McKenna; dir:Trevor Nunn [28pp, 9x5.5 "landscape" programme; synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, rehearsal photos, extensive biographies etc.; VG] £4

1997: DAMN YANKEES - Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, George Abbott, Douglass Wallop, Jack O'Brien (Adelphi)
Jerry Lewis, April Nixon, Joy Franz, Ellen Grosso, Dennis Kelly, Jamie Ross, John-Michael Flate; dir:Jack O'Brien [36pp; musical numbers, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; minor marks else VG] £4

1997: CHICAGO - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Adelphi)
Ruthie Henshall, Ute Lemper, Henry Goodman, Nigel Planer, Meg Johnson, C Shirvell [44pp; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; smart programme; VG] £4

1997: CHICAGO - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Adelphi) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 30+ pages of splendid photographs (many in colour) featuring the original London cast: Ruthie Henshall, Ute Lemper, Henry Goodman, Nigel Planer, Meg Johnson, C.Shirvell; dir:Walter Bobbie [40pp, 9.3x13; cast biographies w.photos etc.; with ticket; VG] £7

1997: CHICAGO - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Adelphi) Large-size Flyer
Ruthie Henshall, Ute Lemper, Henry Goodman, Nigel Planer [6pp, 3.9x11.75, stylish large-size photographic flyer on sturdy board; 7 photos, credits, press comment, brief puff article, seat prices etc.; VG] £4

1997: SATURDAY NIGHT - Stephen Sondheim, Julius J.Epstein, Philip G.Epstein (Bridewell)
James Millard, Maurice Yeoman, Jeremy David, Simon Greiff, Tracie Bennett, Mark Haddigan, Sam Newman, Gavin Lee [6pp triple-fold, 6x11.75; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biographies etc.; World Premiere production of Sondheim's 1954 musical; VG] £4

1997: STEPPING OUT - Denis King, Mary Stewart-David, Richard Harris (Albery)
Liz Robertson, Helen Bennett, Sharon D Clarke, Helen Cotterill, Felicity Goodson, Carolyn Pickles, Rachel Spry, Colin Wakefield, Gwendolyn Watts, Barbara Young; dir:Julia McKenzie [32pp, 5.9x9; cast list, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; smart programme; VG] £4

1997: NINE - Maury Yeston, Arthur Kopit (Donmar Warehouse)
Larry Lamb, Susannah Fellows, Clare Burt, Eleanor David, Norma West (for Dilys Laye), Sara Kestelman, Jenny Galloway; dir:David Leveaux [32pp; cast list, list of musical numbers, biographies; w.substitution biographical slip stapled in; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1997: MARLENE - Pam Gems (Lyric)
Sian Phillips, Lou Gish, Billy Mathias; dir:Sean Mathias [36pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1997: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Lyceum)
Steve Balsamo, Zubin Varla, Joanna Ampil, David Burt, Nick Holder; dir:Gale Edwards [52pp, 6.75x9.8; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1997: MADDIE - Stephen Keeling, Shaun McKenna, Steven Dexter (Lyric)
Summer Rognlie, Graham Bickley, Lynda Baron, Kevin Colson; dir:Martin Connor [48pp; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs, rehearsal photos etc.; VG] £4

1997: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice (Dominion Theatre)
Alasdair Harvey, Julie-Alanah Brighten, Derek Griffiths, Barry James, Mary Millar, Norman Rossington; dir:Robert Jess Roth [56pp, 6.9x9.75; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers etc.; two 'Backstage Passes' (for 30 Jun '97) on front cover] £4

1997: BUDDY, The Buddy Holly Story - Alan Janes (Strand)
Plymouth Theatre Royal production: John MacNeill, Ian Coningham, Steve Gibb, Angus Glen, Neil Nicholas, Mark Robertson, Angus MacGregor (as Buddy Holly), Klaus White, Neil Dale, Gary Holt, Tommy Donbavand, Frances Duca, Susan Fay, Sally Mais, Louise Samuels, John Sheridon (as Buddy Holly at certain performances), Andrea Turner, John-Simon Rawlings, Ricky Zalez, Andy Harewood, Paulette Ivory, Melvin Reeves, Frank Williams; dir:Rob Bettinson [40pp, 6.7x9.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; w.Surf Ballroom February 2nd 1959 insert; date (31/1/97) written inside, else VG] £4

1997: BUDDY, The Buddy Holly Story - Alan Janes (Orchard, Dartford)
John Sheridon, Tim Swinton, Alex Andrea; dir:Rob Bettinson [36pp; illustrated articles, cast photos; with 'Winter Dance Party' insert] £3

