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Plays: 1980

1980: MIDDLE AGE SPREAD - Roger Hall (Lyric) Marjie Lawrence, Richard Briers, Sheila Grant, Paul Eddington, Judy Loe, Tom Chadbon; dir:Robert Kidd [24pp, 5.25x8.6; cast list, synopsis of scenes, cast biographies, 9 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1980: GOOD FUN - Victoria Wood (King's Head Theatre Club) Paula Wilcox, Kevin Moore, Tony Scannell, Nichola McAuliffe, Tina Marian, Paul Dalton, Barbara New, Anna Keaveney, Tony Bateman; dir:Andy Hinds [12pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1980: SHADOWPLAY - Noel Coward, and A MAN OF FEELING - Stephen Oliver (King's Head) Merelina Kendall, Nichola McAuliffe, Estelle Kohler, John Standing, Simon Elson, Lizzie Romilly, Anthony Hyde, Oz Clarke; dir:Peter Stevenson (Shadowplay), Andy Hinds (Feeling), Music Director:John Owen Edwards [16pp, 5.9x8.3; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; grubby cover, else VG] £3

1980: LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS - Neil Simon (Criterion) Lee Montague, Susan Engel, Georgina Hale, Bridget Turner; dir:Eric Thompson [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, 3 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1980: EMLYN WILLIAMS as DYLAN THOMAS GROWING UP (Ambassadors) Emlyn Williams [20pp, 5.9x8.25; programme notes, biographies (w.photos) of Emlyn Williams and Dylan Thomas, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £1

1980: DANGEROUS CORNER - J B Priestley (Ambassadors) Jennifer Daniel, Madeleine Newbury, Stacy Dorning, Ann Lynn, Peter Dennis, Anthony Daniels, Clive Francis; dir:Robert Gillespie [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1980: PYGMALION - Bernard Shaw (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Penelope Freeman, Sydney Sturgess, Howard Attfield, Tom Kelly, Angela Scoular (as Eliza Doolittle), John Arnatt, Leslie Phillips (as Professor Henry Higgins), Raymond Boyd, Barbara Bolton, Jimmy Jewel, Joan Sanderson (as Mrs Higgins), Christine Kavanagh, Graham Balchin, Geoffrey Clinton-Green, Liz Hogan; dir:Ian Watt-Smith [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1980: LIBERTY HALL - Michael Frayn (Greenwich Theatre) Julian Fellowes, Anthony Sharpe, Rowena Cooper, Rikki Fulton, George Cole, Jill Meager, Oliver Cotton; dir:Alan Dossor [24pp, 5.75x8.25; notes, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1980: PRIVATE LIVES - Noel Coward (Greenwich Theatre) Michael Jayston, Maria Aitken, Jenny Quayle, Ian Collier, Lesley Gregson; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated article, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1980: NEXT TIME I'LL SING TO YOU - James Saunders (Greenwich Theatre) Michael Melia, Malcolm Mudie, Judy Geeson, Nickolas Grace, Colin Bruce; dir:Toby Robertson [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated article, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1980: JOHN BULL'S OTHER ISLAND - Bernard Shaw (Greenwich Theatre) Christopher Benjamin, Patrick Duggan, Tony Doyle, P G Stephens, Sorcha Cusack, John Biggerstaff, Chris Gannon, Doyne Byrd; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated article, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1980: DIRTY LINEN, and NEW-FOUND-LAND - Tom Stoppard (Greenwich Theatre) Crawford Logan, Reginald Jessup, Derren Nesbitt, Ian Gardiner; dir:Ed Berman [16pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, notes] £2

1980: TIME AND THE CONWAYS - J B Priestley (Greenwich Theatre) Irene Sutcliffe, Bruce Bould, Alison Skilbeck, Philip Bowen, Louisa Rix, Clare Higgins, Suzanne Burden, Diane Bull, Colin Higgins, Martin Milman; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; notes, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1980: ALL TOGETHER NOW - Peter Buckman (Greenwich Theatre) Colin Blumenau, Terry Molloy, Michael Mellinger, Patsy Rowlands, Tony Steedman, David Riley; dir:Peter Dews [24pp, 5.75x8.25; notes, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1980: TOAD OF TOAD HALL - A A Milne, from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Old Vic) Ian Talbot, David King, Terry Wale, Barrie Jaimeson; dir:David Conville [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, programme notes, illustrations, synopsis of scenes, biographies with charming line drawings, production photo etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1980: SAY WHO YOU ARE - Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford) Pete Murray, Dilys Watling, Una Stubbs, Michael Aspel; dir:Val May [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1980: ONCE A CATHOLIC - Mary O'Malley (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford) Doreen Keogh, Kathleen Moffatt, Di Langford, Terry Mortimer, Terence Frisby, Fiona McArthur, Tina Jones, Claire Lewis, Karen Drury, Amanda Bellamy, Barbara Peak, Isabel Lansdale, Gary Holton, Martyn Hesford; dir:Michael Bogdanov [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, interview with Mary O'Malley, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1980: THE LAST OF MRS.CHEYNEY - Frederick Lonsdale (Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham) Michael Aldridge, Alister Cameron, Mark Barratt, Pamela Merrick, Ian Masters, Moyra Fraser, Judi Maynard, Simon Williams, James Villiers, Joan Collins, Elspeth March, David Killick; dir:Nigel Patrick [26pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1980: LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET - Colin Henry Hazlewood (Theatre Royal, Bury St.Edmunds) The Actors Company: Michael Malnick, Richard Cordery, Steven Mann, Richard Owens, Christina Greatrex, Rosemary Williams, Ann Penfold, Lawrence Blackmore, Philip Cade, Stephen Diamond, Robert Selbie; dir:John David [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1980: AN INSPECTOR CALLS - J B Priestley (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) Henry Moxon, Christopher Blake, Sally Osborn, June Brown, Angela Pullan, David Gretton, Clifford Rose (as Inspector Goole); dir:Kim Grant [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1980: THREADS (Hampstead Theatre) Phyllis Logan, Freddie Boardley, Elaine Collins, Mark Windsor, Pat Doyle, Claire Nielson, John Breck, Robbie Coltrane, Ida Schuster, Carey Wilson; dir:Robin Lefevre [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1980: CONSIDER MY POSITION - John Graham (Yvonne Arnaud) Paula Wilcox, Lance Percival, Hugh Lloyd, Brian Carroll, Ian Wallace, Malou Cartwright, Valerie Hermanni; dir:Allan Davis [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1980: IN PRAISE OF LOVE - Terence Rattigan (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) Cambridge Theatre Company: Jonathan Newth, Barbara Young, Clive Carter, Burnell Tucker; dir:Sheila Hancock [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, 3 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1980: JANE - Somerset Maugham (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford) Robert Tunstall, Marsha Fitzalan, Julian Barnes, Edward Brayshaw, Toby Robins, Barbara Lott, Angela Pullan, Jerome Willis, Brian Jameson; dir:Kim Grant [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1980: THE GIRL IN MELANIE KLEIN - James Saunders (Watford Palace Theatre) Frank Finlay, Elizabeth Bennett, Susan Penhaligon, Renee Asherson, Robert Flemyng, Frank Wylie, Howard Lew Lewis; dir:Michael Attenborough [20pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies; VG] £2

1980: THE LAST OF MRS.CHEYNEY - Frederick Lonsdale (Cambridge) Michael Aldridge, Alister Cameron, Mark Barratt, Pamela Merrick, Ian Masters, Moyra Fraser, Judi Maynard, Simon Williams, James Villiers, Joan Collins, Elspeth March, David Killick; dir:Nigel Patrick [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, 2 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1980: THE MONKEY WALK - John Murray (Yvonne Arnaud) Suzanne Danielle, Patrick Mower; dir:Charles Ross [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1980: NIGHT AND DAY - Tom Stoppard (Greenwich Theatre) John White, Derek Chabrol, Maureen Lipman, Paul Davies, Jack Hedley, John Hudson, Harvey Ashby, Mark Heath; dir:Edward de Souza [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1980: PIAF - Pam Gems (Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe) Library Theatre Company production: Yvonne Edgell, Hazel Maycock, Caroline Bernstein, Sarah Sherborne, Kathy Pickard, Peter Theedom, Martin George, Martin Duncan, Angelo Gibson, Tony Taff, Andy Readman, Glyn Morrow, Seamus O'Neill; dir:Howard Lloyd-Lewis [8pp quadruple-fold; cast list, biographies, photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1980: THE CASE OF DAVID ANDERSON Q.C. - John Hale (Traverse Theatre) Traverse Theatre production: Jon Croft, Corin Redgrave, Arthur Boland, Randal Herley, Michael Mackenzie, David Peate, Evelyn Langlands, Phyllis Logan; dir:Chris Parr [12pp A4 sheets stapled together; folded; cast list, biographies, extensive articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1980 (Sep): TAKING STEPS - Alan Ayckbourn (Lyric) Nicola Pagett, Paul Chapman, Michael Maloney, Dinsdale Landen, Richard Kane, Wendy Murray; dir:Michel Rudman [28pp, 5.25x8.5; photos; VG] £3

1980: TAKING STEPS - Alan Ayckbourn (Richmond Theatre) Nicola Pagett, Paul Chapman, Michael Maloney, Dinsdale Landen, Richard Kane, Wendy Murray; dir:Michel Rudman [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1980 (Dec): DEATHTRAP - Ira Levin (Garrick) William Franklyn, Joanna Doubleday, Andrew Sharp, Sheila Keith, Bob Sessions; dir:Michael Blakemore [36pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1980: ROOKERY NOOK - Ben Travers (Her Majesty's) Birmingham Repertory Theatre production: 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 [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, 2 photos of the 1926 production, biographies w.photos, biography of Ben Travers w.photo, credits etc.; VG] £3

1980: ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST - Dario Fo (Wyndham's) Belt and Braces Roadshow: John Surman, Andrew de la Tour, Gavin Richards, Jim Bywater, Clive Russell, Pat Brackenbury; dir:Gavin Richards [32pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, extensive programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1980: ENJOY - Alan Bennett (Vaudeville) Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, Philip Sayer, Susan Littler, Roger Alborough, Julian Ronnie, Stephen Flynn, Liz Smith, Graham Wyles, Michael Hughes, Marc Sinden, Simon Painter, Gareth Price; dir:Ronald Eyre [32pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, 11 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1980: THE DRESSER - Ronald Harwood (Queen's) Tom Courtenay, Jane Wenham, Jacqueline Tong, Janet Henfrey, Freddie Jones, Lockwood West, Geoffrey McGivern, Rex Arundel, David Browning, Peter O'Dwyer, Kenneth Oxtoby, Trevor Griffiths; dir:Michael Elliott [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1980: STAGE STRUCK - Simon Gray (Vaudeville) Alan Bates, Nigel Stock, Sheila Ballantine; dir:Stephen Hollis [24pp, 5.25x8.5; photos; VG] £3

1980: MAKE AND BREAK - Michael Frayn (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) James Grout, Peter Blythe, Glyn Grain, Prunella Scales, Ray Edwards, Ian Gray, Gary Fairhall, Anthony Roye, Catherine Neilson, Leonard Rossiter, David Graham, Donald Morley, Paul Gregory; dir:Michael Blakemore [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, credits, 8 production photos etc.; VG] £4

1980: BEFORE THE PARTY - Rodney Ackland (Apollo) Jane Asher, Miles Anderson, Louise Breslin, Jayne Tottman, Phyllis Calvert, Michael Gough, Madeleine Christie; dir:Tom Conti [20pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, 6 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1980 (Oct): RATTLE OF A SIMPLE MAN - Charles Dyer (Savoy) Pauline Collins, John Alderton, John Challis; dir:Peter Egan [32pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 7 photos etc.; VG] £4

1980: BORN IN THE GARDENS - Peter Nichols (Globe) Beryl Reid, Barry Foster, Peter Bowles, Jan Waters; dir:Clifford Williams [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, cast photos, 2 production photos etc.; VG] £4

1980: BEECHAM - Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin (Apollo) Salisbury Playhouse production: Timothy West, Terry Wale; dir:Patrick Garland [20pp, 5.25x8.5; photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1980: DUET FOR ONE - Tom Kempinski (Duke of York's) Frances de la Tour, David de Keyser; dir:Roger Smith [32pp, 5.25x8.5; 7 rehearsal photos; punch holes, else VG] £2

1980: DON'T JUST LIE THERE, SAY SOMETHING! - Michael Pertwee (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Ann Thornton, Raymond Bowers, Lindsay Rodwell, Michael Napier Brown, Peter Denyer, Michael Boland, Jane Collins, Candice Hartley; dir:Malcolm Farquhar [20pp, 6x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits, theatre notes etc.; VG] £2

1980: THE UNVARNISHED TRUTH - Royce Ryton (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Bill Bradley, Naomi Buch, Peter Geddis, Dorothy Primrose, Malcolm Farquhar, Nancy Gower, Peter Whitbread, Vilma Hollingbery, Carol Evans; dir:Michael Napier Brown [20pp, 6x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits, theatre notes etc.; VG] £2

1980: HAY FEVER - Noel Coward (Lyric, Hammersmith) Felicity Dean, Brian Stirner, Mary Griffiths, Constance Cummings, John Le Mesurier, Jeremy Child, Polly Adams, Moray Watson, Yvonne Antrobus; dir:Michael Blakemore [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits, programme notes etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1980: ILLUMINATIONS - Peter Jenkins (Lyric, Hammersmith) Betty Lawrence, Michael Gardiner, John Cater, Trevor Martin, Richard Denning, Judy Loe, Bill Nighy, Nigel Stock, Paul Eddington, Gordon Salkilld, Grant Cathro; dir:Richard Cottrell [24pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, rehearsal photos, programme notes, credits etc.; stylish programme; VG] £3

1980: NOT QUITE JERUSALEM - Paul Kember (Royal Court) Bernard Strother, Philip Davis, Annie Hayes, Kevin McNally, Bruce Alexander, Leslee Udwin; dir:Les Water [6pp triple-fold, 6x9.75; cast list, credits etc.; slightly tatty, minor marks on back, else VG] £1

1980 (15 Jul-2 Aug): NOT IN THE BOOK - Arthur Watkyn (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Elspet Gray, Brian Jameson, Graham Seed, Philip Anthony, Anthony Sharp, Harry Landis, John Counsell, Mike Hall; dir:Hugh Goldie [24pp, 7.5x9.75; 1307th Production; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; title on cover, else VG] £2

1980: JEEVES TAKES CHARGE - P G Wodehouse, adapted by Edward Duke (Lyric Theatre Hammersmith Studio) Edward Duke; dir:Gillian Lynne [6pp, 4x9.8 triple-fold; programme notes, biographies, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1980: JEEVES TAKES CHARGE - P G Wodehouse, adapted by Edward Duke (Fortune) Edward Duke; dir:Gillian Lynne [28pp, 5.25x8.5; programme notes, biographies, photos, illustrated programme note, credits etc.; VG] £3

1980: THE DRESSER - Ronald Harwood (Manchester Royal Exchange) Tom Courtenay, Isabel Dean, Jacqueline Tong, Carol Gillies, Freddie Jones, Lockwood West, Geoffrey McGivern, Rex Arundel, Anthony Benson, Joe Holmes, Guy Nicholls; dir:Michael Elliott [16pp, 8.25x11.75; historical photos & others; light marks on cover, else VG] £4

1980: BLOOD BLACK & GOLD - Gerard McLarnon (Manchester Royal Exchange) Alan Parnaby, Alan McMahon, Ron Emslie, Joseph Peters, Nick Stringer, Carmel McSharry, Clare Higgins, Shirley Cassedy, Vivienne Ritchie, Lindsay Blackwell, John Watts, Dilys Hamlett, Ishia Bennison, Lisa Tramontin, Lesley Nicol; dir:Braham Murray [12pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, biography of Gerard McLarnon w.photo, 6 costume designs, credits etc.; VG] £4

Plays: 1981

1981 (1-17 Oct): DEATH OF A SALESMAN - Arthur Miller (Harrogate Theatre) Harrogate Theatre Company: Jean Fergusson (as Linda), Charles Rea (as Willy Loman), Robin Sachs, Benny Young (as Biff), Maureen Morris, David Ericsson, Brian Forster, Rex Robinson, David Sivier, Susie Jenkinson, Andrew Rattenbury, Jane Paton; dir:Mark Piper [20pp, 6x8.25; cast list, biographies, Arthur Miller chronology, credits etc.; VG] £2

1981: QUARTERMAINE'S TERMS - Simon Gray (Richmond Theatre) Jenny Quayle, Edward Fox, Peter Birch, Robin Bailey, Glyn Grain, James Grout, Prunella Scales; dir:Harold Pinter [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; title written on cover, else VG] £2

1981: HAY FEVER - Noel Coward (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Glynis Johns (as Judith Bliss), John Le Mesurier, Briony McRoberts, Michael Troughton, Isla Blair (as Myra Arundel), Donald Pickering, Yvonne Antrobus, Tony Mathews, Mary Griffiths; dir:Michael Blakemore [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits, programme notes etc.; VG] £2

1981: TEN TIMES TABLE - Alan Ayckbourn (Key Theatre, Peterborough) Rodney Diak, Robert Vahey, Ann Hamilton, Laurel Burton, Michael Duggan, Eileen Bell, Walter Brown, Roy Finn, Nina West; dir:Tony Clayton [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, 2 cast biographies and photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1981: THE KILLING GAME - Thomas Muschamp (Greenwich Theatre) Hannah Gordon, Peter Gilmore, Lewis Fiander, Philip Bond, Ernest Clark; dir:Derek Martinus [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1981: ABIGAIL'S PARTY - Mike Leigh (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Cheryl Hall, Nicholas Day, Marilyn Cutts, Christopher Fulford, Gloria Connell; dir:Philip Partridge [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, programme note etc.; VG] £2

1981: STEAMING - Nell Dunn (Theatre Royal, Stratford) Jo Warne, Stewart Harwood, Georgina Hale, Maria Charles, Brenda Blethyn, Ann Lynn, Patti Love; dir:Roger Smith [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1981: STEAMING - Nell Dunn (Comedy Theatre) Jo Warne, Stewart Harwood, Georgina Hale, Maria Charles, Brenda Blethyn, Sheila Ruskin, Meg Davies; dir:Roger Smith [20pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, production photos; VG] £4

1981: 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD - Helene Hanff, adapted by James Roose-Evans (Ambassadors) Rosemary Leach, David Swift, Barbara Ward, Charmian May, Charles Kinross, Adrian Hall, Susanna Best; dir:James Roose-Evans [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1981: 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD - Helene Hanff, adapted by James Roose-Evans (Ambassadors) Doreen Mantle, Ronnie Stevens, Corinna Schnabel, Margaret Robertson, Charles Kinross, Simon Hewitt, Dawn Keeler, Clare Nicholson; dir:James Roose-Evans [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1981: HOUSE GUEST - Francis Durbridge (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Jane Cussons, Sarah Bullen, Susan Hampshire, Gerald Harper, Richard Gale, Philip Stone, Barry Stokes, Barbara Atkinson, Ralph Greader; dir:Val May [20pp, 5.75x8.25 cast list, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1981: LOOSE ENDS - Brian Weller (Hampstead Theatre) Kevin McNally, Anna Nygh, Bridget Ashburn, Tanveer Ul-Ghani, Vincent Marzello, Julianne Mason, Neil Johnston, Albie Parsons, Daniel Foley, Ronnie Letham, Ron Cook; dir:Les Waters [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1981: PRESENT LAUGHTER - Noel Coward (Greenwich Theatre) Belinda Lang, Sheila Mitchell, Colin Spaull, Gwen Watford, Donald Sinden (as Garry Essendine), Dinah Sheridan, Julian Fellowes (as Roland Maule), Ian Gardiner, Michael Fleming, Polly Adams, Jill Johnson; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1981: PRESENT LAUGHTER - Noel Coward (Vaudeville) Belinda Lang, Sheila Mitchell, Colin Spaull, Gwen Watford, Donald Sinden (as Garry Essendine), Dinah Sheridan, Julian Fellowes (as Roland Maule), Ian Gardiner, Michael Fleming, Elizabeth Counsell, Jill Johnson; dir:Alan Strachan [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, programme notes, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1981: THE GOLDEN AGE - A R Gurney Jnr. (Greenwich Theatre) Angela Thorne, Vincent Marzello, Constance Cummings; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme note, credits etc.; VG] £4

1981: JUST A VERSE AND CHORUS (Greenwich Theatre) Roy Hudd (as Bob Weston), Billy Dainty (as Bert Lee), Caro Gurney, Roy Macready, Penelope Nice, Dudley Stevens; dir:Robin Midgley and Patrick McIntyre [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, cast biographies w.photos, notes; VG] £3

1981: THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA - George Bernard Shaw (Greenwich Theatre) Robert Howie, Peggy Aitchison, William Lucas, Harold Kasket, Wensley Pithey, Donald Morley, James Cossins, Christopher Hancock, Maria Aitken (as Jennifer Dubedat), Leigh Lawson (as Louis Dubedat), Marilyn Cutts, Richard Talbot, Nicholas Tudor; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, illustrated article, cast biographies etc.; VG] £3

1981: ANOTHER COUNTRY - Julian Mitchell (Greenwich Theatre) Rupert Everett, Joshua Le Touzel, Piers Flint-Shipman, David Parfitt, Michael Parkhouse, Christopher Villiers, Matthew Solon, Simon Dutton, Gary Carp, David William; dir:Stuart Burge [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, illustrated articles, cast biographies and photos etc.; VG] £3

1981: THE CASE OF THE FRIGHTENED LADY - Edgar Wallace (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) David Gretton, David Ashford, Tony Caunter, John Arnatt, Denys Hawthorne, Roland Oliver, David Troughton, Geoffrey Larder, Faith Brook, Lucy Gutteridge, Brett Alston, Tim Feltham, Richard Gissing, Dennis Sharville, Philip Ticehurst, Adrian Wood; dir:Ian Watt-Smith [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated article, credits etc.; VG] £3

1981: ROSE - Andrew Davies (Salisbury Playhouse) Christine Edmonds, Margot Thomas, Nancie Herrod, Cecilia Richards, Leon Tanner, Alexa Romanes, Nicholas Lumley, Edward Halstead; dir:Mark Scrimshaw [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1981: DIRTY LINEN and NEW-FOUND LAND - Tom Stoppard (Shaw Theatre) Mandy Rice-Davies, Henry McGee, Barrie Gosney, Jonathan Milton, Anthony Morton, Sarah Whitlock, Francis Thomson, Gilbert Vernon, Robin Halstead, Reginald Jessup; dir:Ed Berman [8pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; very slight edge damage, else VG] £2

1981: WAR WITH THE NEWTS - adapted by Kenny Murray from the novel by Karel Capek (Riverside Studios) Michael Ames, Jonathan Barlow, Caroline Bernstein, Don Crann, Mick Lawson, Andy Rashleigh, Henry Davis, Txi Whizz, Adad Hannah; dir:Ken Campbell [thrice-folded 16.5x23.5 single sheet, forming poster for the show (featuring the smiling cast); VG] £4

1981: CAN'T PAY? WON'T PAY! - Dario Fo, adapted by Robert Walker (Criterion) Omega Stage Company: Maggie Steed, Karen Drury, Alfred Molina, Sylvester McCoy, James Matthews, Christopher Ryan; dir:Robert Walker [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1981: MACREADY! - Frank Barrie (Arts Theatre) Frank Barrie; dir:Donald Mackechnie [20pp, 5.25x8.5; extracts from Macready's diary, portrait of Frank Barrie as Macready, biographies, notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1981 (Jan): DUET FOR ONE - Tom Kempinski (Duke of York's) Frances de la Tour, David de Keyser; dir:Roger Smith [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 7 photos etc.; VG] £4

1981: ARMS AND THE MAN - George Bernard Shaw (Lyric) Alice Krige, Pat Heywood, Anna Nygh, Richard Briers, Charles Rogers, Anthony Pedley, Richard Pearson, Peter Egan; dir:Jonathan Lynn [32pp, 5.25x8.5 rehearsal photos, biographies, article by Vivian Elliot; w.flyer; VG] £3

1981: GOOSE-PIMPLES - devised by Mike Leigh (Garrick) Jim Broadbent, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Jill Baker, Antony Sher; dir:Mike Leigh [24pp, 5.25x8.5; 11 production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1981: TONIGHT AT 8.30 - Noel Coward (Lyric) Cambridge Theatre Company: Victoria Duncan, Estelle Kohler, Zulema Dene, John Standing, John Lester, Susie Blake, Tim Brown, Malcolm Mudie, Hugh Lloyd; dir:Jonathan Lynn [32pp, 5.25x8.5 production photos, cast biographies, illustrated article; "Complimentary" stamped on cover; VG] £4

