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Plays: 1970

1970: THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW - D H Lawrence (Nottingham Playhouse) Nottingham Playhouse Company: Eileen Way, Trevor T Smith, Mavis Edwards, Cherith Mellor, Donald Gee, Alec Heggie; dir:Stuart Burge [20pp, 5.6x8.75; cast list, programme notes w.4 photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1970: DICK TURPIN - Anthony Loynes and Ron Pember (Mermaid) Tim Fearon, Derek Murcott, Brian Croucher, Betty Turner, Rohan McCullough, John Harwood, Simon Turner, Harvey Ashby (as Tom King), Mark Burns (as Dick Turpin), Clive Elliott, Richard Wordsworth, Gerald Taylor, Michael Moyer, Antony Brown, Michael Attwell, Andrew Branch, Diana Patrick, John Toll; dir:Ron Pember [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1970: THE FRIENDS - Arnold Wesker (Roundhouse) John Bluthal, Anna Cropper, Susan Engel, Lynn Farleigh, Victor Henry, Ian Holm, Roy Marsden; dir:Arnold Wesker [8pp, 5.4x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, programme note by Arnold Wesker, credits etc; VG] £ 3

1970: THE APPLE CART - George Bernard Shaw (Mermaid) Ken Parry, Ian Lavender, John Sharp, John Neville, Caroline Burt, Maurice Denham, Denis McCarthy, Geoffrey Wincott, Ronald Magill, James Mellor, Gillian Raine, Yvonne Coulette, Carmen Munroe, Josephine Wilson, Patrick Tull; dir:Donald McWhinnie [28pp, 5x8; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; minor marks, else VG] £3

1970: TOAD OF TOAD HALL - A A Milne, from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Duke of York's) Sammie Winmill, Vilma Hollingbery, Richard Goolden (as Mole - a role he first played in 1930), Donald Pelmear, James Cairncross (as Badger), Michael Graham Cox (as Toad), Charles Collingwood (as Alfred and Policeman), Michael Bailey, Brett Usher, Paddy Ward, Anthony Andrews (as Chief Stoat and Mr.Turkey), Alan Hay, Michael Napier Brown, Linda Roberts, Shirley Stelfox, Deddie Davies, Rosemary Faith, Yvette Byrne, Vivienne Moore, Carol Hazell, Julie Newbert, Susan Sloman, David Foxxe; dir:David Conville [16pp, 5.5x8.4; cast list, synopsis of scenes, programme note, credits, biographies etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1970: THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER - Moss Hart and George S Kaufman (Richmond Theatre) Lois Penson, Penelope Parry, David Horovitch, Christina Paul, Alan Haywood, Anne Woodward, Rose Power, Robert Raglan, Barbara Shelley, Larry Noble, Jimmy Edwards, Apple Brook, Brian Spink, John Payne, M.J.Mathews, Patricia Michael, Nigel Hamilton, David C.Browning, Peter Glaze; dir:Ivor Danvers [16pp, 5.5x8.4; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1970: BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE - Leonard Gershe (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Keir Dullea, Barbara Ferris, Eileen Heckhart, Robert Anthony; dir:Milton Katselas [16pp, 5.5x8.4; cast list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1970: WIDOWERS' HOUSES - Bernard Shaw (Royal Court) Stephen Bradley, Frank Middlemass (as Cokane), Robin Ellis (as Trench), Anthony Newlands, Nicola Pagett (as Blanche), William Fisher, Larry Noble, Penelope Wilton (as Parlormaid); dir:Michael Blakemore [24pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, cast photos, illustrations, credits etc.; VG] £4

1970: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Tom Stoppard (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) James Hazeldine, Keith Drinkel, Gordon Gostelow; dir:Michael Simpson [16pp; photos; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1970: THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET - Rudolf Besier (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) Ronald Adam, Elizabeth Bell; dir:Philip Dudley [16pp; cast photos, notes; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1970: THE PHILANTHROPIST - Christopher Hampton (Royal Court) Alec McCowen, Dinsdale Landen, David Ashton, Jane Asher, Charles Gray, Penelope Wilton, Tamara Ustinov; dir:Robert Kidd [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, credits, programme notes, photos etc.; VG] £3

1970: THE PHILANTHROPIST - Christopher Hampton (May Fair Theatre) Alec McCowen, Dinsdale Landen, David Ashton, Jane Asher, Charles Gray, Penelope Wilton, Elizabeth Long; dir:Robert Kidd [16pp, 5.25x9; cast list, credits, programme notes, 3 production photos etc.; VG] £3

1970: A DELICATE BALANCE - Edward Albee (Little Theatre, Bristol) Bristol Old Vic Company: Patricia Kennedy, John Hussey, Patricia Cutts, Gwyneth Powell, Richard Beale, Hazel Clyne; dir:John David [16pp, 5x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, programme note, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1970: FORTY YEARS ON - Alan Bennett (Little Theatre, Bristol) Bristol Old Vic Company: Bernard Hepton (as The Headmaster), David Glover, Michael Rothwell, Nancy Jackson, Marjorie Wilde, Guy Ross, Dominic Barber, Alan Brown, Christopher Brunton, Dominic Buffery, Christopher Chanter, Michael Curthoys, Clive Elcock, James Fudgell, Nicholas Godden, Stephen Harrington, Danny Hill, Andy Kerr, Peter Kerr, Tom Maxwell, Nigel Parker, Ross Piest, Richard Price, Andrew Sutch; dir:Mark Woolgar [16pp, 5x9; cast list, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1970: HAY FEVER - Noel Coward (Little Theatre, Bristol) Bristol Old Vic Company: Sonia Dresdel (as Judith Bliss), Norman Henry, Jean Richards, Jeremy Irons (as Simon Bliss), Ingrid Hafner, Ian Marter, Julie Hallam, Stephen Moore (as Sandy Tyrell), Hazel Clyne; dir:John David [16pp, 5x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, programme note, credits etc.; VG] £3

1970: A BEQUEST TO THE NATION - Terence Rattigan (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Ewan Roberts, Jean Harvey, Deborah Watling, Michael Wardle, Una Brandon-Jones, Leueen MacGrath (as Lady Nelson), Ian Holm (as Nelson), Zoe Caldwell (as Emma Hamilton), Marisa Merlini, Michael Aldridge (as Lord Minto), Brian Glover, Geoffrey Edwards, Eira Griffiths, Stuart Knee, Geoffrey Beevers, Stanley Lloyd, Conrad Asquith, Graham Edwards, Chris Carbis; dir:Peter Glenville [32pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, author's note, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1970: THE JOCKEY CLUB STAKES - William Douglas Home (Vaudeville) Alastair Sim, Robert Coote, Geoffrey Sumner, Ernest Clark, Wensley Pithey, Julia Lockwood, Alan White, Brian Hayes, Christina Gray, Barry Walker, Terence Moran, Terence Skelton, Hazel Bainbridge; dir:Murray MacDonald [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, credits, biographies 9 production shots etc.; date on cover, else VG] £3

1970: THE SECRETARY BIRD - William Douglas Home (Savoy) Jeremy Hawk, Jane Downs, Betty Woolfe, Sandra Duncan, Terence Longdon, Betty Robb; dir:Philip Dudley [22pp, 5.25x9; cast list, credits, biographies w.photos etc.; ticket (23rd September, Stalls G 15) stapled to inner page, minor marks, else VG] £3

1970: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Lyric) Robert Morley, Joan Tetzel, Donald Burton, Heather Sears, Brian Miller, Elizabeth Ashton; dir:Robin Midgeley [24pp, 6x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, cast biographies and photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1970: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Lyric) Robert Morley, Jan Holden, Donald Burton, Heather Sears, Brian Miller, Elizabeth Ashton; dir:Robin Midgeley [28pp, 5.25x9; cast biographies and photos; one staple missing, slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1970: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Lyric) Robert Morley, Jan Holden, Ian McCulloch, Mary Miller, Brian Miller, Elizabeth Ashton; dir:Robin Midgeley [20pp, 5.25x9; cast biographies and photos; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1970: THE DANDY DOLLS - George Fitzmaurice, and THE WELL OF THE SAINTS - J M Synge (Old Vic) Abbey Theatre: Eamonn Keane, Joan O'Hara, John Kavanagh, Pat Layde, Eamon Kelly, Maire Ni Dhomhnail; dir:Hugh Hunt [8pp, 5.25x9; under the auspices of the National Theatre; minor marks, else VG] £2

1970: LULU - Franz Wedekind, translated by Peter Barnes (Royal Court) Nottingham Playhouse production: Chris Malcolm, Julia Foster (as Lulu), John Phillips (as Schon), Michael Byrne (as Schwarz / Jack), Francis Thomas, Edward Petherbridge, Gordon Whiting, Marilyn Fridjon, John Grillo, John Justin, Sheila Ballantine (as Countess Geschwitz), Tom Owen, John Turner, Susan Brett, Maggy Maxwell, Jo Garrity, Leonard Kavanagh, Paul Hennen; dir:Peter Barnes and Stuart Burge [24pp, 5.25x9; photos, articles; VG] £4

1970: THREE MONTHS GONE - Donald Howarth (Royal Court) Jill Bennett, Alan Lake, Richard O'Callaghan, Diana Dors, Kevin Stoney, Warren Clarke; dir:Ronald Eyre [24pp, 5.5x8.8; cast list, credits, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1970: BLITHE SPIRIT - Noel Coward (Globe) Sylvia Brayshaw, Phyllis Calvert (as Ruth), Patrick Cargill (as Charles), John Hart Dyke, Daphne Newton, Beryl Reid (as Madame Arcati), Amanda Reiss; dir:Nigel Patrick [24pp, 6x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1970: A WOMAN NAMED ANNE - Henry Cecil (Duke of York's) Arthur Howard, Moira Lister, Hugh Manning, William Mervyn, Patsy Morgan, Frederick Keen, Daphne Anderson, David Crosse, Donald Hewlett, Michael Slater, Derek Ensor, Raymond Bowers; dir:Hugh Goldie [16pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1970: SLEUTH - Anthony Shaffer (St.Martin's) Anthony Quayle, Keith Baxter; dir:Clifford Williams [16pp, 6x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1970: THE TWO OF US - Michael Frayn (Garrick) Richard Briers, Lynn Redgrave; dir:Mark Cullingham [24pp, 6x9; biographies, production photos etc.; VG] £3

1970: WHO KILLED SANTA CLAUS - Terence Feely (Piccadilly) Martha Henry, James Cairncross, Honor Blackman, Edwin Richfield, Maurice Kaufmann, Frank Wylie, Noel Davis, Billy Hamon; dir:Nicholas Barter [24pp, 6x9; cast list, credits, biographies w.photos, design sketches etc.; VG] £4

1970: HERE ARE LADIES - from the works of Irish Writers (Criterion) Siobhan McKenna; dir:Sean Kenny [24pp, 6x9; programme notes, running order, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1970: THE HERETIC - Morris West (Duke of York's) Douglas Rain, Alba, Joseph O'Conor, Leonard Rossiter, Francesca Annis, Robert Eddison, Bill McGuirk, Nigel Winder, Geoffrey King, Brian Spink, Ronald Goodale, Arnold Locke, Terence Denville; dir:Morris West with Joseph O'Conor [16pp, 6x9; cast list, credits, biographies, programme note, photos etc.; rumpled, else VG] £2

1970: I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER - Robert Anderson (Duke of York's) George Baker, Richard Norton, Raymond Massey, Catherine Lacey, Valerie Colgan, Catherine Harding, Ray Marlowe, Warren Stanhope, Robert Henderson, Dorothy Bromiley; dir:Vivian Matalon [16pp, 6x9; cast list, credits, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £2

1970: THREE MONTHS GONE - Donald Howarth (Duchess) Jill Bennett, Alan Lake, Richard O'Callaghan, Diana Dors, Kevin Stoney, Warren Clarke; dir:Ronald Eyre [24pp, 6x9; cast list, credits, biographies w.photos etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1970: COME AS YOU ARE: Mill Hill, Bermondsey, Gloucester Road and Marble Arch - John Mortimer (New) Glynis Johns, Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Celia Bannerman; dir:Allan Davis [28pp, 6x9; cast list, cast photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1970: COME AS YOU ARE: Mill Hill, Bermondsey, Gloucester Road and Marble Arch - John Mortimer (Strand) Glynis Johns, Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Celia Bannerman; dir:Allan Davis [24pp, 6x9; cast list, cast photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1970: IT'S A TWO-FOOT-SIX-INCHES ABOVE-THE-GROUND WORLD - Kevin Laffan (Wyndham's) Prunella Scales, Stephen Moore, Angharad Rees, Christopher Hancock, Antony Webb, Ralph Arliss [24pp, 6x9; cast list, cast photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1970: FLINT - David Mercer (Criterion) John Leeson, Michael Hordern, Julia Foster, Moira Redmond, Vivien Merchant, Neil Howlett, Paul Dawkins, Jonathan Deans, Gary Smith, Roy Hepworth, Alexander Houlgate, David Bird, Elizabeth Stewart, Nicholas Clay, James Grout, Paul Elliott, Graham Harbord, Derek Hicks, David Steele; dir:Christopher Morahan [24pp, 6x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1970: LADY FREDERICK - Somerset Maugham (Duke of York's) Heather Chasen, Alan Hay, John Drake, Tony Britton, Margaret Lockwood, John Railton, Raymond Francis, Ursula Barclay, Michael Danvers-Walker, Dermot Walsh, Ellen Pollock, Deddie Davies; dir:Malcolm Farquhar [16pp, 6x9; cast list, cast biographies w.photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1970: GIRLFRIEND - David Percival (Apollo) Margaret Leighton, Alan MacNaughtan, John Standing, Michel Des Barres; dir:Vivian Matalon [24pp, 6x9; cast list, cast photos, credits; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1970: THE HAPPY APPLE - Jack Pulman (Apollo) Pauline Collins, Paul Imbusch, John Normington, Jeremy Hawk, Paul Rogers, James Villiers, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Joyce Grant; dir:James Roose-Evans [24pp, 6x9; cast list, photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1970: ABELARD AND HELOISE - Ronald Millar (Wyndham's) Keith Michell, Diana Rigg, Timothy West, Elspeth March, David Robb, Terence Wilton, Rosalind Atkinson; dir:Robin Phillips [28pp, 6x9; cast, credits, biographies w.photos etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £4

1970: MISTER - Stanley Eveling (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh) Alan Dobie, Esmond Knight, Dorothy Vernon, Oscar James, Andrew Robertson; dir:Richard Pilbrow [20pp, 4.25x10; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1970: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - Robert Bolt (Northcott Theatre, Exeter) John Bardon, Tony Church (as Thomas More), Ian Gelder, Grgory Floy, Joy Ring, Elizabeth Bennett, Peter Gordon, Alan Collins, John Nettles, Adam Levend, Rupert Frazer, Murray Brown, Janette Legge; dir:Jack Emery [16pp, 4.2x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme note, credits etc.; VG] £2

1970: THE SERVANTS AND THE SNOW - Iris Murdoch (Greenwich Theatre) William Marlowe, Philip Bond, Adrienne Corri, Godfrey Jackman, Esmond Knight, Bill Stewart, Llewellyn Rees, Maxine Audley, Christopher Reynalds, Tom Conti, Shay Gorman, Timothy Heald, Robert Lister, Malcolm Ranson; dir:Alan Vaughan Williams [6pp triplefold, 5.5x11.75; cast, credits etc.; rumpled, else VG] £2

Plays: 1971

1971 (27 Apr-8 May): HOW'S THE WORLD TREATING YOU? - Roger Milner (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Michael Elwick, Marilyn Finlay, Bruce Bennett, Ann Hamilton, Andrew Lane, Gabrielle Wheeler; dir:Tony Clayton [16pp, 5.5x8.4; cast list, synopsis of scenes, Chit Chat, credits, letters, some biographies, theatre information etc.; VG] £2

1971 (2-20 Nov): THE CIRCLE - Somerset Maugham (Colchester Theatre) Rodney Diak, Philip Hoare, Judith Coke, Sheila Ferris, Brian Walton, Michael Rose, Monica Stewart, Andre Van Gyseghem; dir:David Buxton [12pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1971: MAN IS MAN - Bertolt Brecht, translated by Steve Gooch (Royal Court) Henry Woolf, Susan Williamson, Derek Newark, Barrie Rutter, Oliver Cotton, Bob Hoskins, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Trevor Peacock, Georgia Brown, Tim Curry, David Hill, Mark McManus, Antony Milner; dir:William Gaskill [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, line-drawings, articles etc; VG] £4

1971: THE CRUCIBLE - Arthur Miller (Leeds Playhouse) Hilary Marshall, Harry Meacher, Victoria Ireland, Susan Macready (as Abigail Williams), Louisa Martin, Daphne Green, Alan Thompson, Vivienne Dixon, Susan Littler, David Sumner (as John Proctor), Barbara Atkinson, Malcolm Keith, Nigel Terry (as Rev John Hale), Mary Webster (as Elizabeth Proctor), John Nightingale, Gareth Armstrong, Mark Shelley, Andrew Dallmeyer, Anthony Boden (as Deputy-Governor Danforth); dir:Bill Hays [16pp, 6x8.2; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; date on cover, else VG] £3

1971: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Tennessee Williams (Leeds Playhouse) Maxine Audley (as Blanche Dubois), Jane Lowe (as Stella Kowalski), John Nightingale (as Stanley Kowalski), David Sumner, Vivienne Dixon, Anthony Boden, Geoffrey Perkins, Victoria Ireland, Roy Sampson, Malcolm Keith, Allan Murley; dir:Stephen Hollis [16pp, 6x8.2; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; date on cover, else VG] £3

1971: PIRATES - Keith Dewhurst (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs) John Cater, Bloke Modisane, Patrick O'Connell, Anthony Milner, William Hoyland, Abi Gouhad, Desmond Thomson, Alfred Fagon, Norman Beaton, Celia Bannerman, Robert Powell, John Bennett, Derek Newark, Brian Glover, Jack Shepherd, Hugh Armstrong, Gavin Jones, John Rae, John Dearth, Siobhan Quinlan, Corrine Skinner, Helen Francoise, Marie Delsol, Philip Woods, Mark Long, Martin Carthy, Peter Knight, Susan Glanville; dir:Bill Bryden [4pp, 6.5x9; cyclostyled programme; cast list, credits etc.; A Sunday night "Production without decor"; rumpled, else VG] £1

1971: JOHN BULL'S OTHER ISLAND - George Bernard Shaw (Mermaid) Antony Brown, Christopher Benjamin, Patrick Duggan, Edward Petherbridge, P G Stephens, Anna Cropper, Patrick McAlinney, Ivan Beavis; dir:Alan Strachan [16pp; illustrated articles; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1971: A COLLIER'S FRIDAY NIGHT - D H Lawrence (Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill, Birmingham) John Livesey, Sylvia Barter, Miriam Newhouse, David Francis, Rachel Davies, Carolyn Gilmour, Jane Heyman, Ian Ruskin, Colin Higgins; dir:John Dove [12pp; cast list, extensive illustrated notes; cast change insert; VG] £4

1971 (w/c 1 Nov): THE MARQUISE - Noel Coward (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Glynis Johns, Jan Butlin, James Donald, Lesley-Ann Down, David Gillim, Michael Darbyshire, Clifford Evans, Auton Low, Antony Viccars; dir:Peter Coe [16pp, 5.4x8.4; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1971 (Nov-Dec): WHO KILLED SANTA CLAUS? - Terence Feely (Colchester Theatre) Sheila Ferris, Gerald Taylor, Irene Inescort, Rodney Diak, Brian Walton, Graham Lines, William Maxwell, Eilian Wyn; dir:Robert Robinson [12pp, 5.5x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1971 (Sep-Oct): AWAKE AND SING - Clifford Odets (Hampstead Theatre Club) Stuart Wilson, Cyd Hayman, Harold Kasket, George Pravda, Patience Collier, Ernst Walder, William Marlowe, Freddie Earlle, Michael Richmond; dir:Vivian Matalon [16pp, 5.5x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, credits, biographies etc.; minor marks on cover, else VG] £3