1997: CLOSER THAN EVER - David Shire, Richard Maltby Jr. (Jermyn Street Theatre)
Helen Hobson, Beverley Klein, Mark McKerracher, Gareth Snook; dir:Matthew White [6pp triple-fold, 6.1x11.7; cast photo, biographies] £3

1997: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice (Dominion Theatre) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 30+ pages of splendid colour production photographs featuring Alasdair Harvey, Julie-Alanah Brighten, Derek Griffiths, Barry James, Mary Millar, Norman Rossington, Di Botcher, Richard Gauntlett, Rebecca Thornhill, Burke Moses; dir:Robert Jess Roth [36pp, 9.25x13; synopsis, note from Sir Tim Rice, illustrated articles, credits etc. etc.; VG] £6

1997 (10-22 Mch): BLOOD BROTHERS - Willy Russell (Mayflower, Southampton) Souvenir Brochure
Stephanie Lawrence, Mike Dyer, James Hirst, Nicholas Hart, Lisa Bowerman, Sarah Mowat, Peter Washington, Tim Maxwell Clarke, Andrew Westfield, Louise Faulkner, Ryan Philpott, Andy Snowden, Emma Collier, Gary Everett; dir:Bob Tomson and Bill Kenwright [32pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, illustrated interview with Willy Russell, credits etc.; VG] £5

Musicals: 1998

1998: SHOCKHEADED PETER (West Yorkshire Playhouse/Lyric Theatre Hammersmith)
Cultural Industry: Julian Bleach, Anthony Cairns, Graeme Gilmour, Tamzin Griffin, Jo Pocock; dir:Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch [16pp, 5.2x5.2; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1998: INTO THE WOODS - Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine (Donmar)
Frank Middlemass (Narrator), Jenna Russell (Cinderella), Christopher Pizzey (Jack), Michelle Blair and Zoe Walsham (Milky White), Nick Holder (Baker), Sophie Thompson (Baker's Wife), Louise Davidson, Caroline Sheen, Ceri Ann Gregory, Sheila Reid (Jack's Mother), Sheridan Smith (Little Red Riding Hood), Clare Burt (Witch), Michael N Harbour, Dilys Laye (Cinderella's Mother/Grandmother/Giant), Damian Lewis (Wolf/Cinderella's Prince), Samantha Lavender, Matt Rawle (Rapunzel's Prince), Tony Timberlake; dir:John Crowley [36pp, 6x9; cast list, list of musical numbers, articles, photos; illustrated article about the Donmar; VG] £4

1998 (Mch-Apr): SWEET CHARITY - Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Neil Simon (Churchill Theatre, Bromley)
Kevin Rooney, Mark Wynter (as Vittorio Vidal), John Tobias, Johanne Murdock, Nicola Hughes, Lucy Harris, Jane Fowler, Lisa Donmall, Tina Doyle, Emma Buckle, Bonnie Langford (as Charity), Colin Roy, Kenny Linden, Gil Cohen Alloro, Cornell John (as Oscar), Sergio Covino, Andrew Stone, Omar Okai, Russell Wilcox, Basienka Blake; dir:Carol Metcalfe [44pp, 6.9x9.9; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, 3 rehearsal photos, orchestra list, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998 (May-Aug): SWEET CHARITY - Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Neil Simon (Victoria Palace)
Kevin Rooney, Mark Wynter (as Vittorio Vidal), John Tobias, Johanne Murdock, Jane Fowler, Lucy Harris, Lisa Donmall, Tina Doyle, Emma Buckle, Bonnie Langford (as Charity), Colin Roy, Kenny Linden, Gil Cohen Alloro, Cornell John (as Oscar), Sergio Covino, Andrew Stone, Omar F Okai, Russell Wilcox, Basienka Blake; dir:Carol Metcalfe [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, orchestra list, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: THE RINK - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Orange Tree, Richmond)
Gillian Kirkpatrick, Sally Baird/Aisha Barrett/Sophie Sandham/Hayley Wareham, Sevan Stephan, Gary Bryden, Martin Crewes, Neil Rutherford, Graeme Henderson, Gary Owston, Gay Soper; dir:John Gardyne [40pp; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast biogs etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1998 (Jan): RAGTIME - Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, Terrence McNally (Ford Center for the Performing Arts, New York)
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Peter Friedman, Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald, Mark Jacoby; dir:Frank Galati [44pp (Showbill Vol.98 No.1); illustrated articles, cast list, musical numbers, c58 cast photos and biographies] £4

1998 (Nov): RAGTIME - Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, Terrence McNally (Ford Center for the Performing Arts, New York)
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Peter Friedman, Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald, Mark Jacoby; dir:Frank Galati [48pp (Showbill Vol.98 No.11); illustrated articles, cast list, musical numbers, c58 cast photos and biographies] £4

