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1940 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Ben Iden Payne; with Baliol Holloway, George Skillan, Basil Langton, Clare Harris, Freda Jackson, Peggy Bryan
No programmes available
1941 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Ben Iden Payne; with Baliol Holloway, George Hayes, Jay Laurier, Freda Jackson, Godfrey Kenton, Margaretta Scott
No programmes available
1942 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Ben Iden Payne; with Baliol Holloway, George Hayes, Jay Laurier, Margaretta Scott, Buena Bent
1942: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (SMT)
1942: THE TEMPEST (SMT)
1942: MACBETH (SMT)
1942: AS YOU LIKE IT (SMT)
1942: THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (SMT)
1943 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Milton Rosmer; with Abraham Sofaer, Baliol Holloway, Patricia Jessel, Anna Konstam, Alison Pickard, Christine Adrian
1943: REPERTOIRE BOOKLET, 17th April to 26th June (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
Detailed Performance Schedule for the first ten weeks of the 1943 Shakespeare Festival; the Festival was under the direction of Milton Rosmer, and eight plays were in the repertoire: TWELFTH NIGHT, OTHELLO, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, HENRY V, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, KING LEAR, THE WINTER'S TALE, and Sheridan's THE CRITIC; the company consisted of Charles W Anson, Cecil Cross, Aubrey Danvers, John Forshaw, C Rivers Gadsby, G Hannam-Clark, Baliol Holloway, Stanley Howlett, Weyman Mackay, Michael Madell, Eric Maxon, Charles Reading, Gordon Richardson, Abraham Sofaer, Geoffrey Wincott, H Worrell-Thompson, Duncan Yarrow, Christine Adrian, Beryl Ivory, Vivien James, Patricia Jessel, Olive Kirby, Anna Konstam, Rosemary Morgan, Nita Moyce, Alison Pickard; the booklet includes Prices of Admission, Booking Information, Travel Information etc. [10pp, 3x4.6; printed on cream paper; an uncommon survivor, and in VG condition!] £5
1943: OTHELLO (SMT)
Baliol Holloway, Abraham Sofaer, Anna Konstam, Patricia Jessel; dir:Milton Rosmer
1943: TWELFTH NIGHT (SMT)
Patricia Jessel, Abraham Sofaer, Anna Konstam; dir:Milton Rosmer
1943: HENRY V (SMT)
Charles Reading (as Chorus), Baliol Holloway (as Henry V), Anna Konstam (as Katherine), Abraham Sofaer (as Pistol); dir:Milton Rosmer
1943: KING LEAR (SMT)
1943: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (SMT)
1943: THE WINTER'S TALE (SMT)
1943: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (SMT)
Eric Maxon (as Theseus), Aubrey Danvers, Cecil Cross, Weyman Mackay, Michael Madell, H Worrall-Thompson, Stanley Howlett, Baliol Holloway (as Bottom), C Rivers Gadsby, C W Anson, G Hannah-Clark, Alison Pickard, Anna Konstam, Patricia Jessel, Charles Reading (as Oberon), Christine Adrian (as Titania), Olive Kirby, Beryl Ivory, Rosemary Morgan; dir:Baliol Holloway [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; photo not included; VG] £3
1944 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Robert Atkins; with George Hayes, Robert Atkins, Viola Lyel, Helen Cherry, Antony Eustrel, Patricia Jessel, Raymond Rollett, John Byron, Mary Honer, Anna Burden
1944: REPERTOIRE BOOKLET, 8th April to 1st July (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
Detailed Performance Schedule for the first twelve weeks of the 1944 Shakespeare Festival; the Festival was under the direction of Robert Atkins, and eight plays were in the repertoire: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, Ben Jonson's VOLPONE, RICHARD II, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, AS YOU LIKE IT, HAMLET, MACBETH, and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM; the booklet includes Prices of Admission, Booking Information, Travel Information, Company List (including Lionel Blair, John Byron, Antony Eustrel, Andrew Faulds, George Hayes, W E Holloway, Margaret Boyd, Anna Burden, Helen Cherry, Mary Honer, Patricia Jessel, Viola Lyel) etc. [10pp, 3x4.6; printed on cream paper; an uncommon survivor, and in excellent condition!] £5
1944: REPERTOIRE BOOKLET, 26th June to 16th September (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
Detailed Performance Schedule for the last twelve weeks of the 1944 Shakespeare Festival; the Festival was under the direction of Robert Atkins, and eight plays were in the repertoire (see above); the booklet includes Prices of Admission, Booking Information, Travel Information, Company List (see above) etc. [10pp, 3x4.6; printed on cream paper; an uncommon survivor, and in excellent condition!] £5
1944: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (SMT)
Antony Eustrel (as Antonio), David March, Jack Lynn, David Read, Andrew Faulds (as Lorenzo), Peter Bell, John Williams, George Hayes (as Shylock), Peter Upcher, Michael Martin-Harvey, G Hannam-Clark, Lionel Blair (as Leonardo), C Rivers Gadsby, Clement Hamelin, W E Holloway, Helen Cherry (as Portia), Mary Honer, Anna Burden (as Jessica), Diana Wilson, Angela Shafto, Muriel Herbert, Georgina Jumel, Pamella Deacon; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £3
1944: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (SMT)
Raymond Rollett, David Read, Clement Hamelin, Andrew Faulds, Graham Crowden (as 3rd Huntsman), David March, C Rivers Gadsby, Margaret Boyd, John Byron (as Lucentio), Peter Bell, W E Holloway (as Baptista), G Hannam-Clark, Jack Lynn, Michael Martin-Harvey, Antony Eustrel (as Petruchio), Cliff Weir, John Williams, John Barry, Angela Shafto, Diana Wilson, Lionel Blair (as Gregory), Peter Upcher, Patricia Jessel (as Katharina), Mary Honer (as Bianca), Viola Lyel (as A Widow); dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £3
1944: MACBETH (SMT)
George Hayes (as Macbeth), John Byron (as Malcolm), Patricia Jessel (as Lady Macbeth), Andrew Faulds, Angela Shafto, Anna Burden, Antony Eustrel (as Macduff), C Rivers Gadsby, Clement Hamelin, Cliff Weir, David March, David Read, Jack Lynn, John Barry, John Byron (as Malcolm), John Williams, Lionel Blair (aged 16, as Son to Macduff), Margaret Boyd, Patricia Jessel (as Lady Macbeth), Peter Bell, Peter Upcher, Raymond Rollett (as Banquo), W E Holloway; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £3
1944: AS YOU LIKE IT (SMT)
John Byron (as Orlando), G Hannam-Clark, Peter Bell, Lionel Blair (as Dennis), Jack Lynn, Michael Martin-Harvey, David March, Raymond Rollett, W E Holloway (as Banished Duke), George Hayes (as Jaques), Andrew Faulds (as Amiens), C Rivers Gadsby, Clement Hamelin, John Williams, Cliff Weir, Helen Cherry (as Rosalind), Anna Burden, Mary Honer, Patricia Jessel (as Phebe), Diana Wilson, Angela Shafto, Muriel Herbert, Georgina Jumel, Pamella Deacon; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £3
1944: HAMLET (SMT)
Andrew Faulds, Raymond Rollett (as Claudius), David March, Peter Upcher, John Williams, Viola Lyel (as Gertrude), W E Holloway (as Ghost), Cliff Weir, G Hannam-Clark, Jack Lynn, John Byron (as Hamlet), David Read (as Horatio), Antony Eustrel (as Laertes), Anna Burden (as Ophelia), C Rivers Gadsby, Lionel Blair (as 3rd Player), Michael Martin-Harvey (as Polonius), Clement Hamelin, Peter Bell; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £3
1944: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (SMT)
Peter Upcher (as Theseus), David March, W E Holloway, Peter Bell, Antony Eustrel, Michael Martin-Harvey, Cliff Weir (as Nick Bottom), Jack Lynn, Clement Hamelin, Raymond Rollett, C Rivers Gadsby, Helen Cherry (as Hippolyta), Anna Burden, Viola Lyel, Mary Honer, Diana Wilson, John Byron (as Oberon), Patricia Jessel (as Titania), Maureen Smith, Pamella Deacon, Muriel Herbert, Gillian Fifield, Georgina Jumel, Toto Capper-Parlby, Margaret Abraham, Joan Illi, Vera Garland; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £3
1944: RICHARD II (SMT)
George Hayes (as Richard II), W E Holloway (as John of Gaunt), Peter Upcher, Antony Eustrel (as Henry Bolingbroke), David Read, John Byron (as Duke of Aumerle), Jack Lynn, Andrew Faulds, Peter Bell, C Rivers Gadsby, David March, Raymond Rollett, Clement Hamelin, John Barry, John Williams, G Hannam-Clark, Cliff Weir, Michael Martin-Harvey, Margaret Boyd, Helen Cherry (as Queen Isabella), Diana Wilson, Angela Shafto, Toto Capper-Parlby; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £3
1944: VOLPONE (SMT)
Robert Atkins (as Volpone), John Byron (as Mosca), Mary Honer, Michael Martin-Harvey, Cliff Weir, David Read, Clement Hamelin, Raymond Rollett, Peter Upcher (as Sir Politick Would-Be), Peter Bell, Andrew Faulds, W E Holloway, Jack Lynn, David March, John Barry, Helen Cherry (as Celia), Viola Lyel (as Lady Would-Be), Margaret Boyd, Diana Wilson; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, synopsis, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £3
1945 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Robert Atkins; with Anthony Eustrel, Robert Atkins, Claire Luce, Margaret Boyd, Moira Lister, David Peel, Viola Lyel, Horace Sequeira
1945 REPERTOIRE BOOKLET, 31st March to 23rd June (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
Detailed Performance Schedule for the first twelve weeks of the 1945 Shakespeare Festival; the Festival was under the direction of Robert Atkins, and eight plays were in the repertoire: TWELFTH NIGHT, OTHELLO, ROMEO AND JULIET, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Goldsmith's SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, and KING HENRY VIII; the booklet includes Prices of Admission, Booking Information, Travel Information, Company List (including Robert Atkins, Graham Crowden, Antony Eustrel, Andrew Faulds, W E Holloway, Eric Porter, Mary Honer, Moira Lister, Claire Luce, Viola Lyel) etc. [10pp, 3x4.6; an uncommon survivor; minor marks, else VG] £4