1981: ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST - Dario Fo, adapted by Gavin Richards from an original translation by Gillian Hanna (Wyndham's) Belts and Braces Roadshow: John Surman, Andrew de la Tour, Gavin Richards, Jim Bywater, Clive Russell, Pat Brackenbury; dir:Gavin Richards [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, extensive articles, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1981: ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST - Dario Fo, adapted by Gavin Richards from an original translation by Gillian Hanna (Wyndham's) Belts and Braces Roadshow: Gavin Muir, John Surman, Gavin Richards, Jim Bywater, Clive Russell, Pat Brackenbury; dir:Gavin Richards [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, extensive articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1981: ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST - Dario Fo, adapted by Gavin Richards from an original translation by Gillian Hanna (Wyndham's) Belts and Braces Roadshow: Gavin Muir, John Surman, Gavin Richards, Jim Bywater, Clive Russell, Susan Denaker; dir:Gavin Richards [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, extensive articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1981: ALL MY SONS - Arthur Miller (Wyndham's) Omega Stage Company: Colin Blakely, David Baron, Ken Drury, Pat Starr, Pamela Merrick, Garrick Hagon, Miles Parsey, Bryan Rogan, Joseph De Marce, Daniel Holender, Rosemary Harris, Jill Baker, Richard Durden; dir:Michael Blakemore [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1981: OUTSIDE EDGE - Richard Harris (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Janet Allen, Martin Sadler, David English, Guy Nicholls, Susan Edmonstone, Alan Bodenham, Lynette Edwards, Mark Harrison, Kate Spiro; dir:Michael Napier Brown [20pp, 5.8x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; G] £2

1981: MURDER MISTAKEN - Janet Green (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Nancy Gower, Veda Warwick, David English, Mark Harrison, Sheila Matthews, Janet Allen; dir:Malcolm Farquhar [20pp, 5.8x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; G] £2

1981 (Jan): MAKE AND BREAK - Michael Frayn (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) James Grout, Peter Blythe, Glyn Grain, Prunella Scales, Ray Edwards, Ian Gray, Gary Fairhall, Anthony Roye, Catherine Neilson, Leonard Rossiter, David Graham, Donald Morley, Paul Gregory; dir:Michael Blakemore [24pp, 5.25x8.5 (in Theatre Royal cover); cast list, biographies, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1981: SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR - Bernard Slade (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Janet Allen, Malcolm Stoddard; dir:Malcolm Farquhar [20pp, 5.8x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; G] £2

1981: KABUKI: Shunkan (Heike Nyogo-no-shima) and Renjishi (Dance) (Sadler's Wells) Shochiku Company: Ichikawa Ennosuke III, Ichikawa Monnosuke VII, Ichikawa Danshiro IV, Nakamura Shibajaku VII, Nakamura Shinjiro, Ichikawa Ukon, Ichikawa Danen, Ichikawa Juen, Ichikawa Enjuro, Ichikawa Engoro, Ichikawa Takijiro, Ichikawa Komori, Ichikawa Kisaburo, Ichikawa Kinosuke, Ichikawa Emiya [32pp, 5.2x8.9; biographies w.photos, production photos, cast lists, synopses, programme notes, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1981: CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD - Mark Medoff (Mermaid) Elizabeth Quinn, Trevor Eve, Ed Kelly, John Graham, Irene Sutcliffe, Julianne Gold, Joan Blackham; dir:Gordon Davidson [32pp, 5.1x9; cast list, 8 rehearsal photos, biographies w.photos, credits, 2 sign-language alphabet charts etc.; VG] £3

1981 (9-20 Sep): ACCOUNTS - Michael Wilcox (Riverside Studios) Traverse Theatre Company: Madelaine Newton, George Pensotti, Kevin Whateley, Cliff Burnett, Tony Roper; dir:Peter Lichtenfels [12pp, 4.9x9.75; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1981: ANYONE FOR DENIS? - John Wells (Whitehall) John Cater, Nicholas Farrell, John Nettleton, Joan Sanderson, Angela Thorne (as Maggie Thatcher), John Wells (as Denis Thatcher), Jeffry Wickham, Peter Woodthorpe; dir:Dick Clement [three 8.25x11.75 loose sheets plus booking form, enclosed in an 8.75x4.4 envelope; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; unconventional programme; VG] £2

1981: GOOD - C P Taylor (Donmar) Charles Dance, Eva Marie Bryer, Faith Brook, Peter Moreton, Ian Gelder, Jessica Turner, Emilia Fox, Benedict Taylor, John Ramm, Cymon Allen; dir:Michael Grandage [32pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies, illustrated articles, rehearsal photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1981: PIAF - Pam Gems (Plymouth Theatre, New York) David Leary, Jane Lapotaire, Peter Friedman, Zoe Wanamaker, Nicholas Woodeson, Stephen Davies, Lewis Arlt, Robert Christian, Michael Ayr, Kenneth Welsh, David Purdham, Jean Smart, Judith Ivey, Sherry Steiner, Cynthia Carle; dir:Howard Davies [84pp, 5.6x9 (Playbill June 1981); cast list, biographies w.photos, 6 production photos, credits and much else; VG] £4

1981: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE - Joseph Kesselring (Connaught Theatre, Worthing) Betty Turner, Marjorie Wilde, Michael Cochrane, Richard Latham, Pat Terry, Buster Merryfield, Martin Cochrane; dir:Mark Woolgar [16pp, 7.5x10; cast list, notes, biographies (w.photos); slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1981 (Oct): SUBMARINERS - Tom McClenaghan (Plymouth Hoe Theatre) Ian Reddington, Nick Burnell, David Kincaid, Tim Swinton, Philip Blaine; dir:Chris Hayes [16pp, 4x12; biographies, illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1981: CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD - Mark Medoff (Albery) Elizabeth Quinn, Trevor Eve, Edward Lee Kelly, John Graham, Irene Sutcliffe, Julianne Gold, Joan Blackham; dir:Gordon Davidson [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1981: CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD - Mark Medoff (Albery) Souvenir Brochure Elizabeth Quinn, Trevor Eve, Edward Lee Kelly, John Graham, Irene Sutcliffe, Julianne Gold, Joan Blackham; dir:Gordon Davidson [20pp, 8.25x11.75 large-size programme; production photos, cast photos, biographies, articles, notes; VG] £5

1981: HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO DECLARE? (Vous n'avez rien à déclarer?) - Maurice Hennequin and Pierre-Eugène Veber, adapted and translated by Robert Cogo-Fawcett and Braham Murray (The Round House) Royal Exchange Theatre Company production: Tracy Booth, Jeffrey Perry, Gloria Connell, Doug Fisher, Dilys Hamlett, John Phillips, Noel Howlett, Derek Griffiths, Michelle Newell, Brian Cox, Susan Littler, Gloria Connell, Paddy Ward, David Bluestone, Scott Thomson; dir:Braham Murray [8pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes, costume designs, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1981: STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS - devised by Mike Bradwell (Bush Theatre) Hull Truck Theatre Company: Roger Davidson, Thirzie Robinson, Helen Cooper, Jonathan Kydd; dir:Mike Bradwell [16pp, 8.25x11.75; w.cast list insert inside Commemorative Booklet celbrating the tenth anniversary of the Hull Truck Theatre Company: list of Hull Truck company members 1971-81, extensive illustrated history of the company (w.6 photos), biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £5

1981: THE LITTLE FOXES - Lillian Hellman (Martin Beck Theatre, New York) Novella Nelson, Joe Seneca, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Ponazecki, Dennis Christopher, Elizabeth Taylor, Humbert Allen Astredo, Anthony Zerbe, Ann Talma, Tom Aldredge; dir:Austin Pendleton [60pp, 5.6x9 (Playbill July 1981); cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 5 production photos, credits and much else; VG] £3

1981: THE LITTLE FOXES - Lillian Hellman (US Tour) Souvenir Brochure Elizabeth Taylor, Sada Thompson, Robert Lansing, J D Cannon, William Youmans, Novella Nelson, Ann Talman, Hugh L Hurd, Humbert Allen Astredo, Nicolas Coster; dir:Austin Pendleton [24pp, 9x12; Backstage with Elizabeth Taylor on Broadway (5 photos), cast biographies w.large photos, 18"x12" photographic portrait of Elizabeth Taylor, illustrated articles, Elizabeth Taylor On Screen (40 photos), further photos, credits etc.; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

1981: HEARTBREAK HOUSE - George Bernard Shaw (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Royal Exchange Theatre Company: Lynsey Baxter (as Ellie Dunn), Peggy Aitchison, Alfred Burke (as Captain Shotover), Diane Fletcher, Eleanor Bron (as Hesione Hushabye), Peter Howell, Norman Eshley, Nigel Stock (as Boss Mangan), Christopher Good, Richard Beale; dir:Jonathan Hales [20pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, costume sketches, cast biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

Plays: 1982

1982: MISS MARGARIDA'S WAY - Roberto Athayde (Hampstead Theatre) Estelle Parsons, Robin Kermode; dir:Roberto Athayde [20pp, 5.8x8.3; cast list, biographies, photos of Estelle Parsons and Roberto Athayde, credits etc; minor marks else VG] £2

1982 (3 Jun-11 Sep): INTIMATE EXCHANGES - Alan Ayckbourn (Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round, Scarborough) Lavinia Bertram, Robin Herford; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, 28 rehearsal photos, company biographies w.photos, programme note by Alan Ayckbourn, explanatory chart, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982: PRIVATE DICK - Richard Maher and Roger Michell (Whitehall) Lee Montague, Robert Powell, Elizabeth Richardson, Ronnie Letham, Eileen Woodman, Phil James; dir:Roger Michell [12pp, 5.1x8.25; cast photos and biographies; attractive programme; VG] £4

1982: SEE HOW THEY RUN - Philip King (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Yvonne Edgell, Mona Bruce, Christopher Good, Joanna van Gyseghem, Terence Wilton, Trevor Martin, John Savident, Martin Connor, Roy Heather; dir:John Dove [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1982 (4-9 Oct): SEE HOW THEY RUN - Philip King (Richmond Theatre) Yvonne Edgell, Mona Bruce, Christopher Good, Joanna van Gyseghem, Terence Wilton, Trevor Martin, John Savident, Martin Connor, Roy Heather; dir:John Dove [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982: STEAMING - Nell Dunn (Comedy Theatre) Jo Warne, Stewart Harwood,Georgina Hale, Maria Charles, Brenda Blethyn, Sheila Ruskin, Meg Davies; dir:Roger Smith [20pp, 5.8x8.1; cast list, biographies, 4 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1982: IT AIN'T HALF HOT MUM - David Croft and Jimmy Perry (Birmingham Hippodrome) Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle, Donald Hewlett, Michael Knowles, Christopher Mitchell, Kenneth MacDonald, Dino Shafeek [16pp, 5.75x8.25; production and cast photos; slight split to spine, else VG] £3

1982: FILUMENA - Eduardo de Filippo, adapted by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Philip Madoc, John Rutland, Anne Stallybrass, Elizabeth Bradley, Amanda Boxer, Tamara Steele, Alec Bregonzi, Anthony Calf, Steven Mann, Peter Alexander, Barbara Bolton, Alec Bregonzi, Adrian Wood; dir:Kim Grant [pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982: SEASON'S GREETINGS - Alan Ayckbourn (Greenwich Theatre) Bernard Hepton, Barbara Ferris, Peter Vaughan, Bridget Turner, Gareth Hunt, Marcia Warren, Nigel Havers; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [24pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, photos, notes; VG] £3

1982: BEAUTIFUL DREAMER - Roy Hudd (Greenwich Theatre) Simon Green, Christina Matthews, Dorothy Vernon, Ian Burford, Paul Bentley, Harry Dickman; dir:Roger Haines [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos; VG] £3

1982: DESIGN FOR LIVING - Noel Coward (Greenwich Theatre ) Maria Aitken, Gary Bond, Ian Ogilvy, Roland Curram; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.82; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies; VG] £4

1982: FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS - Terence Rattigan (Greenwich Theatre) Peter Woodward, Richard Gibson, Jeremy Sinden, Sheila Nash, Hugh Hastings, Clive Francis, Jane Booker, Ian McCurrach, Christine McKenna, Luke Aris, Julian Jiggins; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1982: RELATIVELY SPEAKING - Alan Ayckbourn (Greenwich Theatre) Colin Baker, Prunella Gee, Gerald Flood, Eleanor Summerfield; dir:Salvin Stewart [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1982: 1982-83 SEASON BROCHURE (Greenwich Theatre) [18pp, 5.6x8.25, opening to 23.5x16.8 poster; Booking details and form, photographs, announcements of the 7 plays in the September 1982-July 1983 Season, synopses, illustrations, What the Critics Said about Last Season etc.; VG] £2

1982: THE RULES OF THE GAME - Luigi Pirandello (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford) Leonard Rossiter, Nigel Nobes, Mel Martin, Ken Wynne; dir:Anthony Quayle [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos and biographies; VG] £2

1982: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Palace Theatre, Watford) Ann Windsor, Ann Penfold, Terence Longden; dir:Patrick Lau [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos and biographies; minor marks, else VG] £3

1982: ROCKET TO THE MOON - Clifford Odets (Hampstead Theatre) David Burke, Annabel Leventon, Mary Maddox, Harold Innocent, John Woodvine, Martin Cochrane, Peter Kelly; dir:Robin Lefevre [24pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, articles; VG] £3

1982: MESSIAH - Martin Sherman (Hampstead Theatre) Maureen Lipman, Matyelok Gibbs, Jack Klaff, Clive Swift; dir:Ronald Eyre [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast biographies; VG] £3

1982: BRING ME SUNSHINE, BRING ME SMILES - C P Taylor (Shaw Theatre) Tynewear Theatre Company: Tim Healy, Val McLane, Rosalind Bailey, Neil Daglish, Allen Mechen, Vincenzo Nicoli, Dick Irwin, Gavin Muir, Jackie Lye, Andrea Wray; dir:John Blackmore [16pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, biographies; VG] £2

1982: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS - Hunter S Thompson, adapted by Lou Stein (Fortune) Peter Marinker, Stuart Fox, Jeffrey Chiswick, Stuart Milligan, Saul Reichlin, Stephen Frost, Jane Bertish; dir:Lou Stein [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos and biographies; VG] £3

1982 (Jan-Feb): HOBSON'S CHOICE - Harold Brighouse (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) Anita Carey, Penelope Keith, Belinda Lang, Jonathan Coy, Anthony Quayle, Carmen Silvera, Michael Bilton, Trevor Peacock, Gordon Kaye, Annette Badland, Mark Drewry, John Grieve; dir:Ronald Eyre [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982 (Feb): SISTERLY FEELINGS - Alan Ayckbourn (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) Peter Sallis, Bryan Pringle, Barbara Keogh, Trudie Styler, Brian Jameson, Tessa Peake Jones, Richard Huw, Sarah London, Cecil Humphreys, Wyn Jones, John Channell Mills, Dominic Snowden; dir:Peter Barkworth [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982 (Jul-Aug): ONCE A CATHOLIC - Mary O'Malley (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Sally Mates, Margaret Stallard, Jenny Lee, Andrew Downie, Micky O'Donoughue, Janina Faye, Linda Regan, Felicity Finch, Sian Frederic, Imogen Bain, Julie Brennon, Rachel Weaver, David Cardy, Philip Shelley, Sue Collier, Louise Cooper, Susie Janes, Sally Johnson; dir:Philip Partridge [28pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982 (Sep-Oct): ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR - Alan Ayckbourn (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Nicholas Day, Sally Watts, Johnny Dennis, Joan Blackham, Duncan Preston, Kate Versey; dir:Philip Partridge [28pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982: 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD - Helene Hanff (Ambassadors) Rosemary Leach, David Swift, Barbara Ward, Charmian May, Charles Kinross, Adrian Hall, Susanna Best; dir:James Roose-Evans [16pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982: DEVOUR THE SNOW - Abe Polsky (Bush Theatre) Tony Guilfoyle, David Hargreaves, Stuart Wilson, Paul Jesson, Peter-Hugo Daly, Terence Wilton, Kristin Milward, Heather Baskerville, Joanna Dukes, Paul Humpoletz; dir:Simon Stokes [8pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, chronology of events, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982 (23 Feb-20 Mch): IN PRAISE OF LOVE - Terence Rattigan (King's Head) Isabel Dean, William Franklyn, Manning Redwood, Richard Gibson; dir:Stewart Trotter [12pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, programme note, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982: DREYFUS . . . - Jean-Claude Grumberg, translated by Tom Kempinski (Hampstead) Alfred Molina, Jonathan Lynn, Tom Wilkinson, Gary Waldhorn, Stella Tanner, Ben Warriss, Karen Lewis, Edward Halsted, Michael Gunn, Gordon Mac Donald; dir:Nancy Meckler [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982 (20 Apr-8 May): DUET FOR ONE - Tom Kempinski (Watermill Theatre, Newbury) Mel Martin, Charles Kay; dir:Philip Grout [20pp, 4.9x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982 (6-24 Jul): THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE - Frank Marcus (Watermill Theatre, Newbury) Peggy Mount (as June Buckridge), Brenda Cavendish, Susan Bovell, Ingrid Lacey; dir:Patrick Lau [20pp, 4.9x8.5; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982 (27 Jul-21 Aug): OUTSIDE EDGE - Richard Harris (Watermill Theatre, Newbury) Barrie Shore, Patrick Monckton, Chris Matthews, Rowland Davies, Susan Bovell, Alan Bodenham, Brenda Cavendish, Robert Daws, Ingrid Lacey; dir:Patrick Lau [20pp, 4.9x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, minor marks else VG] £1

1982: ARMS AND THE MAN - George Bernard Shaw (Lyric) Alice Krige, Pat Heywood, Anna Nygh, Richard Briers, Charles Rogers, Anthony Pedley, Richard Pearson, Peter Egan; dir:Jonathan Lynn [28pp, 5.25x8.5; rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrations, article by Vivian Elliot; VG] £3

1982: NOISES OFF - Michael Frayn (Savoy) Patricia Routledge, Paul Eddington, Nicky Henson, Rowena Roberts, Yvonne Antrobus, Tony Mathews, Jan Waters, Roger Lloyd Pack, Michael Aldridge, Ray Edwards; dir:Michael Blakemore [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, cast and credits for Nothing On by Robin Housemonger, production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1982: THE LITTLE FOXES - Lillian Hellman (Victoria Palace) Novella Nelson, Hugh L Hurd, Sada Thompson, Nicolas Coster, William Youmans, Elizabeth Taylor, Humbert Allen Astredo, Robert Lansing, Ann Talman, J D Cannon; dir:Austin Pendleton [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 3 photographs of Elizabeth Taylor, credits etc.; minor marks else VG] £5

1982: HER ROYAL HIGHNESS...? - Royce Ryton and Ray Cooney (Palace Theatre) Eva Lohman (as Lady Diana Spencer), Marc Sinden (as The Prince of Wales), Basil Soper, John Lester, Tony Steedman, Morar Kennedy (as The Queen), Joyce Cummings (as Mrs Thatcher), Francis Lloyd, Rona Anderson, Gwen Nelson (as the Queen Mother), Stuart Sherwin, Timothy Carlton, Christine Russell, Jan Goodman, Robert Tunstall, Mansel David, Charmaine Parsons, Marc Ashley, Vivienne Ross, David Cunningham; dir:Ray Cooney [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, 21 biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1982: HOBSON'S CHOICE - Harold Brighouse (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Anita Carey, Penelope Keith (as Maggie Hobson), Belinda Lang, Jonathan Coy, Anthony Quayle (as Henry Horatio Hobson), Carmen Silvera, Michael Bilton, Trevor Peacock (as William Mossop), Gordon Kaye, Annette Badland, Mark Drewry, John Grieve; dir:Ronald Eyre [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1982: CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION - Bernard Shaw (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) John Grieve, David Collings, Michael Bilton, Penelope Keith, Michael Denison, Nicholas Amer, John Turner, Jonathan Coy, Robert Arnold, Glyn Jones, Simon Shaw, Nicholas Brent, Robin Halstead, Charles Rea, Peter Glanfield, Reggie Oliver, Jeremy Stockwell, John C Wright; dir:Frank Hauser [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; date on cover (4/5/82), else VG] £4

1982: DESIGN FOR LIVING - Noel Coward (Globe) Maria Aitken, Roland Curram, Gary Bond, Ian Ogilvy, Julia McCarthy, Nicholas Tudor, Anthony Shirvell, Jill Johnson, Marilyn Cutts, Jeff Harding, Andrew Francis; dir:Alan Strachan [32pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1982: NUTS - Tom Topor (Whitehall) Anne Twomey, Ron Berglas, Michael Cadman, Philip Guard; dir:David Gilmore [28pp, 5.25x8.5; 7 production photos, biographies; w.flyer; VG] £4

1982: ANOTHER COUNTRY - Julian Mitchell (Queen's) Rupert Everett (as Bennett), Kenneth Branagh (as Judd), Piers Flint-Shipman, David Parfitt, Michael Parkhouse, Paul Pennington, Julian Wadham, Simon Dutton, Alex Lowe, Warren Saire, David William (as Vaughan Cunningham); dir:Stuart Burge [24pp, 5.25x8.4; cast list, biographies, 4 production photos, articles, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £4

1982: ANOTHER COUNTRY - Julian Mitchell (Queen's) Daniel Day Lewis (as Bennett), John Dougall (as Judd), Anthony Calf, Philip Goodhew, Michael Parkhouse, Paul Pennington, Simon Roberts, Guy Henry, Edward Hicks, Daniel Matthews, John Westbrook (as Vaughan Cunningham); dir:Stuart Burge [28pp, 5.25x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982: CAN'T PAY? WON'T PAY! - Dario Fo, adapted by Robert Walker (Criterion) Omega Stage Company: Maggie Steed, Karen Drury, Alfred Molina, Sylvester McCoy, James Matthews, Christopher Ryan; dir:Robert Walker [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982 (Apr): CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD - Mark Medoff (Albery) Elizabeth Quinn, Trevor Eve; dir:Gordon Davidson [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 12+ photos etc.; VG] £4

1982 (Aug): CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD - Mark Medoff (Albery) Elizabeth Quinn, Oliver Cotton; dir:Gordon Davidson [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 14 photos etc.; VG] £4

1982 (Mch): ALL MY SONS - Arthur Miller (Wyndhams) Omega Stage Company: Colin Blakely, David Baron, Ken Drury, Pat Starr, Pamela Merrick, Garrick Hagon, Joseph De Marce, Daniel Holender, Danniele Marple, John Simpson, Rosemary Harris, Jill Baker, Richard Durden; dir:Michael Blakemore [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1982 (Jul): THE MOUSETRAP - Agatha Christie (St.Martin's) Mary Tempest, Malcolm Bullivant, Martin Weedon, Margaret Inglis, Derek Bond, Sally Goodman, Barry Martin, Michael Duggan; dir:David Conville [28pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 14 photos etc.; 30th Year; VG] £4

1982: DUCKING OUT - Eduardo de Filippo (Greenwich Theatre) Warren Mitchell, Gillian Barge, Kevin Kennedy, Leslie Sands, Diane Bull, Philip McGough, Chas Bryer, Kevin Lloyd, Doreen Keogh, Alan Devlin, Renu Setna, Paul Hargreaves, Janet Hampson, Robb Saban; dir:Mike Ockrent [24pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, illustrated article etc.; VG] £3

1982: AMADEUS - Peter Shaffer (Broadhurst Theatre, New York) Frank Langella (as Salieri), Gordon Gould, Edward Zang, Russell Gold, Donald C Moore, John Horton, James Higgins, Patrick Hines, Louis Turenne, Patrick Tull, Russell Leib, Linda Robbins, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Suzanne Lederer (as Constanze), Dennis Boutsikaris (as Mozart); dir:Peter Hall [80pp, 5.7x8.5; Playbill, September 1982; production and cast photos; VG] £4

1982: TORCH SONG TRILOGY - Harvey Fierstein (Little Theatre, New York) Susan Edwards, Harvey Fierstein, Court Miller, Diane Tarleton, Paul Joynt, Fisher Stevens, Estelle Getty; dir:Peter Pope [80pp, 5.7x8.5; Playbill, September 1982; cast photos and biographies; VG] £4

