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OLD VIC 1914-1928
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1914-15 OLD VIC SEASON (first) director: Matheson Lang, Ben Greet etc.
Sybil Thorndike (debut: 30 Nov 1914 as Adriana), Nora Nicholson, Ben Greet, Andrew Leigh, Estelle Stead, Hutin Britton, Constance Robertson, Fisher White, William Stack, J.Leslie Frith, John Napper, A.Corney Grain
No programmes available

1914-15: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, HAMLET, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (dir:Matheson Lang/Hutin Britton); THE TEMPEST, KING RENE'S DAUGHTER and THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, THE WINTER'S TALE, OTHELLO, MACBETH (dir:Ben Greet); TWELFTH NIGHT, AS YOU LIKE IT (dir:Andrew Leigh); THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (dir:Andrew Leigh/Estelle Stead); JULIUS CAESAR (dir:J.Fisher White); SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (dir:Lady Benson); THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (dir:Mrs Edward Compton)

1915-16 OLD VIC SEASON director: Ben Greet
Robert Atkins etc.
No programmes available

1916-17 OLD VIC SEASON director: Ben Greet
Russell Thorndike etc.

1916-17: SHAKESPEARE BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL - April 23 1917, 2.30 (Royal Victoria Hall)
Excerpts from Shakespeare performed by Ellen Terry, Matheson Lang, Russell Thorndike, Sybil Thorndike, Lilian Braithwaite, Joyce Carey, Florence Saunders, Hutin Britton, Gertrude Elliott, Ben Webster, and many others. The performance was directed by Ben Greet. Details are given of the "Shakespearean and Classical Plays" produced by him at the theatre "during the last 3 seasons". Note that the theatre was not yet officially known as the 'Old Vic', and is described as the "Royal Victoria Hall... The people's Opera, Play and Lecture House, Waterloo Road, S.E.; Lessee and Manager LILIAN BAYLIS"; and in 1917, Britain was still at war: "warning of a threatened air raid will be communicated by the Military Authorities to this Theatre"; Full of fascinating information and packed with historic names.
[4pp; 8.25x10.5; excellent condition; see scan above (newsclipping not included); how many of these can be left?] £15

1916-17: Shakespeare Birthday Festival TWELFTH NIGHT - April 23 1917, 7.45 (Royal Victoria Hall)
Sybil Thorndike, Ben Greet, Terence O'Brien, Russell Thorndike, Florence Saunders, dir:B.Greet; with details of the "Shakespearean and Classical Plays" produced by Ben Greet at the theatre "during the last 3 seasons". Note that the theatre was not yet officially known as the 'Old Vic', and is described as the "Royal Victoria Hall... The people's Opera, Play and Lecture House, Waterloo Road, S.E.; Lessee and Manager LILIAN BAYLIS"; and in 1917, Britain was still at war:"warning of a threatened air raid will be communicated by the Military Authorities to this Theatre." Full of fascinating information and packed with historic names.
[4pp; 8.25x10.5; excellent condition - see scan above; how many of these can be left?] £15

1917-18 OLD VIC SEASON director: Ben Greet
Russell Thorndike, Sybil Thorndike etc.
No programmes available

1918-19 OLD VIC SEASON director: G.R.Foss
Ernest Milton etc.
No programmes available

1919-20 OLD VIC SEASON director: Russell Thorndike etc.
Russell Thorndike, Charles Warburton, Genevieve Ward
No programmes available

1920-21 OLD VIC SEASON director: Robert Atkins
Robert Atkins, Ernest Milton, Rupert Harvey, Jane Bacon, Wilfrid Walter

1920-21: THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL - Sheridan (Old Vic)
Frederick Harker, Ernest Milton, Cyril Sworder, Mary Sumner, Florence Saunders; dir: Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; flimsy, rumpled] £2