1998 (Jan): CHICAGO - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Shubert Theatre, New York)
Marilu Henner (Roxie Hart), Bebe Neuwirth (Velma Kelly), Hinton Battle (Billy Flynn), Joel Grey (Amos Hart), Marcia Lewis (Mama Morton), D Sabella (Mary Sunshine); dir:Walter Bobbie [56pp (Playbill Vol.98 No.1); cast photos, biographies etc. etc.] £4

1998 (Oct): FOOTLOOSE - Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford, Walter Bobbie (Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York)
Stephen Lee Anderson, Dee Hoty, Jeremy Kushnier, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Stacy Francis, Tom Plotkin, Catherine Cox, Billy Hartung; dir:Walter Bobbie [72pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Vol.98 No.10); cast list, cast biographies w.photos, list of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc. etc.; VG] £4

1998 (Aug): A NEW BRAIN - William Finn, James Lapine (Mitzi E Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center Theatre, New York)
Kristin Chenoweth, Lewis Cleale (as Gordon Michael Schwinn), Penny Fuller, Danny Gurwin, John Jellison, Liz Larsen, Norm Lewis (as Roger Delli-Bovi), Michael Mandell, Mary Testa, Chip Zien; dir:Graciela Daniele [68pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Vol.98 No.8); cast list, cast biographies, programme notes, credits etc. etc.; VG] £4

1998 (Oct): LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton (Imperial Theatre, New York)
Fred Inkley (Jean Valjean), Phillip Hernandez (Javert), Alice Ripley (Fantine), Gina Lamparella (Crone), Fuschia Walker (Mme.Thenardier), Nick Wyman (Thenardier), Megan Lawrence (Eponine), Peter Lockyer (Marius), Stephen R Buntrock (Enjolras), Gary Moss (Brujon), Christeena Michelle Riggs (Cosette), Brian Noonan (Combeferre), Kevin Kern (Prouvaire); dir:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [72pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Vol.98 No.10); cast list, cast biographies, list of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc. etc.; VG] £4

1998 (Nov): HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH - Stephen Trask, John Cameron Mitchell (Jane Street Theatre, New York)
John Cameron Mitchell, Cheater (Scott Bilbrey, David McKenley, Stephen Trask, and Chris Weilding), Miriam Shor; dir:Peter Askin [80pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Vol.98 No.11); opened February 14, 1998; cast list, cast biographies w.photos, list of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc. etc.; VG] £4

1998 (Dec): FORBIDDEN BROADWAY Cleans Up Its Act! - Gerard Alessandrini (Stardust Theatre, New York)
Bryan Batt, Lori Hammel, Edward Staudenmayer, Kristine Zbornik; dir:Phillip George and Gerard Alessandrini [92pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Vol.98 No.12); cast list, cast biographies w.photos, credits etc. etc.; VG] £4

1998 (Dec): SUNSET BOULEVARD - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Christopher Hampton (Jones Hall, Houston, Texas)
Petula Clark, Lewis Cleale, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Allen Fitzpatrick, Michael Berry, George Merner; dir:Susan H.Schulman [56pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Vol.98 No.12); cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast biogs etc.; w.four tickets; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1998 (Jan): THE LION KING - Elton John, Tim Rice (New Amsterdam Theatre, New York)
John Vickery, Samuel E.Wright, Geoff Hoyle, Tsidii Le Loka, Tom Alan Robbins, Max Casella etc.; dir:Julie Taymor [40pp, 5.4x8.5 (Stagebill); production opened 13 Nov 1997; articles, c10 production photos (some in colour), list of musical numbers, cast photos and biographies] £4

1998: EIGHT! Henry VIII, that is! - Steeve Arlen, Donald Eugster (Tribeca Playhouse, New York)
Steeve Arlen; dir:Jeff Cohen [12pp, 5.5x8.5; company biographies, Tudor family tree, director's notes, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £2