1982: THE QUEEN AND THE REBELS - Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed (Plymouth Theatre, New York) Sean Griffin, Peter Michael Goetz, Donald Gantry, Scott Hylands, Colleen Dewhurst, Clarence Felder, Anthony DeFonte, Betty Miller, Jeffrey Holt Gardner, Jack R Marks, Etain O'Malley, Fiddle Viracola, Marek Johnson, Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci, Peter Yellen; dir:Waris Hussein [84pp, 5.7x8.5 (Playbill Programme, September 1982); cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982: EXQUISITE TORTURE (A Romantic Ecstasy) - Charles Ludlam (One Sheridan Square, New York) Ridiculous Theatrical Company production: Charles Ludlam, Everett Quinton; dir:Charles Ludlam [36pp, 5.6x8.5; cast, credits, interesting articles w.photos; VG] £4

1982 (Jan-Feb): A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED - Agatha Christie, adapted by Leslie Darbon (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Susan Shrand, Eileen Page, Nancy Gower, Jasper Jacob, Susan Valentine, Dorothy Primrose, Marian Boyes, Aileen Raymond, David Taylor, Paul Doust, Alan Brown, Kenn Sabberton; dir:Michael Ashton [20pp, 5.9x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, note on Agatha Christie, credits etc.; date on cover (22/1/82), else VG] £2

1982 (Feb-Mch): CIDER WITH ROSIE - Laurie Lee, adapted by James Roose Evans (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Stephen Hancock, Josephine Tewson, Kenn Sabberton, Susan Valentine, Kate Spiro, Jillian Mack, Jasper Jacob, David Taylor, Paul Doust; dir:Malcolm Farquhar [20pp, 5.9x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982 (Apr-May): LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS - Neil Simon (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Harry Meacher, Pamela Strong, Judi Bowker, Peggy Sinclair; dir:Alan Brown [20pp, 5.9x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982 (May-Jun): MIDDLE AGE SPREAD - Roger Hall (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Peggy Sinclair, Ivor Danvers, Eileen Page, Alan Brown, Carolyn Lister, Michael Boland; dir:Malcolm Farquhar [20pp, 5.9x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982 (Jun-Jul): ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE - Joe Orton (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Vilma Hollingbery, Tom Price, Eric Francis, Malcolm Farquhar; dir:Alan Brown [20pp, 5.9x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982 (Nov): ROAR LIKE A DOVE - Lesley Storm (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) David Morton, Janet Allen, Elizabeth Clare, Paul Beech, Alex McCrindle, Pamela Pitchford, Ian Gardiner, Richard Austin; dir:Malcolm Farquhar [20pp, 5.9x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982: NOISES OFF - Michael Frayn (Lyric, Hammersmith) Patricia Routledge, Paul Eddington, Nicky Henson, Rowena Roberts, Yvonne Antrobus, Tony Mathews, Jan Waters, Roger Lloyd Pack, Michael Aldridge, Ray Edwards; dir:Michael Blakemore [28pp, 5.2x9; 5 rehearsal photos; this was the original production; VG] £5

1982: THE PORTAGE TO SAN CRISTOBAL OF A H - George Steiner and Christopher Hampton (Mermaid) Sebastian Shaw, Morgan Sheppard, John Salthouse, Harry Landis, David Sumner, Bernard Kay, Brian Attree, Francisco Morales, Alec McCowen, Benjamin Whitrow, John Savident, Graham Callan, Barry Stanton, Stella Maris, Norman Chancer, Jeffrey Vanderbyl, Laura Davenport; dir:John Dexter [24pp, 5.1x9; photos, articles, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982: DEAR LIAR - Jerome Kilty (Mermaid) Robert Hardy (as Bernard Shaw), Sian Phillips (as Mrs Patrick Campbell); dir:Frith Banbury [24pp, 5.1x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive programme notes, further photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982: DEAR LIAR - Jerome Kilty (Richmond Theatre) Robert Hardy (as Bernard Shaw), Sian Phillips (as Mrs Patrick Campbell); dir:Frith Banbury [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1982: A HANDFUL OF DUST - Evelyn Waugh (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Shared Experience: Nick Dunning, Ann Firbank, Angharad Rees, James Smith, Sam Dale, John Price, Lorna Heilbron, Philip Voss, Alison Steadman, Holly Wilson; dir:Mike Alfreds [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982: FLARE PATH - Terence Rattigan (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Elvi Hale, Michael Elwyn, Geraldine Newman, Bryan Burdon, Vincent Hall, George Mikell, Steven Pacey, Sharon Bower, Liz Ormiston, Mike Hall, Chris Augur; dir:Harvey Ashby [24pp, 7.3x9.6, 1339th production since 1938; cast list, synopsis of scenes, programme notes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982 (Oct-Dec): BLITHE SPIRIT - Noel Coward (Royal Alexandra, Toronto) Karen Wood, Helen Carey, Brian Bedford (as Charles), Donald Ewer, Sheila Haney, Tammy Grimes (as Madame Arcati), Carole Shelley; dir:Brian Bedford [4pp, 8.5x11; biographies, credits etc.; VG] £1

1982: GANDHI - Guerney Campbell (Tricycle) Valerie Murray, Raad Rawi, Eddie Yeates, John Castle (as Gandhi), Josephine Welcome, Vincent Ebrahim, David Allister, Sean Scanlan, Dino Shaffeek, Tony Wredden, Sue Glanville, Souad Faress; dir:Peter Stevenson [4pp, 8x11.75; biographies, notes; VG] £2

1982: THE NERD - Larry Shue (Royal Exchange, Manchester) David Horovitch, Gary Waldhorn, Shelley Borkum, Don Henderson, Sally Gibson, Matthew Barker, Oliver Findlay, Derek Griffiths, Lloyd Cooper; dir:Braham Murray [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, photos, biographies, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1982 (Sep): KABUKI: Tokiwa Ima Kikyo No Hataage, Sumidagawa Gonichi No Omokage, Togitatsu No Utare, Sesshu Gappo Ga Tsuji, and Sato Moyo Azami No Ironui (Kabuki-za, Tokyo, Japan)
[30pp, 8.25x11.7; cast lists, synopses, articles, 15 production photos; all texts in English; VG] £4

1982: HAVING A BALL! - Alan Bleasdale (Palace Theatre Centre, Westcliff-On-Sea) Richard Clews, Ann Curthoys, Simeon Andrews, Stephen Hoye, Eric James, Brian Tully, Norma Dunbar, Cameron Miller, Suki Turner; dir:Christopher Dunham [20pp, 8.25x11.7; cast list, programme notes, biographies w.photos, 4 rehearsal photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

Plays: 1983

1983 (31 Mch-8 Apr): EDMUND KEAN - Raymund FitzSimons (Harrogate Theatre) Lyric Theatre Hammersmith presents: Ben Kingsley; dir:Alison Sutcliffe [20pp, 6x8.25; biography of Ben Kingsley w.photo, further biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1983 (14 Apr-7 May): EDMUND KEAN - Raymund FitzSimons (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Lyric Theatre Hammersmith presents: Ben Kingsley; dir:Alison Sutcliffe [20pp, 5.25x9; illustrated programme notes, biography of Ben Kingsley, further biographies, 4 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1983: A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN - Eugene O'Neill (Riverside Studios) Frances de la Tour, Piers Ibbotson, Alan Devlin, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fernee; dir:David Levaux [12pp sextuple-fold, 4x8.25; photos, poems etc.VG] £2

1983: DON'T START WITHOUT ME - Joyce Rayburn (Beck Theatre, Hayes) Jennifer Wilson, Paul Darrow, David Janson, Pia Henderson; dir:David Kirk [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1983: MAKING TRACKS - Alan Ayckbourn (Greenwich Theatre) Michael Cashman, Russell Dixon, Gillian Bevan; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [24pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1983: AN INSPECTOR CALLS - J B Priestley (Greenwich Theatre) David Swift, William Lucas, Peter Woodward, Jenny Quayle, Margaret Tyzack, Sarah Kenyon, Patrick Pearson; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, biographies, illustrations etc.; VG] £3

1983: YOU SHOULD SEE US NOW - Peter Tinniswood (Greenwich Theatre) Christopher Cazenove, Simon Cadell, Delia Lindsay, Joanna Van Gyseghem, Pauline Yates, Francesca Gonshaw; dir:John Adams [24pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1983: BETRAYAL - Harold Pinter (Greenwich Theatre) Gary Raymond, Suzan Farmer, Edward Hardwicke, Robert Cotton; dir:Gary Raymond [24pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1983: THE DINING ROOM - A R Gurney Jr. (Greenwich Theatre) Marcia Warren, Michael J Shannon, Robin Bowerman, Polly James, Alison Skilbeck, Christopher Godwin; dir:Alan Strachan [28pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1983: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Tennessee Williams (Greenwich Theatre) Scilla Kanyua, Pat Starr, Clare Higgins (as Stella), Paul Herzberg (as Stanley), Duncan Preston, Sheila Gish (as Blanche), Roy Heather, Terence Lodge, Keith Edwards, Margot Van Der Burgh, Richard Pescud; dir:Alan Strachan [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1983: GREAT AND SMALL - Botho Strauss, translated by David Essinger (Theatre Royal, Bath) Glenda Jackson, Marty Cruickshank, Robert Morgan, Barry Stanton, Mary Sheen, Yvonne Nicholson, Mark Dignam, Emma Piper, Brian Deacon, Jeffrey Kissoon; dir:Keith Hack [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits, etc.; VG] £3

1983: RUN FOR YOUR WIFE - Ray Cooney (Criterion) Theatre of Comedy production: Carol Hawkins, Helen Gill, James Bolam, Sam Cox, Ian Ogilvy, Stuart Sherwin, Stratford Johns, Royce Mills; dir:Ray Cooney [32pp, 5.25x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, interview with Ray Cooney, credits; VG] £4

1983: LOVERS DANCING - Charles Dyer (Albery) Paul Eddington, Colin Blakely, Georgina Hale, Jane Carr; dir:Donald McWhinnie [28pp, 5.25x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photos, credits; minor marks else VG] £4

1983: DAISY PULLS IT OFF - Denise Deegan (Globe) Alexandra Mathie (as Daisy), Carol Ann Crawford, Adrienne Thomas, Kate Buffery (as Clare Beaumont), Edita Brychta, Sarah Mortimer, Helena Little (as Trixie Martin), Maureen Beattie (as Miss Gibson), Rosalind Adler (as Miss Granville), Sarah Harper, Roger Heathcott, Philip Guard (as Mr Thompson), Liz Buffery, Lisa Anselmi, Ruth Kenley, Robin Miller, May Spence, Rodney Wood; dir:David Gilmore [32pp, 5.25x8.5.; cast list, biographies, attractive illustrations, amusing articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1983: WOZA ALBERT! - Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema, Barney Simon (Criterion) Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema; dir:Barney Simon [28pp, 5.25x8.25; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £3

1983: MESSIAH - Martin Sherman (Aldwych) Maureen Lipman, Clive Swift, Matyelok Gibbs, Jack Klaff; dir:Ronald Eyre [24pp, 5.25x8.25; production photos, biographies; VG] £3

1983: HAY FEVER - Noel Coward (Queen's) Rosalyn Landor, Mark Payton, Elizabeth Bradley, Penelope Keith, Moray Watson, David Delve, Susan Bovell, Donald Pickering, Abigail McKern; dir:Kim Grant [40pp, 5.25x8.25; attractive photos and illustrations; VG] £4

1983: HAPPY FAMILY - Giles Cooper (Duke of York's) Stephanie Beacham, Ian Ogilvy, Angela Thorne, James Laurenson; dir:Maria Aitken [32pp, 5.25x8.25; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £3

1983: THE HARD SHOULDER - Stephen Fagan (Aldwych) Liza Goddard, Stephen Moore, Philip Bird, Peter Blythe, Glyn Owen, Yvonne d'Alpra; dir:Nancy Meckler [24pp, 5.25x8.25; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1983: CRYSTAL CLEAR - Phil Young (Wyndham's) Anthony Allen, Philomena McDonagh, Diana Barrett; dir:Phil Young [24pp, 5.25x8.25; photos; VG] £2

1983: AMADEUS - Peter Shaffer (Richmond Theatre) Keith Michell (as Antonio Salieri), Brett Forrest, David Bedard, Leonard Cracknell, Declan Mulholland, Stanley Lloyd, Kenneth Midwood, Kevin Brennan, Malcolm Mudie, John Ingram, Isabella Knight, Fiona McQuaid, Kay Adshead (as Constanze), Sion Tudor Owen (as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), Adrian Lawson, Tim Calver, William Grey-Simpson, Nick Hutchison, Ian Michie, Greg Shand, Douglas Anderson, Sheila Bryans, Sovra Newman, Mervyn Pascoe, Brian Vaughan; dir:Paul Giovanni [32pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, programme notes, 2 production photos, credits; light vertical bend, title written on cover, else VG] £2

1983: TAKING STEPS - Alan Ayckbourn (Derby Playhouse) Angela Phillips, Trevor Nichols, David Ericsson, David Quilter, Ben Roberts, Barbara Thorn; dir:Warren Hooper [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1983: NOISES OFF - Michael Frayn (Savoy) Phyllida Law, Benjamin Whitrow, Glyn Grain, Mandy Perryment, Mary Chilton, John Quayle, Gabrielle Drake, Robert Bathurst, Robert Flemyng, Ray Edwards; dir:Michael Blakemore [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, programme for Nothing On by Robin Housemonger, 3 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1983 (Sep): LITTLE LIES - Joseph George Caruso, freely adapted from The Magistrate by Arthur Wing Pinero (Wyndham's) Leonard Maguire, Connie Booth, Alison Neil, Dominic Guard, John Mills, Paul Hardwick, Angela Scoular, Katherine Kath, Anthony Bate, Malcolm Sinclair, Gregory Cox; dir:Tony Tanner [32pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 12 photos etc.; VG] £4

1983 (Mch): NO SEX PLEASE, WE'RE BRITISH - Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot (Garrick) John Lester, Lynne Ross, Moyra Fraser, Jonathan Darvill, Derek Bond, Peter Fontaine, Peter Sowerbutts, Stanley Beard, Moira Downie, Sonia Smyles; dir:Allan Davis [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 10+ production photos etc.; VG] £4

1983 (May): ROMANTIC COMEDY - Bernard Slade (Apollo) Tom Conti, Jan Holden, Pauline Collins, Valerie Holliman, Jay Benedict, Fiona Curzon; dir:Michael Attenborough [28pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4

1983: THE REAL THING - Tom Stoppard (Strand) Jeremy Clyde, Polly Adams, Roger Rees, Felicity Kendal, Michael Thomas, Suzanna Hamilton, Ian Oliver; dir:Peter Wood [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4

1983: THE REAL THING - Tom Stoppard (Strand) Richard Warwick, Judy Geeson, Paul Shelley, Susan Penhaligon, Andrew Powell, Julia Tobin, Neil Daglish; dir:Peter Wood [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1983: THE COMMUNICATION CORD - Brian Friel (Hampstead) Stephen Rea, Brian Protheroe, Doreen Keogh, Fedelma Cullen, T P McKenna, Phyllis Logan, Martin Cochrane, Diana Weston; dir:Nancy Meckler [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast biographies; VG] £3

1983: CRIMES OF THE HEART - Beth Henley (Bush) Brenda Blethyn, Janine Duvitski, Will Knightley, Amanda Redman, Robert Glenister; dir:Simon Stokes [4pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies; VG] £2

1983: THE MESSIAH (Tricycle Theatre) National Theatre of Brent: Patrick Barlow, Julian Hough, Lee Trevorrow; dir:Jude Kelly [12pp, 5.8x8.25; cast photos w.biogs, illustrated articles, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1983: AGNES OF GOD - John Pielmeier (Greenwich Theatre) Susannah York, Honor Blackman, Hilary Reynolds; dir:Frank Hauser [20pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, biographies; VG] £3

1983: DECADENCE - Steven Berkoff (Arts Theatre) Steven Berkoff, Linda Marlowe; dir:Steven Berkoff [4pp, 5.75x8.25; photographic cover, biographies; VG] £1

1983: WEST - Steven Berkoff (Donmar Warehouse) Rory Edwards, Stella Tanner, John Joyce, Susan Kyd, Bruce Payne, Ken Sharrock, Ralph Brown, Steve Dixon, Garry Freer; dir:Steven Berkoff [8pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos and biographies; ticket stapled to cover; VG] £2

1983: STEAMING - Nell Dunn (Comedy) Christine Fox, Jane Gurnett, Sheila Collings, Alison Skilbeck, Geraldine Fitzgerald; dir:Roger Smith [20pp, 5.75x8.25; 5.8x8.1; 4 production photos] £4

1983: THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF MYSELF - Tom Kempinski (Palace Theatre, Watford) Warren Mitchell, Phoebe Nicholls, Geoffrey Chater, John Skitt; dir:Roger Smith [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, credits, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1983: SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE HUSBANDS - Leonard (Palace Theatre, Watford) Tony Britton, Rosemary Leach, Hugh Paddick, Roy Barraclough; dir:Roger Smith [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, credits, photos, biographies etc.; cover creased, else VG] £2

1983 (Apr): EDUCATING RITA - Willy Russell (Palace Theatre, Watford) Karen Lewis, Bernard Lloyd; dir:Nicolas Kent [20pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £3

1983: THIS THING CALLED LOVE compiled by Alec Grahame, David Kernan and John Moffatt (Ambassadors) Anna Dawson, John Moffatt, Jennie Linden, David Kernan; dir:Wendy Toye [20pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4

1983 (Jan): HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Ian Gardiner, Peggy Sinclair, Robert Grange, Carolyn Lyster, James Woolley, Barbara Morton; dir:Richard Coleman [20pp, 6x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits, theatre notes etc.; VG] £2

1983: TRAFFORD TANZI - Claire Luckham (Mermaid) Toyah Willcox, Peter Ellis; dir:Danny Hiller [8pp, 6x9 quadruple-fold; 8 production photos; VG] £2

1983: HAPPY FAMILY - Giles Cooper (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Stephanie Beacham, Ian Ogilvy, Angela Thorne, James Laurenson; dir:Maria Aitken [24pp, 7.3x9.6; 1350th production since 1938; photos, articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1983: HOPE AGAINST HOPE - adapted for the theatre by Caspar Wrede from the writings of Nadezhda Mandelstam, Osip Mandelstam, and Anna Akhmatova, translated by Max Hayward (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Avril Elgar, Dilys Hamlett, David Horovitch, Sybil Allen, Dicken Ashworth, David Bauckham, Helen Blatch, Paul Butterworth, Patricia Heneghan, Paul Imbusch, Melanie Kilburn, Bill Leadbitter, Brigid Mackay, Fergus McLarnon, Roy Sampson; dir:Caspar Wrede [28pp, 8.25x11.7; attractive programme, w.extensive photos and illustrations, costume drawings by David Short, credits etc.; VG] £4

1983: TORCH SONG TRILOGY - Harvey Fierstein (Helen Hayes Theatre, New York, and USA National Company) Souvenir Brochure David Garrison or Jonathan Hadary, Court Miller or Peter Ratray, Estelle Getty, Paul Joynt, Fisher Stevens, Diane Tarleton, Susan Edwards (New York); Donald Corren or J David Krassner, Brian Kerwin, Christopher Collet, Sylvia Kauders, Meg Mackay, Marc Poppel, John Seeman (National Company); dir:Peter Pope [20pp, 9x12; 2 large photos of Harvey Fierstein (w.biography), 10 cast and company biographies (w.photos), 11 production photos of the New York production, 10 production photos of the National Tour, biographies of the producers (w.photos); 4 illustrated articles: The Drag Story by Nikral Senilg (w.10 photos), His Heart is Young and Gay (Newsweek), No One Opened Doors For Me (Time), Long Journey to the Tony and Beyond (New York Times) etc.; VG] £6

Plays: 1984

1984: CORPSE! - Gerald Moon (Apollo) Keith Baxter (as Evelyn Farrant/Rupert Farrant), Joyce Grant, Milo O'Shea, Richard Hampton; dir:John Tillinger [32pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1984: A CREDIT TO THE FORCE - Christopher Short (Shaw Theatre) National Youth Theatre: Richard Owen, Tim Tracey, Jonathan Wingrave, Niall Refoy, Timothy Reynolds, Marius Carney, Mark Johnson, Damian Segrave, Sam Rumbelow, Tim Green, Wayne Shellard, Matthew Warchus (as PC Giles Hare), Jeremy White, Nicolas King, Peter Fraser, Steve Payne, Jonathan Cake (as Inspector Jocelyn Harris), Jennie Webster, Sharon Hinds, Lucy Robinson, Susanne Townsley, Victoria Stacey, Femi Oke, Steve Shaw, Andrew Cashmore; dir:Graham Chin [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, c15 photos of past National Youth Theatre productions, articles on the NYT and its founder Michael Croft, credits etc.; VG] £3

1984: BREAK NECK: The Life of Ruth Ellis - Vince Foxall (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) Kate Williams, Joanne Allen, Mary Maddox (as Ruth Ellis), Stephen Warbeck, Wolfe Morris, John Hartley, Larry Dann, Robert Daws (as David Blakely); dir:Philip Hedley [8pp, 5.8x8.25 quadruple-fold; cast list, biographies, illustrated articles, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1984: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - C S Lewis, adapted by Glyn Robbins (Westminster Theatre) Barry Woolgar (as Professor / Aslan), Susannah Morley (as Mrs Macready / White Witch), Veronica Smart, Ian Puleston-Davies, Elizabeth Anson, Nicholas Farr, Peter Clayburgh, Stag Theodore, David Goodland, Polly March, Fergus McLarnon, Margaret Scrimgeour, Wayne Morris; dir:Richard H Williams [24pp, 5.8x8.2; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1984: POPPIE NONGENA - Elsa Joubert, Sandra Kotze, Hilary Blecher (Riverside Studios) Thuli Dumakude, Sophie Mgcina, Seth Sibanda, Tsepo Mokone, Fana Kekana, Selaelo Maredi, Michele Maxwell, Alan Coates; dir:Hilary Blecher [8pp, 5.8x8.2 quadruple-fold; cast list, biographies, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1984: POPPIE NONGENA - Elsa Joubert, Sandra Kotze, Hilary Blecher (Donmar Warehouse) Thuli Dumakude, Sophie Mgcina, Seth Sibanda, Michael Hlatshwayo, Fana Kekana, Selaelo Maredi, Michele Maxwell, Alan Coates; dir:Hilary Blecher [12pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, family tree, illustrated programme notes, 4 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1984: ON THE SPOT - Edgar Wallace, adapted by Robert Walker (Albery) Simon Callow, Sayo Inaba, James Faulkner, Chua Kah Joo, John Bluthal, Eva Lohman, Allan Hendrick, James Warwick, Shaun Curry; dir:Rob Walker [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1984: RUN FOR YOUR WIFE - Ray Cooney (Criterion) Theatre of Comedy production: Jan Goodman, Helen Gill, James Bolam, Sam Cox, Ian Ogilvy, Paul Toothill, Stratford Johns, Stuart Sherwin; dir:Ray Cooney [28pp, 5.25x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, interview with Ray Cooney, credits; VG] £4

1984: PACK OF LIES - Hugh Whitemore (Lyric) Michael Williams, Mary Miller, Deborah Farrington, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Larry Hoodekoff, Joss Ackland, Janette Foggo, Penny Ryder; dir:Clifford Williams [32pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits, 19 production and rehearsal photos etc.; VG] £4

1984: BENEFACTORS - Michael Frayn (Vaudeville) Patricia Hodge, Oliver Cotton, Tim Pigott-Smith, Brenda Blethyn; dir:Michael Blakemore [24pp, 5.25x8.5; 11 photos] £4

1984: PASSION PLAY - Peter Nichols (Wyndham's) Leslie Phillips, Judy Parfitt, Heather Wright, Patricia Heneghan, Barry Foster, Zena Walker, Janet Ansden, Thomas Armstrong, Jane Bennett, Angela Collins, Peter McMichael, Tim Reynolds, Freda Rodgers, Anthony Shirvell; dir:Mike Ockrent [36pp, 5.25x8.5; 20+ photos (some in colour); VG] £4

1984 (May): DAISY PULLS IT OFF - Denise Deegan (Globe) Sally Cookson (as Daisy), Imogen Baine, Suzy Aitchison, Lisa Anselmi (as Clare Beaumont), Susan Beagley, Amanda Parfitt, Lisa Jacobs (as Trixie Martin), Charlotte West-Oram (as Miss Gibson), Julie Berry (as Miss Granville), Deborah Armstrong, Sorel Johnson, Jacob Witkin, Alexander John (as Mr Thompson), Liz Buffery, Philip Blaine, Susie Brann, Jennifer Marriott, Lia Williams; dir:David Gilmore [32pp, 5.25x8.5.; cast list, biographies, attractive illustrations, amusing articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1984: HAY FEVER - Noel Coward (Queen's) Rosalyn Landor, Mark Payton, Elizabeth Bradley, Penelope Keith, Moray Watson, David Delve, Susan Bovell, Donald Pickering, Abigail McKern; dir:Kim Grant [36pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, 4 production photos, extensive illustrated articles, costume designs etc.; VG] £4