1920-21: THE TEMPEST (Old Vic)
Rupert Harvey, Robert Atkins, Mary Sumner, David Gill, Austin Trevor, Andrew Leigh, Wilfrid Walter, Agnes Carter, Jane Bacon, Nellie Robson, Doris Hawley, Phyllis Fildes; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; flimsy, slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1920-21: PERICLES (Old Vic)
Rupert Harvey, Wilfrid Walter, Austin Trevor, Ernest Milton, Neil Curtis, Andrew Leigh, Francis Sullivan, Isabelle Venner, Florence Saunders, Jane Bacon, Mary Sumner, Marjorie Young, Marion Lind, Nellie Robson, Robert Atkins; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; review clipping tipped onto front page; flimsy, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1921-22 OLD VIC SEASON director: Robert Atkins
Russell Thorndike, Ernest Milton, Robert Atkins, Florence Buckton, Wilfrid Walter
No programmes available

1922-23 OLD VIC SEASON director: Robert Atkins
Wilfrid Walter, Esther Whitehouse, Florence Buckton, Robert Atkins, Douglas Burbidge, Ernest Milton, John Laurie, Hilton Edwards, John Garside, D. Hay Petrie, Jane Bacon

1922-23: EVERYMAN (Old Vic)
Reyner Barton, Wilfrid Walter, John Laurie, Rupert Harvey, John Garside, Henry Cohen, Althea Glasby, D. Hay Petrie, Agnes Carter, Florence Buckton, Hilton Edwards, Jane Bacon, Douglas Burbidge, Ronald Nicholson, Nancy Harker, Molly Francis, Reyner Barton; dir: Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x7.5; flimsy, rumpled, spine reinforced with tape] £2

1923-24 OLD VIC SEASON director: Robert Atkins
Wilfrid Walter, Florence Saunders, Ion Swinley, Robert Atkins, Jane Bacon, John Laurie, George Hayes, Hilton Edwards, Henry Cohen, Neil Curtis
No programmes available

1924-25 OLD VIC SEASON director: Robert Atkins
Ion Swinley, Marie Ney, John Laurie, George Hayes, Ernest Milton, Robert Atkins, John Garside, Hilton Edwards, Andrew Leigh, Olivia Burleigh

1924-25: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Old Vic)
Neil Porter, Marie Ney, Ronald Nicholson, John Garside, Claude Ricks, Henry Cohen, Francis Drake, Michael Watts, Andrew Leigh, Dorice Fordred [4pp; 5x7.5] £2

1924-25: OTHELLO (Old Vic)
Ion Swinley, George Hayes, Marie Ney, John Laurie, John Garside, Hilton Edwards, Andrew Leigh, Olivia Burleigh [4pp; 5x7.5; clippings not included] £3

1924-25: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (Old Vic)
Ion Swinley, Marie Ney, John Garside, Andrew Leigh, Hilton Edwards [4pp; 5x7.5] £2

1924-25: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Old Vic)
Ion Swinley, John Laurie, Marie Ney, John Garside, George Hayes, Andrew Leigh [4pp; 5x7.5; rumpled] £2

1924-25: EVERYMAN (Old Vic)
Ernest Milton, Marie Ney, Andrew Leigh, Olivia Burleigh [4pp; 5x7.5; split spine repaired] £2

1925-26 OLD VIC SEASON director: Andrew Leigh
Baliol Holloway, Edith Evans, Frank Vosper, Esmond Knight, Duncan Yarrow, Margaret Rutherford, John Garside, Nell Carter, Neil Porter

1925-26: AS YOU LIKE IT (Old Vic)
Frank Vosper, Edith Evans, Baliol Holloway, Esmond Knight, Duncan Yarrow, John Garside, Nell Carter, Neil Porter [4pp; 5x7.5] £4

1925-26: JULIUS CAESAR (Old Vic)
Frank Vosper, Duncan Yarrow, Baliol Holloway, Edith Evans, Esmond Knight, Margaret Rutherford, John Garside, Neil Porter [4pp; 5x7.5] £4

1925-26: EVERYMAN (Old Vic)
Frank Vosper, Edith Evans, Esmond Knight, Duncan Yarrow, Nell Carter, Neil Porter, Edith Coates [4pp; 5x7.5] £4

1925-26: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Old Vic)
Baliol Holloway, Edith Evans, Esmond Knight, Duncan Yarrow, Margaret Rutherford, John Garside, Nell Carter, Neil Porter, Ralph Truman; dir: Andrew Leigh [4pp, 5x7.5; somwhat tatty, rumpled] £1