1998: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller - Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (Prince of Wales)
Hildia Campbell, Shaun Escoffery, Robert Grose, Chrissie Hammond, Paulette Ivory, Paul Manuel, Richard D Sharp, Dawn Spence, Neal Wright; dir:Jerry Zaks [32pp, 6x9; cast list, full-page biographies w.photos, synopsis of musical numbers, production team biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: RENT - Jonathan Larson (Shaftesbury)
Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Jesse L.Martin, Bonny Lockhart, Jacqui Jermaine Heredia, Krysten Cummings, Jessica Tezier, Angela Bradley, Mykal Rand, Rachel McFarlane, Josh Cohen, Robert J.Solomon, Leon Maurice-Jones, Claire Coates; dir:Michael Greif [36pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of musical numbers, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998 (Apr): LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton (Palace)
Stig Rossen (Jean Valjean), Ethan Freeman (Javert), Silvie Paladino (Fantine), Tania Newton (Crone), Liz Ewing (Mme.Thenardier), Nick Holder (Thenardier), Gemma Wardle (Eponine), Graham Mackay-Bruce (Marius), David Bardsley (Enjolras), Keith Bookman (Brujon), Annalene Beechey (Cosette), Stuart Pendred (Combeferre), Tom Magdich (Prouvaire); dir:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [28, 6x9pp; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton (Palace)
John Owen-Jones (Jean Valjean), Tim Morgan (Javert), Silvie Paladino (Fantine), Tania Newton (Crone), Liz Ewing (Mme.Thenardier), Teddy Kempner (Thenardier), Amanda Salmon (Eponine), Tom Lucas (Marius), Paul Manuel (Enjolras), Keith Bookman (Brujon), Rebecca Vere (Cosette), Eddie Burton (Combeferre), Scott Ainslie (Prouvaire); dir:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [28pp, 6x9pp; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton; translated and adapted by Seth Gaaikema and Paul Berkenman (Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen)
Hans Peter Janssens (Jean Valjean), Jan F Danckaert (Javert), Rob van der Meule (Bishop of Digne), Hilde Norga (Fantine), David Verbeeck (Bamatabois), Daisy Thys (Mme.Thenardier), Marc Lauwrys (Thenardier), Chadia Cambie (Eponine), Marc Dollevoet (Brujon), Rein Kolpa (Marius), Deborah Dutcher (Cosette), Gert-Jan Heuvelmans (Combeferre), Addo Kruizinga (Enjolras), Jeroen Van Delft (Grantaire), Robbert Besselaar (Prouvaire); dir:Ken Caswell, original directors:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [60pp, 5.9x8.9; list of musical numbers, company biographies w.photos, synopsis, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998 (Mch): CHICAGO - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Adelphi)
Ruthie Henshall (Roxie Hart), Ute Lemper (Velma Kelly), Henry Goodman (Billy Flynn), Nigel Planer (Amos Hart), Meg Johnson (Mama Morton), C Shirvell (Mary Sunshine); dir:Walter Bobbie [48pp; cast, scenes, musical numbers, 25+ cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1998 (Jun): CHICAGO - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Adelphi)
Ruthie Henshall (Roxie Hart), Ute Lemper (Velma Kelly), Clarke Peters (Billy Flynn), Nigel Planer (Amos Hart), Meg Johnson (Mama Morton), C Shirvell (Mary Sunshine); dir:Walter Bobbie [44pp; cast, scenes, musical numbers, 25+ cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1998 (Aug): CHICAGO - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Adelphi)
Ruthie Henshall (Roxie Hart), Nicola Hughes (Velma Kelly), Clarke Peters (Billy Flynn), Joel Grey (Amos Hart), Meg Johnson (Mama Morton), C Shirvell (Mary Sunshine); dir:Walter Bobbie [44pp; cast, scenes, musical numbers, 25+ cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; slightly spotty cover, else VG] £4

1998: WEST SIDE STORY - Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents (Prince Edward Theatre)
Edward Baker-Duly, David Habbin, Graham MacDuff, Katie Knight-Adams, Anna-Jane Casey; dir:Alan Johnson [32pp; cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, excellent illustrated articles, 37 biographies with photos; VG] £4

1998: SHOW BOAT - Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II (Prince Edward)
Gretha Boston (as Queenie), Carole Shelley (as Parthy), George Grizzard (as Cap'n Andy), Clare Leach (as Ellie), Joel Blum (as Frank), Terry Burrell (as Julie), Hugh Panaro (as Ravenal), Teri Hansen (as Magnolia), Michel Bell (as Joe); dir:Harold Prince; choreog:Susan Stroman [36pp, 6x9; articles, biographies, photos etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4


1998: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice (Dominion Theatre)
Alasdair Harvey, Julie-Alanah Brighten, Derek Griffiths, Barry James, Sylvia Griffin, Norman Rossington; dir:Robert Jess Roth [56pp, 6.9x9.75; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1998: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice (Dominion Theatre)
Alasdair Harvey, Julie-Alanah Brighten, Simon Green, Barry James, Valda Aviks, Norman Rossington; dir:Robert Jess Roth [56pp, 6.9x9.75; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers etc.; VG] £4

1998: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER - Bee Gees, Nan Knighton, Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, Robert Stigwood (London Palladium)
Adam Garcia, Anita Louise Combe, Tara Wilkinson, Simon Greiff [60pp, 6.9x9.75; cast, scenes, musical numbers, extensive cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1998 (14 July): DOCTOR DOOLITTLE - Leslie Bricusse (Apollo Victoria)
Phillip Schofield, Sarah Jane Hassell, Bryan Smith, Peter Cellier, Peter Gallagher, John Rawnsley, Julie Andrews (as the voice of Polynesia); dir:Steven Pimlott [52pp; First Night Programme; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £5