1945: REPERTOIRE BOOKLET, 25th June to 22nd September (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
Detailed Performance Schedule for the last thirteen weeks of the 1944 Shakespeare Festival; the Festival was under the direction of Robert Atkins, and eight plays were in the repertoire (see above); the booklet includes Prices of Admission, Booking Information, Travel Information, Company List (see above) etc. [10pp, 3x4.6; an uncommon survivor, and in excellent condition!] £5
1945 (Feb): TWELFTH NIGHT (New Theatre, Oxford)
Stratford-Upon-Avon Shakespeare Festival Company: David Peel (as Orsino), John Barry, David March, Thomas Dance, Robert Atkins (as Sir Toby Belch), Peter Bell, Colin Cunningham, David Read (as Malvolio), Horace Sequeira, Tristan Rawson, Jonathan Meddings, Andrew Faulds (as 1st Officer), Claire Luce (as Viola), Mary Honer, Moira Lister (as Olivia); dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x8; cast, credits, air raid warning etc.; most unusual] £4
1945: TWELFTH NIGHT (SMT)
David Peel (as Orsino), John Barry, David March, Thomas Dance, Robert Atkins (as Sir Toby Belch), Peter Bell, Colin Cunningham, David Read (as Malvolio), Horace Sequeira, Tristan Rawson, Jonathan Meddings, Andrew Faulds (as 1st Officer), Claire Luce (as Viola), Mary Honer, Moira Lister (as Olivia); dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £1
1945: OTHELLO (SMT)
David March, Antony Eustrel (as Iago), W E Holloway, George Skillan (as Othello), David Read, Clement Hamelin, Andrew Faulds, Horace Sequeira, John Barry, Jonathan Meddings, Tristan Rawson, Peter Bell, Thomas Dance, Moira Lister (as Desdemona), Viola Lyel (as Emilia), Mary Honer; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £3
1945: ROMEO AND JULIET (SMT)
David March, Clement Hamelin, Graham Crowden (as Abraham), John Barry, Jonathan Meddings, David Read, Peter Bell, Tristan Rawson, C Rivers Gadsby, David March, David Peel (as Romeo), Andrew Faulds (as Paris), Horace Sequeira, Antony Eustrel (as Mercutio), W E Holloway (as Friar Laurence), Eric Porter (as Page to Paris), Margaret Boyd, Diana Wilson, Viola Lyel (as Nurse), Moira Lister (as Juliet); dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; tatty] £1
1945: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (SMT)
Andrew Faulds, Thomas Dance, Antony Eustrel (as Marcus Antonius), David March, David Peel, Jonathan Meddings, C Rivers Gadsby, Tristan Rawson (as Enobarbus), David Read (as Octavius Caesar), Horace Sequeira (as Lepidus/A Clown), Peter Bell, H Worrall-Thompson, George Skillan, W E Holloway, Clement Hamelin, Colin Cunningham, Claire Luce (as Cleopatra), Moira Lister, Mary Honer, Viola Lyel (as Octavia); dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; photo not included; light horizontal bend, minor marks, else VG] £2
1945: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (SMT)
W E Holloway (as Leonato), C Rivers Gadsby, Andrew Faulds, Tristan Rawson (as Don Pedro), Antony Eustrel (as Benedick), David Peel, David Read, Colin Cunningham, David March, Peter Bell, Hilda Hobson, George Skillan (as Dogberry), Horace Sequeira, Thomas Dance, Jonathan Meddings, John Barry, Graham Crowden, Clement Hamelin, Claire Luce (as Beatrice), Mary Honer, Diana Wilson, Angela Shafto; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2
1945: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (SMT)
W E Holloway (as Mr Hardcastle), Viola Lyel (as Mrs Hardcastle), Peter Bell, Moira Lister (as Kate Hardcastle), Mary Honer, Thomas Dance, Graham Crowden, Andrew Faulds, John Barry, Eric Porter, Antony Eustrel (as Young Marlow), David Peel, Clement Hamelin, Jonathan Meddings, Angela Shafto, David Read; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; somewhat tatty] £1
1945: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (SMT)
W E Holloway, David Read, Horace Sequeira, C Rivers Gadsby, Andrew Faulds, Clement Hamelin, Tristan Rawson, Robert Atkins (as Sir John Falstaff), Jonathan Meddings, Thomas Dance, Hilda Hobson, John Barry, David March, David Peel, Antony Eustrel (Ford), Graham Crowden, Angela Shafto, Viola Lyel (as Mistress Page), Claire Luce (as Mistress Ford), Margaret Boyd (as Mistress Quickly); dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £2
1945: KING HENRY THE EIGHTH (SMT)
David Peel, W E Holloway, Tristan Rawson, Andrew Faulds, George Skillan (as Cardinal Wolsey), C Rivers Gadsby, Thomas Dance, John Barry, Antony Eustrel (as Henry VIII), Clement Hamelin, David Read, Horace Sequeira, Peter Bell, David March, Jonathan Meddings, H Worrall-Thompson, Graham Crowden, Viola Lyel (as Queen Katherine), Moira Lister, Margaret Boyd, Diana Wilson; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, production credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £2
1946 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Barry Jackson; with Robert Harris, Valerie Taylor, Myles Eason, David O'Brien, Robert Vernon, Julian Somers, Hugh Griffith, Paul Scofield, Ruth Lodge, Joy Parker, Donald Sinden, John Harrison
1946: REPERTOIRE BOOKLET, 20th April to 6th July (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
Performance Schedule for the first eleven weeks of the 1946 Shakespeare Festival; the Festival was under the direction of Sir Barry Jackson, and 6 plays were in the repertoire: THE TEMPEST, CYMBELINE, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, HENRY V, AS YOU LIKE IT, and MACBETH; the company consisted of Robert Harris, Robert Vernon, David King-Wood, Hugh Griffith, Paul Scofield, James Raglan, Paul Stephenson, Patrick Ross, Christian Morrow, Nancy Nevinson, Joy Parker, John Harrison, Michael Rose, Anthony Hooper, David Hobman, June Monkhouse, Sulwen Morgan, Pat Brewer, Frances Brette, Valerie Taylor, Ruth Lodge, Julian Somers, Myles Eason, David O'Brien, Vernon Fortescue, Dudley Jones, Duncan Ross, Anthony Groser, Muriel Davidson, Jennifer Coverdale, Donald Sinden, William Avenell, Leonard White, Trevor Barker, Eileen Clark, Pamela Leatherland, Barbara Ormerod, Robin Griffin; the directors were Eric Crozier, Nugent Monk, Peter Brook, Dorothy Green, Herbert M Prentice, Michael Macowan, Walter Hudd and Frank McMullan; the designers were Paul Shelving, O P Smyth, J Gower Parks, Reginald Leefe, Herbert Norris, Frederick Crooke, and Riette Sturge-Moore; the composers were Lennox Berkeley, Reginald Jacques, and Allan Gray; the booklet includes complete performance schedule, company list, production credits, Prices of Admission, Booking Information etc. [10pp, 3.4x4.75; an uncommon survivor, and in VG condition!] £5
1946: REPERTOIRE BOOKLET, 8th July to 28th September (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
Performance Schedule for the last twelve weeks of the 1946 Shakespeare Festival; the Festival was under the direction of Sir Barry Jackson, and 8 plays were in the repertoire: CYMBELINE, HENRY V, THE TEMPEST, AS YOU LIKE IT, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, Marlowe's DR FAUSTUS, MACBETH, and MEASURE FOR MEASURE; the company consisted of Robert Harris, Robert Vernon, David King-Wood, Hugh Griffith, Paul Scofield, James Raglan, Paul Stephenson, Patrick Ross, Christian Morrow, Nancy Nevinson, Joy Parker, Douglas Seale, John Harrison, Michael Rose, June Monkhouse, Anthony Hooper, Trevor Barker, Sulwen Morgan, Pat Brewer, Frances Brette, Valerie Taylor, Ruth Lodge, Julian Somers, Myles Eason, David O'Brien, Vernon Fortescue, Dudley Jones, Duncan Ross, Anthony Groser, Muriel Davidson, Jennifer Coverdale, Donald Sinden, William Avenell, Leonard White, June Rouselle, David Hobman, Robin Griffin, Eileen Clark, Pamela Leatherland, Barbara Ormerod; the directors were Eric Crozier, Nugent Monk, Peter Brook, Dorothy Green, Herbert M Prentice, Michael Macowan, Walter Hudd and Frank McMullan; the designers were Paul Shelving, O P Smyth, J Gower Parks, Reginald Leefe, Herbert Norris, Frederick Crooke, and Riette Sturge-Moore; the composers were Lennox Berkeley, Reginald Jacques, Allan Gray, Julius Harrison, and Edmund Rubbra; the booklet includes complete performance schedule, company list, production credits, Prices of Admission, Booking Information etc. [12pp, 3.4x4.75; an uncommon survivor, and in VG condition!] £5
1946: THE TEMPEST - opening production (SMT, opened 20th April)
Anthony Groser, Patrick Ross, James Raglan, Myles Eason, Paul Stephenson, John Harrison (as Ferdinand), Christian Morrow, Robert Harris (as Prospero), Joy Parker (as Miranda), David O'Brien (as Ariel), Julian Somers (as Caliban), Donald Sinden (as Adrian), Duncan Ross, Hugh Griffith, Robert Vernon, Muriel Davidson, Nancy Nevinson, Jenifer Coverdale, June Rousselle, Frances Brette, Pat Brewer, Eileen Clark, Pamela Leatherland, Sulwen Morgan, Barbara Ormerod, William Avenell, Trevor Barker, Robin Griffin, David Hobman, Anthony Hooper, Michael Rose, Leonard White; dir:Eric Crozier, music:Lennox Berkeley [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £4
1946: CYMBELINE (SMT, opened 23rd April)
Anthony Groser, Michael Rose, Nancy Nevinson, Valerie Taylor (as Imogen), Myles Eason (as Posthumus Leonatus), James Raglan (as Cymbeline), Trevor Barker, Paul Stephenson, Joy Parker (as Helen), Patrick Ross, David King-Wood (as Iachimo), Christian Morrow, Jenifer Coverdale, Duncan Ross, Paul Scofield (as Cloten), Dudley Jones, Leonard White, William Avenell, Vernon Fortescue, John Harrison (as Guiderius), Donald Sinden (as Arviragus), Robin Griffin, Frances Brette, Pat Brewer, Eileen Clark, Pamela Leatherland, Sulwen Morgan, Barbara Ormerod, David Hobman, Anthony Hooper; dir:Nugent Monck [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; photo not included; VG] £6