1971 (3-14 August): WHAT THE BUTLER SAW - Joe Orton (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton) Peter Tilbury, Susan Holderness, Sheila Irwin, John Fleming, Paul Stewart, Iain Reid; dir:Andrew Tourell [16pp; cast list, notes, biographies (w.photos); VG] £4

1971 (1-6 November): THE WINSLOW BOY - Terence Rattigan (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton) Patrick Barr, Carole Mowlam, Richard Todd, David Wilkinson, Joanna Henderson, Elizabeth Sellars, Ian Masters, Tom Browne, Frank Marlborough, Patricia Ivey, John Benjamin; dir:Hugh Goldie [16pp; cast list, notes, biographies; VG] £4

1971: HADRIAN THE SEVENTH - Peter Luke (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) John Warner, Dorothy Primrose, Deddie Davies, Tony McEwan, Lee Fox, Robert Aldous, Richard Simpson, Andrew Burt; dir:Stephen Barry [16pp; cast list, notes; VG] £3

1971 (9-20 Feb): INADMISSABLE EVIDENCE - John Osborne (Swan Theatre, Worcester) Don Dryden, David Sadgrove, Powell Jones, Carol Passmore, Alison Steadman, Penny Jones, Isobil Nisbet (sic); dir:Paul Tomlinson [12pp; cast list, notes, biographies; VG] £3

1971 (8-19 June): THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND HIS WIFE - Peter Ustinov (Swan Theatre, Worcester) David Sadgrove, Cedric Scott, Frank Ellis, Alex Johnston, Anna Nicholas, Chris Tranchell, Tony Milner, Powell Jones, Roger Davenport, Richard Carrington, Jane Sandbrook; dir:Mick Hughes [12pp; cast list, notes; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1971 (13-24 July): THE HOSTAGE - Brendan Behan (Swan Theatre, Worcester) Frank Ellis, Jenny Burke, Chris Tranchell, Alan Zipson, Cedric Scott, Don Dryden, Penny Jones, Jane Sandbrook, Carol Pearson, David Sadgrove, Laura Graham, Alex Johnston, Richard Carrington, John Bleasdale, John Toll; dir:Paul Tomlinson [12pp; cast list, notes; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1971: SEPARATE TABLES - Terence Rattigan (Apollo) John Mills, Jill Bennett, Margaret Courtenay, Rose Hill, Raymond Huntley, Ambrosine Philpotts, Zena Walker; dir:Michael Blakemore [20pp; production photos; VG] £4

1971: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - Robert Bolt (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford) Norman Wooland, Jimmy Thompson, Berwick Kaler, David Davenport, Wendy Allnutt, Nikolas Simmonds, Anna Wing [20pp; illustrated articles, cast photos; VG] £3

1971: LOOT - Joe Orton (Library Theatre, Manchester) Brian Poyser, Jacqueline da Costa, Alan Moore; dir:Paul Webster [16pp; VG] £2

1971: THE WINSLOW BOY - Terence Rattigan (New Theatre) William Relton (as Ronnie Winslow), Hilda Fenemore, Megs Jenkins (as Grace Winslow), Laurence Naismith (as Arthur Winslow), Annette Crosbie (as Catherine Winslow), Peter Gale, Christopher Cazenove, Peter Cellier, Rosamund Greenwood, Michael Haughey, Kenneth More (as Sir Robert Morton); dir:Frith Banbury [24pp, 5.1x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1971?: THE MOUSETRAP - Agatha Christie (Ambassadors Theatre) Carol Marsh, Christopher Burgess, Richard Fenton, Bee Duffell, Michael Hall, Felicity Gordon, Steve Plytas, Kevan Sheehan; dir:Joan Knight [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, 4 production photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1971: PETER PAN - J M Barrie (London Coliseum) Dorothy Tutin (as Peter Pan), Eric Porter (as Mr Darling / Captain Hook), Jane Hilary (as Mrs Darling), Belinda Carroll (as Wendy), David Arnold (as John), Christopher Burfield (as Michael), Ian Trigger (as Nana / Smee), Iris Glow (as Tinker Bell); dir:Robert Helpmann [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, 8 cast and company photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1971: HADRIAN THE SEVENTH - Peter Luke (Little Theatre, Bristol) Bristol Old Vic Company: Michael Rothwell (as Fr.William Rolfe), Peggy Ann Wood, Paul Darrow, Norman Henry, Harriet Reynolds, Roger Bizley, Douglas Anderson, Ian Marter, John Pennington, Robert Webber, Trafford Carter, Timothy Kightley, John Hallett, Paul Gaymon, Paul Rocliffe, John Wilson, Christopher Gaze, David Clough, Tom Dmochowski; dir:John David [16pp, 4.9x9; cast list, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1971: THE DIRTIEST SHOW IN TOWN - Tom Eyen (Duchess) Jean Gilpin, Felicity Lam, Barrie Shore, Peggy Ledger, Paul-Matthew Eckhart, Jeffrey Herman, Bradford Riley, Michael Watkins, Mark Russel, Elizabeth Bennett, Laurie Asprey; dir:Tom Eyen [20pp, 5.25x9; biographies, photo, credits etc.; VG] £2

1971: DON'T JUST LIE THERE, SAY SOMETHING! - Michael Pertwee (Garrick) Michael Cronin, Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn, Deborah Grant, Alfred Marks, Joanna Lumley, Peter Bland, Nina Thomas, Donna Reading; dir:Wallace Douglas [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1971: WHEN WE ARE MARRIED - J B Priestley (Strand) Shirley Steedman, Jonathan Lynn, Gretchen Franklyn, Jennifer Agnew, James Rowe, Fred Emney, William Moore, Freda Jackson, Frank Thornton, Hugh Lloyd, Peggy Mount, Gwen Cherrell, Daphne Anderson, Brian Hewitt-Jones; dir:Robert Chetwyn [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1971: . . . SUDDENLY AT HOME - Francis Durbridge (Fortune) Penelope Keith, Jennifer Daniel, Rula Lenska, Terence Longdon, Veronica Strong, Gerald Harper, Frederick Farley, John Horton; dir:Basil Coleman [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, production photo etc.; VG] £3

1971: SLEUTH - Anthony Shaffer (St.Martin's) Paul Rogers, Donal Donnelly; dir:Clifford Williams [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1971: SLEUTH - Anthony Shaffer (St.Martin's) Marius Goring, John Fraser; dir:Clifford Williams [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1971: ABELARD AND HELOISE - Ronald Millar (Wyndham's) Daniel Massey, Ciaran Madden, David Robb, Mark Johnson, Gordon Fleming, Terence Wilton, Philip Sayer, George Murcell, Peter Sergeant, John Warner, Valerie Minifie, Elspeth March, Jo Warne, Rosalind Atkinson, Anna Tunnard, Mary Ashton, Elizabeth Norman, William Redmond, David Ashford, Jennie Stoller, Ian Price; dir:Robin Phillips [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1971: THE FOURSOME - E A Whitehead (Fortune) Paul Angelis, James Hazeldine, Clare Sutcliffe, Sharon Duce; dir:Jonathan Hales [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1971: THE BUTTON - Ladislav Fialka (Sadler's Wells) Theatre on the Balustrade, Prague: Jiri Kaftan, Ivan Lukes, Richard Weber, Rudolf Papezik, Ladislav Fialka; dir:Ladislav Fialka [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, programme notes by Ladislav Fialka, synopsis of scenes, production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1971: TONIGHT AT 8 - Noel Coward (Fortune) Richard Cornish, Diana Beevers, George Camiller, Millicent Martin, Gary Bond, Joyce Grant, Alan MacNaughtan, Oliver Ford-Davies, Sally Home; dir:Gillian Lynne[20pp, 5.25x9; cast photos and biographies; VG] £3

1971: SLAG - David Hare (Royal Court) Lynn Redgrave, Anna Massey, Barbara Ferris; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [24pp, 5.25x9; cast photos and biographies; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1971: THE CHANGING ROOM - David Storey (Royal Court) Don McKillop, Brian Glover, John Price, David Hill, David Daker, Barry Keegan, Peter Schofield, Warren Clarke, Peter Childs, Alun Armstrong, John Rae, John Barrett, Matthew Guinness, Jim Norton, Edward Judd, Frank Mills, Paul Dawkins, Michael Elphick, Mark McManus, Edward Peel, Geoffrey Hinsliff, Brian Lawson; dir:Lindsay Anderson [32pp, 5.25x9; cast list, cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1971: THE CHANGING ROOM - David Storey (Globe) Don McKillop, Brian Glover, John Price, David Hill, David Daker, Barry Keegan, Peter Schofield, Warren Clarke, Peter Childs, Alun Armstrong, John Rae, John Barrett, Matthew Guinness, Jim Norton, Edward Judd, Frank Mills, Paul Dawkins, Michael Elphick, Mark McManus, Edward Peel, Geoffrey Hinsliff, Brian Lawson; dir:Lindsay Anderson [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1971: GETTING ON - Alan Bennett (Queen's) Kenneth More, Sebastian Graham-Jones, Gemma Jones, Brian Cox, Mona Washbourne, Keith Skinner, Edna Dore; dir:Patrick Garland [28pp, 5.25x9; photos; VG] £4

1971: NO SEX PLEASE - WE'RE BRITISH - Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot (Strand) Simon Williams, Linda Thorson, Evelyn Laye, Michael Crawford, Richard Caldicot, Gordon Whiting, David Shaw, Dennis Ramsden, Melanie Jane, Vikki Richards; dir:Allan Davies [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1971: NO SEX PLEASE - WE'RE BRITISH - Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot (Strand) Anthony Valentine, Linda Thorson, Evelyn Laye, Michael Crawford, Richard Caldicot, Gordon Whiting, David Shaw, Dennis Ramsden, Janet Mahoney, Vikki Richards; dir:Allan Davies [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1971: FORGET-ME-NOT LANE - Peter Nichols (Apollo) Anton Rodgers, Michael Bates, Ian Gelder, Joan Hickson, Malcolm McFee, Eddie Molloy, Stephanie Lawrence, Priscilla Morgan, Sandra Payne; dir:Michael Blakemore [20pp, 5.1x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, cast biographies with photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1971: KEAN - Jean Paul Sartre, adapted from the play by Alexandre Dumas, translated by Frank Hauser (Globe) Lisa Daniely, Peter Yapp, Keith Varnier, Maggie Jones, Frank Gatliff, Philip Voss (as The Prince of Wales), Alan Badel (as Edmund Kean), Ken Wynne, Felicity Kendal (as Anne Danby), Denis De Marne, William Ridoutt, Pamela Denton, Thomas Chesleigh, Eve Karpf, Roderick Horn, Johnny Clayton, Patrick Gibson, Peter Gregory, Anna Lieven; dir:Frank Hauser [24pp, 5.75x9; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £3

1971: BUTLEY - Simon Gray (Criterion) Alan Bates, Richard O'Callaghan, Colette O'Neil, Michael Byrne, George Fenton, Mary Wimbush; dir:Harold Pinter [28pp, 5.25x9; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4

1971: LUNCH HOUR - John Mortimer, and BLACK COMEDY - Peter Shaffer (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) Andree Melly, Barrie Cookson, Hazel Douglas, Terence Edmond, Carolyn Lyster, Anthony Woodruff, Michael Spice, Chris Barnes/Charles Waring; dir:Ted Craig [20pp, 6.5x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1971: HOME AND BEAUTY - W Somerset Maugham (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) June Barry, Julia Sutton, Anne Pearson, Sheila Keith, Charles Rea, David Morton, Tenniel Evans, Paula Tinker, Peggy Ann Wood, Lennard Perace, Barbara Atkinson, Charles Waring; dir:Robert Lang [20pp, 6.5x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1971: THE WIDOWING OF MRS HOLROYD - D H Lawrence (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) Moira Redmond, James Grant, Simon Read, Jane West, Julia Sutton, Pamela Cundell, Norman Jones, Peggy Ann Wood, Lennard Pearce, Charles Rea, Chris Barnes, Charles Waring; dir:Robert Cartland [20pp, 6.5x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1971: FORGET-ME-NOT LANE - Peter Nichols (Greenwich Theatre) Anton Rodgers, Michael Bates, Ian Gelder, Joan Hickson, Malcolm McFee, Eddie Molloy, Stephanie Lawrence, Priscilla Morgan, Sandra Payne; dir:Michael Blakemore [6pp triple-fold, 5.5x11.75; rumpled, else VG] £1

1971: THE GLASS MENAGERIE - Tennessee Williams (Greenwich Theatre) Helen Cherry, Ann Penfold, Bruce Myles, Steven Berkoff; dir:Alan Vaughan Williams [6pp triple-fold; 5.5x11.75] £1

Plays: 1972

1972 (29 Mch-22 Apr): FLIGHT - Mikhail Bulgakov, translated by Michael Glenny (Bristol Old Vic) Elizabeth Power (as Serafima Korzukhina), Tim Fearon (as Sergei Golubkov), Nicholas Loukes, Kenneth Shanley, Patrick Monckton, Roger Forbes, David Rome, Lee Montague (as General Charnota), Mel Martin, David Roper, Malcolm Stoddard, John Bennett (as General Khludov), Robert Lister, Timothy Kightley, David Rees Evans, Jan Austen, Charlotte Cornwell, Alison Hayward, David Neal, Michael Rothwell, Michael Barrington, Jill Baker, Paul Bedford, Jeff Cresswell, Graham Dimmock, Jeremy Gagan, Marc Sinden; dir:Val May [20pp, 5.9x8.25; British Premiere; cast list, some biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1972: LOOK BACK IN ANGER - John Osborne (Young Vic) Nicky Henson (as Jimmy Porter), Alun Lewis, Mel Martin (as Alison Porter), Lois Daine, Ian Taylor; dir:Bernard Goss [single sheet, 6.5x8; cast list, programme note, credits etc; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1972: THE ENTERTAINER - John Osborne (Leeds Playhouse) John Blythe, Vivienne Dixon, Lorraine Peters, Bryan Pringle (as Archie Rice), Gordon Kaye, Ewan Roberts, Richard Borthwick; dir:John Roche [16pp, 6x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; date on cover, else VG] £3

1972: A FLEA IN HER EAR - Georges Feydeau, translated by John Mortimer (Leeds Playhouse) Peter Bourke (as Camille Chandebise), Joanna Cooper, Terence Hillyer, Ian Barritt, Anna Palk, Avril Marsh (as Raymonde Chandebise), Christopher Crooks (as Victor Emmanuel Chandebise / Poche), Stuart McGugan, William Whymper, Maureen Darbyshire, Jack Carr, Roberta Grant, Trevor Kent, Roger Gartland; dir:David Carson [16pp, 6x8.25; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; date on cover, else VG] £3

1972: THE CARETAKER - Harold Pinter (Mermaid) John Hurt (as Mick), Jeremy Kemp (as Aston), Leonard Rossiter (as Davies); dir:Christopher Morahan [16pp, 5.7x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 6 rehearsal photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1972: THE GREAT NORTHERN WELLY BOOT SHOW - Tom Buchan and Billy Connolly (Young Vic) John Bett, John Buick, Juliet Cadzow, Doreen Cameron, Billy Connolly, Brandy Di Franck, Roy Hanlon, Lesley Mackie, Patrick Malahide, John Mulvaney, Roy Sampson, Kate Stark, Gavin Sutherland, John Yule; dir:Robin Lefevre [4pp cyclostyled sheet, 6.5x8; cast list, notes, credits etc.; rumpled] £1

1972: THE MIDDLE WATCH - Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall (Pitlochry Festival Theatre) Christopher Saul, Sarah Stephenson, Donald MacIver, Ian Lindsay, Sheila Brownrigg, Robert Aldous, Alec Heggie; dir:Christopher Denys [40pp; illustrated articles, cast photos and biographies; VG] £3

1972: UNDER MILK WOOD - Dylan Thomas (Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent) Janet Amsden, Peter Clough, John Darrell, Alan David, Brian Gwaspari, Mandy Jenner, Elizabeth Mansfield, David Miller, Terry Molloy, Susan Tracy, Graham Watkins, Roger Watkins, Theresa Watson; dir:Peter Cheeseman [4pp, 6x8.25; cast list, notes etc.; VG] £2

1972: TOAD OF TOAD HALL - A A Milne, from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Mercury Theatre, Colchester) William Maxwell, Barry McCarthy, Roger Forbes, John Harwood, Michael Attenborough (as a stoat, a rabbit and one half of a bargehorse), Celia Imrie (as a stoat and a fieldmouse), Monica Stewart; dir:David Buxton [16pp, 5.9x8.3x; cast list, synopsis of scenes, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1972: PRESENT LAUGHTER - Noel Coward (Worthing Connaught Theatre) Jennie Sayer, Cynthia Grenville, David Murch, Anthea Holloway, Rodney Diak, Susan Brown, Guy Siner, John Dommett, Barry Quin, Jane How, Phoebe Lucas; dir:Ted Craig [16pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1972: BLITHE SPIRIT - Noel Coward (Richmond Theatre) Christine Ozanne, Beth Ellis, Leonard Sachs (as Charles), Bill Wiesener, Daphne Rogers, Sheila Keith (as Madame Arcati), Amanda Barrie (as Elvira); dir:Patrick Tucker [16pp, 5.4x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, programme note, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1972: TO-NIGHT AT 8.30 - Noel Coward (Richmond Theatre) Leslie Crowther, Barbara Mitchell, Liz Edmiston, Joyce Fenby, Colin Heath, Geoffrey Russell, Diana Payan, Walter Plinge; dir:Salvin Stewart [16pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; date on cover (29-4-72), else VG] £3

1972: THE SECRETARY BIRD - William Douglas Home (King's Theatre, Southsea) Hubert Gregg, Delena Kidd, Joanna Henderson, Carol Passmore, Alex Davion; dir:Hubert Gregg [12pp; cast list, biographies etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1972: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Tennessee Williams (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Rosemary Leach (as Blanche DoBois), Joan Morrow, Richard Moore (as Stanley), Richard Simpson, Diana Waller, Andrew Burt, David Purcell, Lloyd McGuire, Isabelle Amyes, Tony Leary, Pamela Pitchford; dir:Stuart Mungall [16pp; cast list, notes etc.; VG] £4

1972 (8-19 Feb): THE ENTERTAINER - John Osborne (Swan Theatre, Worcester) Frank Ellis, Anna Nicholas, Jenny Burke, Chris Tranchell (as Archie Rice), Don Dryden, Richard Carrington, John Bleasdale, Norma Best; dir:Mick Hughes [12pp; cast list, notes etc.; VG] £4

1972 (12-29 April): BOX AND COX - John Maddison Morton, and THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND - Tom Stoppard (Swan Theatre, Worcester) Richard Carrington, Frank Ellis, Anna Nicholas, John Bleasdale, Chris Tranchell, Jenny Burke, Don Dryden, Alison Percy; dir:Mick Hughes [12pp; cast list, notes; VG] £4

1972: IN CAMERA - Jean Paul Sartre, and THE BROWNING VERSION - Terence Rattigan (Little Theatre, Bristol) Bristol Old Vic Company: Christopher Gable, June Barrie, Charlotte Cornwell, David Roper, Ronald Magill (as Andrew Crocker-Harris), Ronald Russell, Ian Gelder (as Taplow); dir:Robert English [20pp; cast list, programme notes etc.; VG] £4

1972: THE DIRTIEST SHOW IN TOWN - Tom Eyen (Duchess) Lisa Collings, Pippa de Gobeo, Libby Glenn, Peggy Ledger, Edwin Van Wyk, Jonathan Kramer, Steve Paterson, Keith Benedict, Rory McDonald, Felicity Lam, Kim Hall, Trevor Jones; dir:Tom Eyen [20pp, 5.25x9; biographies, photo, credits etc.; VG] £2

1972: BUTLEY - Simon Gray (Criterion) Richard Briers, Richard O'Callaghan, Brenda Cavendish, Mary Wimbush, Colette O'Neil, Michael Byrne, Steven St.John; dir:Harold Pinter [28pp, 5.25x9; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4