1998: DOCTOR DOOLITTLE - Leslie Bricusse (Apollo Victoria)
Phillip Schofield, Sarah Jane Hassell, Bryan Smith, Peter Cellier, Peter Gallagher, John Rawnsley, Julie Andrews (as the voice of Polynesia); dir:Steven Pimlott [52pp; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4


1998: WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, Patricia Knop, Gale Edwards (Aldwych)
Marcus Lovett, Lottie Mayor, Dean Collinson, Veronica Hart, James Graeme, Walter Herron Reynolds III, John Turner; dir:Gale Edwards [52pp; cast photos and biographies, illustrated articles etc.] £4

1998: ANNIE - Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, Thomas Meehan (Churchill Theatre, Bromley)
Lesley Joseph/Jenny Logan, Kevin Colson, Charlene Barton/Sophie McShera, Andrew Bradley, Rachel Izen, Matt Zimmerman, Neil Rutherford, Susie Fenwick, Andrew Kennedy; dir:Martin Charnin [40pp; cast photos and biographies, illustrated articles etc.] £4

1998 (11 Sep-3 Oct): THE MIDNIGHT HOUR - Philip Whitchurch (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke)
Lesley McClymont, Stuart Nurse, Matthew Hewitt, Tim Clarke, Jane Milligan, Simon Jessop, Adrian Dixon, Kennedy Boyd, Georgia Simpson, Maria Carrigan, Caron Pascoe; dir:Alasdair Ramsay [20pp, 7x9.75; cast, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1998: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice (Lyceum)
Glenn Carter, Ramon Tikaram, Joanna Ampil, James Graeme, Martin Callaghan; dir:Gale Edwards [52pp, 6.75x9.8; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, illustrated articles; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1998 (11 Dec-9 Jan 1999): CANTERBURY TALES - Neville Coghill, Martin Starkie, Richard Hill, John Hawkins (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke)
Richard Evans, Stuart Nurse, Simon Jessop, Ian Crowe, Tim Clarke, Georgia Simpson, Maria Carrigan, Chris Dickins, Adrian Dixon, Martin Wimbush, Stephen Reynolds, Kate Dove, Robert Purvis; dir:Alasdair Ramsay [20pp, 7x9.75; cast, scenes, musical numbers, etc.; VG] £2

1998: WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, Patricia Knop, Gale Edwards (Aldwych) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size full-colour Souvenir Brochure, with 18+ pages of splendid production photographs featuring Marcus Lovett, Lottie Mayor, Dean Collinson, Veronica Hart, James Graeme, Walter Herron Reynolds III, John Turner, Nicolas Colicos; dir:Gale Edwards [32pp, 12x9.25; PLUS 12pp 9.4x7.25 insert containing cast biographies and photos, company list, list of musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £6

1998: MISS SAIGON - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Richard Maltby Jr. (Drury Lane) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 30+ pages of splendid colour photographs featuring past, present and worldwide cast members, and articles by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Cameron Mackintosh, Nicholas Hytner, Richard Maltby Jr. etc. [40pp, 9x12; VG] £6

1998: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER - Bee Gees, Nan Knighton, Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, Robert Stigwood (London Palladium) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 25+ pages of splendid colour production photographs of the original London company (Adam Garcia, Anita Louise Combe and many more); includes an interview with Adam Garcia; the centre pages are detachable to form a superb 18"x26" poster; dir:Arlene Phillips [32pp, 9x13; VG] £6

1998: ANNIE - Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, Thomas Meehan (Victoria Palace) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 20+ pages of splendid colour photographs featuring the Original London Cast including Lily Savage and Kevin Colson; dir:Martin Charnin [24pp, 9.6x13.5; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £6

1998: ANNIE - Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, Thomas Meehan (Victoria Palace)
Lesley Joseph/Jenny Logan, Kevin Colson, Charlene Barton/Sophie McShera, Andrew Bradley, Neil Rutherford, Matt Zimmerman, Geraldine Feeney, David Bacon, Rachel Izen, Kate Normington, David Alder, Louise Tomkins, Louisa McCarthy, Andrew Kennedy, Gail Marie Shapter, Suzie Fenwick, Peter Harding, Neil Rutherford, Marc Joseph, Simone White; dir:Martin Charnin [28pp, 5.9x8.4; cast list, cast photos and biographies, musical numbers, illustrated articles, credits etc.] £4

1998?: BUDDY, The Buddy Holly Story - Alan Janes (Strand) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 30+ splendid photographs featuring past, present and international cast members, extensive features on Buddy Holly (with many photos), biographies of the production team (w.photos), 6 photos of Worldwide productions etc. etc. [28pp, 9.6x13.5; slightly rumpled, else VG] £6