1946: LOVE'S LABOURS LOST (SMT, opened 26th April)
Vernon Fortescue, Paul Stephenson, John Harrison (as Longaville), Donald Sinden (as Dumain), David King-Wood (as Berowne), Robert Vernon, Paul Scofield (as Don Adriano), David O'Brien, June Monkhouse, Julian Somers, Valerie Taylor (as Princess of France), Joy Parker, Muriel Davidson, Ruth Lodge (as Rosaline), Trevor Barker, Robin Griffin, Dudley Jones, Hugh Griffith (as Holofernes), Anthony Hooper, Frances Brette, Pat Brewer, Eileen Clark, Jenifer Coverdale, Pamela Leatherland, Sulwen Morgan, Barbara Ormerod, William Avenell, Anthony Groser, David Hobman, Michael Rose, Duncan Ross, Patrick Ross, Leonard White; dir:Peter Brook (aged 21) [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; photo not included; VG] £5
1946: HENRY V (SMT, opened 10th May)
Robert Harris (as Chorus), Paul Scofield (as Henry V), James Raglan, Joy Parker (as English Page), Anthony Groser, Julian Somers, Patrick Ross, Trevor Barker, Robin Griffin, Duncan Ross, Paul Stephenson, Christian Morrow, Douglas Seale, Vernon Fortescue, Pamela Leatherland, David O'Brien, Leonard White, Myles Eason, Donald Sinden (as Sir Thomas Grey), Hugh Griffith (as Charles VI), John Harrison (as Louis, the Dauphin), David King-Wood, Frances Brette, Pat Brewer, Dudley Jones, William Avenell, Anthony Hooper, Michael Rose, David Hobman, Ruth Lodge (as Katherine), Nancy Nevinson, Eileen Clark, Jenifer Coverdale, Muriel Davidson, June Monkhouse, Sulwen Morgan, Barbara Ormerod, Duncan Goddard, Lyndon Mason, Richard Renny; dir:Dorothy Green [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; photos not included; VG] £6
1946: AS YOU LIKE IT (SMT, opened 31st May)
Myles Eason (as Orlando), Douglas Seale, Paul Scofield (as Oliver), David Hobman, Anthony Hooper, Joy Parker (as Celia), Ruth Lodge (as Rosalind), Hugh Griffith (as Touchstone), Donald Sinden (as Le Beau / William), Duncan Ross, Christian Morrow, Michael Rose, William Avenell (The Duke in banishment), Dudley Jones, Leonard White, John Shaw, Patrick Ross, Trevor Barker, Julian Somers (as Jacques), Nancy Nevinson, Anthony Groser, Muriel Davidson, David O'Brien, Sulwen Morgan, Pat Brewer, Eileen Clark, Jenifer Coverdale, June Monkhouse, Barbara Ormerod, Duncan Goddard, Robin Griffin, Lyndon Mason, Richard Renny; dir:Herbert M Prentice [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; photo not included; VG] £6
1946: MACBETH (SMT, opened 21st June)
Hugh Griffith (as A Witch), Ruth Lodge, Dudley Jones, James Raglan, Paul Scofield (as Malcolm), Trevor Barker, John Harrison (as Lennox), Leonard White, Myles Eason, Paul Stephenson, Robert Harris (as Macbeth), David King-Wood, Valerie Taylor (as Lady Macbeth), Anthony Groser, Anthony Hooper, Duncan Ross, Robin Griffin, Robert Vernon, Julian Somers (as Macduff), Michael Rose, Christian Morrow, Donald Sinden (as a Murderer / Young Siward), Muriel Davidson, David O'Brien, Douglas Seale, Nancy Nevinson, David Hobman, Patrick Ross, Frances Brette, Pat Brewer, Eileen Clark, Jenifer Coverdale, Pamela Leatherland, June Monkhouse, Sulwen Morgan, Duncan Goddard, Richard Renny; dir:Michael Macowan, music:Edmund Rubbra [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; photos not included; VG] £6
1946: THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS (SMT, opened 12th July)
David King-Wood, Robert Harris (as Dr Faustus), Robert Vernon, John Harrison (as Good Angel), Leonard White, Paul Stephenson, Myles Eason, Donald Sinden (as A Scholar / Pride / A Knight), Anthony Groser, Dudley Jones, Hugh Griffith (as Mephistophilis), Barbara Ormerod, Robin Griffin, Pamela Leatherland, Duncan Ross, Christian Morrow, William Avenell, Anthony Hooper, Muriel Davidson, Michael Rose, David Hobman, Trevor Barker, Joy Parker (as Lechery), Vernon Fortescue, Douglas Seale, Herbert Roland, Richard Renny, Nancy Nevinson, Jenifer Coverdale, Frances Brette, Pat Brewer, Eileen Clark, Joanna Mackie, June Monkhouse, Sulwen Morgan, Duncan Goddard, Maxwell Jackson, Lyndon Mason; dir:Walter Hudd [4pp; 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £4
1946: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (SMT, opened 24th August)
David King-Wood (as Vincentio, the Duke), Douglas Seale, William Avenell, Anthony Groser, John Harrison (as Friar Peter), Robert Harris (as Angelo), Maxwell Jackson, Paul Scofield (as Lucio), Donald Sinden (as First Gentleman), Herbert Roland, Nancy Nevinson, Robert Vernon, Myles Eason (as Claudio), Eileen Clark, Ruth Lodge (as Isabella), June Monkhouse, Dudley Jones, Paul Stephenson, Muriel Davidson, Pamela Leatherland, Duncan Ross, David Hobman, Vernon Fortescue, Frances Brette, Pat Brewer, Barbara Ormerod, Sulwen Morgan, Trevor Barker, Duncan Goddard, Robin Griffin, Anthony Hooper, Richard Renny; dir:Frank McMullan [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, theatre staff etc.; VG] £6
1946: STRATFORD FESTIVAL SOUVENIR (SMT) Souvenir Brochure
A most uncommon Souvenir Brochure from Stratford's first post-war season; contains an introduction by Barry Jackson, features (with commentary and photos) on CYMBELINE (w.James Raglan, David King-Wood, Valerie Taylor), HENRY THE FIFTH (w.Paul Scofield, Ruth Lodge, Robert Harris), LOVE'S LABOURS LOST in the "absurdly young" Peter Brook's "Watteau production" (w.David King-Wood, Sulwen Morgan, Julian Somers, Valerie Taylor, Paul Stephenson, Trevor Barker, Ruth Lodge, Paul Scofield, David O'Brien), MACBETH (w.Valerie Taylor, Nancy Nevinson, Douglas Seale, Robert Harris, Julian Somers, Dudley Jones, Ruth Lodge, Hugh Griffith), THE TEMPEST (w.John Harrison, Joy Parker [Mrs Paul Scofield], Donald Sinden, Christian Morrow, Duncan Ross, James Raglan, Paul Stephenson, Myles Eason, Hugh Griffith, Julian Somers, Robert Vernon); commentaries on AS YOU LIKE IT and DOCTOR FAUSTUS, with photos of Nancy Nevinson; short features on the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, and Frank McMullan ("First American producer"); 1946 Festival Company list; 18 excellent photos [16pp, 7.4x9.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £10
1946 (Sep): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.1 No.1
First issue of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Stratford from the air; containing message from the Mayor, Harold V White (w.photo); articles about Stratford: What of the Future? (by E P Ray), Still Green and Pleasant (by John Burman; w.photo), Joys of a Quarto Facsimile (by Ruth Ellis), and U S Producer [Frank McMullan] Loves Our Countryside; Feature on Charlecote Park (w.5 photos); Scholars in Conference (w.2 photos); photo of David O'Brien [aged 15] and Dr Dover Wilson; The Study and The Stage (by Allardyce Nicoll); report on Frank McMullan's 1946 production of MEASURE FOR MEASURE (by Ruth Ellis); production photo of DOCTOR FAUSTUS (w.Robert Harris and Jennifer Coverdale) etc. [16pp, 7.25x9.75; name on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
1946 (Oct): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.1 No.2
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of the Bancroft Gardens Shakespeare monument; containing four articles about Stratford: "Freedom" of Stratford-upon-Avon (by E P Ray), Best known building in the world? [Shakespeare's Birthplace] (by Levi Fox, w.photo), The Warwickshire Shakespeares (by John Burman, with photo of Shakespeare Hall, Rowington), and feature on Baddesley Clinton (w.5 photos); four articles about Shakespeare and the 1946 season: The comic characters (by Allardyce Nicoll), Sir Barry's First Season (by Ruth Ellis, w.photos of Robert Harris and Valerie Taylor in MACBETH, and Paul Scofield and David King-Wood in MEAURE FOR MEASURE), A Woman on Shakespeare's Women (Ruth Ellis on Mrs Jameson's's book), Enthusiastic "Last Night" (w.photo of MEASURE FOR MEASURE, and 3 captioned photos of the Last Night Party, featuring Mrs and Mrs Dudley Jones, Mrs and Mrs William Avenell, Dorothy Green, Valerie Taylor, Nancy Nevinson, Mrs Sale, Paul Scofield, June Monkhouse, Muriel Davidson, Vernon Fortescue, H Nibblett, William Bland-Wood, Leonard White, John Harrison, Jenifer Coverdale, Mrs James Raglan, Myles Eason, June Monkhouse, and Peter Brook; Report on Sir Barry Jackson's talk: Shakespeare in Modern Dress (w.photo) etc. [16pp, 7.25x9.75; name on cover, very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1946 (Nov-Dec): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.1 No.3
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Holy Trinity Church from the Memorial Theatre library; containing seven articles about Stratford: Where should their caravans rest? (by E P Ray), Built Five Hundred Years Ago (by Levi Fox, w.photo of Mason's Court, Rother Street), The Ardens of Wilmcote (by John Burman, w.photo of Mary Arden's house), Feature on Compton Wynyates (w.4 photos), Warwickshire Antiquarians (w.illustration), Candlelight and Old Oak Beams [the Henley-in-Arden Court Leet] (w.photo), Old Fiddler's Thousand Folk Tunes (w.photo of Sam Bennett, aged 81); photo of Eric Baildham, the new mayor of stratford-upon-Avon; three articles about Shakespeare and past festivals: In search of Shakespeare's story (by Allardyce Nicoll), Old Playgoer's Memories of The Little Festivals (w.4 photos: Laidman Browne as Touchstone 1933, Baliol Holloway as Benedick 1934, Joyce Bland as Rosalind 1937, Donald Wolfit as Autolycus 1937), and Important Documents for the Birthplace (w.photo) etc. [16pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
1947 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Barry Jackson; with Robert Harris, Beatrix Lehmann, Walter Hudd, Veronica Turleigh, Paul Scofield, John Ruddock, Douglas Seale, Daphne Slater, Joy Parker, Michael Golden, Donald Sinden, John Blatchley, Margaret Courtenay, Joss Ackland, John Warner, Laurence Payne, Myles Eason, John Harrison