1972: . . . SUDDENLY AT HOME - Francis Durbridge (Fortune) Penelope Keith, Jennifer Daniel, Rula Lenska, Terence Longdon, Veronica Strong, Gerald Harper, Frederick Farley, John Horton; dir:Basil Coleman [32pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, 2 production photos etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1972: THE BEHEADING - Thomas Muschamp (Apollo) Ioan Meredith, John Moffatt, Virginia McKenna, Bernard Kay, Robert Lang; dir:Noel Willman [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1972: THE RUPERT SHOW - Ken Martyne (Victoria Palace) Diane Robillard, David Delve, Rosemary Faith, Anne Salingar, Howard Benbrook, Rita McKerrow, Godfrey Charles, Clive Bennett, Kalman Glass, Neville Ware, Reginald Jessup, Rob Stuart; dir:Ken Martyne [12pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1972: THE CHANGING ROOM - David Storey (Globe) Don McKillop, Brian Glover, Matthew Guinness, John Price, Jim Norton, David Hill, Edward Judd, David Daker, Frank Mills, Barry Keegan, Paul Dawkins, Peter Schofield, Warren Clarke, Michael Elphick, Peter Childs, Mark McManus, Alun Armstrong, Edward Peel, John Rae, Geoffrey Hinsliff, John Barrett, Brian Lawson; dir:Lindsay Anderson [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, rehearsal photographs, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1972: SLEUTH - Anthony Shaffer (St.Martin's) Marius Goring, John Fraser; dir:Clifford Williams [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1972: UNDER MILK WOOD - Dylan Thomas (Sadler's Wells) London Theatre Company: Glyn Houston, Richard Davies, David Jason, Windsor Davies, Nell Curran, Ruth Madoc; dir:Malcolm Taylor [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme note, credits etc.; INSCRIBED "To Kitty" by Richard Davies, Windsor Davies and Ruth Madoc; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1972: MY FAT FRIEND - Charles Laurence (Globe) John Harding, Kenneth Williams, Jennie Linden, Bernard Holley; dir:Eric Thompson [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, notes, biographies w.photos; VG] £4

1972: THE MAN MOST LIKELY TO ... - Joyce Rayburn (Duke of York's) Leslie Phillips, Vilma Hollingbery, Brian Kent, Gail Grainger, Timothy Block; dir:Leslie Phillips [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1972: THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR - Frank Harvey, based on a story by Thomas Hardy (Lyric) Duncan Lamont, Avice Landon, Deborah Kerr, Jiggy Bhore, Julia Foster, Paul Hastings; dir:Frith Banbury [20pp, 5.25x9; cast photos; VG] £3

1972: NOTES ON A LOVE AFFAIR - Frank Marcus (Globe) Irene Worth, Nigel Davenport, Julia Foster; dir:Robin Phillips [16pp, 5.25x9; cast photos; VG] £3

1972: WHEN WE ARE MARRIED - J B Priestley (Strand) Shirley Steedman, Michael Percival, Gretchen Franklyn, Jennifer Agnew, James Rowe, Fred Emney, William Moore, Freda Jackson, Frank Thornton, Hugh Paddick, Peggy Mount, Gwen Cherrell, Daphne Anderson, Brian Hewitt-Jones; dir:Robert Chetwyn [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1972: KABUKI (Sadler's Wells) Shochiku Company in Kanadehon and Sumidagawa [28pp, 5.25x9; photos, cast, synopses; w.ticket] £3

1972: ALPHA BETA - Ted Whitehead (Apollo) Albert Finney, Rachel Roberts; dir:Anthony Page [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1972: MOVE OVER MRS MARKHAM - Ray Cooney and John Chapman (Vaudeville) Moira Lister, David Collings, Susan Edmonstone, Diane Hart, Tony Britton, Terence Alexander, Bryan Coleman, Cicely Courtneidge, Ann Kennedy; dir:Ray Cooney [24pp, 5.25x9; 15 production photos; marks on cover, else VG] £3

1972: TIME AND TIME AGAIN - Alan Ayckbourn (Comedy) Tom Courtenay, Michael Robbins, Cheryl Kennedy, Bridget Turner, Barry Andrews; dir:Eric Thompson [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1972: CROWN MATRIMONIAL - Royce Ryton (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Joan Haythorne, Wendy Hiller, Barbara Atkinson, Leonard Cracknell, Peter Barkworth, Jane Wenham, Heather Kyd, Noel Johnson, Amanda Reiss, Andrew Ray; dir:Peter Dews [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1972: NO SEX PLEASE - WE'RE BRITISH - Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot (Strand) Simon Williams, Belinda Carroll, Evelyn Laye, David Jason, Richard Caldicot, Gordon Whiting, David Shaw, Dennis Ramsden, Melanie Jane, Vikki Richards; dir:Allan Davis [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; slightly grubby, else VG] £2

1972: I CLAUDIUS - John Mortimer and Robert Graves (Queen's) David Warner (as Claudius), Charles Lloyd Pack, Freda Jackson (as Livia), John Gregg, John Turner, Sean Roantree, David Foxxe, Yvette Vanson, Joolia Cappleman, Rosalind Ayres, Desmond Gill, Linda Liles, Warren Clarke (as Caligula), Henry Szeps, Sara Kestelman (as Messalina), Trevor T Smith, Peter Dennis, Geoffrey Bateman, Ioan Meredith, Ben Aris, Gerard Murphy, Stuart Mungall, Fiona Victory, Meg Clancy, Michael Hamilton; dir:Tony Richardson [24pp, 5.25x9; notes, photos; VG] £3

1972: VIVAT! VIVAT REGINA! - Robert Bolt (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) Sonia Graham, Anthony Woodruff, Bob Cartland, Helen Lindsay, Eric Woofe, Hugh Sullivan, Robert Murphy, William Ellis, Roy Purcell, Edward Brayshaw, Stanley Beard, David Warwick, Brian Spink, Eric Dodson, Brian Jameson, Christopher Strauli, Terry Wright, Edward Newman, Iain Sinclair, Kit Daniels, Charles Rea, Edward Lyon, Lilian Roughley, Celia Gilbert; dir:Geoffrey Edwards [20pp, 6.5x9; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1972: THE PRICE - Arthur Miller (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) Paul Maxwell, Patricia Donahue, George Pravda, Richard Easton; dir:Joan Kemp-Welch [20pp, 6.5x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1972: MAN AND SUPERMAN - Bernard Shaw (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) Patrick Mower (as John Tanner), Jennifer Hilary (as Anne Whitefield), John Gill, Adrian James, Bruce Bould, Paul Chapman, Hugh Sullivan, Jane Freeman, Audrey Noble, Jane Sandbrook, Mary Tamm; dir:Dustin Hughes [20pp, 6.5x8.75; cast list, synopsis of scenes, notes, 3 photos of other productions, biographies w.photos, credits, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1972: THREE MONTHS GONE (Liverpool Playhouse) Geraldine Newman, James Hazeldine, Robert Grange, June Watson, Anthony Baird, Geoffrey Bateman; dir:Ian McKellen [20pp, 7.25x9.75; 20+ cast and production team photos; unusual programme in the form of an "Album belonging to Anna Bowers", a character in the play; "Liverpool" written on cover, else VG] £4

1972: FIVE PROGRAMMES (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea)
Palace Theatre Company
21 Mch-1 Apr: PRIVATE LIVES - Noel Coward
18-29 Jul: SIGNPOST TO MURDER - Monte Doyle
11-23 Sep: DIAL "M" FOR MURDER - Frederick Knott
10-21 Oct: HADRIAN THE SEVENTH - Peter Luke
24 Oct-4 Nov: ON APPROVAL - Frederick Lonsdale
The company included Madeleine Mills, Paul Bacon, Bruce Bennett, Ann Hamilton, Suzanne Heath, Brendan Barry, Adrian Reynolds, Alan Leith, Chris Johnston, Virginia Balfour, Alastair Meldrum, Michael Rose, John Hughes, Joan Ogden, Bay White, Dick Sullivan, Cameron Miller, John Atterbury, Philip Lennard, Alan Haywood, Patrick Marley, Mary Mitchell, Gwynneth Powell, Brian Chase; dir:Tony Clayton [5 programmes, each 16pp, 5.5x8.5; cast lists, synopsis of scenes, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £4

Plays: 1973

1973 (31 Jul-11 Aug): SUDDENLY AT HOME - Francis Durbridge (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Palace Theatre Company: Muriel Barker, Lesley Grayburn, Kay Barlow, Alan Rothwell, Jenny Oulton, Roderick Horn, Tom Chatto, Ian Reid; dir:John Hughes [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, 9 company photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1973 (14-25 Aug): A THOUSAND CLOWNS - Herb Gardner (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Palace Theatre Company: Peter Adamson, David Parfitt, Iain Reid, Kay Barlow, Antony Higginson, John Hughes; dir:Leslie Lawton [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1973: FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS - Terence Rattigan (Young Vic) Jeremy James Taylor (as Kenneth Lake), Ian Charleson, Andrew Robertson (as Hon. Alan Howard), Joan Heal, Hugh Hastings, Gavin Reed, Mel Martin, Alun Lewis, Denise Coffey (as Jacqueline Maingot), Stephen Butler; dir:Frank Dunlop [single sheet, 6.5x8; cast list, programme note, credits etc; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1973: FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS - Terence Rattigan (Young Vic) Jeremy James Taylor (as Kenneth Lake), Ian Charleson (as Ian Charleson), Andrew Robertson (as Hon. Alan Howard), Michele Lebray, Hugh Hastings, Gavin Reed, Mel Martin, Alun Lewis, Denise Coffey (as Jacqueline Maingot), Stephen Butler; dir:Frank Dunlop [single sheet, 6.5x8; cast list, programme note, credits etc; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1973: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Tom Stoppard (Young Vic) Nicky Henson (as Rosencrantz), Andrew Robertson (as Guildenstern), Alun Lewis, Michael Scholes, Jeremy James-Taylor, Gavin Reed (as Player), Mel Martin, Ian Charleson (as Hamlet), Ian Taylor, Jenny Austen, Hugh Hastings; dir:Bernard Goss [single sheet, 6.5x8; cast list, programme note, credits etc; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1973: THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN - Peter Shaffer (Europalia, PSK-PBA ZAAL-SALLE O, Brussels) Prospect Theatre Company: Michael David, James Hunter, Trevor Martin, John Cording, Kit Jackson, Henry Szeps, David Mayberry, Tim Barker, Henry Moxon, Ronnie Stevens, Michael Perceval, Harold Innocent, Barry Warren, Rupert Frazer, John Bowe, Robert Swales, Robin Sachs, Jonathan Hyde, Frank Mughan, Timothy Davies, Jan Waters, Penelope Potter, Patricia Gerrard; dir:Toby Robertson, Eleanor Fazan [20pp, 5.5x7.25; cast list, note about Prospect Theatre Company, Prospect credits, 3 production photos, synopsis in Dutch and French, programme note in English etc.; VG] £4

1973: THE MERRY-GO-ROUND - D H Lawrence, adapted by Peter Gill (Europalia, Cultureel Centrum Ukkel, Brussels) English Stage Company: Ann Dyson, Mary Miller, Alec McCrindle, Derrick O'Connor, George Howe, Gabrielle Daye, David Daker, Marjorie Yates, Oliver Maguire, Susan Tracy, Georges Malpas, Margaret Lawley, Anthony Baird, Patricia Doyle, Michael Melia; dir:Peter Gill [20pp, 5.5x7.25; cast list, synopses in French, Dutch and English, 18 company photographs etc.; VG] £4

1973: LOOT - Joe Orton (Northcott Theatre, Exeter) David Peart, Janette Legge, Brian Capron, Nick Brimble, Bob Peck, Henry Hackett; dir:John Dove [6pp triple-fold; VG] £2

1973: HELLO AND GOODBYE - Athol Fugard (King's Head) Janet Suzman, Ben Kingsley; dir:Peter Stevenson [4pp, 5x8; VG] £1

1973: PUNCH & JUDY STORIES - David Fitzsimmons (The Howff, Regent's Park Road) Pauline Collins, Christine Hargreaves, John Alderton, Paul Angelis; dir:Jonathan Hales [4pp, 6.5x8; cast list, credits, biographies etc.; minor marks else VG] £1

1973: THE MERRY-GO-ROUND - D H Lawrence, adapted by Peter Gill (Royal Court) English Stage Company: Ann Dyson, Mary Miller, Alec McCrindle, Derrick O'Connor, George Howe, Gabrielle Daye, David Daker, Marjorie Yates, Oliver Maguire, Susan Tracy, Georges Malpas, Margaret Lawley, Anthony Baird, Patricia Doyle, Michael Melia; dir:Peter Gill [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, extensive illustrated articles about Lawrence, 20+ photos etc.; VG] £4

1973: JOHNNY BELINDA - Elmer Harris (Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham) Michael Sanderson, Richard Frost, Lynette Erving, Al Garcia, Adrian Pearson, Liz Norman, Adele Strong, Carole Boyd, Peggy Ashby, Frank Woodfield; dir:Christopher Dunham [16pp; cast list, biographies etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1973: MISALLIANCE - George Bernard Shaw (Mermaid) Matthew Long, Gareth Forwood, Delia Lindsay, Elizabeth Bradley, Anthony Sharp, Bill Fraser, Jeremy Child, Caroline Blakiston, John Tordoff; dir:Alan Strachan [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, credits, 9 photos of past Mermaid G B Shaw productions, production note, biography of G B Shaw, programme notes etc.; VG] £4

1973 (w/c 30 Jul): ALFIE - Bill Naughton (Wimbledon Theatre) Newpalm Productions: John Newman, Mary Mitchell, Daphne Palmer, David Hobbs, Vanda Godsell, John Dryden, Denis Huett, Patricia Leach, Sheila Walker, Michael Worsley, Philip Weston, Richard Seager; dir:John Newman and John Dryden [16pp, 5.5x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1973: ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR - Alan Ayckbourn (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Bridget Turner, Richard Briers, Michael Aldridge, Sheila Hancock, Anna Calder-Marshall, David Burke; dir:Eric Thompson [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1973: ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR - Alan Ayckbourn (Criterion) Bridget Turner, Richard Briers, Michael Aldridge, Sheila Hancock, Anna Calder-Marshall, David Burke; dir:Eric Thompson [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1973: AT THE END OF THE DAY - William Douglas Home (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford) David Swift, Georgine Anderson, McDonald Hobley, Nigel Williams, Dudley Owen, David Morton, Antony Webb, Jeremy Hawk, Geoffrey Wright, Marianne Morley; dir:Robert Chetwyn [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1973: THE COLLECTION and THE LOVER - Harold Pinter (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford) David Dodimead (as Harry), James Laurenson (as James; Richard), Jennifer Daniel (as Stella; Sarah), Christopher Gable (as Bill), Andrew Lord (as John); dir:Patrick Lau [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; with 4 newsclippings; VG] £4

1973: SLEUTH - Anthony Shaffer (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton) Robert Flemyng, Michael Billington; dir:Kathleen Hoggins [16pp; cast list, biographies; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1973: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton) Derek Bond, Miriam Karlin, Ray Lonnen, Paula Wilcox, Derek Seaton, Sue Nicholls; dir:Hugh Goldie [16pp; cast list, notes, biographies; light vertical bend, else VG] £4

1973: RELATIVE VALUES - Noel Coward (Westminster) John Stone, Heather Bell, Gwen Cherrell, Margaret Lockwood, Margaret Gibson, Brian Stanion, Derek Ensor, Kenneth Fortescue, Joyce Blair, Drewe Henley; dir:Charles Hickman [16pp; photos; minor marks on title page, else VG] £3

1973: THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT WENT TO SEE... - David Wood and Sheila Ruskin (Northcott Theatre, Exeter) Robert O'Mahoney (as the Owl), Margot Leicester (as the Pussycat), Peter Benson, Michael Burlington, Desmond Adams, Maggie Wilkinson, Derek Fuke, Bob Peck (as the Piggy Wiggy / the Turkey), Primula Cotton, Brian Protheroe, Brian Southwood; dir:Kevin Robinson [4pp, 5.25x8.75; VG] £1

1973: MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION - Bernard Shaw (Northcott Theatre, Exeter) Sarah Stephenson, Peter Benson, Ann Windsor (as Mrs Warren), Derek Fuke, Martin Duncan, Chris Winnera; dir:Rhys McConnochie [16pp, 5.25x8.75; cast list, illustrated articles, credits; VG] £2

1973: THE HOSTAGE - Brendan Behan (Northcott Theatre, Exeter) Bob Peck, Diana Rayworth, David Peart, Brian Capron, John Smith, James Warrior, Helen Brammer, Liz Payne, Janette Legge, Peter Benson, Janet Dale, John Hackett, Nick Brimble, John Caird, Kevin Robinson, John Dove; dir:Jane Howell [16pp, 5.25x8.75; cast list, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1973: JUDGE JEFFREYS - Chris Bond (Northcott Theatre, Exeter) Paul Jesson, Derek Fuke, David Howey, Peter Benson, Bob Peck, David Roper, Desmond Adams, Roy Heayberd, Martin Duncan, Chris Winnera, Margot Leicester, Geraldine Wright; dir:Chris Bond and Jane Howell [16pp, 5.25x8.75; cast list, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1973: ARMSTRONG'S LAST GOODNIGHT - John Arden (Northcott Theatre, Exeter) Martin Duncan, Peter Benson, Derek Fuke, Paul Jesson, David Howey, Bob Peck, David Roper, Desmond Adams, Primula Cotton, Margot Leicester, Joanna Tope; dir:John Dove and Rhys McConnochie [16pp, 5.25x8.75; cast list, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1973: PRIVATE LIVES - Noel Coward (Globe) Pinkie Johnstone, John Standing, Geoffrey Palmer, Jill Bennett, Veronica Nelson; dir:John Gielgud [16pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1973: THE FARM - David Storey (May Fair Theatre) Patricia Healy, Meg Davies, Prunella Gee, Bernard Lee, Doreen Mantle, Lewis Collins, Frank Grimes; dir:Lindsay Anderson [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, synopsis of scenes, 9 production and company photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1973: SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS - Tennessee Williams (Comedy) Elaine Stritch, Peter Jones, George Pravda, Edward Judd, Frances de la Tour, James Berwick, Tony Beckley, Eric Deacon, J M Bay; dir:Vivian Matalon [20pp, 5.5x9; cast list, biographies, 4 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1973: AT THE END OF THE DAY - William Douglas Home (Savoy) John Mills, Dulcie Gray, Michael Denison, Jack May, Ron Pember, David Bedard, Michael Fleming, Brian Tully, Simon Clarke, Jill Johnson, David Grieve; dir:Robert Chetwyn [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, 4 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1973: . . . SUDDENLY AT HOME - Francis Durbridge (Fortune) Lesley Goldie, Harriet Philpin, Moira Foot, Terence Longdon, Annette Andre, Simon Oates, Frederick Farley, Richard Poore; dir:Basil Coleman [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, 4 production photos etc.; VG] £3

1973: A PRIVATE MATTER - Ronald Mavor (Vaudeville) Derek Fowlds, Peter Cellier, Dorothy Reynolds, Alastair Sim; dir:Ian McKellen [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1973: DEAR BRUTUS - J M Barrie (Oxford Playhouse) Helen Cotterill, Gwen Nelson, Barbara Jefford, Sheila Ballantine, George Selway, Richard Goolden, Donald Layne-Smith, Philip Voss, John Turner; dir:Edgar Wreford [24pp, 7.25x9.75; cast photos and biographies; illustrated history of the Oxford Playhouse company, illustrated articles; minor marks, else VG] £4

1973 (Aug-Sep): EXIT PURSUED BY A BEAR - Stephen Wyatt (Transport Hall, Edinburgh) Cambridge University Theatre Company: Griff Rhys Jones, Clive Wouters, Robert Benton, Steven Pimlott, Mary Allen, Pam Scobie; dir:Andrew Wickes [10pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, credits, biographies, extensive details of the Cambridge University Theatre Company's 1973 Edinburgh Fringe Season (which included HOLDERLIN, THE MEASURES TAKEN, the FOOTLIGHTS REVUE, and THE SOMETHING SHOW), performance schedule, How To Get There w.map, Booking Information etc.; VG] £3