Musicals: 1999

1999: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Gerard Alessandrini (Albery)
Sophie-Louise Dann, Mark O'Malley, Alistair Robins, Christine Pedi; dir:Phillip George [32pp, 6.9x9.9; cast list, cast biographies w.photos, 8-pages of illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1999 (Nov): The New ROCKY HORROR SHOW - Richard O'Brien (Apollo, Oxford)
Darren Day (as Frank 'n' Furter), Loyd Grossman (as Narrator), Nathan Taylor (as Brad), Larissa Murray (as Janet), Ross O'Hennessy (as Rocky), Georgie Hayes (as Riff Raff), Laurie Brett (as Magenta), Gael Johnson, Michael Neilson, Amanda Jane Manning, Kristin Johnson, Jason Nicholls, Andrew Jeffery; dir:Christopher Malcolm [36pp, 5.75x9.75; cast, band list, cast biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1999 (May): LES MISERABLES - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel, James Fenton (National Theatre, Washington D.C.)
Ivan Rutherford (Jean Valjean), Todd Alan Johnson (Javert), Joan Almedilla (Fantine), Melissa Minyard (Crone), Sharron Matthews (Mme.Thenardier), J P Dougherty (Thenardier), Sutton Foster (Eponine), Tim Howar (Marius), Kevin Earley (Enjolras), Erick Buckley/Randal Keith (Brujon), Regan Thiel (Cosette), Ethan Watermeier (Combeferre), Jerry Jay Cranford (Prouvaire); dir:Trevor Nunn and John Caird [40pp, 5.25x8.5 (Playbill May 1999); cast biographies, list of scenes and musical numbers, credits etc.; VG] £4

1999 (9 May): I'D RATHER BE RIGHT - Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart, Moss Hart, George S Kaufman (Fortune Theatre)
Lost Musicals production: Christopher Key, Stewart Permutt, Anna Francolini, Kenneth Haigh, Richard Dempsey, James Vaughan, Harry Landis, Peter Gale, Myra Sands, Claire Rayner [12pp; cast, musical numbers, cast biographies etc.; VG] £3

1999: A SAINT SHE AIN'T - Denis King, Dick Vosburgh (Apollo)
Barry Cryer, Rae Baker, Pauline Daniels, Brian Greene, Gavin Lee, Vincent Marzello, Michael Roberts, Corinna Powlesland; dir:Ned Sherrin [44pp, 6.75x9.75; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biographies etc.; VG] £4

1999: WEST SIDE STORY - Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents (Prince of Wales)
David Habbin, Katie Knight-Adams, Anna-Jane Casey, Edward Baker-Duly, Graham MacDuff; dir:Jerome Robbins, Alan Johnson [32pp, 6x9; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1999: CHICAGO - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Mandalay Bay Theatre, Las Vegas)
Chita Rivera (Roxie Hart), Ute Lemper (Velma Kelly), Ben Vereen (Billy Flynn), Ernie Sabella (Amos Hart), Marcia Lewis (Mama Morton), M E Spencer (Mary Sunshine); dir:Walter Bobbie [12pp, 6x9; cast, list of musical numbers, biographies, credits; VG] £4

1999 (Apr): MAMMA MIA! - Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson, Catherine Johnson (Prince Edward)
Lisa Stokke, Siobhan McCarthy, Louise Plowright, Jenny Galloway, Hilton McRae, Paul Clarkson, Nicolas Colicos, Andrew Langtree; dir:Phyllida Lloyd [36pp, 6x9; programme for Opening Performances; cast, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs etc.; smart programme; VG] £6

1999 (Jun): MAMMA MIA! - Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson, Catherine Johnson (Prince Edward)
Lisa Stokke, Eliza Lumley, Melissa Gibson, Siobhan McCarthy, Louise Plowright, Jenny Galloway, Andrew Langtree, Neal Wright, Nigel Harman, Paul Clarkson, Nicolas Colicos, Hilton McRae, Tom Magdich; dir:Phyllida Lloyd [40pp, 6x9 [4]; cast list, scenes, musical numbers, cast photos and biogs etc.; smart programme; VG] £4