1947: REPERTOIRE BOOKLET, 5th April to 12th July (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
Performance Schedule for the first fourteen weeks of the 1947 Shakespeare Festival; the Festival was under the direction of Sir Barry Jackson, and nine plays were in the repertoire: ROMEO AND JULIET, Marlowe's DOCTOR FAUSTUS, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, TWELFTH NIGHT, THE TEMPEST, RICHARD II, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, and PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE; the company consisted of Beatrix Lehmann, John Ruddock, Michael Golden, Helen Burns, Muriel Davidson, Donald Sinden, Anthony Groser, Diana Mahony, John Warner, Pamela Leatherland, Richard Renny, Margaret Godwin, Robert Harris, Veronica Turleigh, John Blatchley, Douglas Seale, Gwen Williams, Leigh Crutchley, Duncan Ross, Margaret Courtenay, David Hobman, Joanna Mackie, Herbert Roland, Anne Daniels, Walter Hudd, Laurence Payne, Daphne Slater, Paul Stephenson, Joy Parker, William Avenell, Joss Ackland, Irene Sutcliffe, David Oxley, Kenneth Wynne, John Randall, Lois Johnson, Paul Scofield, Dudley Jones, Myles Eason, Keith Lloyd, John Harrison, William March, Julian Amyes, Elizabeth Ewbank, George Cooper, Maxwell Jackson, Lennard Pearce, Beryl Wright; the directors were Peter Brook, Walter Hudd, Ronald Giffen, Norman Wright, Michael Benthall, and Nugent Monk; the designers were Rolf Gerard, Riette Sturge-Moore, Otis Riggs, Reginald Leefe, Paul Shelving, Hal Burton, and Sophie Fedorovitch; the composers were Roberto Gerhard, Robert Chignell, John Simons, Allan Gray, Trude & Otto Huttenbach, Lennox Berkeley, Brian Easdale; the booklet includes complete performance schedule, company list, production credits, Prices of Admission, Booking Information, restaurant details, train services, coach services etc. [16pp, 3.5x5; an uncommon survivor; minor marks, else VG] £5
1947: REPERTOIRE BOOKLET, 14th July to 27th September (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
Performance Schedule for the last eleven weeks of the 1947 Shakespeare Festival; the Festival was under the direction of Sir Barry Jackson, and six plays were in the repertoire: ROMEO AND JULIET, TWELFTH NIGHT, THE TEMPEST, RICHARD II, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, and PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE; the company consisted of Beatrix Lehmann, John Ruddock, Michael Golden, Helen Burns, Muriel Davidson, Donald Sinden, Anthony Groser, Diana Mahony, John Warner, Pamela Leatherland, Richard Renny, Margaret Godwin, Robert Harris, Veronica Turleigh, John Blatchley, Douglas Seale, Gwen Williams, Leigh Crutchley, Duncan Ross, Margaret Courtenay, David Hobman, Joanna Mackie, Herbert Roland, Anne Daniels, Tony Maxwell, Walter Hudd, Laurence Payne, Daphne Slater, Paul Stephenson, Joy Parker, William Avenell, Joss Ackland, Irene Sutcliffe, David Oxley, Kenneth Wynne, John Randall, Lois Johnson, Paul Scofield, Dudley Jones, Myles Eason, Keith Lloyd, John Harrison, William March, Julian Amyes, Elizabeth Ewbank, George Cooper, Maxwell Jackson, Lennard Pearce, Beryl Wright; the directors were Peter Brook, Walter Hudd, Norman Wright, Michael Benthall, and Nugent Monk; the designers were Rolf Gerard, Riette Sturge-Moore, Paul Shelving, Hal Burton, and Sophie Fedorovitch; the composers were Roberto Gerhard, Trude & Otto Huttenbach, Lennox Berkeley, John Simons, and Brian Easdale; the booklet includes complete performance schedule, company list, production credits, Sunday Evening Concerts 1947, Prices of Admission, Booking Information, restaurant details, train services, coach services etc. [16pp, 3.5x5; an uncommon survivor; minor marks, else VG] £5
1947: ROMEO AND JULIET (SMT) opened 5th April
John Harrison (as Chorus and Benvolio), William March, Anthony Groser, George Cooper, William Avenell, Myles Eason, Michael Golden, Walter Hudd, Gwen Williams, Veronica Turleigh, Robert Harris (as Escalus), Laurence Payne (as Romeo), Donald Sinden (as Paris), Leigh Crutchley, Daphne Slater (as Juliet), Beatrix Lehmann (as Nurse), Paul Scofield (as Mercutio), Douglas Seale, John Ruddock, John Blatchley, Helen Burns, Margaret Courtenay, Anne Daniels, Elizabeth Ewbank, Margaret Godwin, Lois Johnson, Pamela Leatherland, Joanna Mackie, Diana Mahony, Irene Sutcliffe, Beryl Wright, Joss Ackland, Julian Amyes, Sol Glabman, David Hobman, Maxwell Jackson, Keith Lloyd, David Oxley, Lennard Pearce, John Randall, Richard Renny, Herbert Roland, Duncan Ross, John Warner, Kenneth Wynne; dir:Peter Brook, des:Rolf Gerard, music:Roberto Gerhard [8pp, 5x7.5; cast list, argument, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; picture not included; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1947: THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS (SMT) opened 9th April
Michael Golden, Robert Harris (as Dr Faustus), John Blatchley (as Wagner), George Cooper, John Harrison (as Bad Angel), Paul Stephenson, Myles Eason, Donald Sinden (as Scholar / Pride / A Knight), Antony Groser, Dudley Jones, Paul Scofield (as Mephistophilis), Elizabeth Ewbank, David Oxley, Pamela Leatherland, Duncan Ross, Leigh Crutchley, William Avenell, Joss Ackland (as Beelzebub), Muriel Davidson, Julian Amyes, David Hobman, John Warner, Joy Parker (as Lechery), William March, Douglas Seale (as Archbishop of Rheims / An Old Man), Herbert Roland, Margaret Courtenay (as A Lady), Richard Renny, Diana Mahony, Anne Daniels, Margaret Godwin, Lois Johnson, Joanna Mackie, Irene Sutcliffe, Gwen Williams, Beryl Wright, Lennard Pearce, John Randall, Kenneth Wynne; dir:Walter Hudd, des:Riette Sturge-Moore, music:Robert Chignell, John Simons [8pp, 5x7.5; cast list, synopsis, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1947: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (SMT) opened 11th April
Michael Golden (as Vincentio, the Duke), Douglas Seale, William Avenell, Antony Groser, William March, Robert Harris (as Angelo), Paul Scofield (as Lucio), Donald Sinden (as 1st Gentleman), Herbert Roland, Gwen Williams, Dudley Jones, Myles Eason (as Claudio), Irene Sutcliffe, Beatrix Lehmann (as Isabella), Elizabeth Ewbank, John Ruddock, Paul Stephenson, Maxwell Jackson, Muriel Davidson, Pamela Leatherland, Duncan Ross, David Hobman, John Blatchley, Margaret Courtenay, Anne Daniels, Margaret Godwin, Lois Johnson, Joanna Mackie, Diana Mahony, Beryl Wright, Joss Ackland, Julian Amyes, George Cooper, Leigh Crutchley, Sol Glabman, David Oxley, Lennard Pearce, Richard Renny, Kenneth Wynne; dir:Frank McMullan, Ronald Giffen, des:Otis Riggs [8pp, 5x7.5; cast list, synopsis, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £3
1947: LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (SMT) opened 14th April
William March, Paul Stephenson, John Harrison (as Longaville), Donald Sinden (as Dumain), Laurence Payne (as Berowne), Dudley Jones, Paul Scofield (as Don Adriano), Keith Lloyd, Pamela Leatherland, John Ruddock, Veronica Turleigh (as Princess of France), Joy Parker (as Maria), Muriel Davidson, Helen Burns, John Warner, John Randall, Leigh Crutchley, John Blatchley (as Holofernes), William Avenell, Margaret Courtenay, Anne Daniels, Elizabeth Ewbank, Margaret Godwin, Lois Johnson, Diana Mahony, Irene Sutcliffe, Beryl Wright, Joss Ackland, David Hobman, Antony Groser, Maxwell Jackson, David Oxley, Richard Renny, Herbert Roland; dir:Peter Brook [8pp, 5x7.5; cast list, synopsis, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £3
1947: TWELFTH NIGHT (SMT) opened 23rd April
Beatrix Lehmann (as Viola), Julian Amyes, Michael Golden (as Orsino), Leigh Crutchley, John Warner, John Blatchley (as Sir Toby Belch), Helen Burns, Paul Scofield (as Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Dudley Jones (as Feste), Duncan Ross, Daphne Slater (as Olivia), Gwen Williams, William Avenell, Walter Hudd (as Malvolio), Douglas Seale, Laurence Payne (as Sebastian), Margaret Courtenay, Anne Daniels, Pamela Leatherland, Diana Mahony, Irene Sutcliffe, Joss Ackland, George Cooper, David Hobman, Maxwell Jackson, David Oxley, Lennard Pearce, John Randall, Richard Renny, Herbert Roland, Kenneth Wynne; dir:Walter Hudd [8pp, 5x7.5; cast list, synopsis, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £3
1947: THE TEMPEST (SMT) opened 9th May
Leigh Crutchley, Antony Groser, Paul Stephenson, Donald Sinden (as Sebastian), William Avenell, John Harrison (as Ferdinand), John Ruddock, Robert Harris (as Prospero), Daphne Slater (as Miranda), Joy Parker (as Ariel), John Blatchley (as Caliban), David Oxley, Julian Amyes, Douglas Seale, Duncan Ross, Muriel Davidson, Irene Sutcliffe, Margaret Courtenay (as Juno), Anne Daniels, Elizabeth Ewbank, Margaret Godwin, Pamela Leatherland, Joanna Mackie, Beryl Wright, David Hobman, Lennard Pearce, John Randall, Herbert Roland, John Warner, Kenneth Wynne; dir:Norman Wright [8pp, 5x7.5; cast list, synopsis, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £3
1947: RICHARD II (SMT) opened 13th June
Robert Harris (as Richard II), John Ruddock (as John of Gaunt), Michael Golden (as Bolingbroke), Myles Eason, John Harrison, David Oxley, John Warner, Julian Amyes, William Avenell, Joss Ackland, Maxwell Jackson, Donald Sinden (as Aumerle), Beatrix Lehmann (as Duchess of Gloucester), Joy Parker (as Queen to Richard), Margaret Courtenay, Margaret Godwin, Diana Mahony, George Cooper, Lennard Pearce, Douglas Seale, John Randall, Duncan Ross, Laurence Payne (as Hotspur), Antony Groser, Paul Stephenson, William March, Dudley Jones, Leigh Crutchley, Richard Renny, Anne Daniels, Lois Johnson, Joanna Mackie, Beryl Wright, Antony Haines, David Hobman, Tony Maxwell, John Mayes, Herbert Roland, Kenneth Wynne; dir:Walter Hudd, des:Hal Burton, music:John Simon [8pp, 5x7.5; cast list, synopsis, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £4