1984: BIG IN BRAZIL - Bamber Gascoigne (Old Vic) Prunella Scales, Timothy West, Rodney Bewes, Derek Smith, Jimmy Mulville; dir:Mel Smith [24pp, 5.25x8.5; photos, biographies, articles] £3

1984: RUDYARD KIPLING'S JUNGLE BOOK - adapted by John Hartoch from stories by Rudyard Kipling (Adelphi) Fenella Fielding, Jeremy Sinden, Jonathan Izard, Julia Lintott; dir:John Hartoch [32pp, 5.25x8.5; cast photos and biographies; VG] £3

1984: NUMBER ONE - Jean Anouilh, adapted by Michael Frayn (Queen's) Leo McKern, Ruby Head, Linda Jean Barry, John Michie, Anthony Sharp, Joe Melia, Shirley Cassedy, Margaret Whiting, Peter Blythe, Ceri Jackson; dir:Robert Chetwyn [36pp, 5.25x8.5; 18 cast, production and past-Anouilh photos; VG] £3

1984: MASTER CLASS - David Pownall (Old Vic) Timothy West (as Stalin), David Bamber (as Shostakovich), Peter Kelly (as Prokofiev), Jonathan Adams; dir:Justin Greene [32pp, 5.25x8.5; photos (including 6 production photos), articles etc.; VG] £4

1984: MASTER CLASS - David Pownall (Wyndham's) Timothy West (as Stalin), David Bamber (as Shostakovich), Peter Kelly (as Prokofiev), Jonathan Adams; dir:Justin Greene [28pp, 5.25x8.5; photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1984 (Nov): STEPPING OUT - Richard Harris (Duke of York's) Barbara Ferris, Diane Langton, Gabrielle Lloyd, Marcia Warren, Barbara Young, Josephine Gordon, Ben Aris; dir:Julia McKenzie [28pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £3

1984 (Feb): SUFFICIENT CARBOHYDRATE - Dennis Potter (Albery) Dinsdale Landen, Rupert Graves, Jill Baker, Nicky Henson, Jennifer Hilary; dir:Nancy Meckler [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, 6 photos etc.; VG] £5

1984: THE REAL THING - Tom Stoppard (Strand) Michael Pennington, Lucy Gutteridge, Caroline Hutchison, Alister Cameron, Andrew Forbes; dir:Peter Wood [32pp, 5.25x8.5; cast photos and biographies; VG] £3

1984: NOISES OFF - Michael Frayn (Savoy) Amanda Barrie, John Quayle, Bernard Holley, Heather Alexander, Chloe Salaman, Christopher Godwin, Lynda Bellingham, Christopher Driscoll, Robert Flemyng, Ray Edwards; dir:Michael Blakemore [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, programme for Nothing On by Robin Housemonger, 3 production photos, credits, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1984 (Dec): NOISES OFF - Michael Frayn (Savoy) Josephine Tewson, Michael Medwin, Philip Bird, Lisa Mulidore, Serena Evans, Roland Curram, Dilys Watling, Ian Masters, Hugh Paddick, Ray Edwards; dir:Michael Blakemore [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, programme for Nothing On by Robin Housemonger, 3 production photos, credits, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1984: THE ONE O'CLOCK WORLD - Leigh Jackson (Tricycle) Clive Wood, Sharon Maiden, Andrew Byatt, Neil McCaul, Jill Baker, Ian Wallace, John Burgess; dir:Nicolas Kent [16pp, 5.75x8.25; World Premiere; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1984: THE BIKO INQUEST - Jon Blair and Norman Fenton (Riverside Studios) Michael Aldridge, Nigel Davenport, Mark Dignam, Albert Finney, Michael Gough, Stafford Gordon, Edward Hardwicke, Mark Jefferis, Paul Jerricho, Richard Johnson, John Standing, Michael Turner; dir:Albert Finney [20pp, 6x8.25; cast list, photographs of Steve Biko, 8 pages of illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1984: MORNING'S AT SEVEN - Paul Osborn (Palace Theatre, Watford) Don Fellows, Teresa Wright, Margaret Tyzack, Doreen Mantle, Peter Jones, John Church, Andree Melly, Faith Brook, Alan MacNaughtan; dir:Vivian Matalon [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, credits, photos, biographies etc.] £3

1984: MORNING'S AT SEVEN - Paul Osborn (Westminster) Don Fellows, Teresa Wright, Margaret Tyzack, Doreen Mantle, Peter Jones, John Church, Andree Melly, Faith Brook, Alan MacNaughtan; dir:Vivian Matalon [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos and biographies, large production photo; light vertical fold, else VG] £3

1984: TRUMPETS AND RASPBERRIES - Dario Fo, translated by Roger McAvoy and Anna-Maria Guigni (Palace Theatre, Watford) Robbie Barnett, John Levitt, Gavin Muir, Simon Williamson, Christopher Ettridge, Gwen Taylor, Griff Rhys Jones, Celia Montague, Jeffrey Chiswick; dir:Roger Smith [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, credits, biographies, article, photos etc.] £3

1984 (Feb): BOESMAN AND LENA - Athol Fugard (Hampstead) Stuart Wilson, Janet Suzman, Tommy Buson; dir:Clare Davidson [20pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £3

1984: A LITTLE LIKE DROWNING - Anthony Minghella (Hampstead) Constance Chapman, Mia Callow, Alfred Molina, Jane Gurnett, Susan Tully, Richard Graham, Morag Hood, David Howey, Valerie Whittington, Kathryn Hunter; dir:John Dove [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1984: THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH - George Axelrod (Yvonne Arnaud) Tony Britton, Angela Douglas, Paula Jensen, Sara Mason, Shelley Pielou, Adrienne Posta, Gordon Peters, Michael Roberts; dir:James Roose-Evans [20pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, biogs; VG] £2

1984: THE COMMON PURSUIT - Simon Gray (Lyric, Hammersmith) Nicholas Le Prevost, Nina Thomas, Ian Ogilvy, Robert East, Simon Williams, Clive Francis; dir:Harold Pinter [24pp, 5.75x8.25; rehearsal photos, illustrations by Clive Francis; VG] £4

1984: STEPPING OUT - Richard Harris (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) Barbara Ferris, Sheri Shepstone, Charlotte Baker, Josephine Gordon, Barbara Young, Gabrielle Lloyd, Ben Aris, Diane Langton, Peggy Phango, Marcia Warren; dir:Julia McKenzie [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos and biographies; VG] £3

1984: TOM AND VIV - Michael Hastings (Royal Court) Edward Herrmann, Julie Covington, David Haig, Michele Copsey, Margaret Tyzack, Richard Butler; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [28pp, 5.75x8.25; very extensive illustrated articles, biographies; VG] £4

1984: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD - J M Synge (Riverside Studios) Frank Grimes, Robert Keegan, Ronnie Walsh, Carolyn Pickles, Kevin Lloyd, Denis Carey, Derry Power, Nichola McAuliffe, Marian McLoughlin, Eve Matheson, Lisa Cook, David Sterne, Liam Halligan, David Lynch, Jeremy Connor; dir:Lindsay Anderson [20pp, 5.75x8.25; 10 production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1984: OF MICE AND MEN - John Steinbeck (Mermaid) Lou Hirsch (as George), Clive Mantle (as Lennie), Francis Drake, Barry J Gordon, Christopher Ryan, Susan Penhaligon, William Roberts, Peter Banks, Ian Tyler, Calvin Simpson, Anthony Donnelly, Trevor Butler, Ron Travis; dir: Geoff Bullen [32pp, 5.75x8.25; production photos, notes, biographies; VG] £3

1984: THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE - Harley Granville Barker (Bristol Old Vic) Peter Copley, Peggy Ann Wood, Malcolm Mudie, Susan Colverd, Andrew Hilton, Graham Pountney, Christian Rodska, Julia Lloyd, Bonnie Hurren, Susan Kyd, Michael Bazier, Holly Wilson, Bill Wallis, Ronald Russell, Mark Buffery, Patricia Linden, Philippa Haywood; dir:Anthony Cornish [20pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, notes; VG] £3

1984: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Ken Hill (Stratford East) Lynn Schofield, Ron Emslie, Gordon Reid, Gary Lyons, James Saxon (as Raoul), Haluk Bilginer, John Aron, Toni Palmer, Christina Collier (as Christine Daae), Franchine Mulrooney, Peter Straker (as The Phantom); dir:Ken Hill [20pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, cast photos and biographies; w.ticket; VG] £5

1984: INTIMATE EXCHANGES - Alan Ayckbourn (Greenwich Theatre) Lavinia Bertram, Robin Herford; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [24pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.96; "Two actors play ten characters in eight version of the play"; photos, biographies; w.4pp flyer, giving performance schedule; VG] £4

1984: KIPLING - Brian Clarke (Mermaid) Alec McCowen; dir:Patrick Garland [24pp, 5.75x8.25; one-man show; photos, biographies; VG] £3

1984: SEE HOW THEY RUN - Philip King (Shaftesbury) Caole Hawkins, Maureen Lipman, Royce Mills, Liza Goddard, Christopher Timothy, Peter Blake, Michael Denison, Derek Nimmo, Bill Pertwee; dir:Ray Cooney [4pp, 5.75x8.25; 8 rehearsal photos; VG] £2

1984: SEASON'S GREETINGS - Alan Ayckbourn (Derby Playhouse) John Dixon, Heather Baskerville, Tina Gray, Richard Mayes, Roger Rowland, Niki Kay, Mark Brignal, Deborah Hurst, Robert Warner; dir:Christopher Honer [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, notes, biographies (w.photos); slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1984 (2-7 April): STEAMING - Nell Dunn (Bristol Hippodrome) Maggie Flint, Terry Duggan, Eve Bland, Clare Kelly, Anna Karen, Penelope Horner, Valerie Pfeiffer; dir:Roger Smith [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, notes, biographies (w.photos), 5 production photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1984: IT'S MY PARTY - John Flanagan & Andrew McCulloch (Greenwich Theatre) Tom Chadbon, Elaine Lordan, Caroline Hutchison, David Roper, Tom Georgeson, Richard Ireson, Brian Stephens, Diane Bull; dir:Antonia Bird [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1984: TWO PLANKS AND A PASSION - Anthony Minghella (Greenwich Theatre) Michael Maloney, Christopher Fulford, Toby Salaman, Roger Sloman, Gillian Barge, Cathryn Harrison, John Arthur; dir:Danny Boyle [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated article, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1984: CIDER WITH ROSIE - Laurie Lee (Greenwich Theatre) Christopher Timothy, Barbara Ewing, Simon Butteriss, Claire Williamson, Sarah Crowden, Diane Paris, Douglas Milvain, Jeremy Swift, Richard Pearce; dir:James Roose-Evans [24pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, biographies, notes etc.; VG] £3

1984: TOP GIRLS - Caryl Churchill (Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich) Angela Phillips, Eileen Nicholas, Arbel Jones, Irene Marot, Annie Hayes, Natalie Slater, Pat Whymark; dir:Danny Hiller [20pp, 6x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1984 (23 Aug-15 Sep): AMADEUS - Peter Shaffer (Salisbury Playhouse) Michael Stroud (as Salieri), Dominic Letts (as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), Julia Chambers (as Constanze Weber), Adam Kurakin, Harold Saks, Alex Johnston, Christopher Robbie, Colin Hurley, Alan Gray, Maria Heidler, Lynn Wyfe, Steven Elliott, Juliet Leslie, Mark Honan, Peter Smith, Dominic Tighe; dir:David Horlock [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1984: SEACHANGE - Stephen Lowe (Riverside Studios) Terence Wilton, Kenneth Colley, Sheila Reid, Christopher Guinee, Elizabeth Bradley, Michael Packer, Michele Copsey, Caroline Embling; dir:David Leveaux [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, illustrated programme notes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1984 (21 Dec-12 Jan1985): THE GHOST TRAIN - Arnold Ridley (Derby Playhouse) Desmond Jordan (as Saul Hodgkin), Trevor Nichols, Sarah Wynter, Julian Freeman, Alison Rose, Deirdre Doone, Stephen Churchett, Barbara Thorn, Ben Roberts, David Ericsson, Nicholas Lumley, Keith Osborn; dir:Kevin Robinson [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes (including one by Arnold Ridley), 4 period photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1984 (2-7 Jul): WAY UPSTREAM - Alan Ayckbourn (Richmond Theatre) Norman Rossington, Geraldine Gardner, Tim Meats, Carrie Lee-Baker, Helen Dorward, Norman Eshley, Christina Barryk; dir:Val May and Christopher Masters [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; title written on cover, else VG] £2

1984: ANNIE WOBBLER - Arnold Wesker (Fortune) Nichola McAuliffe; dir:Arnold Wesker [28pp, 5.1x8.5; cast list, 16 photos, biographies, notes etc.; VG] £3

1984: TRUMPETS AND RASPBERRIES - Dario Fo (Phoenix) Simon Williamson, Robbie Barnett, John Levitt, Gavin Muir, Christopher Ettridge, Gwen Taylor, Griff Rhys Jones, Francesca Brill, Jeffrey Chiswick; dir:Roger Smith [16pp, 6x9; 4 production photos, cast photos and biographies; tiny bend on cover, else VG] £3

1984: SUDDENLY AT HOME - Francis Durbridge (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Barbara Kinghorn, Rosie Kerslake, Christina Jones, James Woolley, Susan Drury, Tony Anholt, Patrick Carter, Norman Comer; dir:Hugh Goldie [24pp, 7.3x9.6; 1370th production since 1938; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; ticket stapled in (29 Oct), slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1984: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW - Joe Orton (Tour) Peter Cleall, Cheryl Prime, Polly Taylor, Emlyn Harris, Peter Russell, Keith Ladd; dir:Kevin Wood [8pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, 10 production photos, articles, credits, Tour Schedule etc.; VG] £3

1984 (Apr): LOOT - Joe Orton (Ambassadors) Theatre of Comedy production: Leonard Rossiter, Gemma Craven, Neil Pearson, Patrick O'Connell, Paul McGann; dir:Jonathan Lynn [16pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1984 (Sep): LOOT - Joe Orton (Lyric) Theatre of Comedy production: Leonard Rossiter, Gemma Craven, Neil Pearson, Patrick O'Connell; dir:Jonathan Lynn [28pp, 5.25x8.5; 10 photos, articles etc.; "Complimentary" stamped on cover, else VG] £4

1984 (Dec): LOOT - Joe Orton (Lyric) Theatre of Comedy production: Dinsdale Landen, Gemma Craven, Neil Pearson, Patrick O'Connell; dir:Jonathan Lynn [36pp, 5.25x8.5; 10 photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1984: TWO INTO ONE - Ray Cooney (Shaftesbury) Souvenir Brochure Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray, Ginni Barlow, Lionel Jeffries, Derek Royle, Jane Downs, Michael Williams, Carolyn Allen, Linda Hayden, Martin Connor, Christopher Chittell, Henry Tomlinson, Anthony Verner, Lorna Calleny, Maxine Daniels; dir:Ray Cooney [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast biographies and photos, 14 colour production photos etc.; VG] £4

1984: STAGS & HENS - Willy Russell (Young Vic) Kate Fitzgerald, Noreen Kershaw, Anne Miles, Eithne Browne, Graham Fellows, Andrew Secombe, Matthew Marsh [8pp, 8.25x11.75; biographies, notes; VG] £2

1984: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE - Arthur Miller (Young Vic) George Rossi, Chuck Julian, David Hargreaves, Malcolm Tierney (as Eddie), Moira Brooker, Annie Ross (as Beatrice), Clive Russell, Vincenzo Ricotta, Reginald Stewart, Rice Blakey; dir:Roger Smith [8pp, 8.25x11.75; biographies; somewhat rumpled, else VG] £2

1984: THE JAIL DIARY OF ALBIE SACHS - David Edgar (Young Vic) Matthew Marsh (as Albie Sachs), Simon Molloy, Nick Maloney, Sam Cox, Randal Herley, Jabu Mbalo, John Branwell, Michael Cronin; dir:David Thacker [8pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1984: FLASHPOINT - Tom Kempinski (Young Vic) Peter-Hugo Daly, Martin Phillips, John Branwell, Louis Mellis, Vincenzo Ricotta, Duncan Stirton, Ronan Wilmot; dir:Roland Jaquarello [8pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits, theatre information etc.; VG] £3

1984: SIX MEN OF DORSET - Miles Malleson and Harry Brooks, adapted by John McGrath (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield and Tour) 7:84 Theatre Company: Bobby Colvill, Bob Davenport, Wiliam Hoyland, Harry Landis, Paul Moriarty, Ben Robertson, Allan Surtees, David Straun, Colin Tarrant, Chris Tranchell, Kate Versey, Patrick Waldron; dir:Pam Brighton [16pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, extensive programme notes, company photo, credits, tour schedule etc.; VG] £3

1984: SEE HOW THEY RUN - Philip King (Shaftesbury) Souvenir Brochure Carol Hawkins, Maureen Lipman, Royce Mills, Liza Goddard, Christopher Timothy, Peter Blake, Michael Denison, Derek Nimmo, Bill Pertwee, Gertie; dir:Ray Cooney [large size 24pp souvenir programme, 8.25x11.75; biogs, articles, many excellent cast and production photos, 20+ in colour] £5

1984: SEE HOW THEY RUN - Philip King (Shaftesbury) Souvenir Brochure Hetty Baynes, Maureen Lipman, Royce Mills, Jackie Smith-Wood, Simon Williams, Anthony Verner, Lionel Jeffries, John Alderton, Bill Pertwee, Bertie; dir:Ray Cooney [large size 24pp souvenir programme, 8.25x11.75; biogs, articles, many excellent cast and production photos, 20+ in colour] £5

Plays: 1985

1985: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE - Arthur Miller (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre) Michael Cogan, Nigel Bellairs, Tony Jay, Topol (as Eddie), Gabrielle Dellal, Barbara Kinghorn, David Goodwin, Stephen Greif, Jimmi Harkishin, Morgan Deare, Thelma Horrocks, Suzan Sylvester, Mark Bryers; dir:Peter Coe [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1985: SAME TIME NEXT YEAR - Bernard Slade (Old Vic) Rula Lenska, Dennis Waterman; dir:John Wood [28pp, 5.4x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated programme notes, 9 production photos, credits etc; VG] £4

1985 (25 Sep-19 Oct): PYGMALION - Bernard Shaw (Mercury Theatre, Colchester) Kate O'Connell, Muriel Barker, Gary Sharkey, Christopher Lang, Abigail McKern (as Eliza Doolittle), Robert Tunstall, David Jessiman, Vivien Peacock, Malcolm Sinclair (as Henry Higgins), Philip Newman (as Alfred Doolittle), Trudy Kelly; dir:Michael Winter [16pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; light horizontal bend, else VG] £3

1985 (16-21 Sep): SEAGULLS OVER SORRENTO - Hugh Hastings (Richmond Theatre) Peter Raffan, Howard Samuels, Jess Conrad, Melvin Hayes, Jack Douglas, Kenneth Gilbert, Rupert Bates, Peter Aldwyn, Mark Bond; dir:Dennis Ramsden [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; title written on cover, else VG] £3

1985 (7-30 Nov): LARK RISE and CANDLEFORD - Flora Thompson, adapted by Keith Dewhurst (Horseshoe Theatre, Basingstoke) Vanessa Pett (as Laura), Genevieve Walsh (as Emma), Timothy Ackroyd (as Albert), Richard Lush (as Edmund), Paul Baden, Jeremy Brudenell, Jemma Churchill, Helen Dorward, Hazel Douglas, Clive Flit, David Gilbrook, John Goodrum, Peter Honri, George Waring; dir:Ian Mullins [20pp, 6.6x8.25; cast list, cast photos, programme notes, 6 rehearsal photos, credits etc.; light horizontal bend, else VG] £3

1985 (Sep-Oct): SEPARATE TABLES - Terence Rattigan (Horseshoe Theatre, Basingstoke) Clive Flint, Geraldine Gwyther, Peggy Sinclair, Lala Lloyd, Jemma Churchill, George Waring, Carolyn Lyster, Helen Dorward, William Gaunt, Martin Clunes, Beverley Adams; dir:Ian Mullins [16pp, 6.5x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985: ANYWHERE TO ANYWHERE - Joyce Holliday (Tour) Eileen George, Niki Kay, Stephanie Pugsley, Christine Waterhouse; dir:Kate Crutchley [8pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, illustrated article, credits etc.; w.flyer; VG] £2

1985: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Watermill Theatre, Newbury) Deirdre Doone, Gay Hamilton, Michael Howarth, John Nettleton, Graham Seed, Lynne Verral; dir:Brian Stirner [32pp, 5x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985 (18 Jun-13 Jul): THE ARCHERS - William Smethurst (Watermill Theatre, Newbury) Trevor Harrison (as Eddie Grundy), Fiona Mathieson (as Clarrie Grundy), Norman Painting (as Phil Archer), Charles Collingwood (as Brian Aldridge), Alison Dowling (as Elizabeth Archer), David Parfitt (as Nigel Pargetter), Patricia Greene (as Jill Archer), Norman Jones (as Jack Woolley), Alan Devereux (as Sid Perks), Trogg (as Captain); dir:Patrick Tucker [32pp, 5x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme note, credits etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1985: THE NERD - Larry Shue (Aldwych) Michael J Jackson, Mary Maddox, Harry Ditson, Tony Steedman, Bridget Turner, Christian Bale, Paul Hardy, Rowan Atkinson; dir:Mike Ockrent [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, 2 production photos, credits etc.; minor marks, else VG] £3

1985: STEAMING - Nell Dunn (Palace Theatre, Southend) Polly Taylor, Nadine Hanwell, Ruth Kettlewell, Lorraine Ashbourne, Aletta Lawson, Elaine Hallam; dir:Christopher Dunham [16pp, 5.4x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985: WHEN THE WIND BLOWS - Raymond Briggs (Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury) John Nettleton, Deirdre Doone; dir:Noel Greig [24pp, 5.8x8.4; cast list, production photo, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985: UP 'N' UNDER - John Godber (Fortune) Stewart Howson, Richard James Lewis, Jonathan Linsley, Chris Walker, Sarah Harper; dir:John Godber [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast photos and biographies; VG] £3

1985: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Louise Page (Old Vic) Jack Klaff, Joely Richardson, Marty Cruickshank, Natasha Parry, Souad Faress, Philip Bretherton, Jack Ellis, Veronica Quilligan; dir:Jules Wright [32pp, 5.25x8.5; copiously illustrated articles, production and cast photos, biographies; interesting programme; VG] £4

1985 (Jul): SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH - Tennessee Williams (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Lauren Bacall, James Grout, Frances Cuka, Alice Drummond, Simon Rouse, Geraldine Alexander, Colin Reese, Michael Beck; dir:Harold Pinter [36pp, 5.25x8.5; 12+ production photos, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1985 (Feb): STEPPING OUT - Richard Harris (Duke of York's) Amanda Barrie, Sheri Shepstone, Jelena Budimir, Ann Gabrielle, Toni Palmer, Wendy Allnut, Trevor T Smith, Petrina Derrington, Cynthia Powell, Sherrie Hewson; dir:Julia McKenzie [28pp, 5x8.5; cast photos and biographies; VG] £3

1985 (Apr): STEPPING OUT - Richard Harris (Duke of York's) Barbara Ferris, Sheri Shepstone, Charlotte Barker, Josephine Gordon, Barbara Young, Gabrielle Lloyd, Ben Aris, Diane Langton, Peggy Phango, Marcia Warren; dir:Julia McKenzie [24pp, 5x8.5; cast photos and biographies; VG] £3

1985 (Aug): STEPPING OUT - Richard Harris (Duke of York's) Amanda Barrie, Nancy Nevinson, Joanna James, Janine Duvitski, Stella Tanner, Amanda Murray, Richard Denning, Lynda Baron, Cynthia Powell, Sheila Ballantine; dir:Julia McKenzie [32pp, 5x8.5; cast photos and biographies; VG] £3