1999: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES - Stephen Edwards, Karen Louise Hebden, Justin Fleming (Savoy)
Phillipa Healey/Poppy Tierney (as Tess Durbeyfield), Maxine Fone (as Young Tess), Dianne Pilkington, Catharine Debenham-Taylor, Gemma Sandy, Jonathan Monks (as Angel Clare), Caroline Hobin, David Oakley, Paul Haley, Susan Anderson, Alison Crowther, Nicola Edwards, Aoibheann Greene, Maria Holley, Katie Leeming, Kate Rawson, Ellie Kirk, Victoria O'Donnell, Anneka Warbourton, Georgi Couch, Emily Eraser, Hannah Mercado, Craig Adams, Robert Irons, Simon Joslin, Nicholas Maude, Vincent Penfold, Matt Smith, Timothy Taylor, Nikolas Snode, Ben Thornton, Stefan Abingdon, Peter Le Brun, Trevor Harrold, Jake Colvill, Sara Weymouth, Alasdair Harvey (as Alec D'Urberville); dir:Karen Louise Hebden [36pp, 8.7x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos, list of musical numbers, programme notes, credits etc.; VG; The show included country dancing by "buxom elderly milkmaids frolicking on the kind of village green last seen in Palladium pantomimes circa 1955" (Spectator); "Thomas Hardy's heroine Tess was a mess, wretched and doomed, and the musical at the Savoy is much the same." (News of the World)] £4

1999: THE PAJAMA GAME - Richard Alder, Jerry Ross, George Abbott, Richard Bissell (Victoria Palace Theatre)
Leslie Ash, Graham Bickley, John Hegley, Alison Therese Limerick, Anita Dobson, Nick Hamilton, Jonathan D Ellis, John Levitt; dir:Simon Callow, choreography:David Bintley, Music Supervisor:John Harle [36pp, 6.6x9.5; cast list, cast biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1999: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice (Dominion Theatre)
Michelle Gayle, John Barrowman, Mark Caven, Barry James, Billy Boyle, Gemma Craven; dir:Robert Jess Roth [52pp, 6.9x9.75; cast photos and biographies, list of musical numbers etc.; VG] £4

1999 (Mch): MISS SAIGON - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Richard Maltby Jr. (Drury Lane)
Leo Valdez, David Shannon, Gunilla Backman, Richard Lloyd King, Jo Jo De La Cerna, Joanna Ampil/Cezarah Campos; dir:Nicholas Hytner [68pp, 6.75x9.6; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles; a full programme; VG] £4

1999 (Oct): MISS SAIGON - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Richard Maltby Jr. (Drury Lane)
Leo Valdez, David Shannon, Grania Renihan, Milton Craig Nealy, Jo Jo De La Cerna, Joanna Ampil/Cezarah Campos; dir:Nicholas Hytner [60pp, 6.75x9.75; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles; a full programme; VG] £4

1999: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER - Bee Gees, Nan Knighton, Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, Robert Stigwood (London Palladium)
Ben Richards, Joanne Farrell, Nina French, Mark McGee [72pp; cast, scenes, musical numbers, extensive cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1999: OKLAHOMA! - Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, based on Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs (Lyceum)
National Theatre production: Hugh Jackman, Josefina Gabrielle, Maureen Lipman, Jimmy Johnston, Shuler Hensley, Vicki Simon, Peter Polycarpou, Rebecca Thornhill, Marilyn Cutts; dir:Trevor Nunn [52pp; cast, scenes, musical numbers, 17 colour production photos, cast photos and biogs, 16 pages of illustrated articles etc.; a packed programme, full of interest; VG] £5