1947: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (SMT) opened 11th July
Walter Hudd (as Antonio), John Warner, Lennard Pearce, Laurence Payne (as Bassanio), Donald Sinden (as Lorenzo), Myles Eason, Beatrix Lehmann (as Portia), Helen Burns, Joss Ackland, Maxwell Jackson, John Ruddock (as Shylock), Paul Stephenson, Dudley Jones, Antony Groser, Tony Maxwell, Joy Parker (as Jessica), John Harrison (as Prince of Arragon), William March, William Avenell, Elizabeth Ewbank, Margaret Godwin, Lois Johnson, Pamela Leatherland, Joanna Mackie, Diana Mahony, Irene Sutcliffe, Beryl Wright, George Cooper, John Mayes, John Randall, Richard Renny; dir:Michael Benthall [8pp, 5x7.5; cast list, synopsis, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £4
1947: PERICLES (SMT) opened 15th August
Dudley Jones, Paul Scofield (as Pericles), Leigh Crutchley, David Hobman, Antony Groser, William Avenell, Irene Sutcliffe (as Thaisa), Herbert Roland, Richard Renny, Joss Ackland (as 1st Knight), George Cooper, John Mayes, Kenneth Wynne, David Oxley, Gwen Williams, Maxwell Jackson, Herbert Roland, Douglas Seale (as Cerimon), Julian Amyes, Paul Stephenson, Muriel Davidson, Duncan Ross, Daphne Slater (as Marina), William March, John Blatchley, Margaret Courtenay, Myles Eason (as Lysimachus), Lennard Pearce, Diana Mahony, Anne Daniels, Elizabeth Ewbank, Margaret Godwin, Lois Johnson, Pamela Leatherland, Joanna Mackie, Beryl Wright, Antony Haines, Tony Maxwell; dir:Nugent Monck, des:Barry Jackson [8pp, 5x7.5; cast list, synopsis, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; photos not included; VG] £6
1947: TWELFTH NIGHT (His Majesty's, London)
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company: Beatrix Lehmann (as Viola), Julian Amyes, Michael Golden (as Orsino), Leigh Crutchley, John Warner, John Blatchley (as Sir Toby Belch), Helen Burns, Paul Scofield (as Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Dudley Jones, Duncan Ross, Daphne Slater (as Olivia), Gwen Williams, Walter Hudd (as Malvolio), Douglas Seale, Laurence Payne, George Cooper, David Hobman, Margaret Courtenay, Anne Daniels, Margaret Godwin, Diana Mahony, Irene Sutcliffe, Joss Ackland, Maxwell Jackson, David Oxley, Lennard Pearce, John Randall, Richard Renny, Herbert Roland, Kenneth Wynne; dir:Walter Hudd [4pp, 5x8; cast list, credits, theatre information etc.; photo not included; rumpled, w.light marks] £4
1947: RICHARD II (His Majesty's, London)
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company: Robert Harris (as Richard II), John Ruddock (as John of Gaunt), Michael Golden (as Bolingbroke), Myles Eason, John Harrison (as Bushy), David Oxley, John Warner, Julian Amyes, William Avenell, Joss Ackland, Maxwell Jackson, Donald Sinden (as Aumerle), Beatrix Lehmann (as Duchess of Gloucester), Joy Parker (as Queen to Richard), Margaret Courtenay, Margaret Godwin, Diana Mahony, George Cooper, Lennard Pearce, Herbert Roland, David Hobman, Douglas Seale, John Randall, Duncan Ross, Laurence Payne (as Hotspur), Antony Groser, Paul Stephenson, William March, Dudley Jones, Leigh Crutchley, Richard Renny, Kenneth Wynne, Anne Daniels, Lois Johnson, Elizabeth Ewbank, Joanna Mackie, Beryl Wright, Antony Haines, Tony Maxwell, John Mayes; dir:Walter Hudd, des:Hal Burton, music:John Simon [4pp, 5x8; cast list, credits, theatre information etc.; horizontal crease, rumpled, w.light marks] £2
1947 (Jan-Feb): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.1 No.4
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon; containing 7 articles about Stratford: After The Fire [at the Town Hall in December 1946] (by E P Ray), Snitterfield and its story (by John Burman), Warwickshire landmark wrecked [windmill at Burton Dassett] (w.photo), Stratford Gift to The Princess [in 1944]: the Works of Shakespeare in 10 volumes (w.photo of Princess Elizabeth), The Gainsborough Destroyed [in the 1946 Town Hall fire] (w.photo of the remains of the portrait), Patron Saint of the Festival [David Garrick] (w.image of the Gainsborough portrait), and The Mulberry Tree lives again! (with photo of the tree being newly-planted in New Place Gardens); Features on the Guild Chapel and Grammar School (by Levi Fox, w.photo), and Honington (w.4 photos); 3 articles about Shakespeare and the 1947 festival: Critics' Century of the Common Man (by Ruth Ellis), Theatre Governors' revision of the Charter, and Plans for the 1947 Festival [extensive details of 9 proposed productions, and many new and returning players] (by Ruth Ellis) etc. [16pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
1947 (Mch-Apr): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.1 No.5
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of The Royal Shakespeare Theatre from the river; containing Preparing for a New Season (w.photos of Robert Harris, Paul Scofield, Veronica Turleigh, Beatrix Lehmann, Myles Eason, Peter Bull, Dudley Jones and John Ruddock); articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including Hall's Croft (w.photo), Pericles and the Last Plays (by Ruth Ellis), The Hathaways of Shottery, Home of the Throckmortons (w.4 photos), Shakespeare "Legends" Examined, By Punt to the Memorial Theatre (w.photo), Plans for Shakespeare's "Birthday" Celebrations, Shakespeare/Stratford Quiz etc. [16pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
1947 (May): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.1 No.6
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Veronica Turleigh, Daphne Slater [the future Mrs John Harrison] and Beatrix Lehmann in ROMEO AND JULIET; containing reports on the 1947 plays: TWELFTH NIGHT, ROMEO AND JULIET (w.production photo of John Harrison, Laurence Payne and Paul Scofield) directed by Peter Brook, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (w.production photo of Paul Stephenson, John Harrison and Donald Sinden) directed by Peter Brook, MEASURE FOR MEASURE (w.photo), and DOCTOR FAUSTUS (w.production photo of Robert Harris and Douglas Seale); Report on the Birthday Celebrations (Hey, ho! the wind and the rain), and 4 photos of the First Night reception: Peter Brook with Phyllis Mann, Paul Scofield with Mrs.Laurence Payne, Veronica Turleigh with Sir Barry Jackson, and Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle and Daphne Slater with Laurence Payne; articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including Festival First Night Enthusiasm, Hugh Clopton's 15th Century Bridge (w.photo), Shakespeare Links with Alveston, Shylock: a study from the Jewish point of view etc. [16pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1947 (Jun): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.1 No.7
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Paul Scofield, Duncan Ross, Helen Burns and John Blatchley in TWELFTH NIGHT; containing reports on THE TEMPEST (w.production photo of Robert Harris as Prospero) directed by Norman Wright, ROMEO AND JULIET (w.production photo of Myles Eason and John Harrison) directed by Peter Brook, TWELFTH NIGHT (w.3 production photos of Walter Hudd, Helen Burns, Daphne Slater, Michael Golden, Beatrix Lehmann, John Blatchley, Gwen Williams, and Dudley Jones) directed by Walter Hudd; photograph of Albert Forster (18-year old actor, who drowned while bathing in the Avon); numerous articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including Manor House of Mixed Centuries (Alveston Manor House; w.photo), Many thousands visit birthplace (w.photo), Summertime on Avon (w.photo) etc. [16pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1947 (Jul): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.1 No.8
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of The Grind, the popular ferry service across the Avon; containing a report on RICHARD II (w.production photo of Paul Scofield and John Harrison) directed by Walter Hudd; 15 charming sketches of company members (including Elizabeth Ewbank, Tony Maxwell, John Warner, and Joss Ackland); production photograph of TWELFTH NIGHT (w.Paul Scofield, Beatrix Lehmann, Duncan Ross and John Blatchley); photo of The Mayor of Istambul with the Mayoress of Stratford-on-Avon, Levi Fox, Sir Barry Jackson, Leonard Crainford, Tom English and Tom Lowth); articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including Patterns in Tudor Timbering (w.photo), No proof of that deer stealing!, Church with rare saxon stonework (w.photo), Seventeenth Century Symmetry (w.3 photos), The poet and his commentators (w.photo) etc. [16pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1947 (Aug): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.1 No.9
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Ettington Park; containing report on THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (w.production photo of Robert Harris, John Harrison, David Oxley, John Warner and Donald Sinden) directed by Michael Benthall; 2 production photos of RICHARD II (w.Donald Sinden, Robert Harris, Paul Stephenson, Richard Renny, John Ruddock, Douglas Seale); articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including Folk Dance Festival annually?, Harvard House (w.photo), Ettington Park (w.4 photos), Shakespeare the complete artist, Centenary of Birthplace Purchase (by Levi Fox, w.7 illustrations) etc. [16pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1947 (Sep): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.1 No.10