1985 (Dec): STEPPING OUT - Richard Harris (Duke of York's) Amanda Barrie, Nancy Nevinson, Joanna James, Angela Crow, Stella Tanner, Amanda Murray, Richard Denning, Lynda Baron, Cynthia Powell, Sheila Ballantine; dir:Julia McKenzie [36pp, 6x8.5; cast photos and biographies; VG] £3

1985: JUMPERS - Tom Stoppard (Aldwych) Paul Eddington, Felicity Kendal, Simon Cadell, Andrew Sachs, Timothy Bateson, Gail Rolfe, Paul Tomkinson, Lenny Bickley, Justin Church, Nigel Johnson, Colin Orr, Jeffrey Pepper, Roy Rowlands, Carl Toop, Philip Tsaras, Donald Waugh; dir:Peter Wood [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1985 (Sep): JUMPERS - Tom Stoppard (Aldwych) Paul Eddington, Felicity Kendal, Simon Cadell, Andrew Sachs, Timothy Bateson, Gail Rolfe, Paul Tomkinson, Lenny Bickley, Peter Challis, Justin Church, Nigel Johnson, Colin Orr, Jeffrey Pepper, Roy Rowlands, Carl Toop, Philip Tsaras, Donald Waugh; dir:Peter Wood [32pp, 6.1x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1985: BENEFACTORS - Michael Frayn (Vaudeville) Glyn Grain, Polly Adams, Clive Francis, Jan Waters; dir:Michael Blakemore [24pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, 4 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985: OLD TIMES - Harold Pinter (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Liv Ullmann, Michael Gambon, Nicola Pagett; dir:David Jones [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, 7 company biographies w.photos, credits, 6 production photos etc.; VG] £4

1985: AFTER THE BALL IS OVER - William Douglas Home (Old Vic) Compass production: Patrick Cargill, Anthony Quayle, Maxine Audley, Michael Fenton-Stevens; dir:Maria Aitken [28pp, 5.25x8.5; illustrated articles, production photos, cast photos and biographies; VG] £4

1985: AFTER THE BALL IS OVER - William Douglas Home (York Theatre Royal) Compass production: Patrick Cargill, Anthony Quayle, Maxine Audley, Michael Fenton-Stevens; dir:Maria Aitken [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, cast photos and biographies; VG] £3

1985: BREEZEBLOCK PARK - Willy Russell (Derby Playhouse) Linda Beckett, Richard Syms, Melanie Hill, Stephen Mackenna, Ellie Haddington, Jan Davies, Jestyn Phillips, Martyn Ellis, Tom Bowles; dir:Chris Hayes [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, notes, biographies (w.photos); slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1985: MY BROTHER'S KEEPER - Nigel Williams (Greenwich Theatre) Reginald Marsh, Doreen Andrew, John McEnery, John Price, Tony O'Callaghan, John Biggerstaff; dir:Alan Dossor [24pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.99; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985: INTERMEZZO - Arthur Schnitzler (Greenwich Theatre) Jonathan Kent, Sheila Gish, Tom Godwin, Thomas Jackson, Gabriel Prokofiev, Toby Watkins, James Griffin, Bernice Stegers, Martin Wenner, Juliette Grassby, Dorothy Lawrence; dir:Christopher Fettes [20pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.100; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; minor marks, else VG] £3

1985: THE GLASS MENAGERIE - Tennessee Williams (Greenwich Theatre) Constance Cummings, Gerard Murphy, Toria Fuller, Michael J Shannon; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; articles, cast photos, biographies; VG] £4

1985: THE THREE MUSKETEERS - Phil Woods (Greenwich Theatre) New Vic production: Robin Davies, David Henry, John Labanowski, James Tillitt, Joss Buckley, Granville Saxton, Valerie Braddell, Moira Brooker, Micky O'Donoughue, Julie Dale-Beckett, Robb Saban; dir:Ian Giles [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated article, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1985: BUDDY HOLLY AT THE REGAL - Phil Woods (Greenwich Theatre) New Vic Production: David Thewlis, Vicky Ogden, John Cording, Colin Starkey, Anna Lindup, Jon Glentoran, Gerard Horan, Helen Blizard, Breffni McKenna, Pikey Butler, Nosmo King, Clive Howlett, Veronica Child, Marc Lincoln; dir:Ian Watt-Smith [24pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.103; illustrated articles, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1985: BIOGRAPHY - S N Behrman (Greenwich Theatre) Ryan Michael, Margot Van Der Burgh, Harold Kasket, Sheila Gish, Denis Lill, Pip Miller, Don Fellows, Julie Eccles; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1985: JUDY - Terry Wale (Bristol Old Vic) Lesley Mackie, Dan Gregory, Carolyn Moody, Tim Hardy, Lewis Cowen, Adeen Fogle, Michael Gardiner, Sean Murray, Caroline Holdaway, Alison Skilbeck, Philip Childs, Scott Cherry, Paul Jeary, Paul Rattigan; dir:John David [20pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, articles, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1985: JUDY - Terry Wale (Greenwich Theatre) Lesley Mackie, Dan Gregory, Carolyn Moody, Tim Hardy, Lewis Cowen, Adeen Fogle, Michael Gardiner, Sean Murray, Caroline Holdaway, Alison Skilbeck, Philip Childs, Scott Cherry, Paul Jeary, Paul Rattigan; dir:John David [28pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, articles, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1985: WOMEN ALL OVER (Le Dindon) - Georges Feydeau, adapted by John Wells (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Elin Jenkins, Eileen Atkins, Faith Brook, Royce Mills, Caroline Blakiston, John Gordon-Sinclair, Joe Melia, Clive Wood, Elizabeth Bradley, Joanna Mackie, Pat Keen, Patrick Godfrey; dir:Adrian Noble [28pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, company photo, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985: CARDS ON THE TABLE - Agatha Christie (Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury) Robert Tunstall, Jane Goddard, Gil Sutherland, Kathleen Byron, David Bacon, Suzannah Churchill, Daphne Goddard, Philip Madoc, Tony Parkin, Elizabeth Alexander, Sarah-Jane Varley, Suzannah Churchill, David Bacon; dir:Philip Grout [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, company photo, credits etc.; ticket stapled inside (18 Feb), else VG] £3

1985: CARDS ON THE TABLE - Agatha Christie, adapted by Leslie Darbon (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Eric Carte, Jill Meager, Ralph Arliss, Kathleen Byron, David Bacon, Suzannah Churchill, Daphne Goddard, Philip Madoc, Stephen Jacobs, Elizabeth Alexander, Sarah-Jane Varley; dir:Philip Grout [22pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, company photo, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985 (w/c 4 Mch): CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD - Mark Medoff (Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury) Jean St Clair, Ron Aldridge, Howard Barnes, Conor Evans, Susanna Pope, Suzy Walton, Katherine Hume; dir:Gordon Davidson [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; minor marks, else VG] £2

1985 (w/c 22 Jul): PACK OF LIES - Hugh Whitemore (Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury) George Sewell, Lana Morris, Sara Richardson, Miriam Karlin, John Larsen, Charles Rea, Lizzie Queen, Mary Keegan; dir:Jonathan Critchley, from the original production by Clifford Williams [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1985: PACK OF LIES - Hugh Whitemore (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) George Sewell, Lana Morris, Sara Richardson, Miriam Karlin, John Larsen, Charles Rea, Lizzie Queen, Mary Keegan; dir:Jonathan Critchley, from the original production by Clifford Williams [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1985: UP 'N' UNDER II - John Godber (Tour) Hull Truck Theatre Company: Mark Addy, David Barrass, Stephen Gough, Gareth Tudor-Price, Martin Ronon, Andrew Livingston; dir:John Godber [16pp, 5.75x8.25; extensive biographies w.photos, programme notes; VG] £3

1985: STEAMING - Nell Dunn (Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham) Lyceum Theatre production: Joan Shirley, John Ross, Christine Fox, Ursula Camm, Carol Carey, Jenny Joenn, Janet Edis; dir:Danny Davies [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985: CHEAPSIDE - David Allen (Croydon Warehouse) James Bolam (as Robert Greene), Jeffery Kissoon, Susan Tracy, John Moreno (as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe); dir:Ted Craig [12pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, notes; VG] £3

1985: THE CABINET MOLE - Tony Williamson (Richmond Theatre) Amanda Barrie, Bruce Montague, Gerald Flood, Derek Bond; dir:Charles Ross [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1985: THE POWER OF THE DOG - Howard Barker (Hampstead Theatre) Joint Stock Theatre Group: Sean Baker, Amelda Brown, Hugh Fraser, Peter Sproule; dir:Kenny Ireland [20pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, notes; VG] £3

1985: WOMAN IN MIND - Alan Ayckbourn (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough) Ursula Jones, Barry McCarthy, Robin Herford, Russell Dixon; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies, notes; w.2 newsclippings; VG] £4

1985: 'NIGHT, MOTHER - Marsha Norman (Hampstead) Marjorie Yates, Susan Wooldridge; dir:Michael Attenborough [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1985: BENGAL LANCER - William Ayot (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Tim Pigott-Smith; dir:Michael Joyce [24pp, 5.75x8.25; production photo, illustrated articles, biographies; VG] £3

1985: TOM AND VIV - Michael Hastings (Royal Court) Edward Herrmann, Julie Covington, David Haig, Michele Copsey, Margaret Tyzack, Richard Butler; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [28pp, 5.75x8.25; very interesting articles and photographs; play about T S Eliot; VG] £4

1985: WIFE BEGINS AT FORTY - Arne Sultan and Earl Barret (Yvonne Arnaud) Geoffrey Sumner, Gertrude Bliss, Dinsdale Landen, Liza Goddard, John Quayle, Carol Hawkins (for Yvonne D'Alpra), Stephen Leatherland; dir:Ray Cooney [20pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, biographies etc.; VG] £2

1985: BETTER TIMES - Barrie Keeffe (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) Gordon Kaye, Charmian May, Eric Richard, Jack Chissick; dir:Philip Hedley [20pp, 6x8.25; extensive articles, cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1985 (Jan): NOISES OFF - Michael Frayn (Savoy) Josephine Tewson, Michael Medwin, Philip Bird, Lisa Mulidore, Serena Evans, Roland Curram, Dilys Watling, Ian Masters, Hugh Paddick, Ray Edwards; dir:Michael Blakemore [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, programme for Nothing On by Robin Housemonger, 3 production photos, credits, 11 biographies w.photos etc.; original production, still running after nearly three years; VG] £4

1985 (Nov): NOISES OFF - Michael Frayn (Savoy) Josephine Tewson, Michael Medwin, Philip Bird, Lisa Mulidore, Serena Evans, Roland Curram, Geraldine Hart, Ian Masters, Hugh Paddick, Ray Edwards; dir:Michael Blakemore [40pp, 6x8.5; cast list, programme for Nothing On by Robin Housemonger, 3 production photos, credits, 11 biographies w.photos, programme for Nothing On by Robin Housemonger etc.; original production, still running nearly four years later; VG] £4

1985 (Dec): NOISES OFF - Michael Frayn (Savoy) Stephanie Cole, Christopher Godwin, Michael Cochrane, Lyndsey Richardson, Elizabeth Cameron, Timothy Carlton, Colette Gleeson, John Guest, Hugh Paddick, Ray Edwards; dir:Michael Blakemore [40pp, 6x8.5; cast list, programme for Nothing On by Robin Housemonger, 3 production photos, credits, 11 biographies w.photos, programme for Nothing On by Robin Housemonger etc.; original production, still running nearly four years later; VG] £4

1985: DOWN AN ALLEY FILLED WITH CATS - Watwick Moss (Mermaid) Adam Faith, David de Keyser; dir:John Wood [36pp, 6.1x8.5; 7 cast and production photos, biographies; crease to cover, else VG] £3

1985: TORCH SONG TRILOGY - Harvey Fierstein (Helen Hayes Theatre, New York) Susan Edwards, Philip Astor (as Arnold Beckoff), Tom Stechschulte, Peter Ratray, Diane Tarleton, Craig Sheffer, Christopher Gartin, Chevi Colton; dir:Peter Pope [c80pp, 5.7x8.5 (Playbill, Vol.3 No.6); cast list, cast photos and biographies, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985 (Sep): TORCH SONG TRILOGY - Harvey Fierstein (Albery) Antony Sher, Rupert Graves, Rupert Frazer, Belinda Sinclair, Miriam Karlin; dir:Robert Allan Ackerman [36pp, 6.1x8.5; biographies, 8 photos etc.; VG] £4

1985 (Feb): DAISY PULLS IT OFF - Denise Deegan (Globe) Gabrielle Glaister (as Daisy), Imogen Bain, Nina Edwards, Emma Watson (as Clare Beaumont), Lia Williams, Rebecca Burrill, Carla Mendonca (as Trixie Martin), Harriet Reynolds (as Miss Gibson), Nicola Hamilton (as Miss Granville), Amanda Dainty, Liz Bagley, Michael G Jones, Brian Ellis (as Mr Thompson), Liz Buffery, Michael Bevis, Norma Harwood, Cheryl Pay, Katrina Smith; dir:David Gilmore [32pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, biographies, attractive illustrations, amusing articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985 (Sep): DAISY PULLS IT OFF - Denise Deegan (Globe) Gabrielle Glaister (as Daisy), Imogen Bain, Nina Edwards, Emma Watson (as Clare Beaumont), Lia Williams, Rebecca Burrill, Carla Mendonca (as Trixie Martin), Harriet Reynolds (as Miss Gibson), Nicola Hamilton (as Miss Granville), Amanda Dainty, Liz Bagley, Michael G Jones, Brian Ellis (as Mr Thompson), Liz Buffery, Michael Bevis, Norma Harwood, Cheryl Pay, Katrina Smith; dir:David Gilmore [36pp, 6.1x8.5.; cast list, biographies, attractive illustrations, amusing articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985 (Nov): DAISY PULLS IT OFF - Denise Deegan (Globe) Gabrielle Glaister (as Daisy), Julie Berry, Nina Edwards, Emma Watson (as Clare Beaumont), Lia Williams, Rebecca Burrill, Carla Mendonca (as Trixie Martin), Harriet Reynolds (as Miss Gibson), Nicola Hamilton (as Miss Granville), Amanda Dainty, Liz Bagley, Michael G Jones, Brian Ellis (as Mr Thompson), Liz Buffery, Michael Bevis, Norma Harwood, Cheryl Pay, Katrina Smith; dir:David Gilmore [40pp, 6x8.5.; cast list, biographies, attractive illustrations, amusing articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1985: THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13 3/4 - Sue Townsend, Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley (Wyndham's) Simon Schatzberger, Mandy Travis, Nigel Bennett, David Riley, Katy Feeney, Sheila Collings, Antony Howes, Katharine Schlesinger, Sharon Mayer, Michael Arch, Louise Catt, Gary Whitaker, David Davenport, Sandra Fox, John Waldon, Eileen Bell; dir:Graham Watkins [36pp, 6.1x8.5; photos, articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1985: STRIPPERS - Peter Terson (Phoenix) Pamela Blackwood, Judi Lamb, Lyn Douglas, Garry Catlin, Brendan Healy, Rod Culbertson, Bill Maynard, Jackie Lye, Gavin Muir, Joan Linder, Lynda Bellingham, Frank Lee-White, Denise Bryson; dir:John Blackmore [16pp, 6x9; production photos, cast photos and biographies; illustrated article; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1985: ANOTHER COUNTRY - Julian Mitchell (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Guy Henry, Kilian McKenna, Philip Shelley, Simon Hewitt, David Shirley, Richard Aldridge, Robert Burbage, Christopher Villiers, James Campbell, Richard Charles, Denys Hawthorne; dir:Ian Watt-Smith [24pp, 7.3x9.6; 1373th production since 1938; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, programme notes, rehearsal photos, credits etc.; ticket stapled in (18 Feb), slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1985: UBU AND THE CLOWNS - Alfred Jarry (Tour) Actors Touring Company: Chris Barnes, Alison Peebles, Malcolm Scates, David Tysall, Siobhan Nicholas, Paddy Fletcher; dir:John Retallack [6pp, 5.8x12.5 triple-fold; cast, biographies, credits; plus excellent 6-page informative illustrated insert about Alfred Jarry; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1985: THE ENEMIES WITHIN - Ron Rose (Young Vic) Howard Crossley, Maureen Douglass, Peter Ellis, Peter Geeves, Margot Leicester, Barbara Peirson, Martin Riley, Jo Skelton, Dyfed Thomas, Stephen Tiller, Annie Tyson, Mary Wray; dir:David Thacker [8pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, notes, biographies; light vertical bend, minor marks, else VG] £2

1985: TWO INTO ONE - Ray Cooney (Shaftesbury) Souvenir Brochure Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray, Ginni Barlow, Lionel Jeffries, Derek Royle, Jane Downs, Michael Williams, Carolyn Allen, Linda Hayden, Martin Connor, Christopher Chittell, Henry Tomlinson, Anthony Verner, Lorna Calleny, Maxine Daniels; dir:Ray Cooney [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast biographies and photos, 14 colour production photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1985: TWO INTO ONE - Ray Cooney (Shaftesbury) Souvenir Brochure Daniel Massey, Nerys Hughes, Ginni Barlow, Alfred Marks, Derek Royle, Paddie O'Neil, John Thaw, Jane Bennett, Seretta Wilson, Eric Carte, Margaret Scrimgeour, Samantha Hughes; dir:Ray Cooney [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast biographies and photos, 21 colour production photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1985: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - Robert Bolt (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) Denys Hawthorne, Arthur Whybrow, Richard Derrington, Edwin Richfield, Rhoda Lewis, Lesley Moore, Martyn James, Peter Sproule, Julian Forsyth, Simon Treves, Rob Heyland, Douglas Milvain; dir:Clive Perry [12pp, 8.25x11.75; biographies, illustrations; VG] £4

1985: THE GREAT WHITE HOPE - Howard Sackler (Tricycle Theatre) Souvenir Brochure Hugh Quarshie, Earlene Bentley, Ed Bishop, Colin Bruce, Dominic Hawksley, Joan Heal, Mark Heath, Leon Herbert, Barry Jackson, Terence Longden, John Matshikiza, Michael Melia, Terry Mortimer; dir:Nicolas Kent [20pp, 8.25x11.75; illustrated articles, cast biographies, 9 photos from previous Tricycle productions; one staple missing, else VG] £4

1985 (4-30 Mch): LE CIRQUE IMAGINAIRE (Riverside Studios) Victoria Chaplin, Jean Baptiste Thierree [single sheet 16.8x23.5 poster quadruplefold; explanatory notes, cast biographies, credits; plus 8.25x11.75 insert with further information etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1985: WIFE BEGINS AT FORTY - Arne Sultan and Earl Barret (Ambassadors) Souvenir Brochure Geoffrey Sumner, Gertrude Bliss, Dinsdale Landen, Liza Goddard, John Quayle, Carol Hawkins, Stephen Leatherland; dir:Ray Cooney [28pp, 8.25x11.75; illustrated articles, 35+ cast and Theatre of Comedy Company biographies and photos, 10 production photos; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

1985 (12 Sep-19 Oct): HAY FEVER - Noel Coward (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Lucy Aston, Richard McCabe, Anna Welsh, Dilys Hamlett (as Judith Bliss), Terence Frisby, Aden Gillett, Marsha Hunt (as Myra Arundel), Bosco Hogan, Victoria Hasted; dir:James Maxwell [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1985 (28 Nov-21 Dec, 2-25 Jan 1986): THE CRUCIBLE - Arthur Miller (Young Vic) Geoffrey Beevers, Wendy Nottingham, Mona Hammond, Cornelia Hayes (as Abigail Williams), Diane Paris, Maggie McCarthy, David Glover, Mossie Smith, Abigail McKern, Matthew Marsh (as John Proctor), Hilda Braid, Wensley Pithey, Hugh Ross (as Reverend John Hale), Margot Leicester (as Elizabeth Proctor), Donald Pelmear, Peter Geeves, Roger Watkins, Christopher Robbie, Corin Redgrave (as Deputy Governor Danforth); dir:David Thacker [8pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; 1.9"x3.5" label stuck on cover, else VG] £2

1985: SONGS FOR STRAY CATS AND OTHER LIVING CREATURES - Donna Franceschild, Richie Rich (Tour) Paines Plough/Contact Theatre Company: Josie Lawrence, John McGlynn, George Rossi, Peter Capaldi, Elaine Collins; dir:Pip Broughton [4pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, rehearsal photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

Plays: 1986

1986 (Apr-Jul): KRAPP'S LAST TAPE and ENDGAME - Samuel Beckett (Tour and Riverside Studios) Krapp: Max Wall, dir:Ewan Hooper; Endgame: Tony Rohr, Sylvester Morand, Maurice Blake, Isolde Cazelet, dir:Charlie Hanson [24pp, 3.75x8.1; A Samuel Beckett 80th Birthday Tribute; cast lists, biographies, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1986: 'ALLO 'ALLO - Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft (Prince of Wales) Gordon Kaye (as Rene), Carmen Silvera (as Edith), Vicki Michelle (as Yvette), Jack Haig, Marie Francis (as Michelle), Sherry Plant, Howard Leader, Paul Jury, Penelope Jay, Clive Hopkins, Richard Marner, Sam Kelly, Richard Gibson (as Herr Flick), Kim Hartman (as Helga), Guy Siner (as Lieut.Gruber), David Kincaid, Arthur Bostrom (as Crabtree), Tony Parkin, Hugh Burns; dir:Peter Farago [32pp, 6x8.5; cast list, biographies w.12+ excellent character photos; VG] £4

1986 (3-8 Mch): A TASTE OF HONEY - Shelagh Delaney (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Zena Walker, Fiona Moyes, Peter Adamson, Elvis Payne, Trevor Brohier; dir:Miriam Karlin [28pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1986: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER - C S Lewis, adapted by Glyn Robbins (Sadler's Wells) Yannis Lazarides (as Miraz/Aslan), Andrew Jolly, Tim Killick, Robin Watson, Alan Corder, Sharon Lloyd, Michael Bennett, Michael Howard, Paul Ryan (as Edmund), Tacye Lynette (as Lucy), Kieron Smith (as Eustace), Nicholas Farr (as Caspian), Robin Watson, Franny O'Loughlin (as Reepicheep), Alan Corser; dir:Richard Williams [38pp, 5.2x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, charming illustrations, credits etc.; VG] £4

1986: OUR DAY OUT - Willy Russell (Theatre Royal, York) York Theatre Royal Company / Youth Theatre Yorkshire: Philip Herbert, Bernard Doherty, Carol Ann Crawford, Sharon Akerboom, Roy Lee, David J Nicholls, Rebecca Alderson, Craig Anderson, Nova Curtis, Natalie Davies, Paul Fox, Jane Gallogly, Christian Garvey, Rebecca Glew, Tabitha Griffin, Martin Harman, Andrea Helstrip, Czaceata Hirstwood, Matthew Inglis, Vivian Kelly, Dean Manning, Giles Neafcy, Jill Ridgeon, Simon Spence, Jack Webb, Karen Wilson; dir:Tim Supple with Richard Bosten [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, 26 cast photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1986: ABIGAIL'S PARTY - Mike Leigh (Theatre Royal, York) Ellie Haddington, Sian Howard, Vanessa Rosenthal, William Haden, Guy Burgess; dir:Andrew McKinnon [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1986: ONE FOR THE ROAD - Willy Russell (Liverpool Playhouse) Andrew Schofield, Annette Ekblom, Michael Starke, Angela Walsh; dir:Danny Hiller [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1986: A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG - Peter Nichols (Sherman Theatre, Cardiff) Laurence Allan, Alwyne Taylor, Lynn Gardner, Heather Baskerville, Stephen Churchett, Joanna Field; dir:Gareth Armstrong [20pp, 5.75x8.2; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated article, rehearsal photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1986: TABLE MANNERS - Alan Ayckbourn (Theatre Royal, Winchester) Andrew Melville, Peter O'Dwyer, Rob Swinton, Alison Temple Savage, Francesca Folan, Carol Holt; dir:Kate Harwood [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1986: MADE IN BANGKOK - Anthony Minghella (Aldwych) Christopher Fulford, Peter McEnery, Benjamin Whitrow, Paul Shelley, Felicity Kendal, David Yip, Diana Choy, Leanne Hong, Tia Lee, Susan Tan, Vincent Wong, Eddie Yeoh; dir:Michael Blakemore [28pp, 6x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1986: CIRCE & BRAVO - Donald Freed (Hampstead) Faye Dunaway, Stephen Jenn; dir:Harold Pinter [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, photos, biographies; VG] £3