1999: OKLAHOMA! - Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, based on Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin)
Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society production: Kenneth O'Regan, Lisa Kelly, Elaine Hearty, Garry Montaine, John McCall, Mags O Dalaigh, Derek Ryan, Arthur McGauran, Sue Machesney, Eamonn Murphy, Richard More O'Ferrall, Killian O'Dowd, Luke O'Reilly; c:Gearoid Grant, dir:Noel McDonough [32pp, 6.5x9.25; cast list, synopsis, list of musical numbers, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; Tribute to Brendan Galvin; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1999 (10 Sep-2 Oct): LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Howard Ashman, Alan Menken (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke)
Georgia Simpson, Maria Carrigan, Jane Milligan, Johnson Willis, Ann Marcuson, James Neal, Tim Barron, Paul Kissaum, Gerard Swift, James Wilson, Kate Edgar; dir:Alasdair Ramsay [20pp, 7x9.75; cast, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1999: IRMA LA DOUCE - Marguerite Monnot, Alexandre Breffort, Julian More, David Heneker, Monty Norman (The Watermill)
Mike Afford, Josephine Baird, Andrew Callaway, Jeremy Harrison, James Lailey, Karen Mann, Robert Sterne, Simon Walter; dir:John Doyle [28pp, 6.75x9.8; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1999: SPEND SPEND SPEND - Steve Brown, Justin Greene (Piccadilly Theatre)
Barbara Dickson, Steven Houghton, Rachel Leskovac, Jeff Shankley; dir:Jeremy Sams [28pp, 6.9x9.9; "The Legend of Viv Nicholson"; articles and photos, cast photos and biographies etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1999: THE LION KING - Elton John, Tim Rice (Lyceum)
Rob Edwards (Scar), Cornell John (Mufasa), Josette Bushell-Mingo (Rafiki), Gregory Gudgeon (Zazu), Simon Gregor (Timon), Martyn Ellis (Pumbaa), Roger Wright (Simba), Paulette Ivory (Nala), Stephanie Charles (Shenzi), Paul J Medford (Banzai), Christopher Holt (Ed), Daniel Anthony/Ross Coates/Luke Youngblood (Young Simba), Nathalie Emmanuel/Dominique Moore/Pippa Bennet-Warner (Young Nala); dir:Julie Taymor [44pp, 6.75x9.75; cast list, scenes & musical numbers, extensive cast photos and biogs etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1999: I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE - Jimmy Roberts, Joe Dipietro (Comedy)
Clive Carter, Shona Lindsay, Gillian Kirkpatrick, Russell Wilcox; dir:Joel Bishoff [28pp, 7x9.8; extensive illustrated articles, cast biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1999: THE COMPLETE MILLENNIUM MUSICAL (abridged) - Nick Graham, Reed Martin, Austin Tichenor, Dee Ryan (National Tour)
Reduced Shakespeare Company: Tim Machin, Betsy Pennington, Mark Prince, Megan Dennis, Gary Fannin; dir:Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor [12pp, 4x11.75; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1999: ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOR EVER - Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane (Bridewell)
Harry Burton, Julian Duncan, Rachel Mulcahy, Jenna Russell, Jennifer Lee Jellicorse, Maurice Clarke, Rosemary Williams, Martin Johnston, Charles Baker; dir:Carol Metcalfe [6pp, 6x11.75; cast, credits, biographies w.photos etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1999: RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET - Bob Carlton (Wycombe Swan)
Robert McCormick, James Earl Adair, Sarah Beaumont; dir:Bob Carlton [36pp, 8.25x11.75 (large size); cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1999: THE PAJAMA GAME - Richard Alder, Jerry Ross, George Abbott, Richard Bissell (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) Souvenir Brochure
Ulrika Jonsson, Graham Bickley, John Hegley, Alison Therese Limerick, Anita Dobson, Peter Edbrook, Jonathan D Ellis, John Levitt; dir:Simon Callow, choreography:David Bintley, Music Supervisor:John Harle [40pp, 8.25x11.75; very extensive illustrated articles: The Pajama Game is the game we're in, The Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory, Pyjamarama - A short history of pyjamas, and George Abbott and The Pajama Game, cast photos and biographies etc.; an attractive souvenir; VG] £4

1999: MAMMA MIA! - Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson, Catherine Johnson (Prince Edward) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 19+ pages of splendid colour photographs featuring Lisa Stokke, Siobhan McCarthy, Louise Plowright, Jenny Galloway, Hilton McRae, Paul Clarkson, Nicolas Colicos, Andrew Langtree; dir:Phyllida Lloyd [20pp, 9x12; VG] £6

1999: FOSSE - A CELEBRATION OF SONG AND DANCE (US Tour) Souvenir Brochure
Desmond Richardson and large cast; dir:Richard Maltby, Jr. and Ann Reinking [26pp, 9x12; superb large-size souvenir brochure with c20 excellent large-size photographs from the 1998 World Premiere Toronto production; VG] £6

1999: WEST SIDE STORY - Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents (Prince of Wales) Souvenir Brochure
Magnificent large-size Souvenir Brochure, with 16+ pages of splendid colour production photographs featuring David Habbin, Katie Knight-Adams, Anna-Jane Casey, Edward Baker-Duly, Graham MacDuff; dir:Jerome Robbins, Alan Johnson [24pp, 9.3x13; cast list, illustrated articles, orchestra list, credits etc.; VG] £6

1999: THE LION KING - Elton John, Tim Rice (Lyceum) Souvenir Brochure
Superb large-size Souvenir Brochure, packed with 35+ pages of fantastic colour production photographs featuring the original London cast; dir:Julie Taymor [40pp, 9.25x13; a wonderful souvenir of this smash-hit show; VG] £8

1999: CHICAGO - John Kander, Fred Ebb (Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, & Capitol Theatre, Sydney) Souvenir Brochure
Stupendous large-size Souvenir Brochure for the Australian production, featuring Chelsea Gibb (Roxie Hart), Caroline O'Connor (Velma Kelly), John Diedrich (Billy Flynn), Anthony Weigh (Amos Hart), Maria Mercedes (Mama Morton), D P Taylor (Mary Sunshine); dir:Walter Bobbie [52pp, 9.5x13; c50 superb large-size production photographs, cast list, 24 cast biographies w.photos, programme notes, musical numbers, orchestra list, credits etc.; an exceptional souvenir; VG] £8

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