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Laurence Payne, Antony Groser and Dudley Jones in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE; containing report on PERICLES (w.Paul Scofield) directed by Nugent Monk; 4 production photos of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (with Donald Sinden, Joy Parker, John Ruddock, Beatrix Lehmann, Helen Burns, Walter Hudd, Myles Eason) directed by Michael Benthall; articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including Stratford's Notable August, An Old Corner with Modern Touches (w.photo), Sad story of a church clock, Centenary of Birthplace Purchase (w.photo of Dover Wilson), Overseas Experts discuss the Poet (International Conference, w.3 photos), How Shakespeare wrote his plays, Former Festival Director [W Bridges-Adams] on "Looking at a play" etc. [16pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1947 (Dec): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.1 No.11
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Hall's Croft; containing five articles about Stratford: Autumn in Stratford-upon-Avon (by E P Ray), In Need of Repair [house at corner of Rother Street] (by Levi Fox, w.photo), The Sheldon Tapestry (by John Burman), Where many things are timeless (by "Rustic", w.photo), and Shakespeare's son-in-law (report on Dr C Martin Mitchell's book); photos of the current Mayor and Mayoress (Mr and Mrs Fordham Flower), a previous Lord Mayor and Town Clerk opening the Mop Fair, and of a Lady Macbeth statue being retrieved from the Avon; report on Ivor Brown and I A Shapiro's speeches to the Stratford Shakespeare Club; Feature on Packwood House (w.4 photos); five articles on Shakespeare and the Festival: 3 production photos of the 1947 PERICLES (featuring Paul Stephenson, Muriel Davidson, Gwen Williams, Paul Scofield, and Daphne Slater [the future Mrs John Harrison]), Names We Have Noticed (prominent names in the 1947 season, including Paul Scofield, Peter Brook, Trevor Howard, Sebastian Shaw and 20+ more), Favourites of Other Days (w.photos of John Laurie as Richard III, Dorothy Green as Volumnnia, Fabia Drake as Mistress Page, Rachel Kempson as Hero, Godfrey Kenton as Orlando, Kenneth Wicksteed as Quince, and James Dale as Macbeth), Actor pleads for minor characters (talk by William Avenell), and Stars for the 1948 Festival (including Diana Wynyard, Godfrey Tearle, Robert Helpmann, Anthony Quayle, Paul Scofield, Esmond Knight, Alfie Bass and many others) etc. [16pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £7
1948 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Barry Jackson; with Godfrey Tearle, Diana Wynyard, Paul Scofield, Anthony Quayle, Ena Burrill, Claire Bloom, Heather Stannard, Robert Helpmann, Esmond Knight, Alfie Bass, John Justin
1948: REPERTOIRE BOOKLET, 15th April to 17th July (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
Performance Schedule for the first thirteen weeks of the 1948 Shakespeare Festival; the Festival was under the direction of Sir Barry Jackson, and seven plays were in the repertoire: KING JOHN, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, HAMLET, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE WINTER'S TALE, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, and OTHELLO; the company consisted of Diana Wynyard, Godfrey Tearle, Robert Helpmann, Anthony Quayle, Ena Burrill, Paul Scofield, Esmond Knight, John Justin, John Kidd, Heather Stannard, Michael Godfrey, Alfie Bass, Noel Willman, Claire Bloom, William Monk, Michael Gwynn, William Squire, Arnold Diamond, Timothy Harley, Mairhi Russell, Harold Kasket, Robert Urquhart, Norman Mitchell, Alexander Davion, Edmund Purdom, Keith Herrington, Elizabeth Melville, Douglas Wilmer, Ailsa Grahame, Julian Amyes, Manfred Priestley, Paul Hardwick, Lorna Whitehouse, John Van Eyssen, Michael Bates, David Wroe, Tom Kneale, Clifford Williams, Alan Dipper, Jean Fox; the directors were Michael Benthall and Anthony Quayle; the designers were Audrey Cruddas, Sophie Fedorovitch, James Bailey, Rosemary Vercoe, and Motley; the booklet includes a complete performance schedule, company list, production credits, Prices of Admission, Booking Information, restaurant details, details of public lectures, Library and Picture Gallery, train services, coach services etc. [16pp, 3.4x4.9; an uncommon survivor; minor marks, else VG] £5
1948: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET, 4th-30th October (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
Performance Schedule for the last four weeks of the 1948 Shakespeare Festival; the Festival was under the direction of Sir Barry Jackson, and six plays were in the repertoire: HAMLET, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, OTHELLO, KING JOHN, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, and THE WINTER'S TALE; the leaflet includes a complete performance schedule, Prices of Admission, Booking Information etc.; "In response to public demand the 1948 Festival will continue until October 30th" [4pp, 3.4x4.9; an uncommon survivor; VG] £1
1948: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (SMT) opened 2nd July
Paul Hardwick, Julian Amyes, Anthony Quayle (as Hector), Harold Kasket, John Justin, Paul Scofield (as Troilus), Manfred Priestley, Noel Willman (as Pandarus), Clifford Williams, Arnold Diamond, Alan Dipper, Heather Stannard (as Cressida), Ena Burrill, Lorna Whitehouse, Michael Gwynn, John Van Eyssen, John Kidd, William Squire (as Ulysses), Norman Mitchell, Michael Godfrey, Douglas Wilmer (as Achilles), Edmund Purdom, Michael Bates, Esmond Knight (as Thersites), Diana Wynyard (as Helen), Jean Fox, Elizabeth Melville, Mairhi Russell, Alexander Davion, Timothy Harley, Keith Herrington, Tom Kneale, Robert Urquhart, David Wroe; dir:Anthony Quayle, des:Motley [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; photo not included; VG] £4
1948: HAMLET (SMT) opened 23rd April
Robert Urquhart, Paul Hardwick, William Monk, John Justin, Esmond Knight (as Ghost/First Gravedigger), Anthony Quayle (as Claudius), Diana Wynyard (as Gertrude), Paul Scofield (as Hamlet), Noel Willman, John Kidd (as Polonius), William Squire (as Laertes), Claire Bloom (as Ophelia), John Van Eyssen, Douglas Wilmer, Michael Godfrey, Ailsa Grahame, Norman Mitchell, Manfred Priestley, Michael Gwynn, Alfie Bass, Julian Amyes, Jean Fox, Mairhi Russell, Heather Stannard, Lorna Whitehouse, Alexander Davion, Alan Dipper, Timothy Harley, Keith Herrington, Harold Kasket, Tom Kneale, Edmund Purdom, Clifford Williams, David Wroe; dir:Michael Benthall [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; photos not included; VG] £4
1948: HAMLET (SMT) opened 24th April
Robert Urquhart, Paul Hardwick, William Monk, John Justin, Esmond Knight (as Ghost/First Gravedigger), Anthony Quayle (as Claudius), Diana Wynyard (as Gertrude), Robert Helpmann (as Hamlet), Noel Willman, John Kidd (as Polonius), William Squire (as Laertes), Claire Bloom (as Ophelia), John Van Eyssen, Douglas Wilmer, Michael Godfrey, Ailsa Grahame, Norman Mitchell, Manfred Priestley, Michael Gwynn, Alfie Bass, Julian Amyes, Jean Fox, Mairhi Russell, Heather Stannard, Lorna Whitehouse, Alexander Davion, Alan Dipper, Timothy Harley, Keith Herrington, Harold Kasket, Tom Kneale, Edmund Purdom, Clifford Williams, David Wroe; dir:Michael Benthall [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; photos not included; VG] £4
1948: OTHELLO (SMT)
William Squire, William Monk, Michael Gwynn, Douglas Wilmer, Godfrey Tearle (as Othello), John Justin (as Cassio), Anthony Quayle (as Iago), Paul Scofield (as Roderigo), Michael Godfrey, Diana Wynyard (as Desdemona), Ena Burrill (as Emilia), Heather Stannard, Claire Bloom, Jean Fox, Elizabeth Melville, Lorna Whitehouse, Julian Amyes, Michael Bates, Alexander Davion, Arnold Diamond, Alan Dipper, Paul Hardwick, Timothy Harley, Keith Herrington, Harold Kasket, Tom Kneale, Norman Mitchell, Manfred Priestley, Edmund Purdom, Robert Urquhart, John Van Eyssen, Clifford Williams, David Wroe; dir:Godfrey Tearle and Anthony Quayle [4pp, 5x8; cast list, credits, box office information, restaurant details etc.; photo not included; slightly grubby, else VG] £2
1948: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING JOHN (SMT) opened 15th April
Robert Helpmann (as King John), Esmond Knight, Ailsa Grahame, Manfred Priestley, Noel Willman (as Robert Falconbridge), Anthony Quayle (as Philip Faulconbridge), Paul Hardwick, Michael Gwynn, Michael Godfrey, William Monk, Alfie Bass, Lorna Whitehouse, Claire Bloom (as Blanche), Paul Scofield (as Philip of France), John Justin, Ena Burrill (as Constance), Timothy Harley, Harold Kasket, Douglas Wilmer, William Squire, Michael Bates, Tom Kneale, Arnold Diamond, Julian Amyes, John Kidd (as Cardinal Pandulph), Noel Willman, Clifford Williams, Elizabeth Melville, Mairhi Russell, Heather Stannard, Alexander Davion, Alan Dipper, Keith Herrington, Edmund Purdom, Robert Urquhart, John Van Eyssen, David Wroe; dir:Michael Benthall [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £4
KING JOHN Postcard
Anthony Quayle as Faulconbridge
Postcard Set A No.5 [4"x6"; VG] 50p
1948: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (SMT) opened 7th May
Esmond Knight (as Christopher Sly), Heather Stannard, Anthony Quayle (as Petruchio), Manfred Priestley, Alfie Bass, John Van Eyssen, Michael Bates, Norman Mitchell, Edmund Purdom, Ailsa Grahame, Arnold Diamond, Keith Herrington, Claire Bloom, Jean Fox, Tom Kneale, Robert Urquhart, Harold Kasket, Noel Willman, Michael Gwynn, John Kidd (as Baptista), Diana Wynyard (as Katharina), Mairhi Russell, David Wroe, Julian Amyes; dir:Michael Benthall [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; light horizontal bend, else VG] £3
1948: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (SMT) opened 19th April