1986: THAT SUMMER - David Edgar (Hampstead) Jessica Turner, Edward Rawle-Hicks, Oliver Cotton, Gareth Morris, Caroline Berry, Catherine Tregenna, Mick Ford; dir:Michael Attenborough [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £3

1986: BODY CELL - Melissa Murray (Soho Poly) Carolyn Pickles, Heather Canning, Angela Bruce, Natasha Williams; dir:Sue Dunderdale [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, photos, biographies; VG] £2

1986: THE ENTERTAINER - John Osborne (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Frank Middlemass, Joanne Pearce, Peter Bowles (as Archie Rice), Sylvia Syms, Paul Mooney, Allan Mitchell, Michael Rigg, Jane Terry, Charlotte Seago; dir:Robin Lefevre [28pp, 5.75x8.25; production photos, cast photos and biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1986: PETER PAN - J M Barrie (Redgrave Theatre, Farnham) Granville Saxton (as Mr Darling and Captain Hook), Angela Collins, Lisa Cook, Sean Murray, James Haley, Dominic Harrison, Simon Davie, Sam Naylor, David Parfitt (as Peter Pan), Paul Benzing; dir:Patrick Sandford [28pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1986: EXCLUSIVE YARNS - Gary Lyons and Stewart Permutt (Good Luck Theatre, Covent Garden Piazza) Jenny Logan, Julie Kirk, Lesley Joseph, Gail Rolfe, Rosalind Bailey, James Tillitt, Simon Needs, Robert Howie, Barry Martin, Dyfed Thomas; dir:Gary Lyons [12pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, company biographies, credits etc.; VG] £1

1986: MURDER ON THE NILE - Agatha Christie (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Alix Refaie, Ayo Antaeus, Adrienne Corri, Joanna Myers, Lionel Guyett, Patricia Doyle, Brendan Barry, Karen Gledhill, Glyn Baker, Jack Watling, Christine McKenna; dir:Donald MacKechnie [28pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1986: PROGRESS - Doug Lucie (Lyric) Peter Wight, Diana Quick, Mike Gwilym, Eamon Boland, Michele Winstanley, Perry Fenwick, Struan Rodger, Daniel Webb; dir:David Hayman [20pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, 7 rehearsal photos etc.; VG] £3

1986: JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Palace Theatre, Watford) Warren Clarke, Susan Hanson, Colin Higgins, Liz Smith, Susie Blake; dir:Peter Duguid [16pp, 5.9x8.25; rehearsal and cast photos, biographies; minor marks else VG] £3

1986: CANDLE-LIGHT - P G Wodehouse (Palace Theatre, Watford) Aden Gillett, Philip Bird, Arthur Bostrom, Serena Evans, Helen Atkinson Wood; dir:Lou Stein [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, cast photos, biographies; minor marks else VG] £3

1986: BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS - John Godber (Tour) Hull Truck Theatre Company: Steven Bough, Michael Callaghan, Liza Sadovy, Gillian Tompkins, Jane Clifford; dir:John Godber [16pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, biographies w.photos, credits, notes; VG] £4

1986: DAISY PULLS IT OFF - Denise Deegan (Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham) Louise Catt (as Daisy), Sue Scott-Davison, Katrina Smith, Cheryl Pay (as Clare Beaumont), Rena Jugati, Sarah-Jane McKechnie, Julie-Anne Blythen (as Trixie Martin), Eileen Maciejewska (as Miss Gibson), Denise Armon (as Miss Granville), Karen Chatwin, Karen Briffett, Michelle Martin, Daniel Davies, Dennis Spencer (as Mr Thompson), Timothy Rose, Jane Bullman, Sally Millcrest; dir:David Gilmore [24pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, notes, credits, illustrations; VG] £3

1986: ONE OF US - Robin Chapman (Greenwich Theatre) Anthony Andrews, Ian Ogilvy, Jenny Quayle, David Horovitch; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.107; notes, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1986: RELATIVELY SPEAKING - Alan Ayckbourn (Greenwich Theatre) Michael Aldridge, Gwen Watford, Michael Simkins, Felicity Dean; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.108; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1986: THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST - Beth Henley (Greenwich Theatre) Sandra Dickinson, Sally Watts, Gayle Hunnicutt, Bryan Murray, George Irving, Kate David; dir:Simon Stokes [24pp, 5.9x8.25; Cue Magazine No.110; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1986: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT - Eugene O'Neill (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Bethel Leslie (as Mary Tyrone), Jack Lemmon (as James Tyrone), Kevin Spacey (as James Tyrone, Jnr.), Peter Gallagher, Jodie Lynne McClintock; dir:Jonathan Miller [28pp, 6x8.4; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, 5 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1986: FOR KING AND COUNTRY - John Wilson (Greenwich Theatre) Christopher Driscoll, Paul Clarkson, Jamie Cresswell, Alex Jennings, David Mallinson, Paul Williamson, Michael Fleming, Sean Murray, Scott Cherry, Marc Sinden, Crawford Logan; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.9x8.25; Cue Magazine No.111; illustrated article, biographies; minor marks else VG] £3

1986: UNDER MILK WOOD - Dylan Thomas (Greenwich Theatre) Rachel Bell, Jeremy Blake, Stephen Botcher, Denys Graham, Cynthia Grenville, Catrin Menna, Myfanwy Talog, Martin Troakes, Gilbert Wynne; dir:Anthony Cornish [24pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.112; illustrated articles, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1986: NIGHT MUST FALL - Emlyn Williams (Greenwich Theatre) Margaret Tyzack, Katy Behean, Brenda Cowling, Nicholas Day, Julia McCarthy, Angela Webb, Denys Hawthorne, Daniel Webb; dir:John Dove [24pp, 5.9x8.25; Cue Magazine No.113; illustrated article, biographies; VG] £3

1986: ONCE A CATHOLIC - Mary O'Malley (Palace Theatre, Manchester) Terence Frisby, Pamela Mandell, Cathy Murphy, Sharon Eva Degen, Eileen Bell, Lollie May, dir:Terence Frisby [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles; VG] £3

1986 (Aug-Sep): NOEL AND GERTIE - Noel Coward and Sheridan Morley (Donmar) Lewis Fiander, Patricia Hodge; dir:David Horlock [24pp, 6x8.5; biographies, 35+ photos etc.; a smart programme; VG] £4

1986: SO LONG ON LONELY STREET - Sandra Deer (Palace Theatre, Watford) Brian Protheroe, Gayle Hunnicutt, Lou Hirsch; dir:Lou Stein [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, credits, biographies, photos etc.] £2

1986: JUG - Henry Livings (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) Don Crann, Robert Daws, Yvonne d'Alpra, Guy Nicholls, Robert Keegan, John Halstead, David Morrissey, Kate Williams, Angela Connolly, Laura Cox; dir:Philip Hedley [16pp, 5.8x8.25; 10 photos, biographies; VG] £3

1986: SELLING THE SIZZLE - Peter Gibbs (Hampstead) Dinsdale Landen, Caroline Bliss, David Threlfall, Ann Beach; dir:Robert Chetwyn [20, 5.9x8.25; photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £2

1986: THE GAMBLER - Peter Brewis, Bob Goody, and Mel Smith (Hampstead) Paul Bown, Philip Davis, Bob Goody, Mel Smith [photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £3

1986: IN PRAISE OF LOVE - Terence Rattigan (The Mill at Sonning) Philippa Urquhart, Rodney Diak, Frank Ellis, Zach Vanderfelt; dir:Jonathan Martin [12pp, 5.75x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £1

1986: WHO KILLED HILDA MURRELL? - Chris Martin (Tricycle) Linda Broughton, Richard Cordery, Annie Raitt, Ian Redford; dir:Jane Collins with Mike Kay [notes, biographies; VG] £3

1986: AFTER AIDA - Julian Mitchell (Old Vic) Richard Griffiths (as Verdi), Gemma Jones (as Strepponi), Malcolm Storry (as Ricordi), David Lyon (as Faccio), Ian Charleson (as Boito), Elizabeth Collier / Christine Teare, Beverley Mills / Wendy Verco, John Harris / Mark Hamilton, Henry Newman / Steven Page, Martin Andre / Michael Lloyd; dir:Howard Davies [28pp, 5.25x8.5; cast list, extensive illustrated programme notes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1986 (Jun): RUN FOR YOUR WIFE! - Ray Cooney (Criterion) Theatre of Comedy production: Roy Hudd, Ralph Bates, Windsor Davies, Helen Cotterill, Sherrie Hewson, Roger Kitter, Brian Godfrey, Peter Blake; dir:Ray Cooney [32pp, 6x8.5; 30 cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1986: LEND ME A TENOR - Ken Ludwig (Globe) Denis Lawson, Jan Francis, John Barron, Edward Hibbert, Ronald Holgate, Anna Nicholas, Gwendolyn Humble, Josephine Blake; dir:David Gilmore [36pp, 6x8.5; illustrated article on 'Operatic Disasters', company photos, biographies w.photos etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1986: TORCH SONG TRILOGY - Harvey Fierstein (Albery) Barbara Rosenblat, Antony Sher, Rupert Frazer, Belinda Sinclair, Rupert Graves, Ian Sears, Miriam Karlin; dir:Robert Allan Ackerman [32pp, 6x8.5; biographies, 15+ photos etc.; VG] £4

1986: TORCH SONG TRILOGY - Harvey Fierstein (Albery) Barbara Rosenblat, Harvey Fierstein, Rupert Frazer, Belinda Sinclair, Rupert Graves, Ian Sears, Miriam Karlin; dir:Robert Allan Ackerman [32pp, 6x8.5; biographies, 15+ photos etc.; VG] £4

1986: THE NORMAL HEART - Larry Kramer (Albery) Kerry Shale, Joris Stuyck, Stuart Fox, Tom Hulce, Jenny Lee, John Terry, Paul Jesson, Richard Kane, Stuart Milligan; dir:David Hayman [28pp, 6x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; minor marks] £4

1986 (Mch): WHEN WE ARE MARRIED - J B Priestley (Whitehall) Sue Devaney, Julian Wadham, Patricia Hayes, Matilda Thorpe, Peter Bourke, Bill Fraser (as Henry Ormonroyd), James Grout (as Alderman Joseph Helliwell), Patricia Routledge (as Maria Helliwell), Timothy West, Brian Murphy, Elizabeth Spriggs, Prunella Scales (as Annie Parker), Patsy Rowlands, Alan Bennion; dir:Ronald Eyre [32pp, 6x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, historical photographs, credits etc.; a definitive revival; VG] £4

1986 (Nov): WHEN WE ARE MARRIED - J B Priestley (Whitehall) Sue Devaney, Patrick Pearson, Kathy Staff, Dione Inman, Peter Bourke, Bill Fraser (as Henry Ormonroyd), James Grout (as Alderman Joseph Helliwell), Patricia Routledge (as Maria Helliwell), John Stratton, Brian Murphy, Patsy Byrne, Polly James (as Annie Parker), Patsy Rowlands, John Hart Dyke; dir:Ronald Eyre [32pp, 6x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, historical photographs, credits etc.; a definitive revival; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1986: STEPPING OUT - Richard Harris (Duke of York's) Amanda Barrie, Nancy Nevinson, Joanne James, Angela Crow, Stella Tanner, Amanda Murray, Richard Denning, Lynda Baron, Cynthia Powell, Sheila Ballantine; dir:Julia McKenzie [28pp, 6x8.5; biographies, cast photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1986: THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13 3/4 - Sue Townsend, Ken Howard, Alan Blaikley (Wyndham's) Simon Schatzberger, Mandy Travis, Nigel Bennett, David Riley, Katy Feeney, Sheila Collings, Michael Arch, Sara Markland, Clare Nicholson, Louise Catt, Gary Whitaker, David Davenport, Simon Gipps-Kent, Sandra Fox, John Waldon, Eileen Bell; dir:Graham Watkins [32pp, 6x8.5; photos, articles etc.; VG] £3

1986: JUDY - Terry Wale (Strand) Lesley Mackie, David Bauckham, Carolyn Moody, Tim Hardy, Lewis Cowen, Adeen Fogle, Buster Skeggs, Alison Skilbeck, Paul Downing, Philip Childs, Ray Davison, Paul Milton, James Gavin; dir:John David [28pp, 6x8.5; photos, articles etc.; VG] £2

1986: BLITHE SPIRIT - Noel Coward (Vaudeville) Imogen Bain, Jane Asher (as Ruth), Simon Cadell (as Charles), Roger Hume, Rachel Herbert, Marcia Warren (as Madame Arcati), Joanna Lumley (as Elvira); dir:Peter Farago [28pp, 6x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, 5 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1986: WOMAN IN MIND - Alan Ayckbourn (Vaudeville) Julia McKenzie, Peter Blythe, Benedick Blythe, Christina Barryk, John Hudson, Martin Jarvis, Josephine Tewson, Daniel Flynn; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [32pp, 6x8.5; biographies, 10 production photos etc.; VG] £4

1986: WHEN I WAS A GIRL I USED TO SCREAM AND SHOUT - Sharman MacDonald (Whitehall) Sheila Reid, Julie Walters, Geraldine James, John Gordon Sinclair; dir:Simon Stokes [32pp, 6x8.25; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4

1986 (Jul): DOUBLE DOUBLE - Eric Elice and Roger Rees (Fortune) Roger Rees, Jane Lapotaire; dir:Leon Rubin [28pp, 6x8.5; biographies, production photos etc.; VG] £4

1986: CAFE PUCCINI - Robin Ray (Wyndham's) Lewis Fiander, Nichola McAuliffe, Charles West, Terence Hillyer, Jacinta Mulcahy, Maurice Clarke; dir:Christopher Renshaw [28pp, 6x8.5; 14 photos, list of musical numbers, biographies; VG] £3

1986: FANNY KEMBLE AT HOME - Laurier Lister (Tour) Constance Cummings; dir:Laurier Lister [8pp, 6x8.5; illustrated articles, photos, biographies, tour schedule; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1986: THE HOBBIT - J R R Tolkien, adapted by Rony Robinson and Graham Watkins (Fortune) Malcolm Dixon (as Bilbo), Dudley Long (as Gandalf), Tony Howes, James Powell, Martin Pallot, Clive Marlowe, Tessa Crockett (as Gollum), David Lumsden, Steve Edison, Mike Coltman, Clive Hill, Anita Danielle, Mark Bond; dir:Graham Watkins [32pp, 6x8.5; photos, synopsis of scenes, designs, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £3

1986: THE SECRET LIFE OF CARTOONS - Clive Barker (Aldwych) Una Stubbs, Paul Robinson, Derek Griffiths, Buster Skeggs, Geoffrey Hughes, Graham James, James Warwick, Peter Banks, Amanda Kemp, Peter O'Farrell, Adam Lee, Terry Victor, Jo Stewart; dir:Tudor Davies [28pp, 6x8.5;12+ photos, biographies; VG] £3

1986: KILLING JESSICA - adapted by David Rogers from the original teleplay by Richard Levinson and Wiliam Link (Savoy) Morgan Deare, Patrick Macnee, Angela Douglas, Liz Robertson, Suzanne Sinclair, Mark Caven, Jennie Linden, Nicola Bryant, David Langton, Ian Tyler, David Gilliam, Paul Aspland, Elisa Tebith, John Channell Mills; dir:Bryan Forbes [28pp, 6x8.5; 15 photos, biographies; with flyer, and newsclipping review; VG] £4

1986 (Feb): DAISY PULLS IT OFF - Denise Deegan (Globe) Gabrielle Glaister (as Daisy), Julie Berry, Nina Edwards, Emma Watson (as Clare Beaumont), Lia Williams, Rebecca Burrill, Carla Mendonca (as Trixie Martin), Harriet Reynolds (as Miss Gibson), Nicola Hamilton (as Miss Granville), Amanda Dainty, Liz Bagley, Michael G Jones, Brian Ellis (as Mr Thompson), Liz Buffery, Michael Bevis, Norma Harwood, Cheryl Pay, Katrina Smith; dir:David Gilmore [40pp, 6x8.5.; cast list, biographies, attractive illustrations, amusing articles, credits etc.; tickets stapled in (5/2/86), else VG] £3

1986: THE COCKTAIL PARTY - T S Eliot (Phoenix) New Theatre Company: Robert Eddison, Rachel Kempson, Stephen Boxer, Sheila Gish (as Celia Coplestone), Simon Ward, Alec McCowen (as Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly), Sheila Allen, Pamela Lane, Piers Henschel, Davd Ericsson; dir:John Dexter [16pp; illustrated articles, cast biographies and photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1986: THE MAINTENANCE MAN - Richard Harris (Comedy) John Alderton, Gwen Taylor, Susan Penhaligon; dir:Roger Clissold [16pp, 9x6; biographies & photos, 5 production photos etc.; VG] £4

1986: TWO AND TWO MAKE SEX - Richard Harris and Leslie Darbon (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Giles Watling, Jane Bennett, Henry McGee, Margaret Ashcroft, Deirdre Doone, Philip Blaine; dir:Joan Riley [24pp, 7.4x9.75; 1397th Production since 1938; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1986: SEE HOW THEY RUN! - Philip King (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Lucy Fleming, Dulcie Gray, Freddie Lees, Julia Deakin, Anthony Verner, Eric Carte, Michael Denison, Patrick Monckton, David Beale; dir:Mark Piper [24pp, 7.3x9.6; 1401st production since 1938; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; tickets stapled in (6 Dec), slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1986: THE HOSTAGE - Brendan Behan (Tricycle) Souvenir Brochure Eric Richard, Eileen Pollock, Luke Hayden, Patrick Cameron, Michelle Fairley, John Ashby, P G Stephens, Colin Bennett, Nora Connolly, Heather Tobias, Catherine Cusack, Shane Connaughton, Terry Mortimer, David John; dir:Nicolas Kent [20pp, large size (8.25x11.75) glossy brochure, with photos, cast list, biogs, historical notes, articles; VG] £4

1986: WOZA ALBERT! - Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema, Barney Simon (Criterion) Souvenir Brochure Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema, Barney Simon [16pp, large size (8.25x11.75) glossy brochure, with photos, cast list, biogs, historical notes, articles; VG] £4

1986: ROOKERY NOOK - Ben Travers (Shaftesbury) Souvenir Brochure Nichola McAuliffe, Peggy Mount, Derek Smith, Ian Ogilvy, Tom Courtenay, Georgia Allen, Lionel Jeffries, Geoffrey Sumner, Rowena Roberts, Kate Dunn, Rowena Ingram; dir:Mark Kingston [24pp, large size (8.25x11.75) glossy brochure, with 60+ photos, many in colour; cast list, biogs, historical notes, articles; VG] £5

1986 : COURT IN THE ACT! - Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber, translated by Robert Cogo-Fawcett and Braham Murray (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Royal Exchange Theatre Company: Michael Denison, Arthur Whybrow, Colin Procktor, Trevor Cooper, Maggie O'Neill, Avril Elgar, Lisa Hollander, Gabrielle Drake, Lee Montague, Terence Wilton, Roy Heather, Margaret Norris, Dan Maxwell, Christopher Seed; dir:Braham Murray [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1986: DOUBLE CROSS - Thomas Kilroy (Tour) Field Day Theatre Company: Stephen Rea (as William Joyce and Brendan Bracken), Kate O'Toole, Richard Howard; dir:Jim Sheridan [16pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, author's note w.photo, timelines of William Joyce and Brendan Bracken w.photos, Field Day Theatre Company 1986 company photo, 10 rehearsal and past production photos, credits etc; VG] £4

Plays: 1987

1987 (24 Jun-2 Sep): GETTING ON - Alan Ayckbourn (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough) Malcolm Hebden, John Skitt, Lesley Meade, Michael Roberts, Ellen Sheean, Brian Shelley, Penny Brunton; dir:Robin Herford [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, 9 rehearsal photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987 (28 Feb-28 Mch): THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA - George Bernard Shaw (Bristol Old Vic) Jill Graham, Neville Watchurst, Fulton Mackay (as Sir Colenso Ridgeon), David Monico, Robert Eddison (as Sir Patrick Cullen), Timothy Kightley (as Cutler Walpole), Christopher Benjamin (as Sir Ralph Bloomfield Bonington), John Levitt, Louise Jameson (as Jennifer Dubedat), Kevin Wallace (as Louis Dubedat), Cathryn Bradshaw, Simon Harrison; dir:Leon Rubin [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, company photo, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987 (4-20 Feb): BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON - Dorothy L Sayers and M St.Clare Byrne (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke) William Whymper, Christopher Reeks (as Bunter), Deirdre Doone, Pauline Bennion, Timothy Ackroyd (as Lord Peter Wimsey), Elizabeth Holland, Bruce Morrison, Knight Mantell, Johnson Willis, Simon Knight, Dennis Chinnery; dir:Ian Mullins [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1987 (w/c 27 Apr): A MONTH OF SUNDAYS - Bob Larbey (Richmond Theatre) Michael Robbins, Georgia Allen, Sally Sanders, Colin Douglas, Elizabeth Mickery, Philip Blaine; dir:David Kirk [26pp, 5.8x8.4; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1987 (13-19 Jul): A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED - Agatha Christie, adapted by Leslie Darbon (Richmond Theatre) Kim Fenton, Judy Clifton, Jacqueline Martin, Margaret Ashcroft, Angela Rooks, Benedikte Faulkner, Hazel Bainbridge (as Miss Marple), Jacqueline Lacy, Tim Marriott, John Elnaugh, Dermot Walsh (as Inspector Craddock); dir:Charles Stapley [26pp, 5.8x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987 (14 Apr-2 May): FORTY YEARS ON - Alan Bennett (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) McDonald Hobley (as Headmaster), Brian Ellis (as Franklin), Ann Windsor (as Matron), Kenneth Price (as Tempest), Helen Dorward (as Miss Nisbitt), Dermot McLaughlin, John Goodrum, Nicholas Macarte, Jonathan Cann, Huw Battrick, Vincent Carley, Dominic Currie, Warren Dyer, Simon Fletcher, Warren Lott, Ivor Lyons, Jeremy Mason, James Mayes, Philip Saunders, David Snell, Daniel Squires, Mark Stay, Peter Stewart, John Thompson, Ceri Teasdale, Jonathan Wallden, Paul Williamson; dir:Roger Clissold [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987 (30 Nov-5 Dec): FORTY YEARS ON - Alan Bennett (Key Theatre, Peterborough) Great Eastern Stage production: Peter Stockbridge (as Headmaster), Ciaran McIntyre (as Franklin), Alan McMahon (as Tempest), Jane Caplan (as Matron), Freda Jeffries (as Miss Nisbitt); dir:Ian McKeand [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; title written on cover, else VG] £2

1987: HAVING A BALL - Alan Bleasdale (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke) Horseshoe Theatre Company: Ben Ellison, Caroline Jay, Clive Flint, Philip Barnes, Belinda Chapman, Richard Lumsden, Christian Roberts, Elizabeth Downes, Graham Rigby; dir:Kit Thacker [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, company photo, biographies, 5 photos of previous Horseshoe Theatre Company productions, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987: THIS IS MY DREAM: Glimpses of the Life & Times of Josephine Baker - Henry Livings (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) Joanne Campbell (as Josephine Baker), Christopher Owen, Raul Newney, Kenny Andrews, David Michael Clarke, Anni Domingo, Ben Ellison, Pepsi Maycock, Ben Thomas, Wayne Williams; dir:Philip Hedley [16pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, 11 biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; w.colourful flyer; VG] £4