Plays: 1974

1974 (11-22 Jun): LLOYD GEORGE KNEW MY FATHER - William Douglas Home (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Robert Fyfe, Brian Oulton, Alan Bennion, Muriel Barker, Lesley Grayburn, Michael Boothe, Alan Halley; dir:Leslie Lawton [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1974 (25 Jun-6 Jul): SPIDER'S WEB - Agatha Christie (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Anthony Howard, Robert Fyfe, Michael Boothe, Elizabeth Larner, Lesley Grayburn, Jeanne Mockford, Muriel Barker, John Peel, Rodney Diak, Alan Halley, David Beckett; dir:Roy Patrick [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1974 (9-20 Jul): SPRING AND PORT WINE - Bill Naughton (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Anthea Holloway, Caroline Harris, Muriel Barker, Brian Honeyball, David Beckett, Lesley Grayburn, John Hughes, Alan Halley; dir:Leslie Lawton [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, brief company biographies w.photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1974 (23 Jul-3 Aug): THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR - Frank Harvey, from On the Western Circuit by Thomas Hardy (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Irene Sutcliffe, Alan Bennion, Anthea Holloway, Susan Macready, Simon Brent, Lesley Grayburn; dir:Leslie Lawton [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1974 (6-17 Aug): MY FAT FRIEND - Charles Laurence (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) David Beckett, David Kelsey, Jenny Oulton, John Peel; dir:Edgar Metcalfe [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1974 (20-31 Aug): FOLLOW THAT HUSBAND - Barry Creyton (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Georgine Anderson, John Hughes, Jenny Tarren, John Hughes, Sheila Keith, Eileen Page, Sheila Mathews, Barry J Gordon, John Peel, Roger Ostime, Cameron Miller; dir:Leslie Lawton [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1974 (3-14 Sep): NIGHT WATCH - Lucille Fletcher (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Jenny Oulton, Simon Brent, Jenny Tarren, Sean Baker, John Bromley, Ann Kennedy, Roger Ostime, Eileen Page, John Peel; dir:Brian Howard [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1974 (15-26 Oct): CANDIDA - George Bernard Shaw (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Lesley Grayburn, Michael Elwyn, Sean Baker, Michael Cotterill, Anne Stallybrass, Peter Duncan; dir:Leslie Lawton [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1974: NOT I - Samuel Beckett, and STATEMENTS AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT - Athol Fugard (Royal Court) Ben Kingsley, Yvonne Bryceland, Wilson Dunster, Billie Whitelaw, Melvyn Hastings; dir:Athol Fugard and John Barlow (Statements), Anthony Page (Not I) [20pp, 5.25x8.75; cast list, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1974: PLAY MAS - Mustapha Matura (Royal Court) Stefan Kalipha, Rudolph Walker, Mercia Mansfield, Norman Beaton, Charles Pemberton, Tommy Eytle, Lucita Lijertwood, Frank Singuineau, Robert La Bassiere, Trevor Thomas, Mona Hammond, Ed Bishop, Paul Anil, Corinne Skinner-Carter; dir:Donald Howarth [24pp, 5.3x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, 6 rehearsal photos, credits etc; VG] £4

1974: DICK DETERRED: A Watergate Musical - David Edgar (Terrace Theatre, ICA Nash House, The Mall) Brian McDermott, Harry Ditson, Gregory Floy, John Grillo, Robert Bridges, Deborah Grant, Sharon Adair; dir:Michael Wearing [6pp, 5.3x8 triplefold; cast list, biographies, credits etc; VG] £4

1974: CHEZ NOUS - Peter Nichols (Globe) Denholm Elliott, Albert Finney, Geraldine McEwan, Pat Heywood, Denis Carey, Beth Porter, Glenn Back; dir:Robert Chetwyn [20pp, 5.3x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc; VG] £4

1974: SOMETHING'S BURNING - Ronald Eyre (Mermaid) Christopher Ravenscroft, Bill Fraser, Carol Gillies, Peter Copley, Bernard Lloyd, Penelope Wilton, Anthony Haygarth, Nicholas Llewellyn, Glyn Jones; dir:Ronald Eyre and Euan Smith [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, 5 rehearsal photos, credits; VG] £4

1974 (4-22 Jun): GASLIGHT - Patrick Hamilton (Yvonne Arnaud) Vivien Merchant, Julian Glover, David Swift, Susan Littler, Bay White, Nigel Hamilton, Michael Cullen; dir:Patrick Lau [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1974: THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW - D H Lawrence (Leeds Playhouse) Harriet Reynolds, Philip Wilde, Vanessa Rosenthal, Elizabeth Bennett, Christopher Crooks, Peter Bourke, Robin Soans; dir:David Carson [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1974: SAY GOODNIGHT TO GRANDMA - Colin Welland (Leeds Playhouse) Madge Ryan, Elizabeth Bennett, Colin Welland, Christopher Crooks, Doreen Keogh, Patrick Durkin, Duggie Brown, Ian Barritt, William Whymper; dir:David Carson [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1974: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Edward Albee (Leeds Playhouse) Miriam Karlin, Bernard Horsfall, Nicky Guadagni, Sam Daster; dir:John Fernald [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, programme notes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1974: FALLEN ANGELS - Noel Coward (Watford Palace Theatre) Penelope Keith, Roger Hammond, Rose Hill, Eric Dodson, Fenella Fielding, Howard Southern; dir:Kim Grant [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; w.two photos of original production; VG] £3

1974: NOT IN THE BOOK - Arthur Watykn (Arts Theatre, Cambridge) Avril Angers, Robin Hawdon, Richard Burke, Ivor Salter, Wilfrid Hyde White, Sydney Tafler, Richard Murdoch, Brian Tully; dir:David Poulson [16pp, 5.8x8.3; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1974: THE PHILANTHROPIST - Christopher Hampton (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) George Cole, Timothy Carlton, Rod Coton, Carole Mowlam, Terence Bayler, Bridget McConnel, Anna Lieven; dir:Robert Kidd [16pp, 5.8x8.3; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1974: THE FIRST MRS. FRASER - St John Ervine (York Theatre Royal) Stephen Jenn, Muriel Barker, Rex Robinson, Renee Asherson, Peter Cochran, Kit Thacker, Joanna Cooper, Susan Edmonstone; dir:Richard Digby Day [20pp, 5.8x8.3; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, minor edge damage, else VG] £2

1974: WINNIE-THE-POOH - A A Milne, music by H Fraser-Simson, adapted by Julian Slade (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) Susan Thomas, Christopher Biggins, Ian Judge, David Glover, Liz Moscrop, Lennard Pearce, Jean Fergusson, Sarah Ross, Peter Landon, Lewis Barber, Allison Fontaine, Adrian Truscott, Jini Steel; dir:Veronica Flint-Shipman [16pp, 5.8x8.3; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 2 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1974: LLOYD GEORGE KNEW MY FATHER - William Douglas Home (Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne) Brendan Barry, Jean Ainslie, Chris Winnera, Suzanne Jefferies, Sarah Simmons, Martin Collins, Alan Clements, Edward Halsted; dir:Roy Patrick [12pp, 5.6x8.5; cast list, biographies (w.photos); light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1974: ALFIE - Bill Naughton (Swan Theatre, Worcester) Martin Bendel (as Alfie), Christine Wargent, Elaine Thompson, David Bailey, Joan Chambers, John Tolputt, Frank Welbourne, Jos Carr, Ginnie Hole, Anna Holland, David Knapman, Rene Chester, Polly Watson, Roger Sprang, Ann Pye, John Francis, Iris Dukes, Mike Richardson, Gael Turnbull; dir:John A Cooper [12pp, 5.9x8.4; cast list, notes; VG] £3

1974: SEE HOW THEY RUN! - Philip King (Swan Theatre, Worcester) Tricia George, Annette Kerr, Brett Usher (as Lionel Toop), Hilary Labow, Michael Cadman, Colin Thatcher, Dallas Cavell, Brian Carroll, Jonathan Holt; dir:Michael Winter and Gilbert Vernon [12pp; cast list, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1974: HAPPY AS A SANDBAG and LEAVE HIM TO HEAVEN - Ken Lee (Leicester Haymarket) Linal Haft, Lesley Duff, Darryl Kavann, Brian Protheroe; dir:Philip Hedley and Rhys McConnochie [28pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, good articles, credits etc.; rumpled, else VG] £2

1974 (5-23 Nov): DANGEROUS CORNER - J B Priestley (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford) Rachel Gurney, Claire Davenport, Linda Cunningham, Barbara Jefford, Gerald Flood, Christopher Good, Alan White; dir:Joan Kemp-Welch [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1974: RELATIVELY SPEAKING - Alan Ayckbourn (Wimbledon Theatre) Simon Williams, Lucy Fleming, Moray Watson, Dora Bryan; dir:Roy Patrick [16pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1974: COUNT DRACULA - Ted Tiller (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Patricia Kerry, Alastair Meldrum, Henry Knowles, Hywel David, Bill Bradley, Jeremy Browne, Sherrie Hewson, William Wilde (as Count Dracula), James Irwin (as Heinrich Van Helsing); dir:Malcolm Farquhar [20pp, 6x8.5; cast list, notes, biographies; VG] £4

1974: THE THINGUMMYBOB (That's Going To Win The War) - Stephen Fagan (Birmingham Rep) Sebastian Breaks, Simon Cadell, Cheryl Campbell, Betty Emery, Norman Ettlinger, Edwina Ford, Jean Heywood, Reginald Jessop, Terry Molly, Jacqueline Morgan, Jon Rollason, Clare Sutcliffe; dir:Christopher Honer [20pp, 6.5x8.5; cast list, programme notes, 6 period photos, extracts from interviews used for this verbatim play, company photos, credits; VG] £4

1974: TIME AND TIME AGAIN - Alan Ayckbourn (Century Theatre, Keswick) Ginni Barlow, Alan Lyddiard, Wendy Brierley, Tony Roper; dir:John Ridley [8pp, 5.5x8.65; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; minor marks, else VG] £2

1974: THERE GOES THE BRIDE - Ray Cooney and John Chapman (Criterion) Jane Downs, Marguerite Hardiman, Geoffrey Sumner, Terence Alexander, Bernard Cribbins, Peggy Mount, Trudi Van Doorn, Bill Pertwee; dir:Jan Butlin [20pp, 5.25x8.75; cast list, biographies, two production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1974: SLEUTH - Anthony Shaffer (Fortune) Raymond Westwell, Gary Waldhorn; dir:Clifford Williams [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, 5 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1974: THE NORMAN CONQUESTS - Alan Ayckbourn (Globe) Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Penelope Keith, Felicity Kendal, Mark Kingston, Bridget Turner; dir:Eric Thompson [24pp, 5.25x8.75; 5 production photos; VG] £4

1974: THE NORMAN CONQUESTS - Alan Ayckbourn (Globe) Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Penelope Keith, Felicity Kendal, Mark Kingston, Penelope Wilton (for Bridget Turner); dir:Eric Thompson [24pp, 5.25x8.75; substitute slip; 5 production photos; VG] £4

1974: NO SEX PLEASE - WE'RE BRITISH - Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot (Strand) Alister Cameron, Liza Goddard, Maureen O'Sullivan, Derek Royle, Richard Caldicot, Gordon Whiting, Roy Jameson, Arthur Howard, Sally Harrison, Vikki Richards; dir:Allan Davis [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits, 4 production photos etc.; two tickets (9 Feb) stapled in, else VG] £4

1974: SNAP! - Charles Laurence (Vaudeville) Geoffrey Palmer, Adrienne Corri, Tony Beckley, Belinda Low, Jack Le White, Tom Marshall, Jane Briers, Bill McGuirk, Elspeth March, Tukka (as Bernadette); dir:William Gaskill [28pp, 5.25x9; 8 production photos, biographies; small scuff on cover, minor marks, else VG] £3

1974: PYGMALION - Bernard Shaw (Albery) Sarah Atkinson, Margaret Ward, Dennis Handby, Anthony Naylor, Diana Rigg (as Eliza Doolittle), Jack May, Alec McCowen (as Professor Higgins), Simon MacCorkindale, Fred Bryant, John Church, Joyce Donaldson, Jack Eden, Tony Leary, Angela Wallbank, Jeremy Wallis, Hilda Fenemore, Bob Hoskins (as Alfred Doolittle), Ellen Pollock (as Mrs Higgins), Melanie Peck; dir:John Dexter [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1974: JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, RINGO ... AND BERT - Willy Russell (Lyric) Antony Sher (as Ringo Starr), Bernard Hill (as John Lennon), Trevor Eve (as Paul McCartney), Phillip Joseph (as George Harrison), George Costigan (as Bert), Robin Hooper (as Brian Epstein), Elizabeth Estensen, Barbara Dickson; dir:Alan Dossor [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, photos, production photo, credits etc.; VG] £4

1974: ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR - Alan Ayckbourn (Criterion) Bridget Turner, Richard Briers, Michael Aldridge, Sheila Hancock, Anna Calder-Marshall, David Burke; dir:Eric Thompson [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; w.3 tickets (27 Mch '74); VG] £4

1974: ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR - Alan Ayckbourn (Criterion) Angela Scoular, Peter Blythe, Paul Eddington, Fenella Fielding, Marty Cruickshank, Paul Shelley; original production by Eric Thompson, dir:Sam Walters [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, 7 production photos, credits etc.; cover slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1974: ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR - Alan Ayckbourn (Vaudeville) Angela Scoular, Peter Blythe, Paul Eddington, Fenella Fielding, Marty Cruickshank, Paul Shelley; original production by Eric Thompson, dir:Sam Walters [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, 7 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1974: KNUCKLE - David Hare (Comedy) Edward Fox, Leonard Kavanagh, Kate Nelligan, Shelagh Fraser, Douglas Wilmer, David Janes, Malcolm Storry, Stephen Gordon; dir:Michael Blakemore [20pp, 5.25x8.9; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1974: THE WALTZ OF THE TOREADORS - Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Trevor Howard, Coral Browne, Ian Ogilvy, Penny Casdagli, Sally-Jane Spencer, Hugh Sullivan, Zena Walker, Sylvia Barter, Charlotte Howard, Philip Anthony, Veronica Sowerby; dir:Peter Dews [20pp, 5.25x8.9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1974: THE GOLDEN PATHWAY ANNUAL - John Harding and John Burrows (May Fair Theatre) John Harding, John Burrows, Maggie McCarthy, Mark Wing-Davey; dir:Ed Thomason [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 25 company photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1974: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Tennessee Williams (Piccadilly) Louise Nelson, Meg Davies, Martin Shaw (as Stanley Kowalski), Morag Hood (as Stella), Bryan Stanion, Joss Ackland (as Harold), Ann Tirard, Claire Bloom (as Blanche Dubois), Tony Sibbald, Kim Fortune, Elspeth MacNaughton, Rod Beacham; dir:Edwin Sherin [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, 6 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1974: BLOOMSBURY - Peter Luke (Phoenix) Yvonne Mitchell (as Virginia Woolf), Moyra Fraser (as Lady Ottoline Morrell), Richard Kane, Penelope Wilton (as Dora Carrington), John Hart Dyke, Daniel Massey (as Lytton Strachey), Christopher Gray, Brandon Brady, Clive Francis, Gil Sutherland, Irene Bradshaw, Simon Jones, Henry Moxon, Ernest Hare, Daphne Newton, Helen Bourne, Roger Davenport, Sara Van Beers; dir:Richard Cottrell [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, 7 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1974: TOAD OF TOAD HALL - A A Milne, from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Tracy Gilpin, Joan Morrow, Richard Goolden (as Mole), Richard Cornish (as Water Rat), David King (as Badger), Martin Friend (as Toad), John Green, Stuart Cankett, Hugh Ross (as Chief Weasel), Jonathan Blake, Frank Vincent, Jane Cussons, Pat Forbes, Alec Bregonzi, Guy Siner, Olivia Munday, Gillian Jason, Julia Hand, Jean Gilbert, Nadine Hanwell, Colette Kelly, Christine Schofield, David Finlayson; dir:Peter Watson [12pp, 5.25x8.75; 5 charming line drawings, production photo, biographies etc.; VG] £4

1974: MY FAT FRIEND - Charles Laurence (Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York) John Lithgow, George Rose, Lynn Redgrave, James Ray Weeks [32pp, 5.6x9 Playbill Programme (Vol 11 October 1974) ; cast photos and biographies; slight spotting, slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1974: THE FANTASTICAL FEATS OF FINN MACCOOL - Sean McCarthy (Haymarket Ice Rink, Edinburgh) Young Lyceum Company of Edinburgh: Ron Bain, John Bett, Kevin Costello, Dermot Crowley, Jeananne Crowley, Jeni Giffen, Michael Harrigan, Tony Haygarth (as Finn), Hamish Imlach, Dolina Maclennan, Patrick Malahide, Alex Norton, Bill Paterson, Tony Rohr, Muriel Romanes, Julian Tew, Jan Wilson; Music composed and played by Planxty; dir:Ian Ireland [12pp, 4x10; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1974: THE ICEMAN COMETH - Eugene O'Neill (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh) J G Devlin (as Harry Hope), Godfrey Quigley, Kevin Flood, James Grant, Oscar James, Leonard Maguire, James Cairncross, John Grieve, Henry Woolf, Niall Tobin, Alec Heggie, Paul Young, Clare Richards, Susan Carpenter, Muriel Romanes, Brian Croucher, Ian Bannen (as Hickey), Roland Oliver, Benny Young; dir:Bill Bryden [16pp, 8x10 w.decorative card cover; cast list, synopsis of scenes, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1974: THE NORMAN CONQUESTS: Table Manners, Living Together, and Round And Round the Garden - Alan Ayckbourn (Greenwich Theatre) Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Penelope Keith, Felicity Kendall, Mark Kingston, Penelope Wilton; dir:Eric Thompson [12pp, 8.25x11.75; Greenwich Theatre Cue Magazine No.19 (May/June 1974); cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, articles, theatre notes etc.; with 9 contemporary newsclippings; rumpled, else VG] £5

1974: MARCHING SONG - John Whiting (Greenwich Theatre) Gordon Tanner, Cleo Sylvestre, Edmond Bennett, Lewis Stringer, Gwen Watford, Kenneth Haigh, John Welsh, Daniel Gerroll; dir:Ewan Hooper [8pp, 8.25x11.75; Greenwich Theatre Cue Magazine No.21 (Oct/Nov 1974); cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, articles etc.; light horizontal bend, else VG] £4

1974: THE ENTERTAINER - John Osborne (Greenwich Theatre) John Kidd, Angela Pleasence, Constance Chapman, Max Wall, Kenneth Cranham, Sue Johns, Lewis Stringer, James Woolley; dir:John Osborne [8pp, 8.25x11.75; Greenwich Theatre Cue Magazine No.22 (Nov/Dec 1974); cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, articles etc.; rumpled, folds, else VG] £4