Noel Willman (as Antonio), Paul Hardwick, Douglas Wilmer, Paul Scofield (as Bassanio), John Justin (as Lorenzo), Esmond Knight, Diana Wynyard (as Portia), Mairhi Russell, Michael Bates, William Squire, Robert Helpmann (as Shylock), Michael Godfrey, Alfie Bass, Julian Amyes, Tom Kneale, Heather Stannard (as Jessica), John Kidd, Arnold Diamond, William Monk, Claire Bloom, Jean Fox, Elizabeth Melville, Alexander Davion, Alan Dipper, Keith Herrington, Norman Mitchell, Edmund Purdom, John Van Eyssen, Clifford Williams, David Wroe; dir: Michael Benthall [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £4
1948: THE WINTER'S TALE (SMT) opened 4th June
William Squire, Julian Amyes (as Camillo), Manfred Priestley (as Polixenes), Esmond Knight (as Leontes), Diana Wynyard (as Hermione), Timothy Harley, Ailsa Grahame, Jean Fox, Edmund Purdom, Michael Godfrey, Ena Burrill (as Paulina), Paul Hardwick, Douglas Wilmer, Norman Mitchell, Arnold Diamond, David Wroe, John Kidd, Paul Scofield (as Clown), John Justin (as Florizel), Claire Bloom (as Perdita), Elizabeth Melville, Michael Bates (as Autolycus, for Alfie Bass), Robert Urquhart, Tom Kneale, Michael Gwynn, Harold Kasket, Mairhi Russell, Alexander Davion, Alan Dipper, Keith Herrington, John Van Eyssen, Clifford Williams; dir:Anthony Quayle [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; w.substitution slip; VG] £4
1948 (Mch-Apr): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.1 No.12
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre from across the Avon; containing 6 photographs of the Reception for the new company: Anthony Quayle, Lt-Col Fordham Flower and Diana Wynyard; Robert Helpmann and Paul Scofield with Sir Barry Jackson; Esmond Knight, Claire Bloom and Michael Benthall; Anthony Quayle, William Monk, Heather Stannard and John Justin; Alfie Bass, Noel Willman and John Kidd; and Michael Godfrey with Mr and Mrs Michael Gwynn; photo of The Casket Scene (THE MERCHANT OF VENICE) directed by Michael Benthall; articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including Old Manor House Reprieved (Little Wolford Manor House), The Shrieve's House (w.photo), Clopton House (w.4 photos), New Uses for our Stately Homes (w.photo of Upton House), Plans for April the twenty-third (w.photo of Box Office Staff), No bells to greet the birthday (w.photo of Holy Trinity Church bells in the churchyard) etc. [20pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1948 (Jul): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.2 No.15
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Diana Wynyard in THE WINTER'S TALE; containing reports on TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, and the visit of Princess Margaret to Stratford (w.photo); 4 production photos of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (w.Anthony Quayle, Diana Wynyard, Esmond Knight, Alfie Bass and others); photograph of Tribute to America (w.photo of new bronze plaque); articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including The Jigsaw of Shakespearean History, Three Momentous Years (Tribute to Sir Barry Jackson), Armscott Manor (w.4 photos), The Theatre Lost £8,000 on Year's Working, Festival Problems, No.12 Sheep Street (w.photo), and Compton of Compton Wyngates etc. [20pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1948 (Aug-Sep): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.2 No.16
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Heather Stannard and Paul Scofield in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA; containing 4 production photos of TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (w.Paul Scofield, William Squire, Heather Stannard, Michael Godfrey, Noel Willman, Julian Amyes, Harold Kasket, John Justin, Anthony Quayle, Douglas Wilmer, Edmund Purdom, and Esmond Knight); report on Godfrey Tearle's OTHELLO; 2 production photos of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (w.Diana Wynyard and Anthony Quayle); articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including Ancient Shottery Cottages Damaged (w.photo), Stratford's Libraries, In The Vale of The Red Horse, Ilmington Manor House (w.4 photos), Story of Stratford's Theatre (w.photo), Stratford-upon-Avon's ancient Guild Chapel, Grammar School and Almshouses (w.photo), Anglers - Compleat and Otherwise (w.photo) etc. [20pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1948-49 (mid-winter): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.2 No.18
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Anthony Quayle and Alfie Bass in KING JOHN; containing 2 production photos of OTHELLO (w.Anthony Quayle and Godfrey Tearle); photograph of Stanley Lathbury in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; report on Two Happy Plays (HARVEY and TOAD OF TOAD HALL); photographs of Holy Trinity Bells back in action , The Rother Market (with The American Fountain and The White Swan), and The Guild Chapel floodlit (for the birth of Prince Charles); articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including Sweet Mr Shakespeare? (The Stratford Gent. as seen by Everyman), Folk Dancing at Ilmington (w.photo of Sam Bennett, aged 83), Stratford's Municipal Year, Alscot Park (w.4 photos), Strange Trial at Northampton, The Verney Story etc. [20pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1948 STRATFORD FESTIVAL SOUVENIR
This unusual Souvenir consists almost entirely of vivid photographs, about twenty in all: Barry Jackson, Michael Benthall, Anthony Quayle, Godfrey Tearle, Diana Wynyard, Robert Helpmann as Hamlet, Anthony Quayle as Falconbridge, Esmond Knight as Gratiano, Paul Scofield as Hamlet (very moody), Heather Stannard as Jessica, Claire Bloom as Blanch of Spain; scenes from MERCHANT OF VENICE, RICHARD II, ROMEO AND JULIET (directed by Peter Brook), PERICLES, DOCTOR FAUSTUS, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (Peter Brook's Watteau production), and the 1946 CYMBELINE. There are also 2 colour designs, a list of the 1948 productions, and a company list.
[24pp in light card cover; 7.25x9.25; VG; uncommon] £10
1949 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Anthony Quayle; with Godfrey Tearle, Diana Wynyard, Leon Quartermaine, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, George Rose
1949: REPERTOIRE BOOKLET, 16th April to 11th June (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre)
Performance Schedule for the first eight weeks of the 1949 Shakespeare Festival; the Festival was under the direction of Anthony Quayle, and six plays were in the repertoire: MACBETH, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, CYMBELINE, OTHELLO, and KING HENRY VIII; the company consisted of Diana Wynyard, Godfrey Tearle, Leon Quartermaine, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Kathleen Michael, Wynne Clark, John Slater, Clement McCallin, Michael Gwynn, William Squire, George Rose, Philip Guard, Bertram Shuttleworth, Pat Sandys, Lorna Whitehouse, Jean Fox, Penelope Munday, Jill Bennett, Margaret Courtenay, Paul Hardwick, Michael Bates, Harold Kasket, David Wroe, Alexander Graham, Keith Herrington, Geoffrey Curtis, John Dunbar, Robert Hardy, Eric Lander, Robert Shaw, Nigel Tibbenham, Julian Amyes, Paul Hansard, Peter Norris, Norman Mitchell, Edmund Purdom, Timothy Bateson, Richard Dare, John Gay, Leslie Heritage, John Money, John Stewart, Master Robin Dowell; the directors were Anthony Quayle, John Gielgud, Michael Benthall, Godfrey Tearle, and Tyrone Guthrie; the designers were Edward Carrick, Mariano Andreu, James Bailey, Leslie Hurry, Joseph Carl, Audrey Cruddas, and Tanta Moisiewitsch; the booklet includes a complete performance schedule, company list, production credits, Prices of Admission, Booking Information, restaurant details, details of public lectures and recitals, Library, Art Gallery and Museum etc. [16pp, 3.4x4.9; an uncommon survivor; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
1949: MACBETH (SMT) opened 16th April
William Squire, Michael Bates, Bertram Shuttleworth, Julian Amyes, Clement McCallin (as Malcolm), Paul Hardwick, George Rose, Michael Gwynn, Godfrey Tearle (as Macbeth), Leon Quartermaine (as Banquo), Robert Shaw, Diana Wynyard (as Lady Macbeth), Edmund Purdom, Jill Bennett (as Fleance), John Slater, Harry Andrews (as Macduff), Philip Guard, John Money, Peter Norris, Paul Hansard, Robert Hardy, John Dunbar, Leslie Heritage, Eric Lander, David Lytton, John Stewart, David Wroe, Margaret Courtenay, Jean Fox, Geoffrey Curtis, Kathleen Michael (as Lady Macduff), Robin Dowell, John Gay, Richard Dare, Wynne Clark, Norman Mitchell, Keith Herrington, Timothy Bateson, Alexander Graham; dir:Anthony Quayle [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £4
MACBETH Postcard
Harry Andrews as Macduff
Postcard Set A No.10 [4"x6"; VG] 50p
MACBETH Postcard
Leon Quartermaine as Banquo
Postcard Set A No.11 [4"x6"; VG] 50p
1949: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (SMT) opened 19th April
Harry Andrews (as Don Pedro), Clement McCallin, Philip Guard Anthony Quayle (as Benedick), Leon Quartermaine (as Leonato), Michael Gwynn, Paul Hansard, John Slater, Paul Hardwick, George Rose (as Dogberry), William Squire, Julian Amyes, Harold Kasket, Robin Dowell, Eric Lander, David Wroe, Bertram Shuttleworth, Pat Sandys, Diana Wynyard (as Beatrice), Penelope Munday, Lorna Whitehouse, Jill Bennett, Margaret Courtenay, Jean Fox, Michael Bates, Timothy Bateson, Geoffrey Curtis, Richard Dare, John Dunbar, John Gay, Alexander Graham, Robert Hardy, Leslie Heritage, Keith Herrington, David Lytton, Norman Mitchell, John Money, Edmund Purdom, Robert Shaw, John Stewart; dir:John Gielgud, des:Mariano Andreu [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1949: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (SMT) opened 23rd April