1926-27 OLD VIC SEASON director: Andrew Leigh
Baliol Holloway, Dorothy Massingham, Gwynne Whitby, Neil Porter, John Garside, John Wyse, Duncan Yarrow

1926-27: THE WINTER'S TALE (Old Vic)
Duncan Yarrow, Dorothy Massingham, Baliol Holloway [4pp; 5x7.5] £2

1926-27: TWELFTH NIGHT (Old Vic)
Dorothy Massingham, Baliol Holloway [4pp; 5x7.5] £2

1926-27: COMEDY OF ERRORS and ST.PATRICK'S DAY - Sheridan (Old Vic)
Baliol Holloway, Andrew Leigh, Dorothy Massingham [4pp; 5x7.5] £2

1926-27: KING JOHN (Old Vic)
Duncan Yarrow, Baliol Holloway, Dorothy Massingham [4pp; 5x7.5] £2

1926-27: RICHARD III (Old Vic)
Baliol Holloway [4pp; 5x7.5] £3

1926-27: HAMLET (Old Vic)
Baliol Holloway, Neil Porter, Dorothy Massingham, Gwynne Whitby [4pp; 5x7.5] £3

1926-27: EVERYMAN (Old Vic)
Baliol Holloway, Neil Porter, Dorothy Massingham [4pp; 5x7.5] £2

1926-27: THE OLD VIC MAGAZINE No.4 Vol.8, Dec 1926 (Old Vic)
Across the Footlights, A Reminiscence of Sixty Years Ago by Dame Madge Kendal, A Bouquet of Holly by Father Andrew, poem by Ashley Dukes, various Old Vic announcements, Diary for December 1926 [4pp; 8.25x10.5; creases, tatty edges, some staining - but uncommon!] (£4) SOLD

1926-27: LAST NIGHT OF SHAKESPEARE SEASON - May 6 1927 (Old Vic)
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS and REVEL, with Baliol Holloway, Neil Porter, Andrew Leigh, Horace Sequeira, Dorothy Massingham, John Garside, Esmond Knight, dir:Andrew Leigh. A "Souvenir Programme of the Old Vic, prior to alterations"; with engraving of exterior of Old Vic, photograph of interior, and photos of Greet, Andrew Leigh, Foss, Lang, Britton, R Thorndike, Robert Atkins, and Lilian Baylis. [4pp; 9x11.5; grubby and a little tatty round the edges; somewhat tatty] £9

1927 OLD VIC SEASON director: Andrew Leigh
Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, John Laurie, Eric Portman, Andrew Leigh, Hay Petrie

1927: THE OLD VIC MAGAZINE No.2 Vol.9, Nov 1927 (Old Vic)
Old Vic News, Arthur Bourchier by S.R.Littlewood, Incidental Music by Alfred Reynolds, Arthur Bourchier and Oxford by Rev. E.G.Gordon, Sadler's Wells Fund Bazaar etc. [4pp, 8.25x10.5; VG] £4

1927: THE OLD VIC MAGAZINE No.3 Vol.9, Dec 1927 (Old Vic)
Old Vic News, The Spirit of The Vic by Maxwell Wray, Here We Are Again by Father Andrew S.D.C., Students Forward! by Winifred Oughton, Making the Old Vic Wardrobe by Elizabeth Newman, The Old Vic Association etc. [4pp, 8.25x10.5; VG] £4

1928 OLD VIC SEASON director: Andrew Leigh
Ernest Milton, Jean Forbes-Robertson, Eric Portman, Percy Walsh, Barbara Everest, John Garside

1928: SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (Old Vic)
Ernest Milton, John Garside, Jean Forbes-Robertson [4pp; 5x7.5] £2

1928: THE OLD VIC MAGAZINE No.7 Vol.9, Apr 1928 (Old Vic)
Old Vic News, Repertory Work by Jean Forbes-Robertson, My Ambitions by Wilma Berkeley (pupil of Nellie Melba), The First English Actress by Ernest Weeks, Annual Meeting of the Old Vic Association, Old Vic Announcements, Old Vic Diary for April 1928 [4pp; 8.25x10.5; VG and uncommon!] (£4) SOLD

OLD VIC 1914-28 1928-341934-49 1949-56 1956-63

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