Plays: 1975

1975: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Tennessee Williams (Liverpool Playhouse) Muriel Barker, Tom Chadbon (as Stanley), Jenny Oulton (as Stella), Edward Arthur, Philip Guard, Natasha Parry (as Blanche Dubois), David Warwick, Martin Anthony, Gwenda Hughes, David Beckett; dir:David Kelsey [16pp, 7.25x9.75; cast photos and biographies, notes, articles etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1975 (21 Jan-1 Feb): MOVE OVER, MRS MARKHAM - Ray Cooney and John Chapman (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Patricia Denys, Simon Brent, Pamela Blackwood, Jenny Oulton, Michael Cotterill, John Hart Dyke, Alan Halley, Kathleen Worth, Jenny Tarren; dir:Christopher Dunham [20pp, 5.9x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1975 (22 Jul-2 Aug): GASLIGHT - Patrick Hamilton (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Delena Kidd, Peter Laird, Robin Wentworth, Peggy Aitchison, Lesley Grayburn, Wyn Jones, Martin Anthony; dir:Christopher Dunham [20pp, 5.9x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1975: RIGHT YOU ARE! (IF YOU THINK SO) - Luigi Pirandello (Embassy) Leonard Preston, Nicolette Wilton, Christina Nagy, Michael Fenner, Derek Hewitson, Judi Maynard, Nancy Diuguid, Philip Sully, Angela Dove, Richard Walker, Simon Chandler, Selina Cadell, Kevin Whately, Donna Champ, Fiona Mollison, Carina Wyeth; dir:Tony Craven [8pp, 6.6x8.1; cast list, credits etc; minor marks, rslightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1975: BLITHE SPIRIT - Noel Coward (Embassy) Judi Maynard, Clare Howard, Philip Sully (as Charles Condomine), Tim Hughes, Nancy Diuguid, Selina Cadell (as Madam Arcati), Christina Nagy; dir:John Jones [8pp, 6.6x8.1; cast list, credits etc; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1975: THE MATCHMAKER - Thornton Wilder (Embassy) Tim Hughes (as Horace Vandergelder), Michael Fenner, Leonard Preston, Selina Cadell (as Gertrude), Richard Walker, Angela Dove, Derek Hewitson, Nancy Diuguid (as Mrs Dolly Levi), Tony Brooks, Fiona Mollison, Carina Wyeth, Philip Sully, Kevin Whately (as Cabman), Adrian van der Bok, Janet Behan, Judi Maynard; dir:Ann Stutfield [8pp, 6.6x8.1; cast list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1975: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW - Joe Orton (Royal Court) Michael Medwin (as Dr Prentice), Jane Carr, Betty Marsden (as Mrs Prentice), Kevin Lloyd, Valentine Dyall (as Dr Rance), Brian Glover; dir:Lindsay Anderson [28pp, 5.25x8.9; cast list, cast biographies, extensive entries from Joe Orton's diary, 2 photos of Joe Orton, 7 rehearsal photos, Royal Court Album - 14 photos taken by Lindsay Anderson etc.; full of interest; VG] £4

1975: HARVEY - Mary Chase (Prince of Wales) Sarah Atkinson, Mona Washbourne, James Stewart (as Elwood P Dowd), Margaret Lawley, Margot Boyd, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Brian Coburn, Bob Sherman, Geoffrey Lumsden, Chili Bouchier, John Kidd, Charles Farrell; dir:Anthony Quayle [20pp, 5x8.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1975: THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA - Bernard Shaw (Mermaid) Simon Callow (as Redpenny), Ruby Head, Derek Godfrey (as Sir Colenso Ridgeon), Tony Jay, Frank Thornton, Nigel Hawthorne, James Villiers, James Cairncross, Lynn Farleigh (as Jennifer Dubedat), Ken Cranham (as Louis Dubedat), Jenny Cryst, Kenneth MacGarvie, Trevor T Smith, Richard Wardale; dir:Robert Chetwyn [6pp, 4.5x8 triple-fold; cast list, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1975: ON THE ROCKS - Bernard Shaw (Mermaid) Stephen Murray (as Sir Arthur Chavender), Gillian Raine, Godfrey Jackman, Henrietta Baynes, Elizabeth Tyrrell, David Timson, Fred Bryant, Janet Chappell, Geoffrey Freshwater, Jim McManus, Bernard Miles (as Mr Hipney), Carmen Silvera (as The Lady), Tony Jay (as Sir Dexter Rightside), Norman Pitt, David Butler, Renu Setna (as Sir Jafna Pandranath), David Bird; dir:Bernard Miles [6pp, 4.5x8 triple-fold; cast list, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1975: RAINDOG - Stomu Yamashta (Roundhouse, London) Red Buddha Theatre: Akiko Komaki, Andrew Bradford, Kuniyuki Oghari, David Yip [24pp, 8.1x5.9; cast list, synopsis, biographies w.photos, production photos, credits; VG] £2

1975: SAINT JOAN - Bernard Shaw (Leeds Playhouse) Drewe Henley, Michael Shallard, Linda Gardner (as Joan), John Rainer, Rowland Davies, Michael Carter, James Snell, Tim Barlow, Richard Kay (as Charles, the Dauphin), Vanessa Rosenthal, Amanda Jessel, Tim Hardy, Michael Latimer (as Warwick), Ian Burford, Richard Durden, Brett Usher (as The Inquisitor), Russell Mitchell, David Llewellyn, Chris Molyneux, Peter Thurman; dir:John Harrison [20pp, 8.1x5.9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1975: HOBSON'S CHOICE - Harold Brighouse (Bristol Old Vic) Kim Hartman, Isla Blair (as Maggie), Judith Coke, Roger Davidson, Roger Hume (as Hobson), Audrey Noble, Timothy Kightley, Michael Rothwell (as William Mossop), Jeremy Truelove, Sheridan Fitzgerald, Jonathan Darvill, Paul Imbusch; dir:David Phethean [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, 12 cast photos, notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1975: ROGER'S LAST STAND - Dimitri Frenkel Frank, adapted by Peter Thwaites (Duke of York's) Leslie Phillips, Roy Kinnear, Elspet Gray, Anna Dawson, Barry Creyton; dir:Charles Ross [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, 9 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1975: SPOKESONG, or The Common Wheel - Stewart Parker (King's Head) Robert Bridges, Niall Buggy, Valerie Hermanni, Annabel Leventon, Don Maciver, Patrick Waldron; dir:Robert Gillespie [8pp; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1975: TONIGHT AT 8.00 - Noel Coward (Watford Palace) Peter John, Kate Williams, Colin Edwynn, Eric Dodson, Elizabeth Tyrrell, Michael Troughton, Martin Duncan, Anita Dobson; dir:Stephen Hollis [16pp; photos; VG] £2

1975 (13-23 Aug): THE DRAGON VARIATION - Robert King (Swan Theatre, Worcester) Marcia Ashton, David Beale, Fernanda Marlowe, Keith Bartlett; dir:Michael Winter [16pp; cast list, notes, biographies; VG] £3

1975: FIVE FINGER EXERCISE - Peter Shaffer (Harlow Playhouse) Patricia Lawrence, Jeff Rawle, John Paul, Lynn Smith, Hywel Bennett; dir:John Dryden [16pp; biographies, notes; VG] £2

1975: THE ECSTASY OF RITA JOE - George Ryga (Hampstead Theatre) Donald Burton, Jon Croft, Frederick Farley, Don Fellows, Barry J Gordon, Bernard Lloyd, Chare Richards, Toby Robins, Emma Shaw, Eileen Way, Martin Bax, Nicol Gordon, Ray Jewers, Christopher Molloy, Geronimo Sehmi; dir:Nicholas Renton [16pp, 5.8x8.4; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1975: GHOSTS - Wolfgang Bauer (Hampstead Theatre Club) John McEnery, John Shrapnel, Lynda Marchal, Pamela Moiseiwitsch, Carol Drinkwater, Toby Salaman, Liz Edmiston, Anthony Nash; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1975: A MAN'S A MAN - Bertold Brecht (Hampstead Theatre) Foco Novo production: Jestyn Phillips, Peter Marinker, Stefan Kalipha, Tricia Thorns, Terry Jackson, Hans Brown, Sheila Reid; dir:Roland Rees [16pp; cast and production photos; minor marks, else VG] £3

1975: DEAR JANET ROSENBERG, DEAR MR KOONING - Stanley Eveling (Hampstead Theatre Club) Anna Calder-Marshall, Freddie Jones; dir:Jon Amiel [16pp; cast photos; slightly rumpled, minor marks, else VG] £2

1975: LITTLE RED HEN - John McGrath (Tour) 7:84 Theatre Company: Dave Anderson, Nadia Arthur, John Bett, John McGrath, Elizabeth MacLennan, William Riddoch [12pp; VG] £2

1975: LIES! - Trevor Baxter (Albery) Simon Cadell, Wendy Hiller, Michael Aldridge, Sandor Eles, Joyce Donaldson; dir:David Giles [16pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1975: ALPHABETICAL ORDER - Michael Frayn (MayFair Theatre) Barbara Ferris, A J Brown, James Cossins, Dinsdale Landen, Billie Whitelaw, June Ellis, Bernard Gallagher; dir:Michael Blakemore [24pp, 5.25x8.5; 8 production photos; VG] £4

1975: DOUBLE EDGE - Leslie Darbon and Peter Whelan (Vaudeville) Margaret Lockwood, Barrie Ingham, Paul Daneman [24pp; photos] £2

1975 (Dec): OTHERWISE ENGAGED - Simon Gray (Queen's) Alan Bates, Ian Charleson, Nigel Hawthorne, Julian Glover, Jacqueline Pearce, Benjamin Whitrow, Mary Miller; dir:Harold Pinter [20pp, 5.2x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1975: ABSENT FRIENDS - Alan Ayckbourn (Garrick) Cheryl Kennedy, Pat Heywood, Phyllida Law, Peter Bowles, Ray Brooks, Richard Briers; dir:Eric Thompson [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1975: MOVE OVER MRS MARKHAM - Ray Cooney and John Chapman (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Beth Ellis, Christopher Douglas, Marjorie Bland, Joyce Cummings, Malcolm Farquhar, James Irwin, Henry Knowles, Cicely Courtneidge, Valerie Holliman; dir:Malcolm Farquhar [20pp; cast list, notes; VG] £3

1975: MY FAT FRIEND - Charles Laurence (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Cardew Robinson, Pauline Taylor, David Harvey, Tim Hughes; dir:Malcolm Farquhar [20pp; cast list, notes, biographies; VG] £3

1975: THE CASE IN QUESTION - Ronald Millar (Haymarket) John Clements, Zena Walker, Margaret Courtenay, Peter Cellier, Donald Pickering, Simon Cadell, Brian Hayes, Charles Lloyd Pack; dir:John Clements [20pp, 5.25x8.75; cast photos; VG] £3

1975: THURBER - William Windom (New London Theatre) William Windom [20pp, 5.25x8.75; order of events, programme notes, biography w.photo, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1975: THE MOUSETRAP - Agatha Christie (St.Martin's) Mary Law, Brian Spink, Mark Christon, Mary Hignett, Geoffrey Colville, Jane Nelson-Peebles, Alan Gerrard, Brian McDermott; dir:Joan Knight [28pp, 5.25x8.75; cast list, biographies w.cast and production photos, credits etc.; marks on cast page, else VG] £2

1975: THE NORMAN CONQUESTS - Alan Ayckbourn (Globe) Ronald Pickup, Julian Holloway, Sheila Ballantine, Brigit Forsyth, Ivor Danvers, Julia McKenzie; dir:Eric Thompson [20pp, 5.25x8.75; cast list, biographies, 5 production photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled] £3

1975: KENNEDY'S CHILDREN - Robert Patrick (Arts Theatre Club) Pat Starr, Don Parker, Ray Harding, Richard Oldfield, Deborah Norton, Shirley Anne Field; dir:Clive Donner [16pp, 5.4x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1975: THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE - Harley Granville-Barker (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh) Andre Morell, Lennox Milne, Roland Oliver, Ann Scott Jones, Timothy Carlton, Denise Hirst, Patrick Malahide, Joseph Blatchley, Frances Tomelty, Jane Argyle, Richard Corbet, Muriel Romanes, Brown Derby, Ian Stewart, Leonard Maguire, Sheila Latimer, Fiona Knowles; dir:Robert Kidd [16pp, 8x10 w.stiff cover; cast list, biographies, articles, credits etc. etc.; VG] £3

1975: THE END OF ME OLD CIGAR - John Osborne (Greenwich Theatre) Rachel Roberts, Neil Johnston, Toby Salaman, Sheila Ballantine, Angela Galbraith, Jill Bennett, Jasmina Hilton, Marty Cruickshank, Joanna Lumley, Keith Barron, Roderic Leigh, Ian Milton, Kenneth MacGarvie, Charles Kinross, John Grillo, Mike Lucas; dir:Max Stafford Clark [8pp, 8.25x11.75; Greenwich Theatre Cue Magazine No.24 (Jan-Feb 1975); cast list, programme notes, biographies, articles etc.; rumpled, folds, else VG] £3

Plays: 1976

1976 (24 Nov-11 Dec): THE HOLLOW - Agatha Christie (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Vanessa Forsyth, Maryann Turner, Christine Absalom, Eileen Davies, Shirley King, Hilary Ryan, Alan Collins, Peter Walmsley, Michael Sadler, Michael Burlington, Robert Fyfe, Adam Norton; dir:Roy Patrick [20pp, 5.8x8.4; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1976: ON APPROVAL - Frederick Lonsdale (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Stephanie Beacham, Geraldine McEwan, Edward Woodward, Geoffrey Palmer; dir:Frank Hauser [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1976: THE CARETAKER - Harold Pinter (Shaw Theatre) Dolphin Theatre Company: Fulton Mackay (as Davies), Roger Lloyd Pack (as Aston), Simon Rouse (as Mick); dir:Kevin Billington [single sheet 11.75x19.5, folded in four; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1976: THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF AL CAPONE - Gerald Frow (Watermill Theatre, Newbury) Bill Bailey, David Neilson, Alex Johnston, Lawrence Kenny, Tim Stern, Caroline Goodman; dir:David Gilmore [36pp; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies (w.photos); VG] £4

1976: ALPHABETICAL ORDER - Michael Frayn (Watermill Theatre, Newbury) Basil Lord, Fiona Mollison, Ian Lindsay, Paul Alexander, Pamela Ruddock, Audrey Leybourne, Alex Johnston; dir:Gerald Blake [32pp; cast list, notes, biographies w.photos; VG] £4

1976: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Tom Stoppard (Leeds Playhouse) Matthew Guinness (as Rosencrantz), Richard Kane (as Guildenstern), Edward Brayshaw, Alan Bodenham, Barry McCarthy, Stuart Organ, Martyn Jacobs, Elizabeth Mansfield, Richard Cordery, Katharine Barker, David Mace; dir:Michael Attenborough [20pp, 6x8.25; cast list, extensive programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1976: STRIPWELL - Howard Barker (Leeds Playhouse) Robert Flemyng, Philip Wilde, Carol Drinkwater, Edward Phillips, Helen Lindsay, Martyn Jacobs, Michael Percival, Katharine Barker; dir:Michael Attenborough [20pp, 6x8.25; cast list, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1976: DEAR DADDY - Denis Cannan (Ambassadors) Nigel Patrick, Isabel Dean, Jennifer Hilary, Joseph Blatchley, David Crosse, Patrick Drury, Rosalind March, Phyllis Calvert; dir:David William [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1976: PYGMALION - Bernard Shaw (Leeds Playhouse) Angela Rooks, Katie Flower, Richard Cordery, Linda Gardner (as Eliza Doolittle), Christopher Guinee (as Henry Higgins), Brian Oulton, Michael Shallard, Philip Wilde, Daphne Goddard, Edward Phillips (as Alfred Doolittle), Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Annie Page; dir:John Harrison [20pp, 6x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1976 (Mch): OTHERWISE ENGAGED - Simon Gray (Queen's) Michael Gambon, Ian Charleson, Nigel Hawthorne, Julian Glover, Jacqueline Pearce, Benjamin Whitrow, Mary Miller; dir:Harold Pinter [24pp, 5.2x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1976 (Oct): OTHERWISE ENGAGED - Simon Gray (Comedy) Hywel Bennett, Adrian Stokes, Brian Smith, Douglas Nottage, Elizabeth Norman, Edmund Kente, Caroline Mortimer; dir:Harold Pinter [20pp, 5.8x8.3; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1976: ABSENT FRIENDS - Alan Ayckbourn (Garrick) Cheryl Kennedy, Pat Heywood, Phyllida Law, Peter Bowles, Ray Brooks, Richard Briers, dir:Eric Thompson [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1976: PETER PAN - J M Barrie (London Palladium) Lulu (as Peter Pan), Ron Moody (as Mr Darling / Captain Hook), Rachel Gurney (as Mrs Darling), Tessa Wyatt (as Wendy), David Parfitt (as John), Michael Parfitt / Keith Jayne (as Michael), Malcolm Dixon (as Nana), Iris Glow (as Tinker Bell), Tony Sympson (as Smee), Peter Bland; The Robert Helpmann production, directed by Alan Pinniger [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1976: SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR - Bernard Slade (Prince of Wales) Michael Crawford, Frances Cuka; dir:Eric Thompson [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, 4 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1976: ROOKERY NOOK - Ben Travers (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) John Warner, Maggie Jones; dir:Hazel Vincent Wallace [20pp; photos; VG] £2

1976: DIRTY LINEN & NEW-FOUND-LAND - Tom Stoppard (Arts Theatre) Inter-Action Production: Luan Peters, Edward de Souza, Benjamin Whitrow, Malcolm Ingram, Peter Bowles, Christine Ozanne, Jonathan Elsom, Derek Ensor, Stephen Moore, Richard Goolden; dir:Ed Berman [16pp; photos, articles, biographies] £2

1976: DIRTY LINEN & NEW-FOUND-LAND - Tom Stoppard (Arts Theatre) Inter-Action Production: Luan Peters, Edward de Souza, Frederick Treves, Malcolm Ingram, Peter Bowles, Christine Ozanne, Jonathan Elsom, Derek Ensor, Stephen Moore, Sydney Bromley; dir:Ed Berman [24pp; photos, articles, biographies] £2

1976: DIRTY LINEN & NEW-FOUND-LAND - Tom Stoppard (Arts Theatre) Inter-Action Production: Maggie Henderson, Tony Kenway, Alan Hay, John Vine, John Challis, Jean Marlow, Robert McBain, Derek Ensor, Michael Low, Richard Goolden; dir:Ed Berman [16pp; photos, articles, biographies] £2

1976: AFFAIRS OF STATE - Louis Verneuil (Grand Theatre, Llandudno) Alex Ward, Reggie Oliver, Diana Bradbury, Charles Duff, Jill Lindsay, Michael Owen; dir:John Creese-Parsons [8pp; cast list, notes; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1976: EAST - Steven Berkoff (Greenwich Theatre) London Theatre Group: Steven Berkoff, Mathew Scurfield, David Delve, Anna Nygh, Barry Philip; dir:Steven Berkoff [6pp triplefold; articles, biographies; VG] £2

1976: SCRIBES - Barrie O'Keefe (Greenwich Theatre) Leslie Sarony, Donald Sumpter, Terrence Hardiman, Richard Kane, Jonathan Kent, Edward Judd, Ewan Hooper; dir:Keith Hack [20pp; articles, biographies; VG] £2

1976: RELUCTANT HEROES - Colin Morris (Greenwich Theatre) Bill Treacher, Jeremy Child, Bernard Bresslaw, Andrew Sachs, Ewan Hooper, Vivienne Johnson, John Clegg; dir:Wallace Douglas [20pp; articles, biographies; VG] £2

1976: HEAVEN AND HELL: The Fear of Heaven and The Prince of Darkness - John Mortimer (Greenwich Theatre) Denholm Elliott, Peter Woodthorpe, Eleanor Bron, Trevor Baxter, Hana-Maria Pravda; dir:John Tydeman [20pp; articles, biographies; VG] £2

1976: DUSA, FISH, STAS & VI - Pam Gems (Hampstead) Brigit Forsyth, Alison Fiske, Diane Fletcher, Mary Maddox; dir:Nancy Meckler [20pp, 5.75x8.4; biographies etc.; VG] £3

1976: DONKEY'S YEARS - Michael Frayn (Globe) A J Brown, Peter Barkworth, Peter Jeffrey, Andrew Robertson, Julian Curry, Harold Innocent, Jeffry Wickham, John Harding, Penelope Keith; dir:Michael Rudman [16pp; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, 5 production photos; VG] £4

1976: FUNNY PECULIAR - Mike Stott (Garrick) Julie Walters, Nicholas Woodeson, Richard Beckinsale, Nick Stringer, Matthew Kelly, Eileen O'Brien, Suzan Cameron, David Casey, Peter Postlethwaite; dir:Alan Dossor [24pp; cast list, biographies, 6 production photos, illustrations etc.; VG] £4

1976: FUNNY PECULIAR - Mike Stott (Garrick) Julie Walters, Geoffrey Drew, Richard Beckinsale, Nick Stringer, Matthew Kelly, Eileen O'Brien, Suzan Cameron, David Casey, Peter Postlethwaite; dir:Alan Dossor [24pp; cast list, biographies, 6 production photos, illustrations etc.; VG] £4