Harry Andrews (as Theseus), Wynne Clark, Harold Kasket, Paul Hardwick, Penelope Munday, Peter Norris, Clement McCallin, Diana Wynyard (as Helena), Bertram Shuttleworth, John Slater, Michael Gwynn, Michael Bates, David Wroe, George Rose (as Bottom), Philip Guard, Jean Fox, William Squire (as Oberon), Kathleen Michael, Anne Dobson, Jill Bennett, Netta Cox, Margaret Courtenay, Pat Sandys, Lorna Whitehouse, Mary Bagley, Patricia Borlee, Sheila Brown, Sonia Maund, Mary Sivern, Timothy Bateson, Geoffrey Curtis, Richard Dare, John Gay, Alexander Graham, Paul Hansard, Robert Hardy, Leslie Heritage, Keith Herrington, Eric Lander, David Lytton, John Money, Edmund Purdom, Robert Shaw, John Stewart; dir:Michael Benthall [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £4
1949: CYMBELINE (SMT) opened 20th May
Harold Kasket, Bertram Shuttleworth, Michael Bates, Leslie Heritage, Wynne Clark, Timothy Bateson, Clement McCallin (as Posthumus Leonatus), Kathleen Michael (as Imogen), Leon Quartermaine (as Cymbeline), Harry Andrews (as Pisanio), Margaret Courtenay, Robert Hardy, Paul Hardwick, Alexander Graham, Eric Lander, William Squire (as Cloten), John Slater (as Iachimo), John Dunbar, Richard Dare, David Wroe, Edward Purdom, Julian Amyes, Michael Gwynn, George Rose, Paul Hansard, Philip Guard, Peter Norris, Robert Shaw, Jill Bennett, Jean Fox, Penelope Munday, Pat Sandys, Geoffrey Curtis, John Gay, Keith Herrington, David Lytton, Norman Mitchell, John Money, John Stewart; dir: Michael Benthall [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £4
1949: OTHELLO (SMT) opened 17th June
Harold Kasket, George Rose, John Dunbar, Geoffrey Curtis, Godfrey Tearle (as Othello), Clement McCallin (as Cassio), John Slater (as Iago), Michael Gwynn, Paul Hardwick, Diana Wynyard (as Desdemona), Wynne Clark (as Emilia), Jill Bennett, Michael Bates, Richard Dare, John Gay, Alexander Graham, Paul Hansard, Robert Hardy, Leslie Heritage, Keith Herrington, Eric Lander, David Lytton, Norman Mitchell, John Money, Edmund Purdom, Robert Shaw, John Stewart, David Wroe; dir:Godfrey Tearle [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £4
1949: KING HENRY VIII (SMT) opened 15th July
Wynne Clark, Leon Quartermaine (as Duke of Buckingham), Michael Gwynn, Edmund Purdom, Harry Andrews (as Cardinal Wolsey), Philip Guard, Paul Hardwick, William Squire, Norman Mitchell, Anthony Quayle (as Henry VIII), Diana Wynyard (as Queen Katherine), Harold Kasket, Michael Bates, Paul Hansard, Geoffrey Curtis, Kathleen Michael, George Rose, Robert Shaw, Richard Dare, Robert Hardy, Timothy Bateson, Eric Lander, Lorna Whitehouse, David Lytton, John Money, Julian Amyes, Bertram Shuttleworth, Jill Bennett, Margaret Courtenay, Jean Fox, Penelope Munday, Pat Sandys, Robin Dowell, John Dunbar, John Gay, Alexander Graham, Leslie Heritage, Keith Herrington, Peter Norris, John Stewart, David Wroe; dir:Tyrone Guthrie [4pp, 5x7.5; cast list, credits, box office information, prices of admission, restaurant arrangements etc.; VG] £4
1949 STRATFORD FESTIVAL SOUVENIR
This Souvenir consists almost entirely of superb black and white photographs. Featured are: Diana Wynyard as Beatrice and as Desdemona, Leon Quartermaine as Banquo, Harry Andrews as Don Pedro, Kathleen Michael as Titania, John Slater as Iago, Clement McCallin as Lysander, Godfrey Tearle as Othello, Anthony Quayle and Ena Burrill as Iago and Emilia, and the final scene of OTHELLO; portraits of Anthony Quayle, Godfrey Tearle, John Gielgud, Tyrone Guthrie, Michael Benthall, Leslie Bridgewater, Leslie Hurry, Mariano Andreu, Tanya Moseiwitsch, James Bailey, Edward Carrick, Audrey Crudas, Joseph Carl, Wynne Clark; scenes from 1948 productions: KING JOHN (Robert Helpmann, Paul Scofield, Anthony Quayle), WINTER'S TALE (Paul Scofield, John Kidd), HAMLET (Paul Scofield), MERCHANT (Robert Helpmann, Diana Wynyard), TROILUS (Paul Scofield, Heather Stannard), HAMLET (Robert Helpmann). The vivid photography is mostly by Angus McBean. There are also 2 superb full-page colour illustrations of Andreu's designs for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING and James Bailey's for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, a list of the 1949 productions, and biographies of the leading actors. [28pp in light card cover; 8.75x10.75; uncommon; light vertical bend, else VG] £11
1949 (Mch-Apr): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.2 No.19
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Godfrey Tearle as OTHELLO; feature on The Civic Welcome for the new Festival Company (w.3 photos of Leon Quartermaine and Anthony Quayle, Barbara Curtis and Clement McCallin, and Anthony Quayle, Paul Scofield, Diana Wynyard, Joy Parker and John Slater); reports on This Year's Festival Plans, Laurence Olivier as RICHARD III (at the New Theatre, London), Other Shakespearean Productions, and Memorial Theatre's Outstanding Winter Season; photo of Flora Robson in CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION; photographs of Ruth Draper and Paul Scofield; articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including Shakespeare To-Day in the New World, The Falcon Hotel (w.photo), Shakespeare's Own Countryside in 'Venus and Adonis', Hidcote Court (w.2 sketches), The Avon: From Source to Severn, Hospitable Plans of a Friendly Town (w.photo) etc. [20pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1949 (May): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.2 No.20
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Harry Andrews in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; containing reports on Luck, Bad or Good? (opening the season with Macbeth, w.photos of Anthony Quayle and Godfrey Tearle), MACBETH (w.photo of Leon Quartermaine as Macbeth), John Gielgud's First Stratford Production (w.2 photos of John Gielgud and Diana Wynyard in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING), Last of the Winter Season at Stratford (John Gielgud in Christopher Fry's New Play), Donald Wolfit and Patricia Jessel in MACBETH (at The Bedford Theatre, Camden Town) and The Birthday Celebrations (w.photo); Obituaries of Henry Tossell and Kenneth Wicksteed (w.2 photos); articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including A Peep At Stratford's Treasure (w.2 photos), Billesley Manor (w.2 photos), The Home of the Earls of Warwick, 1066-1949 (w.photo), and Stratford Civic Affairs etc. [20pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1949 (Jun): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.2 No.21
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Kathleen Michael as Titania in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM; containing reports on A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (w.4 production photos of David Wroe, Bertram Shuttleworth, George Rose, John Slater, Michael Gwynn, Michael Bates, Peter Norris, Penelope Munday, Diana Wynyard, Clement McCallin, Harold Kasket, Harry Andrews, Geoffrey Curtis, Pat Sandys, John Money, Margaret Courtenay, Alexander Graham, Wynne Clark, Paul Hardwick, Lorna Whitehouse, Jean Fox, and Philip Guard) and Donald Wolfit's Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations (at the Bedford Theatre, Camden Town); photos of John Harrison and Paul Scofield in ROMEO AND JULIET (1947), and Baliol Holloway as RICHARD III; articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including The Home of Shakespeare's Mother (Mary Arden's House at Wilmcote, w.photo), Shakespeare in Australia, Hidcote Bartrim (w.2 photos), From Bidford to Arrow, Civic Affairs, and British Theatre Exhibition at Birmingham (w.photo of the Elizabethan Theatre at Bingley Hall) etc. [20pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1949 (Jul): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.2 No.22
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of William Squire and Kathleen Michael in CYMBELINE; containing reports on CYMBELINE (w.4 production photos of Timothy Bateson, Wynne Clark, Kathleen Michael, Clement McCallin, John Slater, Leon Quartmaine, Paul Hansard, Philip Guard, and George Rose), Robert Atkins presents "Much Ado" (in Regent's Park, w.photo), and Royal Visit to Stratford (w.photo of the Duchess of Kent and Lord Iliffe); articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including Mary Arden's Old Home (w.photo), Editors of the First Folio (w.photo), Reconstruct The Globe? (the opinions of Herbert Farjeon), Haunted Hillborough (w.2 photos), Teachers from North America (Conference at the British Council), Unique Play at the Malvern Festival (w.photo), Civic Affairs etc. [20pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
1949 (Aug): Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE, Vol.2 No.23
An edition of the Stratford-upon-Avon SCENE magazine (incorporating Shakespeare Pictorial); cover photo of Harry Andrews, Anthony Quayle and Diana Wynyard in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; containing 4 production photos of Godfrey Tearle, Diana Wynyard, Clement McCallin, Philip Guard, Wynne Clark, Julian Amyes and Harry Andrews in MACBETH; 2 production photos of Pat Sandys, Diana Wynyard, Leon Quartermaine, George Rose, William Squire, John Slater and Paul Hardwick in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; reports on Productions in June and July (OTHELLO and HENRY VIII, w.2 photos of Wynne Clark and John Slater), "Hamlet" in Denmark and Spain (John Gielgud at Elsinore), and "The Comedy of Errors" and "Two Gentlemen of Verona" in Regent's Park; articles about Shakespeare and Stratford, including Mason Croft (w.photo), The "Felons" of Tanworth-in-Arden, Little Wolford Manor House (w.2 photos), Civic Affairs etc. [20pp, 7.25x9.75; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8
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