1987: TAKING STEPS - Alan Ayckbourn (Theatre Royal, York) Jeffrey Perry, Judy Hopton, Fergus McLarnon, Robert Ashby, Michael Burns, Victoria Hasted; dir:Dilys Hamlett [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1987: BOUNCERS - John Godber (Theatre Royal, Winchester) Edward York, Nigel Betts, Steve Johnson, Christopher Wright; dir:Neil Sissons [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1987: PRAVDA! - Howard Brenton and David Hare (Redgrave Theatre, Farnham) Eryl Maynard, Philip Bretherton, Sarah Chard, John Guest, James Gibb, Paul Benzing, William Whymper, Granville Saxton (as Lambert Le Roux), Andrew Hall, Mark Adams, Sam Naylor; dir:Patrick Sandford [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; very light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1987: A PASSAGE TO INDIA - E M Forster, adapted by Santha Rama Rau (Redgrave Theatre, Farnham) Bhasker (as Dr Aziz), William Whymper, Renee Asherson (as Mrs Moore), Katharine New (as Adela Quested), Renu Setna, Philip Bretherton (as Ronny Heaslop), Sam Naylor, Patricia Samuels, Sarah Chard, Eryl Maynard, Mark Adams, Paul Benzing, John Guest, James Gibb, Badi Uzzaman, Dhirendra, Harmage S Kalirai; dir:Patrick Sandford [28pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; very light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1987: HABEAS CORPUS - Alan Bennett (Richmond Theatre) Mobil Touring Theatre: Julian Glover, Jane Freeman, Mary Sheen, Adam Robertson, Su Elliott, Bill Pertwee (as Sir Percy Shorter, Madeleine Newbury (as Lady Rumpers), Duncan Preston (as Canon Throbbing), Tacy Kneale, David Fielder, Tom Karol; dir:Alan Dossor [28pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1987: ENJOY - Alan Bennett (Library Theatre, Manchester) Brian Rawlinson, Hilda Braid, Fergus McLarnon, Caroline O'Neill, Chris Gardner, Julian Stanley, Tim Donnelly, Vanessa Rosenthal, Adrian Lochhead, Andrew Tansey, Anthony O'Driscoll; dir:Roger Haines [12pp, 5.75x8.35; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated article, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1987: AN INSPECTOR CALLS - J B Priestley (Westminster Theatre) Peter Baldwin, Simon Shepherd, Charlotte Attenborough, Pauline Jameson, Valerie Newbold, Adam Godley, Tom Baker (as Inspector Goole); dir:Peter Dews [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1987: LABURNUM GROVE - J B Priestley (Palace Theatre, Watford) Bridget Turner, Sophie Thompson, Julian Fellowes, Trevor Peacock, Robin Kermode, Andy Mulligan, Patsy Byrne, Donald Douglas, Geoff Owen; dir:Wendy Toye [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987: THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK - Jean-Claude Carriere (Theatre Artaud at the French Institute) Jean Pierre Cassel, Jane Lapotaire; dir:Olivier Pierre [16pp, 5.75x8.25 cast list, credits, biographies w.photos; VG] £3

1987: THE VIEWING - David Pownall (Greenwich Theatre) Priscilla Morgan, Greg Cruttwell, Graeme Garden, Abigail McKern, Lavinia Bertram, Jonathan Newth; dir: Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.114; notes, biographies; VG] £3

1987: DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS - Eugene O'Neill (Greenwich Theatre) Tom Hickey, Richard Cordery, Sam Douglas, Colin Firth, Carmen Du Sautoy, Roberta Hamond, Ron Travis, Shane Vahey, Bryan Torfeh, Brian Forster, Robert Awork, Gary Hirst, Esther Watkin; dir:Patrick Mason [24pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.116; illustrated article, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1987: THE PERFECT PARTY - A R Gurney Jr. (Greenwich Theatre) Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, Alison Skilbeck, Richard Kane, Kate David; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.117; cast, credits, biographies, photos, articles etc.] £3

1987: MARY ROSE - J M Barrie (Greenwich Theatre) Chris Humphreys, Judy Wilson, Michael Burrell, Anna Cropper, Paul Imbusch, Amanda Waring, Patrick Pearson, Neil Duncan; dir:Matthew Francis [24pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.118; illustrated articles, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1987: ORIGINAL RAGS An Evocation of the Life and Music of Scott Joplin (Greenwich Theatre) Ben Bennett, Deborah Broom, Joanna Dennis, Georgia Johnson, Emanuel Pascal, Graham Peters, Bernard Pierre-Louis, Christopher Gayle [20pp, 5.75x8.25; notes, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £2

1987: SPOOKHOUSE - Harvey Fierstein (Hampstead) Gwen Taylor, Lee Coggin, Chris Jury, Joanne Ridley, Lee Ross, Tom Georgeson; dir:Robin Lefevre [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies, notes; VG] £3

1987: BETWEEN EAST AND WEST - Richard Nelson (Hampstead) John Woodvine, Sheila Allen; dir:David Jones [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1987: MY SISTER IN THIS HOUSE - Wendy Kesselman (Hampstead) Monstrous Regiment / Leicester Haymarket Theatre production: Maggie O'Neill, Suzanna Hamilton, Maggie Steed, Tilly Vosburgh; dir:Nancy Meckler [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987: CANARIES SOMETIMES SING - Frederick Lonsdale (Albery) Peter Bowles, Sylvia Syms, Neil Stacy, Liz Robertson; dir:Patrick Garland [32pp, 5.75x8.25; 18+ cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1987: MUMBO JUMBO - Robin Glendinning (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Alan MacNaughtan, Richenda Carey, Denys Hawthorne, Anne Lawson, Michael Grandage, John Elmes, Gerard O'Hare, Robert Patterson, Allen McKelvey, David Adair, James Durrell, Marcus O'Higgins, Maurice Dee, Ian Tucker, Kerryann White; dir:Nicholas Hytner [28pp, 5.8x8.25; articles, cast biographies; VG] £4

1987: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Tom Stoppard (Piccadilly) Stephen Frost, Mark Arden, Lionel Blair, Paul McKenzie, Michael Cule, Greg Powrie, Kevin Murphy, Joshua Losey, Andrew Roberts, Alison Neil, Michael Percival, Mary Bates, Peter Yapp, Chrystine Bennett, Chris Alexander; dir:Peter Wilson [28pp, 5.75x8.25; 30+ photos, biographies; a full programme; VG] £4

1987: GROUCHO A Life in Revue - Arthur Marx and Robert Fisher (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) Frank Ferrante (as Groucho), Les Marsden (as Chico and Harpo), Marguerite Lowell, David Bauckham; dir:Arthur Marx [articles, photos, biographies; VG] £3

1987: GROUCHO A Life in Revue - Arthur Marx and Robert Fisher (Comedy Theatre) Frank Ferrante (as Groucho), Les Marsden (as Chico and Harpo), Marguerite Lowell, Anthony Dunston; dir:Arthur Marx [20pp, 6x9; cast list, cast biographies w.photos, production photos, list of musicians, credits etc.; VG] £4

1987: NOISES OFF - Michael Frayn (Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham) Jane Freeman, David Roper, Giles Watling, Caroline Aldred, Joanna Myers, Michael Jayes, Deborah Watling, Thomas Coulthard, Gerald Flood; dir:Stephen Barry [24pp, 5.75x8.25 biographies w.photos, programme for Nothing On by Robin Housemonger; VG] £3

1987 (Oct): SEPARATION - Tom Kempinski (Hampstead) David Suchet, Saskia Reeves; dir:Michael Attenborough [32pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £3

1987 (Dec): SEPARATION - Tom Kempinski (Comedy Theatre) David Suchet, Saskia Reeves; dir:Michael Attenborough [16pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987 (Aug): CURTAINS - Stephen Bill (Hampstead) Gwen Nelson, Bridget Turner, Ralph Nossek, Philip Bird, Sheila Ballantine, Alfred Lynch, Gillian Hanna, Stella Moray; dir:Stuart Burge [24pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4

1987: SERIOUS MONEY - Caryl Churchill (Wyndham's) Elizabeth Garvie, Gary Olsen, Ivan Kaye, Cyril Nri, Tom Chadbon, Nigel Cooke, Patti Love, Dona Croll; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [36pp, 5.75x8.25 many photos, articles etc. - a full programme; VG] £4

1987: SERIOUS MONEY - Caryl Churchill (Wyndham's) Joanne Pearce, Daniel Webb, Paul Moriarty, Burt Caesar, Allan Corduner, Scott Cherry, Linda Bassett, Meera Syal; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [36pp, 5.75x8.25 many photos, articles etc. - a full programme; VG] £4

1987: DECADENCE - Steven Berkoff (Wyndham's) Steven Berkoff, Linda Marlowe; dir:Steven Berkoff [28pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, biographies, 12 articles etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1987 (Mch): ROUGH CROSSING - Tom Stoppard (Redgrave Theatre, Farnham) Richard Kay, Roy Boutcher, Neal Swettenham, Paula Wilcox, Rodney Diak, Mark Hadfield; dir:Patrick Sandford [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1987 (Nov-Dec): A CUCKOO IN THE NEST - Ben Travers (Redgrave Theatre, Farnham) Brenda Longman, Jean Challis, Roy Boutcher, Sarah Chard, Angus Deuchar, Giselle Wolf, Martin Connor, Alan Hay, Jane Lowe, Christopher Reeks, John Dallimore, Nick Larsson, Ted Gardner; dir:Patrick Sandford [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1987: THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (Tricycle) The National Theatre Of Brent: Patrick Barlow, Jim Broadbent; dir:Martin Duncan [photos, biographies, pictorial history (!) of the National Theatre of Brent etc.; VG] £4

1987: WOMAN IN MIND - Alan Ayckbourn (Vaudeville) Pauline Collins, Ralph Bates, Benedick Blythe, Jane Kaeser, Matthew Solon, Michael Jayston, Jacqueline Clarke, Michael Shilling; dir:Alan Strachan [28pp, 6x8.4; photos, articles etc.; lightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1987: ONE FOR THE ROAD - Willy Russell (Lyric) Russ Abbot, Janet Dale, Michael Angelis, Elizabeth Bennett; dir:William Gaunt [40pp, 6x8.4; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4

1987 (Sep): BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT - Jeffrey Archer (Queens) Frank Finlay, Wendy Craig, David Langton, Jeffry Wickham, Andrew Cruickshank; dir:David Gilmore [44pp, 6x8.4; biographies w.photos, plus 8 production photos etc.; VG] £4

1987: LIGHT UP THE SKY (Globe) Sandra Dickinson, Keith Baxter, Kate O'Mara, Paul Maxwell, Maxine Audley, Jack Elliott, Art Metrano, Michael Irwin, Gwen Taylor, John Quayle, Leo Maguire, Christopher Guinee; dir:Elijah Moshinsky [44pp, 6x8.4; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1987: UP ON THE ROOF - Simon Moore and Jane Prowse (Apollo) Beverly Hills, Gary Olsen, Michael Mueller, Felicity Montagu, Mark McGann; dir:Simon Moore and Jane Prowse [40pp, 6x8.4; company photo, 5 production photos, cast biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1987: YOU NEVER CAN TELL - George Bernard Shaw (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Abigail Cruttenden, Terence Wilton, Annabel Lambe, Harry Burton, Irene Worth, Jenny Quayle, Michael Denison, Frank Middlemass, Michael Hordern, Tim Marriott, Stuart Sherwin, Derek Waring; dir:Toby Robertson [32pp, 6x8.4; 20+ cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1987: LET US GO THEN, YOU AND I - T S Eliot, Peter Ackroyd (Lyric) A Celebration of the Life and Poetry of T S Eliot: Eileen Atkins, Edward Fox, Michael Gough, Narrated by Joan Bakewell, Christopher Cazenove and Jean Marsh; dir:Stuart Burge [44pp, 6x8.5; cast biographies w.photos, synopsis of the poetry, credits etc.; VG] £4

1987: CORPSE! - Gerald Moon (Strand) Colin Baker, Jean Reeve, Jack Watling, Robert Meadwell; dir:Gerald Moon [32pp, 6x8.4; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1987: THE AMEN CORNER - James Baldwin (Lyric) Carmen Munroe, Clarke Peters, Claudette Williams, Sylvester Williams, Al Matthews, Stacey Zuckerman; dir:Anton Phillips [44pp, 6x8.4; 10+ production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1987 (Oct-Nov): THE LIVING ROOM - Graham Greene (Royalty Theatre) Royalty Theatre Company: Annie Leon, Peter Blythe, Katharine Schlesinger, Dulcie Gray, Judy Campbell, Paul Daneman, Jennie Linden; dir:Bryan Forbes [44pp, 6x8.4; cast list, synopsis of scenes, company photo, biographies, 8 rehearsal photos, extensive chronology of Graham Greene, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987: THE MOUSETRAP (St.Martin's) Diana Marchment, Terrick Fitzhugh, James Ripman, Doreen Andrew, Nicholas Courtney, Marcia King, Bill McCabe, Brian Darnley; dir:Joan Kemp-Welch [32pp, 6x8.4; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £3

1987 (Mch): COURT IN THE ACT! - Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber, translated by Robert Cogo-Fawcett and Braham Murray (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) Royal Exchange Theatre Company: Michael Denison, Derek Smith, Colin Procktor, Trevor Cooper, Oona Kirsch, Avril Elgar, Lisa Hollander, Gabrielle Drake, Lee Montague, Terence Wilton, Roy Heather, Margaret Norris, Jonathan Prince, Antony Erskine; dir:Braham Murray [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, programme notes, biographies; VG] £2

1987: COURT IN THE ACT! - Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber, translated by Robert Cogo-Fawcett and Braham Murray (Phoenix) Royal Exchange Theatre Company: Michael Denison, Derek Smith, Colin Procktor, Roy Heather, Oona Kirsch, Avril Elgar, Lisa Hollander, Gabrielle Drake, Lee Montague, Terence Wilton, Jonathan Prince, Margaret Norris, Jonathan Fryer, Antony Erskine; dir:Braham Murray [20pp, 5.9x9; cast and production photos, biographies; minor marks else VG] £3

1987 (Mch): JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Everyman, Cheltenham) Peter Aubrey, Helen Blatch, Martin Wimbush, Gabrielle Hamilton, Frankie Cosgrave; dir:Phyllida Lloyd [20pp, 7.1x9.3; cast list, programme notes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1987 (1-26 Sep): WHEN WE ARE MARRIED - J B Priestley (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Anna Lindup, Robert Woolley, Kathleen Worth, Emma Davies, David Adair, Trevor Bannister (as Henry Ormonroyd), Glyn Houston (as Alderman Joseph Helliwell), Barbara Lott (as Maria Helliwell), Victor Winding, John Warner, Margaret Ashcroft (as Clara Soppitt), Joan Newell, Pamela Vezey, David Hanson; dir:Joan Riley [24pp, 7.3x9.6; 1413th Production since 1938; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987: SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH - Tennessee Williams (Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles) Center Theatre Group: Mark Soper (as Chance Wayne), Lauren Bacall (as Princess Kosmonopolis), Mansoor Najee-Ullah, Joseph McCaren, Ed Trotta, Henderson Forsythe (as Boss Finley), Howard Sherman, Hugh L Hurd, Georgia Southcotte, Donna Bullock, Jimmy Justice, Peter Strong, Carol Goodheart, James Cahill, Charles Douglass, Sharon Ullrick, Alexandra Nelson, Lee Chew, Robertson Carricart, Saylor Creswell, Hugh A Rose, David Lee Taylor, Alex Paul, Laurane Sheehan; dir:Michael Blakemore [64pp, 8.3x10.75 Magazine Programme (Vol.21, No.1); cast list, extensive biographies w.photos, 6 costume sketches, 16 photos of Lauren Bacall's films and plays, credits, and much further content; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1987: HOBSON'S CHOICE - Harold Brighouse (Tour) Century Theatre, Keswick production: Melanie Sylvester, Chrissy Roberts (as Maggie), Debbie Bowers, Michael Wilcox, Andre Thornton-Grimes (as Hobson), Francesca Linden, Kenneth Hadley, Stewart Howson (as Willie Mossop), Iain Armstrong, Krissy Wilson, Nicholas Fawcett; dir:Han Duijvendak [20pp, 4.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987: MELON - Simon Gray (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Alan Bates, Glyn Grain, William Squire, Tim Hardy, Jack Chissick, Carole Nimmons, Sam Dastor, Donna Donovan, Jason Carter, Shirley Cassedy; dir:Christopher Morahan [32pp, 6x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits, production photos etc.; VG] £3

1987: MELON - Simon Gray (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Souvenir Brochure Alan Bates, Glyn Grain, William Squire, Tim Hardy, Jack Chissick, Carole Nimmons, Sam Dastor, Donna Donovan, Jason Carter, Shirley Cassedy; dir:Christopher Morahan [12pp, 8.25x11.75 (large size) glossy brochure, with 15+ photos, cast list, biogs; light vertical bend, else VG] £4

1987: THE AMEN CORNER - James Balwin (Tricycle) Carmen Munroe, Albie Parsons, Morel Bernard, Claudette Williams, Sylvester Williams, Stacey Zuckerman, Clarke Peters, Al Matthews, Jennie Williams, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Stella Starr, Trevor Marshall-Ward, Celena Duncan, Patrick Cameron, David Michael Clarke, Lucita Lijertwood, Deidra Lovell, Earnestine Pearce; dir:Anton Phillips [16pp, 8.25x11.75; notes, rehearsal photos, biographies etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1987: AS IS - William M Hoffman (Half Moon) Souvenir Brochure George Costigan, Susannah Fellows, David Fielder, Ursula Jones, Ray Shell, Graham Turner, Philip Wright; dir:Chris Bond [12pp, 8.25x11.75; photos, cast list, biogs, notes; VG] £3

1987: YOU NEVER CAN TELL - George Bernard Shaw (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Souvenir Brochure Abigail Cruttenden, Terence Wilton, Annabel Lambe, Harry Burton, Irene Worth (as Mrs Lanfrey Clandon), Jenny Quayle, Michael Denison (as Fergus Crampton), Frank Middlemass, Michael Hordern (as The Waiter), Tim Marriott, Stuart Sherwin, Derek Waring; dir:Toby Robertson [16pp, 8.25x11.75 large size glossy brochure, with c30 photos, many in colour; cast list, biogs, historical notes, articles; VG] £6

1987: TIGHT AT THE BACK - Leonard Barras (Newcastle Playhouse) Tynewear Theatre Company: Mike Elliott, Freddie Earlle, Brendan Healy, Joane Hall, Jonathan Whaley, Peter Eden, Sean Lydon, Danny Walten, Catherine Terris, Elizabeth Carling, Anne Jameson, Tony Neilson; dir:Ken Hill [20pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; minor marks else VG] £2

1987: COMEDIANS - Trevor Griffiths (Young Vic) Ajay Jumar, Edward Clayton, Howard Crossley, Alan Hulse, Mike Kemp, Mark Lambert, Matthew Marsh, Mark McGann, Bert Parnaby Willie Ross, Reg Stewart, Robert Davidson; dir:David Thacker [12pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, photos, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Edward Albee (Young Vic) Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Stewart, Saskia Reeves, Matthew Marsh; dir:David Thacker [8pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w,photos, programme notes, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1987: OUTBREAK OF GOD IN AREA 9 - Kenny Murray (Young Vic) Caroline Bernstein, Phil Cornwell, Mark Lockyer, Colin McFarlane, Michael Roberts, Paul Sweatman; dir:Ken Campbell [12pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, company photo, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1987 (19 Nov-12 Dec): LOOT - Joe Orton (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Bernard Gallagher (as McLeavy), Susan Tracy, Stephen McGann (as Hal), Patrick Field, Patrick Barlow (as Inspector Truscott), Adrian Lochhead; dir:Paul Unwin [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

Plays: 1988

1988 (27 Jul-20 Aug): TAKING STEPS - Alan Ayckbourn (Mercury Theatre, Colchester) Mary Lincoln, Neil Stewart, Richard Bonneville (as Tristram), David Goudge, Barry Ewart, Donna Wilson; dir:Sonia Fraser [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1988 (9-14 May): HENCEFORWARD - Alan Ayckbourn (Arts Theatre, Cambridge) Barry McCarthy, Robin Herford, Jenny Funnell, Victoria Horsfield, Lynette Edwards, Peter Forbes, Francesca Buller, Braco Dawson; dir:Alan Ayckbourn and Robin Herford [28pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, illustrated programme notes, 4 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1988: HAPGOOD - Tom Stoppard (Aldwych Theatre) Al Matthews, Patrick Gordon, Iain Glen, Roger Rees, Adam Norton, Felicity Kendal, Nigel Hawthorne, James Holland, Alex Wright, Roger Gartland; dir:Peter Wood [28pp, 6x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, 7 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1988 (14-30 Jan): THE CASTAWAY - Peter Reeves and Ian MacPherson (Horseshoe Theatre, Basingstoke) Bruce Morrison (as Robinson Crusoe), Ben Thomas (as Friday), Jacqueline Arnold, Pauline Bennion, Lisa Hollander, Michael Irwin, Johnson Willis; dir:Kit Thacker [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1988 (4-30 Apr): NOISES OFF - Michael Frayn (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Margaret Ashcroft, Peter Cartwright, Giles Watling, Caroline Aldred, Elisabeth Cameron, John Abbot, Deborah Watling, Thomas Coulthard, George Waring; dir:Stephen Barry [28pp, 7.4x9.6; 1421st Production since 1938; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photos, programme for Nothing On by Robin Housemonger, credits etc.; title written on cover, else VG] £3

1988: SLEUTH - Anthony Shaffer (Torch Theatre, Milford Haven) Brian Tully (as Andrew Wyke), Ian Granville Bell (as Milo Tindle), Neville A Ballinger, Reg Villan, Len Bail; dir:Denise Newton [24pp, 5.75x8.2; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1988: INTIMATE EXCHANGES - Alan Ayckbourn (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke) Helen Dorward, Kenneth Price; dir:Ian Mullins [24pp, 5.75x8.2; cast list, biographies w.photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1988 (Oct): STEEL MAGNOLIAS - Robert Harling (Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York) Susan Mansur, Betty Moore, Anne Pitoniak, Rosemary Prinz, Stacy Ray, Constance Shulman; dir:Pamela Berlin [104pp, 5.5x8.5 (Playbill Vol.88 No.10); a packed programme; articles, biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4

1988 (Oct): M. BUTTERFLY - David Henry Hwang (Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York) David Dukes, B D Wong; dir:John Dexter [108pp, 5.5x8.5 (Playbill Vol.88 No.10); a packed programme; articles, biographies, production photos etc.; VG] £4

1988: PAGE THREE GIRLS - Goddard and Jones (Wimbledon Theatre) Ken Platt, Virginia Slade, Alex Flashman, Jane Stevens, Debbie Linden, Natalie De Sica-Banus, Peter Thorne, Howard Dickinson, Barbara Salmon; dir:Mike Goddard [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1988 (15 Oct): IF THIS BE LOVE - Arbela (Parham House) Sylvia Syms, Janine Ulfane, Simon James, Deborah Hay, Stephen Baker [8pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, sequence of poems and songs etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1988: BETTER IN MY DREAMS - Helen Kruger (Watermans Arts Centre, Brentford) Amanda Boxer, Sarah Flind, Veronica Roberts, Helen Kruger; dir:Sylvia Syms [12pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1988: EASY VIRTUE - Noel Coward (Kings Head) Avril Angers, Ronnie Stevens, Miranda Kingsley, Lois Harvey, Noel Hill, John Michie, Jane How, Julie Dawn Cole, Eric Carte, Richard Stirling, Sean Patterson, Louise Sanderson, Roger Yorke, Angela Sims, Amelia Blacker, Molly Savile, Janet Hargreaves, Andrew Short; dir:Tim Luscombe [20pp, 5.75x8.25; 21 cast photos, biographies, illustrated article; VG] £3

1988: THE FIFTEEN STREETS - Catherine Cookson, adapted by Rob Bettinson (Playhouse) Owen Teale, Nigel Miles-Thomas, Margo Stanley, Peter Marshall, Faye Dannell, Kim Dormand, Helen Morland, Karen Wiseman, Tara Moran, Ian Tucker, Patrick Holt, Allison Dean, Sheila Tait, Lorraine Murrin, Neil Phillips, Christina Nagy, Frank Harling, Pamela Buchner, Lyn Douglas, Peter Yates, Alan Collins, Geoff Lawson, Deborah Padfield, Jill O'Hare, Jan Younger; dir:Rob Bettinson [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1988: THE FIFTEEN STREETS - Catherine Cookson (Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham) Owen Teale, Nigel Miles-Thomas, Margo Stanley, Peter Marshall, Kim Dormand, Karen Wiseman, Tara Moran, Ian Tucker, Patrick Holt, Allison Dean, Simon Underhill, Sheila Tait, Lorraine Murrin, Neil Phillips, Christina Nagy, Frank Harling, Pamela Buchner, Lyn Douglas, Peter Yates, Alan Collins, Geoff Lawson, Deborah Padfield, Jill O'Hare, Jan Younger, Lee Barton, Richard Bent, Carl Green, Emma Grinsell, Craig Halford, Damon Hewson, Lisa McMahon, Matthew Rawle, Oliver Spencer, Lee Turner; dir:Rob Bettinson [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1988: DOUBLE ACT - Barry Creyton (Playhouse) Simon Cadell, Lisa Harrow; dir:Nicholas Renton [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1988: ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE - Joe Orton (Sherman Theatre, Cardiff and Tour) Patricia Kane, Mark Greenstreet, Robert Aldous, Howell Evans; dir:Gareth Armstrong [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies (w.photos), 8 rehearsal photos; VG] £4