1976: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Tom Stoppard (Criterion) Young Vic production: Christopher Timothy (as Rosencrantz), Richard O'Callaghan (as Guildenstern), John Vine, Darien Angadi, Anthony Daniels, William Squire (as Player), Alison Mullin, Graham Rees, David Ashford, Laura Graham, Arthur Blake; dir:Bernard Goss [16pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1976: COMEDIANS - Trevor Griffiths (Wyndham's) Nottingham Playhouse production: Richard Simpson, Kenneth Cranham, James Warrior, Stephen Rea, Louis Raynes, Jim Norton, Jimmy Jewel, Dave Hill, Talat Hussain, Ralph Nossek, John Joyce, Arthur Jackson; dir:Richard Eyre [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, illustrated articles, credits etc.; w.newsclipping review; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1976: COMEDIANS - Trevor Griffiths (Wyndham's) Nottingham Playhouse production: Richard Simpson, Kenneth Cranham, James Warrior, Sam Dale, Louis Raynes, Jim Norton, Jimmy Jewel, Dave Hill, Talat Hussain, Ralph Nossek, John Joyce, Arthur Jackson; dir:Richard Eyre [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1976: CONFUSIONS - Alan Ayckbourn (Apollo) Pauline Collins, John Alderton, Derek Fowlds, Sheila Gish, James Cossins; dir:Alan Strachan [16pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1976: BANANA RIDGE - Ben Travers (Savoy) Jan Holden, Roy Hepworth, Vivienne Martin, Robert Morley, George Cole, Geoffrey Burridge, Beth Morris, Michael Malnick, Joan Sanderson, Anthony Dawes, Antony Baird; dir:Val May [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 7 photos etc.; VG] £4

1976: 13 RUE DE L'AMOUR - Georges Feydeau, adapted and translated by Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert (Phoenix) Louis Jourdan, Glynis Johns, James Grout, Mandy Cuthbert, Michael Cochrane, David Stoll, Margaret Courtenay, John Baddeley, Robert Vowles, Paul Marks; dir:Peter Dews [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 3 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1976: BUS STOP - William Inge (Phoenix) Jenny Quayle, Miriam Karlin, Roy Purcell, Lee Remick, Alfred Marks, John Church, Don Fellows, Keir Dullea; dir:Vivian Matalon [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 6 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1976: THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY - Samuel Taylor (Phoenix) John A Tinn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Belinda Carroll, Dinah Sheridan, David Langton, Wilfrid Hyde White, Michael Howarth; dir:Peter Dews [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1976: GASLIGHT - Patrick Hamilton (Criterion) Anton Rodgers, Nicola Pagett, Carolyn Moody, Louise Hall-Taylor, Peter Vaughan, Stephen Lester, Trevor Griffiths; dir:Robert Young [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1976: BAGGAGE - Lee Langley (Vaudeville) Gerald Harper, Hannah Gordon, Una Stubbs, Ian Marter, Prunella Gee, David Warwick, Judy Buxton; dir:Val May [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; minor marks, else VG] £3

1976: TOAD OF TOAD HALL - A A Milne, from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Her Majesty's) Annabelle Lanyon, Tricia George, Richard Goolden (17th year as Mole!), John Warner (as Water Rat), David King (as Badger), Ian Talbot (as Toad), Jonathan Blake, Clive Carter, Robert Bridges, Albin Pahernik, Frank Vincent, Paddy Ward, Zoe Bright, Rita Henderson, Babs McMillan, Fiona Clare, Colin Copperfield, Rita Henderson, Tom Kelly, Myra Sands, Sally Templer; dir:Charles Ross [16pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, illustrated biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; rumpled, grubby, else VG] £2

1976: THE SEAGULL - Anton Chekhov (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Irene Sutcliffe (as Arkadina), John Nolan (as Konstantin), Raymond Llewellyn, Sarah Thomas (as Nina), Harvey Ashby, Nancy Gower, Christine Edmonds, Barry Warren (as Trigorin), Harry Waters, Richard Carrington, Roland Viner; dir:John David [20pp, 6x8.5; cast list, notes; scribble on cover, else VG] £2

1976: RELATIVELY SPEAKING - Alan Ayckbourn (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Harry Waters, Christine Edmonds, Malcolm Farquhar, Irene Sutcliffe; dir:Malcolm Farquhar [20pp, 6x8.5; cast list, notes; scribble on cover, else VG] £2

1976: THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR - Frank Harvey, based on Thomas Hardy's On The Western Circuit (Liverpool Playhouse) John Hart Dyke, Anthea Holloway, Eileen Page, Lesley Grayburn, Christine McKenna, Pip Miller; dir:Leslie Lawton [16pp, 7.25x9.75; cast photos and biographies, notes, articles etc.; w.tickets; minor vertical bend, else VG] £3

Plays: 1977

1977 (19 Jan-5 Feb): NO ROOM FOR LOVE - Anthony Marriott and Bob Grant (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Glory Annen, Robert Fyfe, Archie Tew, Christine Absalom, Judith Fellows, Brian Tully, Sylvia Barter; dir:Christopher Dunham [20pp, 5.8x8.4; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1977 (2-19 Mch): THE GENTLE HOOK - Francis Durbridge (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Seymour Green, Penelope Shaw, David Haig, Caroline Harris, Michael Sadler, Edward Lawson, Alan Halley, Roger Ostime; dir:Christopher Dunham [20pp, 5.8x8.4; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, forthcoming attractions, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1977: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE - Joseph Kesselring (Westminster Theatre) Barbara Mullen (as Abby Brewster), Lennard Pearce, Brian Poyser (as Teddy Brewster), Grahame Mallard, Alan Leith, Joyce Heron (as Martha Brewster), Toria Fuller, Julian Holloway (as Mortimer Brewster), Barry J Gordon, Jonathan Adams (as Jonathan Brewster), Derek Royle, Stan Pretty; dir:Hugh Goldie [14pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc; VG] £3

1977: ABIGAIL'S PARTY - Mike Leigh (Hampstead Theatre) Alison Steadman (as Beverly), Tim Stern, Janine Duvitski, John Salthouse, Thelma Whiteley; dir:Mike Leigh [20pp, 5.9x8.3; cast list, biographies, rehearsal photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1977: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Tom Stoppard; IF YOU'RE GLAD, I'LL BE FRANK and THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND - Tom Stoppard (The Playhouse, Harlow) Paul Kelly (as Rosencrantz; 1st Porter), Robert East (as Guildenstern; Inspector Hound), Geoffrey Hutchings (as Player; Moon), Robert Longden, Ken Robertson, Stephen Wright, Katy Manning, Malcolm Reynolds, Ian Taylor, Elizabeth Bennett, Hugh Hastings, John Clive (as Frank; Birdboot), Judy Wilson (as Gladys; Mrs Drudge), Vicky Ogden, Michael Fitzgerald; dir:Jeremy James Taylor [20pp, 5.75x8.4; cast list, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1977: EPSOM DOWNS - Howard Brenton (Roundhouse) Joint Stock Theatre Group: Gillian Barge, Simon Callow, Paul Freeman, Robert Hamilton, Cecily Hobbs, Will Knightley, David Rintoul, Tony Rohr, Jane Wood; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [4pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1977: THE BYSTANDER - Bob Hoskins [as Robert Williams] (Soho Poly) Bob Hoskins; dir:Jonathan Hales [single duplicated sheet, 8.25x11.75; programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £1

1977: THE BELLS OF HELL (AKA Heaven and Hell) - John Mortimer (Garrick) Phyllida Law, Peter Woodthorpe, Tony Britton, Derek Thompson, Lesley Duff, Trevor Baxter; dir:John Tydeman [32pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, 7 production photos, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1977 (Sep-Oct): BLITHE SPIRIT - Noel Coward (Watford Palace Theatre) Julia Swift, Lynn Farleigh, John Carlin (as Charles), Frank Gatliff, Elizabeth Tyrrell, Irene Handl (as Madame Arcati), Amanda Reiss; dir:Stephen Hollis [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, notes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1977: OTHERWISE ENGAGED - Simon Gray (Comedy) Hywel Bennett, Bruce Bould, Brian Smith, David Baron, Jane Cussons, Edmund Kente, Caroline Mortimer; dir:Harold Pinter [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1977: FUNNY PECULIAR - Mike Stott (Swan Theatre, Worcester) Sarah Craze, Crispin Thomas, Brian Carroll, Geoffrey Colville, Muriel Barker, Susan Edmonstone, Brian Parr, David Creedon; dir:Richard Digby Day [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1977: RAIN - Somerset Maugham (Haymarket Theatre, Leicester) Carroll Baker, Paul Lavers, Steven Crossley, Russell Henderson, James Hayter, Peggy Phango, Elisabeth Choice, Robert MacLeod, Jenny Laird, Patrick Monckton, Philip Voss, Sharon Rosita, Geronimo Sehmi; dir:Bob Cartland [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, illustrations, notes; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1977: RICHARD III PART TWO - David Pownall, music by Stephen Boxer (Tour) Paines Plough: Stephen Boxer, Harriet Walter, Diana Kyle, Robert McIntosh, Eric Richard, Fiona Victory, Joe Marcell; dir:Edward Adams [4pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, notes; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1977: THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON - J M Barrie (Greenwich Theatre) Trevor Baxter (as The Earl of Loam), Timothy Carlton, Brian Gwaspari, Jeremy Nicholas, Gayle Hunnicutt, Diana Weston, Susan Carpenter, Betty Hardy, Patrick Hannaway, Frank Barrie (as Crichton), Ursula Mohan, Dicken Ashworth, Henrietta Baynes, Anne Taylor, Judy Preece, Charlotte Garge, Rosie Weston, Graham Perry, Keith Gordon, Michael Lippman, Edward Bye, Dawn Cooper; dir:Mike Ockrent [20pp, 5.75x8.25; articles, biographies; VG] £2

1977: THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWAN - Bertolt Brecht (Greenwich Theatre) Michael Deacon, Ewan Hooper, Richard Mayes, Brian Gwaspari, Patrick Hannaway, Peter Craze, Peter Guinness, Frank Barrie, Peter Craze; dir:David Thompson [20pp, 5.75x8.25; articles, biographies; VG] £2

1977: BARBARIANS - Barry Keefe (Greenwich Theatre) Nick Edmett, Karl Johnson, Jeffery Kissoon; dir:Keith Hack [24pp, 5.75x8.25; articles, biographies; VG] £2

1977: THE CARETAKER - Harold Pinter (Greenwich Theatre) Anthony Higgins, Peter Guinness, Max Wall; dir:Paul Joyce [24pp, 5.75x8.25; articles, biographies; VG] £3

1977: THE OLD LADY SAYS 'NO'! - Denis Johnston (Abbey Theatre, Dublin) Desmond Cave, Maire O'Neill; dir:Tomas Mac Anna [16pp, 5.75x8.25; photos; VG] £2

1977: SLEUTH - Anthony Shaffer (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch) Barry Lineham, Doug Fisher; dir:Nicholas Barter [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos; VG] £2

1977: ALPHABETICAL ORDER - Michael Frayn (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) Irene Richard, Charles Rea, Antony Brown, Paul Greenwood, Heather Sears, Pamela Pitchford, Richard Owens; dir:Bob Cartland [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1977: THE CASE OF THE OILY LEVANTINE - Anthony Shaffer (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford) Geoffrey Palmer, George Cole, Dudley Jones, Geoffrey Lumsden, Fenella Fielding, Liza Goddard, David Robb, Gwen Nelson, Roger Leach; dir:Val May [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; date on cover, else VG] £3

1977: ONE FRIDAY - Edmund Banyard (Westminster Theatre) Richard Manuel, Marilyn Cutts, Jill Shakespeare, Carl Campbell, Richard Piper, Anthony Dunston, Mason Taylor, Ruth Madoc; dir:John Dryden [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, company photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1977: FIRE - Hugh Steadman Williams (Westminster Theatre) John Justin, Annie Ross, Shirley Ann Field, Robert Grange; dir:Tony Craven [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1977: A BEDFULL OF FOREIGNERS - Dave Freeman (Duke of York's) Anthony Morton, Colin Jeavons, Anna Dawson (for Julia Sutton), Terry Scott, June Whitfield, Dennis Ramsden, Lynda Baron; dir:Roger Redfarn [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, theatre notes etc.; cast change insert; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1977: COMEDIANS - Trevor Griffiths (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) Nottingham Playhouse production: Bill Dean, David Beames, Bill Stewart, Sam Dale, Arthur Kohn, Alan Barry, Jimmy Jewel, Philip Jackson, Moti Makan, Ralph Nossek, William Maxwell, A James Smith; dir:Richard Eyre [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, production photo, credits, theatre notes etc.; VG] £3

1977: SCHWEYK IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR - Bertolt Brecht (Bristol Old Vic) Miles Anderson, Peter Birch, Timothy Kightley, Michael Burrell, Joan Moon, Robert O'Mahoney, June Ritchie, Kit Thacker, Clive Wouters; dir:John David [20pp, 5.75x8.25; VG] £3

1977: HABEAS CORPUS - Alan Bennett (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) Trevor Baxter, Eleanor McCready, Brian Jameson, Zulema Dene, Jacqueline Clarke, Alec Bregonzi, Sheila Keith, Judy Buxton, Freddie Lees, John Rutland, James Galloway; dir:Kim Grant [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; date on cover, else VG] £3

1977: HANCOCK'S LAST HALF HOUR - Heathcote Williams (Almost Free Theatre) Henry Woolf; dir:Peter Southcott [4pp, 5.75x8.4; biographies, notes, credits etc.; minor marks, else VG] £2

1977: FUNNY PECULIAR - Mike Stott (Garrick) Julie Walters, Geoffrey Drew, Richard Beckinsale, Eamon Boland, Matthew Kelly, Eileen O'Brien, Suzan Cameron, David Casey, Peter Postlethwaite; dir:Alan Dossor [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 6 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1977: FILUMENA - Eduardo de Filippo, adapted by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall (Lyric) Joan Plowright, Colin Blakely, Larry Noble, Patricia Hayes, Sharon Mughan, Jane Gurnett, Christopher Guard, Trevor Eve, Larry Lamb, David Graham, Linda Polan, Trevor Griffiths, Edward Duke; dir:Franco Zeffirelli [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 6 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1977: CAUSE CELEBRE - Terence Rattigan (Her Majesty's) Glynis Johns, Anthony Pedley, Matthew Ryan, Douglas Melbourne, Sheila Grant, Neil Daglish, Helen Lindsay, Jeremy Hawk, Adam Richardson, Angela Browne, Kevin Hart, Patrick Barr, Kenneth Griffith, Bernard Archard, Darryl Forbes-Dawson, Philip Bowen, David Glover, Peggy Aitchison, Anthony Howard, David Masterman; dir:Robin Midgeley [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1977: THE MOUSETRAP - Agatha Christie (St.Martin's) Helen Weir, Richard Felgate, Graham Richards, Annette Kerr, Alan White, June Abbott, Harold Kasket, David Purcell; dir:Vere Lorrimer [36pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, articles, 4 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1977: BANANA RIDGE - Ben Travers (Savoy) Robert Morley, Julian Orchard, Joan Sanderson, Jan Holden, Vivienne Martin; dir:Val May [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 7 photos etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1977: ONCE A CATHOLIC - Mary J O'Malley (Wyndham's) John Boswall, Jane Carr, Daniel Gerroll, Mike Grady, Pat Heywood, June Page, John Rogan, Jeanne Watts; dir:Mike Ockrent [32pp, 5.25x8.5; production photos; VG] £4

1977: CANDIDA - George Bernard Shaw (Albery) Maureen Lipman, Denis Quilley, Simon Jones, Leslie Sands, Deborah Kerr, Patrick Ryecart; dir:Michael Blakemore [32pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 9 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1977: SPOKESONG - Stewart Parker (Vaudeville) Niall Buggy, Annabel Leventon, Robert Bridges; dir:Robert Gillespie [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast photos; VG] £3

1977: THE BELLE OF AMHERST - William Luce (Phoenix) Julie Harris; dir:Charles Nelson Reilly [24pp, 5.25x8.5; photos; VG] £2

1977: KABUKI: Kurozuka and The Mansion of Kawazura Hogen (Sadler's Wells) Shochiku Company: Ennosuke Ichikawa, Monnosuke Ichikawa, Danshiro Ichikawa, Yonekichi Nakamura [44pp, 5.25x9; biographies w.photos, production photos, cast lists, synopses, glossary; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1977: SAINT JOAN - George Bernard Shaw (Old Vic) Prospect at the Vic: Frederick Treves, William Lawford, Eileen Atkins (as Joan), Peter Miles, Robert McBain, Anthony Langdon, Nigel Pratt, Paul Jesson, Nick Stringer, Charles Kay (as The Dauphin), Janis Winters, John Bowe, Paul Sherman, Geoffrey Palmer (as Earl of Warwick), Ronald Lacey, Emrys James, Robert Schofield, Robert Eddison (as The Inquisitor), Terry Scully, Dave Atkins; dir:John Dove [36pp, 5.2x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, company list (w.photos), 2 production photos, company photo, historical items, credits etc.; substantial programme; VG] £4

1977: HAPPY END - Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Elisabeth Hauptmann, Michael Feingold (Martin Beck Theatre, New York) Christopher Lloyd, Benjamin Rayson, Tony Azito, John A Coe, Robert Weil, Raymond J Barry, Grayson Hall, Donna Emmanuel, Meryl Streep, Liz Sheridan, Joe Grifasi, Prudence Wright Holmes, Alexandra Borrie, Christopher Cara, Kristin Jolliff, Frank Kopyc, Tom Mardirosian, Martha Miller, Victor Pappas, David Pursley; dir:Robert Kalfin and Patricia Birch [52pp, 5.6x9 (Playbill Programme May 1977); cast list, list of musical numbers, biographies, programme note, credits and much else; VG] £4

1977: GEMINI - Albert Innaurato (Little Theatre, New York) Robert Picardo, Jessica James, Reed Birney, Carol Potter, Jonathan Hadary, Danny Aiello, Anne DeSalvo; dir:Peter Mark Schifter [56pp, 5.6x9 (Playbill Programme May 1977); cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 4 production photos, credits and much else; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1977: FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF - Ntozake Shange, Oz Scott (Booth Theatre, New York) Sharita Hunt, Aku Kadogo, Trazana Beverley, Jonette O'Kelley, Rise Collins, Laurie Carlos, Roxanne Reese; dir:Oz Scott [56pp, 5.6x9 (Playbill Programme May 1977); cast list, list of poems used, biographies, 3 production photos, credits and much else; VG] £4

1977: THE SHADOW BOX - Michael Cristofer (Morosco Theatre, New York) Stephen Keep, Simon Oakland, Vincent Stewart, Joyce Ebert, Laurence Luckinbill, Mandy Patinkin, Patricia Elliott, Rose Gregorio, Mary Carver; dir:Gordon Davidson [56pp, 5.6x9 (Playbill Programme May 1977); cast list, biographies, 4 production photos, credits and much else; VG] £4

1977: SIZWE BANSI IS DEAD - Athol Fugard (Royal Court) John Kani, Winston Ntshona; dir:Athol Fugard [12pp, 4.9x9.75; cast list, photographs, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1977: THE GOLDEN COUNTRY - Shusaku Endo (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Wolfe Morris, Geoffrey Bateman, Ian Hastings, John Sharp, John Church, Jenny Twigge; dir:Richard Negri [16pp, 7.5x10; cast photos, extensive notes, poems and illustrations; VG] £3

Plays: 1978

1978: PRAYER FOR MY DAUGHTER - Thomas Babe (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs) Donal McCann, Antony Sher, Kevin McNally, John Dicks; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [4pp, 6.5x8; cast list, extensive programme notes, credits etc.; light horizontal bend, else VG] £1

1978: THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN - Sean O'Casey (Nottingham Playhouse) John Hurt, Ken Hutchison, Struan Rodger, Malcolm Terris, Lorraine Peters, Ann Hasson, David Blake-Kelly, Bill Stewart, Irene Sunters, Chris Cannon, Arthur Kohn; dir:John MacKenzie [10pp, 4.5x8.6; cast list, extensive illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1978: THE OLD COUNTRY - Alan Bennett (Queen's) Anthony Quayle, Rachel Kempson, John Lester, Joan Hemingway, Michael Aldridge, Faith Brook; dir:Clifford Williams [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 7 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1978 (17 Oct-4 Nov): FORTY YEARS ON - Alan Bennett (Redgrave Theatre, Farnham) Michael Burrell (as Headmaster), Graham Rees (as Franklin), Clive Wouters (as Tempest), Mary Griffiths (as Matron), Marjorie Wilde (as Miss Nisbitt), Jeffrey Hardy (as Lectern Reader), Christopher Wells, Michael Drew, Dominic Letts, Glenn Lee, Oliver Cherryman, Steward Gardiner, Christopher Hooper, Christopher Rowe, Dan Jones, Simon Bravery, James Brett, Christopher Burton, Oliver Chadwick, Philip Chapman, Nicholas Cherryman, Jonathon Comben, David Crundwell, Charles Davies, Kyd Douglas, Peter Duffett, Christopher Dunlop, Matthew Edginton, Jonathon Ford, Guy Garrard, Michael Griffiths, John Giordano, Jonathon Harker, Mark Hill, Jonathan Hillbery, Nicholas Hunt, Richard Jackson, Paul Machell, David Matthews, Adam Millward, Andrew Moss, Paul Pascoe, Michael Roberts, Philip Rowe, Mark Sherlow, Matthew Sherrington, Tom Sherrington, Steven Slade, David Spelling, Peter Stanger, Andrew Wallis, Christopher Wallis, Russ White, Miles Wheeler, Kevin Williams, Simon Yeomans; dir:David Horlock [24pp, 5.8x8.3; PLUS Programme for Albion House School Open Day, Autumn 1978, including the School Play: Speak For England, Arthur (A4 sheet); cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1978: EQUUS - Peter Shaffer (Leeds Playhouse) Peter Laird (as Martin Dysart), Derek Hollis (as Alan Strang), Norman Ettlinger, Hilary Liddell, Harriet Reynolds, Mary Tempest Whiteley, Errol Shaker, John C Williams, Pauline Peart, Athar Malik, Robert Phillips, Paul Rattee, Maurice Thorogood, Ewart James Walters; dir:Phil Young [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; date on cover, else VG] £3

1978: PENNY WHISTLE - Lawrence Dobie (Hampstead Theatre) Peter-Hugo Daly, Veronique Choolhun, Kim Taylforth, Phil Daniels, Herbert Norville, Sarah Lam; dir:Nancy Meckler [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1978: OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR - Theatre Workshop, Charles Chilton (South London Theatre Centre, Norwood High Street) John Adams, Bruce Murray, Bozena Borzyskowska, Dennis Packham, Maddy Cordwell, John Rogers, John Harris, Mikael Rust, Alan Johnston, Wally Ross-Gower, Sally Lill, Harry Sanders, Matthew Lyne, Richard Thomas, Ann Mattey, Philip Tong, Adrian McLoughlin, Annette Wiseman; dir:Jill Clark [6pp triple-fold, 3.9x8.25; cast list, credits, programme notes; VG] £2

1978: THE DARK HORSE - Rosemary Anne Sisson (Comedy) Edward Woodward, Peter Woodward, Peter Cellier, Tony Stephens, Geoffrey Lumsden, George Selway, Roger Leach, Tony Haygarth, Barbara Jefford, Michael Barrington, Deborah Fairfax, Stacy Dorning, Murray Melvin, Robert Lister, Rex Robinson, Reid Anderson, Jamie Cowell-Parker, Francis Lloyd; dir:Val May [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, York and Lancaster family tree, theatre notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1978: SLEUTH - Anthony Shaffer (Ambassadors) Patrick Cargill, Tony Anholt; dir:Hugh Goldie [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photo, credits etc.; VG] £2

1978 (w/c 21 Aug): SUITE IN TWO KEYS: Come Into The Garden, Maud and A Song At Twilight - Noel Coward (Richmond Theatre) Phyllis Calvert, Reynold Silva, Alan Gifford, Margaret Lockwood, Robert Flemyng; dir:Nigel Patrick [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1978: SAY WHO YOU ARE - Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) Andrew Knox, Rosalind Bailey, Imogen Hassall, Rodney Diak; dir:David Crosse [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photo, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1978 (Mch): WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? - Brian Clark (Mermaid) Tom Conti, Jennie Goossens, Phoebe Nicholls, Trevor Thomas, Jane Asher, Richard Leech, Rona Anderson, Richard Ireson, Edward Lyon, Alan Brown, Peter Honri, Robert Gary, Sebastian Shaw; dir:Michael Lindsay-Hogg [16pp, 5.8x8.3; cast list, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos; minor marks, else VG] £3

1978 (Aug): WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? - Brian Clark (Savoy) Tom Conti, Jennie Goossens, Phoebe Nicholls, Trevor Thomas, Jane Asher, Richard Leech, Rona Anderson, Richard Ireson, Edward Lyon, Alan Brown, Peter Honri, Ian Lowe, Sebastian Shaw; dir:Michael Lindsay-Hogg [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, 7 production photos, credits etc. VG] £4

1978: MOLLY - Simon Gray (Comedy Theatre) Billie Whitelaw, T P McKenna, Anthony Allen, Michael Shannon, David Telfer, Barbara Atkinson; dir:Stephen Hollis [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits; minor marks, else VG] £4

1978: MOLLY - Simon Gray (Richmond Theatre) Billie Whitelaw, T P McKenna, Anthony Allen, Michael Shannon, David Telfer, Barbara Atkinson; dir:Stephen Hollis [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1978: THE WOMAN I LOVE - Dan Sutherland (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Martin Jarvis, Holly Palance, Ralph Michael, Ellen Pollock; dir:Francois Landry [20pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, articles etc.; VG] £2

1978 (Apr): A CUP OF KINDNESS - Ben Travers (Pitlochry) Tim Swinton, Lesley Mackie, Terry Wale, Graham Pountney, Moira Lamb, Ursula Smith, Malcolm McKee, Jonathan Battersby; dir:Andrew McKinnon [48pp, 6x8.25; biographies, photos, articles etc.; w.1978 Pitlochry Repertoire Booklet; VG] £3

1978: THE KINGFISHER - William Douglas Home (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford) Donald Eccles, Norman Wooland, Jean Anderson; dir:Frederick Farley [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; date on cover, else VG] £2

1978: EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR - Tom Stoppard and Andrew Previn (Mermaid) John Woodvine / John Carlisle, Ian McDiarmid / John Carlisle, Thelma Whiteley, Rhys McConnochie, Tony Mathews, Ben Broadbent / James Harris / Daniel Murray / Anthony Robb / Andrew Sheldon, Mermaid Chamber Orchestra conducted by Michael Lankester; dir:Trevor Nunn [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, extensive illustrated programme notes, orchestra list, 6 production photos, credits, further photos, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1978: UNDER MILK WOOD - Dylan Thomas (May Fair Theatre) Welsh National Theatre Company: Richard Davies, John Francis, Jennifer Hill, Sharon Morgan, Patricia Mort, Sion Probert, Aubrey Richards, Malcolm Taylor; dir:Malcolm Taylor [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1978: BALMORAL - Michael Frayn (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford) Jeremy Child, Ernest Clark, Sheila Steafel (as Enid Blyton), Fulton Mackay, Andrew Sachs, Pippa Guard, David Rintoul, John Grieve; dir:Eric Thompson [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, photographs, credits etc.; VG] £3

1978: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE - Arthur Miller (Bristol Old Vic) Ken Drury, Michael Derrington, Roger Hume, Peter Postlethwaite, Louise Jameson, June Brown, Andrew McCulloch, Jonathan Kent, Elyot Marshall, Rory Edwards, Timothy Turnbull, Julia Swift, Sheridan Ball, Gregory Cox, John Fortune, Douglas Gautier, Jon James, Marian McLaughlin, Ric Nelson; dir:Adrian Noble [20pp, 5.75x8.4; cast list, cast photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1978 (w/c 11 Sep): RING ROUND THE MOON - Jean Anouilh, adapted by Christopher Fry (Alfred Beck Centre, Hayes) Eric Francis, Paul Jones, Susannah Morley, Marie Collett, Ben Aris, Audrey Leybourne, Kathleen Moffatt, Lee Fox, Stanley Platts, Nina Francis, Evie Garratt, Petronella Whitfield, Roger Evans, Jonathan Baylis, Michael Shelley; dir:Patrick Tucker [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1978 (w/c 20 Nov): DOUBLE EDGE - Leslie Darbon and Peter Whelan (Alfred Beck Centre, Hayes) Hildegard Neil, Ralph Bates, Richard Todd; dir:Anthony Sharp [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1978: DEATHTRAP - Ira Levin (Garrick) Denis Quilley, Rosemary McHale, Philip Sayer, Joyce Grant, David Healy; dir:Michael Blakemore [28pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 10 photos etc.; VG] £4

1978 (Mch): SHUT YOUR EYES AND THINK OF ENGLAND - John Chapman and Anthony Marriott (Apollo) Frank Thornton, Madeleine Smith, Donald Sinden, Jan Holden, Willoughby Goddard, Peter Bland, Patsy Rowlands, Ken Wynne, Robin Parkinson; dir:Patrick Garland [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 5 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1978 (Sep): SHUT YOUR EYES AND THINK OF ENGLAND - John Chapman and Anthony Marriott (Apollo) Frank Thornton, Luan Peters, Donald Sinden, Jan Holden, Willoughby Goddard, Michael Malnick, Carmel McSharry, Ken Wynne, Allan Barnes; dir:Patrick Garland [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 5 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1978: THE MATCHMAKER - Thornton Wilder (Her Majesty's) Cambridge Theatre Company: Bernard Spear, Frank Lazarus, Jack Klaff, Nancy Mitchell. Angus MacInnes, Christina Nagy, Richard Simpson, Maria Charles (as Dolly Levi), Tom Kleh, Leueen Willoughby, Jennie Anderson, Dicken Ashworth, David Hayward, Mary Henry; dir:Jonathan Lynn [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1978 (Jan): FILUMENA - Edouardo De Filippo (Lyric) Joan Plowright, Colin Blakeley, Larry Noble, Patricia Hayes, Sharon Mughan, Jane Gurnett, Christopher Guard, Trevor Eve, Larry Lamb, David Graham, Linda Polan, Trevor Griffiths, Edward Duke; dir:Franco Zeffirelli [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, 5 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1978 (Sep): FILUMENA - Edouardo De Filippo (Lyric) Joan Plowright, Frank Finlay, Sydney Bromley, Susan Richards, Bobbie Brown, Felicity Steel, Stuart Fox, Robert O'Mahoney, Pierce Brosnan, Hugh Fraser, Carol Sandy; dir:Franco Zeffirelli [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, photos; VG] £4

1978: VIEUX CARRE - Tennessee Williams (Piccadilly) Nottingham Playhouse production: Sylvia Miles, Nadia Cattouse, Karl Johnson, Sheila Gish, Richard Kane, Betty Hardy, Judith Fellows, Jonathan Kent, Robin McDonald, Jack Elliott; dir:Keith Hack [32pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 7 production photos, feature on Tennessee Williams, credits etc.; VG] £3

1978: TEN TIMES TABLE - Alan Ayckbourn (Globe) Paul Eddington, Benjamin Whitrow, Julia McKenzie, Stephanie Fayerman, John Salthouse, Matyelok Gibbs, Tenniel Evans, Christopher Godwin, Diane Bull, Rob Stuart; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 12 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1978: NO SEX PLEASE - WE'RE BRITISH - Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot (Strand) Graham Wyles, Tara Soppet, Moyra Fraser, Ian Masters, Peter Graves, Alan White, Philip Trewinnard, Hugh Lloyd, Malou Cartwright, Venicia Day; dir:Allan Davis [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 5 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1978: THE UNVARNISHED TRUTH - Royce Ryton (Phoenix) Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Garden, Jo Kendall, Ivor Roberts, Royce Ryton; dir:Jonathan Lynn [28pp, 5.25x8.5; 11 production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1978: THE PASSION OF DRACULA - Bob Hall and David Richmond (Queen's) Richard Vernon, Richard Moore, Roy Dotrice (as Professor Van Helsing), Geraldine James, James Villiers, Michael Feast, Beth Morris, Tom Marshall, George Chakiris (as Dracula); dir:Clifford Williams [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits, extensive illustrated programme notes; VG] £4

1978: THE WINSLOW BOY - Terence Rattigan (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Stephen Galloway, Audrey Noble, Diana Johnson, Raymond Adamson (as Arthur Winslow), Joan Morrow (as Catherine Winslow), Anthony Head, Geoffrey Snell, Richard Carrington, Sarah Neville, Nigel Warrington, Malcolm Farquhar (as Sir Robert Morton); dir:Roy Patrick [20pp, 6x8.5; cast list, notes, biographies; VG] £3

1978: BIRDS ON THE WING - Peter Yeldham (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Joan Morrow, Helen Lloyd, Ian Gardiner, Sarah Neville, Geoffrey Snell, Nigel Warrington, Raymond Adamson, Richard Carrington; dir:Julian Oldfield [20pp, 6x8.5; cast list, notes, biographies; VG] £3

1978: ENTER A FREE MAN - Tom Stoppard (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Norman Henry, Jane Hilary, Sarah Neville, Richard Carrington, Joan Morrow, Ian Gardiner, Geoffrey Snell, Nigel Warrington; dir:Richard Simpson [20pp, 6x8.5; cast list, notes, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1978: THE LITTLE PHOTOGRAPHER - Derek Hoddinott (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Rosemary Leach, Richard Simpson, Lisa Rose, Suzanne Wright, Joan Morrow, Jane Hilary, Tony Meyer, Anne Rosenfeld, Geoffrey Snell; dir:Malcolm Farquhar [20pp, 6x8.5; cast list, notes, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1978: ABSENT FRIENDS - Alan Ayckbourn (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Norman Henry, Vilma Hollingbery, Peter Denyer, Marian McLoughlin, Richard Carrington, Jane Hilary; dir:Michael Napier Brown [20pp, 6x8.5; cast list, notes etc.; VG] £3

1978: EQUUS - Peter Shaffer (Swan Theatre, Worcester) Worcester Repertory Company: Leon Tanner (as Martin Dysart), Keith Woodhams (as Alan Strang), Arthur Kohn, Sally Willis, Marcia King, Katherine Fahy, Peter Richards, Gregory Martyn, Nichola McAuliffe, David Riley, David Brenchley; dir:Patrick Masefield [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, notes, biographies; VG] £3

1978: THE IMMORTAL HAYDON - John Wells (Greenwich Theatre) Leonard Rossiter; dir:Alan Strachan [20pp, 5.9x8.25; articles, photos, biographies; VG] £3

1978: NIGHT AND DAY - Tom Stoppard (Phoenix) William Marlowe, George Harris, Diana Rigg, Jon Bentley, Andrew Parris, John Thaw, Peter Machin, David Langton, Olu Jacobs; dir:Peter Wood [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1978: THE GOLDEN CRADLE: The Rising of The Moon - Lady Gregory, The Cat and The Moon - W B Yeats, Purgatory - W B Yeats, The Pot of Broth - W B Yeats, Riders To The Sea - J M Synge (Greenwich Theatre) Kevin Flood, T P McKenna, Patrick Waldron, Niall Buggy, James Healey, Kate Binchy, Roisin Donaghy; dir:Siobhan McKenna [24pp, 5.9x8.25; articles, photos, biographies; VG] £4

1978: HINDLE WAKES - Stanley Houghton (Greenwich Theatre) Anne Dyson, John Gill, Frances Viner, Clare Kelly, Mark Dignam, Tom Chadbon, Arthur Lovegrove, Jacqueline Tong, Fleur Chandler; dir:Robert Kidd [24pp, 5.9x8.25; articles, photos, biographies; VG] £2

1978: AN AUDIENCE CALLED EDOUARD - David Pownall (Greenwich Theatre) David Robb, Susan Hampshire, Jeremy Irons, Stephanie Beacham, David Burke, James Taylor; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.9x8.25; articles, photos, biographies; VG] £4

1978: SEE HOW THEY RUN - Philip King (Greenwich Theatre) David Quilter, Patricia Brake, Josephine Tewson, Terence Hillyer, Trevor Baxter, Rowland Davies; dir:John David [24pp, 5.9x8.25; articles, photos, biographies; VG] £3

1978: THE CRUCIBLE - Arthur Miller (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch) Frances Smith, John Muirhead, Gladys Taylor, Claire Lewis (as Abigail Williams), Caroline Swift, Vivien Stokes, Brian Vaughan, Gayle Roberts, Patience Tomlinson, John Watts (as John Proctor), Sylvia Barter, Kenneth Morgan, Don Dryden, Penny Jones, David Craig, Graham Hoadly, Lennox Greaves, Carl Davies, Alex McCrindle (as Deputy-Governor Danforth), George Brailsford, David Evans, Tony Gavin, Geoffrey Moore, Alan Richards, Raymond Smith; dir:John Bleasdale [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1978: WHERE STARS WALK - Micheal mac Liammoir (Gate Theatre, Dublin) Noelle Middleton, Conor Evans, Patrick Bedford, Christopher Casson, Ann Rowan, Pat Leavy, Biddy White-Lennon, Hilton Edwards, Jonathan White; dir:Hilton Edwards [12pp, 5.9x8.25; biographies, notes; VG] £3

1978: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW - Joe Orton (Teatr Y Werin, Aberystwyth) Oxford Playhouse Company: William Russell, Veronica Roberts, Pauline Yates, David Cann, Michael Barrington, Michael Kemp; dir:Gordon McDougall [8pp, 5.9x8.25; notes, biographies; VG] £2

1978: THE SECOND MRS.TANQUERAY - Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield) Richard Easton, Edmund Warwick, Maitland Chandler, Edward Palmer, Christopher Guinee, Mel Martin, Ginette Clarke, Irene Sutcliffe, Lucinda Curtis, Glenn Williams, Peter Harlowe; dir:Peter James [10pp, 5.9x8.25; notes, biographies; VG] £2

1978: THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER - George S Kaufman and Moss Hart (Bristol Old Vic) Elizabeth Ashley, June Barrie, Max Hafler, Kay Adshead, David Foxxe, Penny Stehli, Amanda Redman, Audrey Noble, Roger Bizley, Elizabeth Counsell (as Maggie Cutler), John Boswall, Harold Innocent (as Sheridan Whiteside), Brenda Peters, Peter Postlethwaite, Ian Mackenzie, Mark Drewry, Nicholas Farrell, Peter Ackerman, Barry Justice, Toby Robins; dir:Richard Cottrell [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; cast photos; VG] £3

1978: LITTLE FOXES - Lilian Hellman (Vanbrugh Theatre, RADA) Cassie McFarlane, Rodney Cottam, Cornelia McMinn, Paul O'Connor, Derek Kneller, Clare Dow, Robert Vowles, Michael Simkins, Emma Wilkes, George Fisher; dir:Andrew Neil [8pp single folded sheet, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1978: SNAPSHOTS - Rony Robinson (Theatre Royal, Stratford) Deborah Findlay, Peter Dawson, Theresa Streatfeild, Margot Leicester, Primula Cotton, Reg Stewart, Mervyn Stutter, Paul McCleary; dir:Jonathan Chadwick [8pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, notes, credits etc.; VG] £1

1978: MARY BARNES - David Edgar (Studio, Birmingham Repertory Theatre) Alan Aldred, Roger Allam (as Lecturer#Brother), Simon Callow (as Eddie), David Gant, Tim Hardy, Judith Harte, Teddy Kempner, Katherine Kitovitz, Patti Love (as Mary Barnes), Ann Mitchell, Judy Monahan, Timothy Spall (as Laurence), Donald Sumpter; dir:Peter Farago [4pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, notes, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £1

1978: THE ELOCUTION OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - Steve J Spears (May Fair Theatre) Gordon Chater; dir:Richard Wherrett [20pp, 5.9x8.25; production and company photos; VG] £2

1978: ARMS AND THE MAN - George Bernard Shaw (Greenwich Theatre) Felicity Kendal (as Raina), Patricia Lawrence, Ursula Mohan, Lewis Fiander (as Bluntschli), Mark Steeves, Michael Wynne, Frank Middlemass, Norman Eshley (as Sergius); dir:Robert Chetwyn [28pp, 5.9x8.25; photos, articles etc.; VG] £2

1978: DIRTY LINEN & NEW-FOUND-LAND - Tom Stoppard (Arts Theatre) Inter-Action Production: Sally Farmiloe, Tony Kenway, Alan Hay, Jeremy Mason, John Challis, Jean Marlow, Robert McBain, Derek Ensor, Michael Low, Richard Goolden; dir:Ed Berman [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies, credits etc.; light horizontal bend, else VG] £2

1978: SAINT JOAN - George Bernard Shaw (Old Vic) Prospect at the Old Vic: Trevor Martin, Jeffrey Daunton, Eileen Atkins (as Joan), Kenneth Gilbert, John Rowe, Edmund Pegge, Rob Middleton, Oz Clarke, John Cording, Ronnie Stevens (as Dauphin), Daphne Rogers, Clive Arrindell, Michael Thomas, Geoffrey Palmer, Rhys McConnochie, Bernard Lloyd, Robert Eddison, Andrew Seear, David Shaughnessy; dir:John Dove [36pp, 5.1x9; production photos, illustrations, historical items; substantial programme; VG] £4

1978: TONIGHT AT 8.30 Programme 2: We Were Dancing, Fumed Oak and Still Life - Noel Coward (Little Theatre, Bristol) Bristol Old Vic company: Robert O'Mahoney, Mel Martin, Michael Derrington, Geoffrey Burridge, Julia Swift, Carolyn Moody, Ronald Forfar, Lennard Pearce, Peggy Ann Wood, Catherine Owen; dir:Michael Joyce [16pp, 5x9.1; cast list, theatre information, credits etc.; VG] £2

1978: MISALLIANCE - Bernard Shaw (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Christopher Strauli, Hugh Walters, Joanna Munro, Barbara Lott, John Nettleton, Bill Fraser, Robert East, Ann Hamilton, Barry Philips; dir:Hugh Goldie [24pp, 7.4x9.7; 1280th Production; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1978: CHICKEN SOUP WITH BARLEY - Arnold Wesker (Shaw Theatre) Dolphin Theatre Company: Barbara Young, Martin Friend, Jack Chissick, Jonathan Blake, Raymond Brody, Barry Martin, Liz Myers, Adrienne Posta, Frank Baker, Linda Roberts; dir:Anthony Cornish [poster style quadruple-fold sheet, 11.6x19.3; cast list, synopsis of scenes, credits, programme notes etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

Plays: 1979

1979: CLOUD NINE - Caryll Churchill (Royal Court) Joint Stock Theatre Group: Antony Sher, Jim Hooper, Julie Covington, Miriam Margolyes, Tony Rohr, Carole Hayman, William Hoyland; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [6pp, 6x10; cast list, programme notes, credits etc.; slightly grubby, else VG] £3

1979: P.S. YOUR CAT IS DEAD - James Kirkwood (Open Space) David Baxt, Marilyn Galsworthy, Christopher Gable, Christopher Muncke; dir:Richard Marquand [6pp, 3.9x8.25 triple-fold; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £1

1979: A LIFE IN THE THEATRE - David Mamet (Open Space) Freddie Jones, Patrick Ryecart, Gerramy Quarto; dir:Alan Pearlman [6pp, 3.75x8.25 triple-fold; biographies, credits; VG] £2

1979: DIRTY LINEN & NEW-FOUND-LAND - Tom Stoppard (Arts Theatre) Inter-Action Production: Linda Regan, Charles Collingwood, Alan Hay, Phillip Suart, Keith Smith, Hazel Penwarden, Howard Southern, Raymond Cross, Gareth Armstrong, Norman Shelley; dir:Ed Berman [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1979: HABEUS CORPUS - Alan Bennett (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Terence Alexander, Barbara Lott, Brian Jameson, Jacqueline Clarke, Stella Moray, Alec Bregonzi, Sheila Keith, Judy Buxton, Barrie Gosney, John Rutland, Gavin Harding; dir:Kim Grant [26pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1979: SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR - Luigi Pirandello (Greenwich Theatre) Michael J Jackson (as The Director), Deborah Blake, Jeannie Crowther, Mark Preston, David Beale, Sally Nesbitt, Christopher Saul, Erica Stevens, Joanna Wake, Philip Stone (as The Father), Mona Bruce, Pauline Moran, Nick Dunning (as The Son), Stuart Wilde, Clare Barnes, Charlotte Levitt, Rachel Quarmby, Claire Davenport; dir:Phil Young [24pp, 5.9x8.25; articles, photos, biographies; VG] £3

1979: THE PASSING-OUT PARADE - Anne Valery (Greenwich Theatre) Henrietta Baynes, Jane Booker, Hazel Clyne, Susan Colverd, Janine Duvitski, Polly Hemingway, Pat Keen, Charmian May, Wendy Morgan; dir:Jack Emery [24pp, 5.9x8.25; articles, photos, biographies; VG] £3

1979: I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE - Bernice Rubens (Greenwich Theatre) Rosemary Leach, Richard Owens, Rhoda Lewis, Denys Graham, Jan Edwards; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.9x8.25; articles, photos, biographies w.photos; VG] £3

1979: SEMI-DETACHED - David Turner (Greenwich Theatre) Gillian Raine, Leonard Rossiter, Enn Reitel, Theresa Watson, Bruce Bould, Anita Carey, David Timson, Joan Sanderson, Peter Schofield; dir:Leonard Rossiter and Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.8x8.25; articles, photos, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1979: BODIES - James Saunders (Ambassadors) Gwen Watford, Angela Down, David Burke, Dinsdale Landen; dir:Robin Lefevre [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1979: THE SECRETARY BIRD - William Douglas Home (Key Theatre, Peterborough) Terence Alexander, Patricia Temple, Rosemarie Sheridan, Diana Marchment, Rodney Diak; dir:David Kirk [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1979: TISHOO - Brian Thompson (Richmond Theatre) Tony Selby, Penelope Wilton, Alec McCowen, Diane Bull, Geoffrey Palmer; dir:Ronald Eyre [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1979: RATTLE OF A SIMPLE MAN - Charles Dyer (Arts Theatre, Cambridge) Cambridge Theatre Company: Emma Williams, Graeme Garden, Doyne Byrd; dir:Richard Simpson [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, production photo, credits etc.; jottings on cover, else VG] £2

1979: BEDROOM FARCE - Alan Ayckbourn (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) David Stoll, Margaret Ward, Bernard Holley, Anna Dawson, Brian Miller, Helen Cotterill, Christopher Stauli, Elizabeth Bennett; dir:Kim Grant [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; date on cover, else VG] £2

1979: OLD HERBACEOUS - Alfred Shaughnessy, from the book by Reginald Arkell (May Fair Theatre) Salisbury Playhouse production: Roger Hume; dir:Roger Clissold [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1979: A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD, A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE - Dick Vosburgh, Frank Lazarus (May Fair Theatre) New End Theatre production: John Bay, Jon Glover, Frank Lazarus, Paddie O'Neil, Maureen Scott, Sheila Steafel, Alexandra Sebastian; dir:Ian Davidson [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, notes, 4 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1979: NO SEX PLEASE - WE'RE BRITISH - Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot (Strand) Earl Adair, Virginia Clarke, Helen Christie, Derek Fowlds, Peter Graves, Alan White, Lewis Michael, Hugh Lloyd, Donna Reading, Lucienne Camille; dir:Allan Davis [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 5 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979: GLOO JOO - Michael Hastings (Criterion) Oscar James, Heather Tobias, Antony Brown, Dave Hill, Edward Halsted, Akosua Busia; dir:Michael Rudman [24pp, 5.25x8.5; 5 production photos, biographies; VG] £3

1979: NIGHT AND DAY - Tom Stoppard (Phoenix) William Marlowe, George Harris, Diana Rigg, Spencer Banfield, Nicholas Frith, John Thaw, Peter Machin, Edward de Souza, Olu Jacobs; dir:Peter Wood [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979: STAGE STRUCK - Simon Gray (Vaudeville) Andrew Sharp, Alan Bates, Sheila Ballantine, Nigel Stock; dir:Stephen Hollis [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979: HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Marc Camoletti, adapted by Beverley Cross (Apollo) Christopher Timothy, Ian Lavender, Elizabeth Counsell, Julia Foster [24pp, 5.25x8.5; 12 production photos; punch holes, else VG] £2

1979: THE MILLIONAIRESS - George Bernard Shaw (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Nigel Hawthorne, Penelope Keith, Ian Ogilvy, Angharad Rees, Simon Jones, Charles Kay, Ronald Govey, Lucy Griffiths, Jonathan Elsom; dir:Michael Lindsay-Hogg [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 7 production photos, credits etc.;VG] £4

1979: DEATHTRAP - Ira Levin (Garrick) Denis Quilley, Rosemary McHale, Philip Sayer, Joyce Grant, David Healy; dir:Michael Blakemore [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 10 photos etc.; VG] £4

1979 (Jan): WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? - Brian Clark (Savoy) Tom Conti, Jennie Goossens, Phoebe Nicholls, Hugh Quarshie, Hilary Dwyer, Richard Leech, Rona Anderson, Richard Ireson, Edward Lyon, Alan Barry, Peter Honri, Ian Lowe, Llewellyn Rees; dir:Michael Lindsay-Hogg [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 9 photos etc.; minor marks on cover, else VG] £3

1979 (Jul): WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? - Brian Clark (Savoy) Bill Paterson, Jennie Goossens, Louisa Rix, Hugh Quarshie, Carole Nimmons, Richard Leech, Monica Grey, Richard Ireson, Edward Lyon, Alan Barry, Peter Honri, Ian Lowe, Llewellyn Rees; dir:Michael Lindsay-Hogg [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 9 photos etc.; VG] £4

1979: MIDDLE AGE SPREAD - Roger Hall (Lyric) Marjie Lawrence, Richard Briers, Sheila Grant, Paul Eddington, Judy Loe, Tom Chadbon; dir:Robert Kidd [28pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 11 photos etc.; VG] £4

1979: THE GIN GAME - D L Coburn (Lyric) Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy; dir:Mike Nichols [32pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 10 photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979: OUTSIDE EDGE - Richard Harris (Hampstead) Julia McKenzie, Maureen Lipman, Richard Kane, John Kane, Julian Curry, Sue Carpenter, Ian Trigger, Martin Wimbush, Natalie Forbes; dir:Robin Lefevre [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1979: OUTSIDE EDGE - Richard Harris (Queens) Julia McKenzie, Maureen Lipman, Richard Kane, John Kane, Julian Curry, Susan Carpenter, Ian Trigger; dir:Robin Lefevre [28pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 10 photos etc.; VG] £4

1979 (Sep): THE CASE OF THE OILY LEVANTINE - Anthony Shaffer (Her Majesty's) Hywel Bennett, Adrienne Posta, Bernard Archard, William Squire, Wolfe Morris, Anna Quayle, Paul Angelis, Gwen Nelson, Roger Leach; dir:Patrick Dromgoole [32pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 7 production photos etc.; VG] £4

1979: FILUMENA - Edouardo De Filippo (Lyric) Barbara Jefford, Frank Finlay, Sydney Bromley, Susan Richards, Bobbie Brown, Felicity Steel, Daniel Hill, Jay Benedict, Pierce Brosnan, Hugh Fraser, Carol Sandy; dir:Franco Zeffirelli [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 4 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979 (Dec): FILUMENA - Edouardo De Filippo (Shubert Theatre, Boston) Joan Plowright, Frank Finlay, Ernest Sarracino, Miriam Phillips, Donna Davis, Lisa Passero, Dennis Boutsikaris, Stephen Schnetzer, Peter Iacangelo, Pierre Epstein, Fiddle Viracola, Gabor Morea, Bill Karnovsky; dir:Franco Zeffirelli [32pp, 5.7x9 (Playbill programme); cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979: ROOKERY NOOK - Ben Travers (Lyric) Josephine Tewson, Dora Bryan, Andrew Robertson, Terence Frisby, Nicky Henson, Nina Thomas, Peter Schofield, Geoffrey Lumsden, Cherith Mellor, Sheila Ferris, Chili Bouchier; dir:Frank Dunlop [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, further photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979: AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG.. - C P Taylor (Queen's) Gemma Jones, Arthur Blake, Roger Avon, Veronica Sowerby, Patricia Routledge, Christian Rodska, Ray Brooks; dir:Mike Ockrent [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 15 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979: AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG.. - C P Taylor (Wimbledon) Gemma Jones, Arthur Blake, Roger Avon, Veronica Sowerby, Patricia Routledge, Christian Rodska, Ray Brooks; dir:Mike Ockrent [20pp, 5.75x8.25; plus colourful flyer; VG] £3

1979: AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG.. - C P Taylor (Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham) Gemma Jones, Arthur Blake, Roger Avon, Veronica Sowerby, Patricia Routledge, Christian Rodska, Ray Brooks; dir:Mike Ockrent [20pp, 5.75x8.25; VG] £2

1979: CAN YOU HEAR ME AT THE BACK? - Brian Clark (Piccadilly) Peter Barkworth, Hannah Gordon, Edward Hardwicke, Michael Maloney, Stephanie Beacham; dir:Barry Davis [32pp, 5.25x8.25; cast list, biographies, 6 cast and production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1979: ONCE A CATHOLIC - Mary J O'Malley (Wyndham's) Angela Vale (as Mother Peter), Patricia Heneghan (as Mother Basil), Clare Richards, Frank Shelley, James Ellis (as Father Mullarkey), Clare Travers-Deacon (as Mary Mooney), Jo-Anne Good, Janette Foggo, Anne Rosenfeld, Anne Mannion, Caroline Weller, Lynette McMorrough, Christopher Ellison, Kevin Elyot (as Cuthbert); dir:Mike Ockrent [32pp, 5.25x8.25; cast list, biographies, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1979: SWEENEY TODD - Christopher Bond (Redgrave Theatre, Farnham) Nigel Hughes, Malcolm Hebden (as Sweeney Todd), Josephine Woodford, Mary Griffiths (as Mrs Lovett), Carl Forgione, Michael Shannon, Ian Bartholemew (as Tobias Ragg), Christopher Reeks, Tony Chambers, Rowan Suart, Tim Douglas; dir:David Horlock [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, notes, biographies; VG] £3

1979: BEDROOM FARCE - Alan Ayckbourn (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) Robert Flemyng, Irene Sutcliffe, Roger Kemp, Geraldine Newman, Paul Arlington, Mikki Magorian, Ron Bain, Helen Ryan; dir:Joan Knight [20pp, 5.75x8.25; extensive notes, cast photos and biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1979: DONKEY'S YEARS - Michael Frayn (Bristol Old Vic, Theatre Royal) Patrick Connor, Neil Stacy, Miles Anderson, Ian Mackenzie, Robert O'Mahoney, Bill Wallis, Andrew Hilton, Jack Klaff, June Barrie; dir:John David [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1979: CLOUD NINE - Caryl Churchill (Mac Robert Arts Centre, Stirling) Joint Stock Theatre Group: Antony Sher, Jim Hooper, Julie Covington, Miriam Margolyes, Carole Hayman, Tony Rohr [20pp, 5.75x8.25; photo; light scribbles on back, else VG] £2

1979: HABEAS CORPUS - Alan Bennett (Crucible, Sheffield) Royce Ryton, Penelope Lee, Richard Cottan, Jean Perkins, Howard Lew Lewis, Peter Wilson, Irene Sutcliffe, Julie-Christine Young, Ken Morley, Michael Segal, Norman Mills; dir:Mel Smith [12pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, articles; VG] £3

1979: FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS - Terence Rattigan (Chester Gateway) Paul McCleary, John Asbury, David Cann, Marianne Sherman, John Levitt, John Branwell, Annette Lynton, Nick Maloney, Alison Rose, Jonathan Edbrooke; dir:David Thacker [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1979: THE CONSTANT WIFE - Somerset Maugham (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) Cambridge Theatre Company: Margaretta Scott, Frank Seton, Liza Flanagan, Kristin Millward, Susan Jameson, Pamela Moiseiwitsch, Trevor Baxter, Dallas Adams, Leon Sinden; dir:Sheila Hancock [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, cast photo, credits etc.; VG] £3

1979: SEMI-DETACHED - David Turner (Greenwich Theatre) Gillian Raine, Leonard Rossiter, Enn Reitel, Theresa Watson, Bruce Bould, Anita Carey, David Timson, Joan Sanderson, Peter Schofield; dir:Leonard Rossiter and Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, photos, cartoons, articles etc.; VG] £2

1979: THE PLAY'S THE THING - Ferenc Molnar (Greenwich Theatre) James Cossins, John Moffatt, Ian Oliver, John Tordoff, Julia McKenzie, Richard Coleman, Mark Preston, Stephen Boswell; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1979 (Feb-Mch): DESTINY - David Edgar (Theatre Royal, Bristol) Bristol Old Vic company: Renu Setna, John Boswall, Robert O'Mahoney, Clive Wood, David Foxxe, June Barrie, Andrew Hilton, Michael Tudor Barnes, Belinda Lang, Michael Derrington, Mark Drewry, Ian Mackenzie, Peter Postlethwaite (Pete Postlethwaite), Athar Malik (Art Malik), Nicholas Farrell, Jenny Galloway, Amanda Redman, Robert Cavendish, Michael Adler, David Evans, Andrew Rattenbury, Claire Padien; dir:Richard Cottrell [20pp, 5.9x8.2; cast list, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1979: YOU NEVER CAN TELL - George Bernard Shaw (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Paul Rogers, Peter Egan, Sian Phillips, Cheryl Campbell, David Waller, Frank Middlemass; dir:David Giles [24pp, 5.25x9; photos, biographies, articles; slightly faded, else VG] £3

1979: THE CRUCIFER OF BLOOD - Paul Giovanni (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) John Quentin, Edward Petherbridge, Nicholas Day, John Cater (as Inspector Lestrade), Billy McColl, Geoffrey Snell, Keith Michell (as Sherlock Holmes), Denis Lill (as Dr Watson), Susan Hampshire (as Irene St Claire), Reis Etan, Klim Leh T'Chei, James Curran; dir:Paul Giovanni [24pp, 5x8.5, contained in a cardboard slip-case 6x 9.5; A New Sherlock Holmes Mystery; articles, 12+ original Sherlock Holmes line drawings, cast biographies w.charming modern line drawings, etc.; VG] £5

1979: THE FAMILY REUNION - T S Eliot (Vaudeville) Royal Exchange Theatre Company: Pauline Jameson, Daphne Oxenford, Constance Chapman, Avril Elgar, Jeffry Wickham, William Fox, Joanna David, Edward Fox, Harry Walker, Esmond Knight, Hilda Schroder; dir:Michael Elliott [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, programme notes, 2 production photos, credits etc.; date written inside, else VG] £3

1979: OOH LA LA! - Georges Feydeau (Tour) Hull Truck Theatre Company: John Blanchard, Bridget Ashburn, Mark Brignal, Rosalind March, Hamish Reid, Frances Brookes, Stephen Warbeck; dir:Mike Bradwell, music:Stephen Warbeck [16pp, 8.25x11.75; cast and company photos and biographies; 11 photos of past Hull Truck productions; minor marks, else VG] £3

1979: THE ORDEAL OF GILBERT PENFOLD - Ronald Harwood, from novel by Evelyn Waugh (New Round House) Royal Exchange Theatre Company: Michael Hordern (as Gilbert Pinfold), Margaret Inglis, Lockwood West, Willoughby Gray, Geoffrey Bateman, Lindsay Duncan, Geoffrey McGivern, Ken Randle, Derrick Branche, Ron Emslie, John Ringham, Gareth Forwood, Frank Crompton, Pauline Jameson, Carol Gillies, Jeffrey Perry, Tilly Tremayne; dir:Michael Elliott [20pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photos, illustrated programme notes, photographic feature on The Royal Exchange Theatre, credits etc.; VG] £4

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