1988: PRIVATES ON PARADE - Peter Nichols (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) Eric Allen, Paul Greenwood (as Terri Dennis), Robert Whelan, Paul Henry, Robert Hudson, Simon Adams (as Steve Flowers), Philip Wright, Richard Stirling, Norma Atallah, Roly Lamas, Richard Santhiri; dir:Derek Nicholls [28pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1988: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Greenwich Theatre) Christopher Benjamin, Gabrielle Drake, Stuart Organ, Louisa Rix, Richard Kane, Lavinia Bertram; dir:Alan Strachan [28pp, 5.75x8.25; Cue Magazine No.121; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1988: RUN FOR YOUR WIFE! - Ray Cooney (Criterion) Una Stubbs, Aimi Macdonald, Patrick Mower, Ron Aldridge, John Quayle, John Hughes, Ernie Wise, Leslie Lawton; dir:Ray Cooney [32pp, 5.75x8.25; 30 cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1988: GREEK - Steven Berkoff (Wyndham's) Steven Berkoff, Georgia Brown, Gillian Eaton, Bruce Payne; dir:Steven Berkoff [28pp, 5.75x8.25; 10 cast and production photos, biographies, articles; VG] £3

1988: ARISTOCRATS - Brian Friel (Hampstead) Sinead Cusack, Billy Roche, Niall Buggy, Charlotte Cornwell; dir:Robin Lefevre [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £3

1988: DANGER: MEMORY!: I Can't Remember Anything and Clara - Arthur Miller (Hampstead) Paul Rogers, Betsy Blair, John Bennett, Stephen Hoye, Sarah Keller; dir:Jack Gold [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1988: SMELLING A RAT - Mike Leigh (Hampstead) Eric Allan, Timothy Spall, Brid Brennan, Greg Cruttwell, Saskia Reeves; dir:Mike Leigh [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies, line drawings by Eve Stewart; minor marks on cover, else VG] £3

1988: THE PUBLIC - Federico Garcia Lorca, translated by Henry Livings and Ultz (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) Gerard Murphy, Robin Hooper, Michael Bertenshaw, Mary Jo Randall, Claire Hackett, Graham Turner, Nigel Cooke, Sean Gascoigne, Martha Stylianou, Roddy Maude-Roxby; dir:Philip Hedley [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1988: THE GINGERBREAD LADY - Neil Simon (Palace Theatre, Watford) Peter Bourke, Andrew Nyman, Sandra Dickinson, Sheila Steafel; dir:Lou Stein [28pp, 5.75x8.25; 18 cast and rehearsal photos, biographies; minor marks else VG] £3

1988: THE PRICE - Arthur Miller (Palace Theatre, Watford) John Bowe, Sara Kestelman, David Graham, Tom Georgeson; dir:Lou Stein [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies; VG] £3

1988: THE GUT GIRLS - Sarah Daniels (Albany Empire) Cathy Shipton, Eve Bland, Joanna Mays, Janet Steel, Graham Cull, Gillian Wright, Peter Seton, Claire Vousden; dir:Teddy Kiendl [12pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits, programme note, 5 rehearsal photos etc.; VG] £2

1988: TEECHERS - John Godber (Arts Theatre, Great Newport Street) Hull Truck production: Paul Rider, Shirley-Anne Selby, Gillian Tompkins; dir:John Godber [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, 4 rehearsal photos, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1988: TEECHERS - John Godber (Arts Theatre, Great Newport Street) Hull Truck production: Paul Rider, Jelena Budimir, Gillian Tompkins; dir:John Godber [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, 4 production photos, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; w.ticket (20 Sep); VG] £3

1988: KINDLY KEEP IT COVERED - Dave Freeman (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) John Pennington, Andree Melly, Terry Scott, Amanda Barrie, Anita Graham, Chris Sanders, Robin Nedwell, Peter MacKriel; dir:Martin Connor [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1988: IDENTITY UNKNOWN - Euan Smith (Swan Theatre, Worcester) Sam James, Maxwell Hutcheon, Karen Henthorn, Iain Rattray, Mark Strong, Kazia Pelka, Denise Holder, Miles Davis, Russ Chambers, Dave Shrubsole, Judy Roberts; dir:Euan Smith and Chris White [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1988: DRIVING MISS DAISY - Alfred Uhry (Apollo) Wendy Hiller, Barry Foster, Clarke Peters; dir:Ron Lagomarsino [40pp, 6x8.5; photos, including production shots] £3

1988: ARTIST DESCENDING A STAIRCASE - Tom Stoppard (Duke of York's) Peter Copley, Gareth Tudor Price, William Lucas, Karl James, Alan MacNaughtan, John Warnaby, Sarah Woodward; dir:Tim Luscombe [28pp, 6x8.5; biogs, articles, photos] £3

1988: EASY VIRTUE - Noel Coward (Garrick) Zena Walker, Ronnie Stevens, Miranda Kingsley, Lois Harvey, Robert Gladwell, Charlotte Harvey, Paul Rattigan, Jane How, Nicola King, Gareth Armstrong, Russell Porter, Keith Woodhams, Katharine New, John Elnaugh, Julien Ball, Patricia Heneghan, Charmian Gradwell, Ruth Trouncer; dir:Tim Luscombe [40pp, 6x8.5; photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1988: EASY VIRTUE - Noel Coward (Garrick) Zena Walker, Ronnie Stevens, Miranda Kingsley, Lois Harvey, Robert Gladwell, Mary Pegler, Paul Rattigan, Jane How, Katharine New, Gareth Armstrong, Russell Porter, Geoff Owen, Janthea Williams, Simon Bolton, Julien Ball, Wendy Gifford, Carmen Rodriguez, Charmian Gradwell, Ruth Trouncer; dir:Tim Luscombe [40pp, 6x8.5; photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1988: DRY ROT - John Chapman (Theatre Royal, Bath) Richard Vernon, Elspet Gray, Julie Peasgood, Julie Dawn Cole, Robert Bathurst, Nick Wilton, Brian Rix, Derek Griffiths, Derek Royle, Harriet Reynolds; dir:Christopher Renshaw [28pp, 6x8.5; cast list, extensively illustrated article, cast biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1988: DRY ROT - John Chapman (Lyric) Richard Vernon, Elspet Gray, Julie Peasgood, Julie Dawn Cole, Robert Bathurst, Nick Wilton, Brian Rix, Derek Griffiths, Derek Royle, Harriet Reynolds; dir:Christopher Renshaw [40pp, 6x8.4; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1988: THE SNEEZE - Anton Chekhov, adapted by Michael Frayn (Aldwych) Rowan Atkinson, Cheryl Campbell, Michael Godley, Timothy West, Anthony Dunston, Olga Lowe; dir:Ronald Eyre [32pp, 6x8.5; cast list, cast and production photos, line-drawings, articles etc.; VG] £4

1988: YOU NEVER CAN TELL (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Abigail Cruttenden, Terence Wilton, Annabel Lambe, Harry Burton, Irene Worth (as Mrs Lanfrey Clandon), Jenny Quayle, Michael Denison (as Fergus Crampton), Frank Middlemass, Michael Hordern (as The Waiter), Tim Marriott, Stuart Sherwin, Derek Waring; dir:Toby Robertson [32pp, 6x8.5; 20+ cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1988: 'ALLO 'ALLO - Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft (London Palladium) Gordon Kaye (as Rene), Carmen Silvera (as Edith), Janet Edis, Jack Haig, Kirsten Cooke (as Michelle), Sue Hodge, John Steed, Suzanne Bonetti, Clive Hopkins, Richard Marner, Gavin Richards, Peter McCulloch (as Herr Flick), Kim Hartman (as Helga), Guy Siner (as Lieut.Gruber), Howard Leader, Arthur Bostrom (as Crabtree), Tony Parkin, Hugh Burns; dir:Peter Farago [48pp, 6x8.5; cast list, 12+ biographies w.excellent character photos; VG] £4

1988: EXCLUSIVE YARNS... the full story - Gary Lyons and Stewart Permutt (Comedy) Susie Blake, Lesley Joseph, Brian Deacon, Pam Ferris; dir:Gary Lyons [16pp, 6x9; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £3

1988: LOVE FROM A STRANGER - Agatha Christie (Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury) Isabel Metliss, Stephanie Kapsza, Katie Evans, Neil Todd, Chris Barnden, Timothy Miles, Denis Huett, Teresa Brett; dir:David Horne [16pp, 6.75x9.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1988: PRESENT LAUGHTER - Noel Coward (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Catherine Rabett, Lavinia Bertram, Martin Sadler, Kara Wilson (as Monica Reed), Tom Conti (as Garry Essendine), Patti Love, Sion Tudor Owen (as Roland Maule), George Pensotti, Ian Redford, Mary Tamm, Christine Ozanne; dir:Tom Conti [24pp, 7.3x9.6; 1422nd Production since 1938; cast photos, biographies, articles etc.; VG] £3

1988: THE WINSLOW BOY - Terence Rattigan (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Mark Dawson, Elizabeth Stewart, Helen Ryan, Hugh Manning (as Arthur Winslow), Prunella Gee (as Catherine Winslow), Robin Kermode, Alister Cameron, David Simeon, Brenda Dowsett, Loye Comerford, Lee Montague; dir:Joan Riley [24pp, 7.3x9.6; 1428th Production since 1938; cast list, biographies w.photos, articles etc.; VG] £3

1988: THE BUSINESS OF MURDER - Richard Harris (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Peter Byrne, Richard Todd, Sandra Payne, Nola Baol, Salvin Stewart; dir:Richard Lewis [24pp, 7.3x9.6; 1429th Production since 1938; cast photos, biographies, articles etc.; tickets stapled in (24 Oct), VG] £3

1988 (21 Mch): DEAR OCTOPUS - Dodie Smith (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Souvenir Programme Patrick Cargill, Joyce Redman, Mary Kerridge, Christopher Scoular, Bruce Montague, Sue Holderness, Belinda Carroll, Marcia Ashton, Miranda Bell, Georgina Coombs, Philippa Gail, Bridget McConnel, Margot Thomas, Christopher Villiers, Rachel Farley, Mark Goodwin, Olivia Hill; dir:Mark Piper [104pp, 7.4x9.5; Souvenir of the 50th Birthday of the Windsor Theatre Company, in the Gracious Presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother; cast list, family tree, synopsis of scenes, cast biographies w.photos, The First Fifty Years by Mark Piper, To the Family by Dodie Smith, Looking Back over a Long Life (Dodie Smith's), Profile of Joyce Redman, w.70+ HISTORIC PHOTOS of the Windsor Theatre Company, credits etc.; VG] £6

1988: I'LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT! - Peter Colley (Century Theatre, Keswick) Peter Faulkner, Jemma Churchill, Charlie Dickinson, Gina Landor; dir:Han Duijvendak [28pp, 4x11.75; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1988: THE CONTRACTOR - David Storey (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) Paul Henry, Paul Boyle, Jack Smethurst, Colum Gallivan Michael Gunn, Tom Hutchinson, Lorraine Brunning, Barry Birch, Norman Painting, Miles Richardson, Madaleine Moffatt, Dinah Handley; dir:Derek Nicholls [28pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, 10 rehearsal photos, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1988: ONE WAY PENDULUM - N F Simpson (Old Vic) Andrew St Clair, John Bird, Brenda Bruce, Kathryn Pogson, Betty Turner, Ann Way, Peter Bayliss, Paul Bigley, Graham Crowden, Richard Lawry, Frank Taylor, John Scarborough, John Savident, John Fortune; dir:Jonathan Miller [28pp, 5.5x11.75; lots of photos, illustrations, articles; VG] £4

1988: MAKING HISTORY - Brian Friel (Tour) Field Day Theatre Company: Stephen Rea, Niall O'Brien, Niall Tobin, Peter Gowen, Clare Holman, Emma Dewhurst; dir:Simon Curtis [24pp, large size (8.25x11.75); cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, illustrated articles, 7 photographs of past productions, credits etc.; date on cover (6/12/88) else VG] £3

1988: GAS LIGHT - Patrick Hamilton (New Victoria Theatre) Carol Holt, John Cunningham, Harold Saks, Susan Dowdall, Shelly Willetts, Robin Plant; dir:Chris Martin [12pp, large size (8.25x11.75); cast and production photos, illustrated articles; newsclipping review; VG] £4

1988: ROBESON - SONG OF FREEDOM - Andy Rashleigh (Young Vic) Oxford Stage Company: Leon Herbert, Clive Rowe, Mark Lambert, Vicky Licorish; dir:Richard Williams [12pp, large size (8.25x11.75); 20+ cast and production photos, illustrated articles; date stamp on cover, else VG] £4

1988: THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT - Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency (Lilian Baylis Theatre) Jeffrey Chiswick, Ian Redford, Susan Porrett, Bill Cashmore, Selina Cadell, Hayne Ryan, Anna Patrick, Celia Imrie, Philip Franks, William Gaminara, Eleanor Bron (as The Countess Aurelie), John McAndrew, Peter Salem; dir:Nick Hamm [12pp, 8.25x11.75; 25+ photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1988: RE: JOYCE! - James Roose-Evans, Maureen Lipman (Fortune) Souvenir Brochure Maureen Lipman, Denis King; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 8.25x11.75; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4

1988: LOOK BACK IN ANGER - John Osborne (Theatre Royal, Bristol) Souvenir Brochure Bristol Old Vic production: Jonathan Phillips, Simon Templeman, Susannah Harker, Eve Matheson, Michael Turner; dir:Stephen Unwin [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1988 (27 Oct-12 Nov): SERIOUS MONEY - Caryl Churchill (Harrogate Theatre) Harrogate Theatre Company: Nina Young, John Basham, Ian Hughes, Tom Bowles, Francis Johnson, Derrick Gilbert, Amanda Strevett, Caroline Loncq; dir:Peter Fieldson [4pp, 8.9x11.75; cast list, illustrated programme notes, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1988 (25 Feb-9 Apr): ALL MY SONS - Arthur Miller (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Royal Exchange Theatre Company: John Thaw (as Joe Keller), William Hoyland, Michael Packer, Clare Travers-Deacon, Wendy Miller, Michael Maloney (as Chris Keller), Paul Wood, Adam Irving, Jonathan Owen, Lynn Farleigh (as Kate Keller), Joanna Foster, Jonathan Barlow; dir:Gregory Hersov [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

Plays: 1989

1989: METAMORPHOSIS - Kafka, adapted by Steven Berkoff (Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York) Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rene Auberjonois, Laura Esterman, Madeleine Potter, Mitch Kreindel, T J Meyers; dir:Steven Berkoff [68pp, 5.6x8.5 (Playbill June 1989, Vol.89 No.6); cast list, biographies, credits etc; VG] £3

1989: SHIRLEY VALENTINE - Willy Russell (Duke of York's) Paula Wilcox; dir:Richard Olivier [28pp, 6.1x8.5; biography of Paula Wilcox (w.7 previous production photos), further biographies of Willy Russell, Richard Olivier, Bruna Santini, Leonard Tucker, and Bill Kenwright (w.photos), credits etc; VG] £4

1989: OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD - Timberlake Wertenbaker, based on Thomas Keneally's novel The Playmaker (Garrick) Royal Court production: Ron Cook, Mark Lambert, Nigel Cooke, Clarence Smith, Clive Russell, Amanda Redman, Suzanne Packer, Caitlin Clarke, Julian Wadham, Caroline Quentin; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [44pp, 6.1x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, fascinating programme notes, 5 production photos, credits etc.; date on cover (20/12/89), else VG] £3

1989: THE LADY AND THE CLARINET - Michael Cristopher (King's Head) Derek Cornhill, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Dan Mullane, Bill Thomas; dir:Rob Mulholland [10pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1989 (4-9 Sep): LAKE WOBEGON TONIGHT - Garrison Keillor (Apollo) Garrison Keillor in Person!, with Richard Dworsky [6pp, 5.9x8.25 triplefold, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £1

1989: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - Robert Bolt (Tour) Jill Freud & Company production: Andrew Powrie, Nicholas Geake (as Sir Thomas More), Michael Chance, Stuart Powell, Jill Freud, Kirstie Fry, Iain Armstrong (as Thomas Cronwell), Graham Christopher, Morgan Symes, Simon Nicholls; dir:Richard Howard [12pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1989: ON GOLDEN POND - Ernest Thompson (Royal Theatre, Northampton) David Neal, Dilys Hamlett, Peter Merrill, Brenda Cavendish, James Wingerrath, Graham James; dir:Gareth Armstrong [24pp, 8.25x5.9; cast list, biographies w.photos, notes, rehearsal photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1989: PRISONER CELL BLOCK H - Reg Watson (Dominion) Jennifer Stanton, Elspeth Ballantyne (as Meg Jackson), Brenda Clark, Glenda Linscott (as Angela Mason), Joanna Munro, Brenda Longman, Moya O'Shea, Stella Tanner, Patsy King (as Erica Davidson), Stephen Matthews; dir:Stewart Trotter [20pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1989: SWEET LIBERTY - Jeff Clarke (The Theatre, Chipping Norton) Stirling Rodger, Richard Addison, Margaret Cronin, Sandra Gatehouse, Canzia Hardy, Bridget Thornborrow, Stephen Newman, Mike Afford; dir:Murray Melvin [pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, company photo, extensive articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1989: .. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE - Agatha Christie (Beck Theatre, Hayes) Paul Ratcliffe, John Channell Mills, Joyce Fenby, Geoffrey Davies, Heather James, David Thorpe, Douglas Fielding, Geoffrey Toone, Judy Wilson, Michael Wisher, Lewis Jones; dir:Salvin Stewart [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 5 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1989: FORGET-ME-NOT LANE - Peter Nichols (Greenwich Theatre) Bryan Pringle, Philip Jackson, Lynn Farleigh, Dilys Watling; dir:Peter Nichols [28pp, 5.8x8.5; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1989: THE TABLE OF THE TWO HORSEMEN - Arthur Frewen (Greenwich Theatre) Angus Pope, Rupert Frazer, Rashid Karapiet, Shaughan Seymour, Rebecca Saire, John Moulder-Brown; dir:Christopher Renshaw [32pp, 5.8x8.5; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1989: THE PIGGY BANK - C P Taylor, from La Cagnotte by Eugene Labiche (Greenwich Theatre) Bernard Lloyd, Robert Austin, Barry McCarthy, Susan Colverd, Katharine Rogers, David Westhead; dir:Susan Todd [32pp, 5.8x8.5; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1989: TALK OF THE STEAMIE - Tony Roper (Greenwich Theatre) Julia McCarthy, Judy Sweeney, Emma Dingwall, Myra McFadyen, Graham de Banzie; dir:Alex Norton [32pp, 5.8x8.5; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1989: THE OLD COUNTRY - Alan Bennett (Arts Theatre, Cambridge) Francis Matthews, Nigel Davenport, Helen Christie, Anne Ridler, David Bannerman, Sally Goodman; dir:Graham Watkins [28pp, 5.8x8.5; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1989: THE WOMAN IN BLACK - adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill (Playhouse) Charles Kay, John Duttine; dir:Robin Herford [24pp, 5.8x8.5; photos, articles etc.; a smart programme; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1989: THE WOMAN IN BLACK - adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill (Fortune) Mark Kingston, Dominic Letts; dir:Robin Herford [32pp, 5.8x8.5; photos, articles etc.; a smart programme; VG] £3

1989: A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN - Virginia Woolf, adapted by Patrick Garland (Playhouse) Eileen Atkins (as Virginia Woolf); dir:Patrick Garland [20pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, extensive illustrated article on Virginia Woolf w.16+ photos etc.; VG] £4

1989: THE BREAD-WINNER - Somerset Maugham (Yvonne Arnaud) George Cole, Jane How, Lucien Taylor, Peter Cellier; dir:Kevin Billington [24pp, 5.8x8.5; photos, articles etc.; VG] £3

1989: WHEN SHE DANCED - Martin Sherman (King's Head) Sheila Gish (as Isadora Duncan), Owen Teale, Kevin Elyot, Gerard Logan, Angela Pleasance, Margaret Robertson; dir:Tim Luscombe [24pp, 5.8x8.5; cast photos, biographies, article; slight damp damage, else VG] £1

1989: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - Harper Lee, adapted by Christopher Sergel (Mermaid) Catherine Holman (as Scout), Kieron Smith, Alan Dobie (as Atticus), Jo Martin, Janene Possell, Eileen Gourlay, Peggy Shields, Dale Robertson, Mark Brailsford, Mike Burnside, Alan Haywood, Barry Linehan, Mark Heath, Lenny Aljernon-Edwards (as Tom Robinson), Sharon-Rose Alexander, Sarah Eyton, Lionel Guyett, Howard Anthony, Beaux Bryant, Clare Hatfield, Vincent McClaren; dir:Chris Hayes [28pp, 5.8x8.5; cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1989: THE LAST WALTZ - Gillian Richmond (Greenwich Theatre) Amanda Redman, Cathryn Bradshaw; dir:Sue Wilson [24pp, 5.8x8.5; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1989: APOCALYPTIC BUTTERFLIES - Wendy Macleod (Greenwich Theatre) Brian Protheroe, Julia Swift, Ian Thompson, Barbara Lott, Amanda Donohoe; dir:Sue Dunderdale [32pp, 5.8x8.5; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1989: LAUGHING MATTERS (Donmar Warehouse) Michael Davis, Bob Hartman [16pp, 5.8x8.5; 8 photos, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1989: THOUGHTS FROM A VERY PRIVATE DIARY - devised by Peter Wilson (Donmar Warehouse) Victor Spinetti; dir:Ned Sherrin [24pp, 5.8x8.5; 13 page illustrated article on Victor Spinetti, c.48 photos, biographies; VG] £3

1989 (Feb): VALUED FRIENDS - Stephen Jeffreys (Hampstead) Jane Horrocks, Peter Capaldi, Tim McInnerny, Serena Gordon, Martin Clunes, Peter Caffrey; dir:Robin Lefevre [24pp, 5.8x8.5; photos, cast biographies; minor marks on cover, else VG] £2

1989: THE DEBUTANTE BALL - Beth Henley (Hampstead) Valerie Buchanan, Sheila Gish, Jane Horrocks, Duncan Preston, Susannah Harker, Ronan Vibert, Caroline Parker; dir:Simon Stokes [32pp, 5.8x8.5; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies; VG] £3

1989: TALKING TO ANGELS - Stewart Permutt (Theatre Museum) Lesley Joseph, Stewart Permutt, Pauline Yates; dir:Michael Latimer [8pp, 5.8x8.5; cast biographies, credits; w.ticket; VG] £2

1989: RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET - Bob Carlton (Cambridge Theatre) John Ashby (as Captain Tempest), Christian Roberts (as Dr Prospero), Kraig Thornber, Matthew Devitt, Nicky Furre, Anthony Hunt, Kate Edgar, Allison Harding, Ben Fox, Jane Karen, Tim Barron; dir:Bob Carlton [40pp, 6x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1989: RE: JOYCE! - James Roose-Evans, Maureen Lipman (Fortune) Maureen Lipman, Denis King; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 6x8.5; biographies w.photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1989: THE VORTEX - Noel Coward (Garrick) Jill Fenner, Tristram Jellinek, Anne Lambton, Fidelis Morgan, Maria Aitken (as Florence Lancaster), Martyn Stanbridge, Rupert Everett (as Nicky Lancaster), Stephen Macdonald, Yoland Vazquez, Derwent Watson, Jill Damas, Philip Rham; dir:Philip Prowse [40pp, 6x8.5; cast list, cast biographies, credits, 10 production photos, articles etc.; Rupert Everett as a dope fiend!; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1989: JEFFREY BERNARD IS UNWELL - Keith Waterhouse, Jeffrey Bernard (Apollo) Tom Conti, Timothy Ackroyd, Vanessa Knox-Mawer, Annabel Leventon, Royce Mills; dir:Ned Sherrin [48pp, 6.2x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, articles etc.; slightly rumpled w.minor edge damage, else VG] £3

1989: JEFFREY BERNARD IS UNWELL - Keith Waterhouse, Jeffrey Bernard (Apollo) James Bolam, Amanda Drewry, Stephen Earle, Annabel Leventon, Royce Mills; dir:Ned Sherrin [48pp, 6.2x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, articles etc.; VG] £3

1989: STEEL MAGNOLIAS - Robert Harling (Lyric) Rosemary Harris, Jean Boht, Maggie Steed, Stephanie Cole, Janine Duvitski, Joeley Richardson; dir:Julia McKenzie [40pp, 6x8.5; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4

1989: THE BLACK PRINCE - Iris Murdoch (Aldwych) Ian McDiarmid, John Fortune, Simon Williams, Sarah Badel, Abigail Cruttenden, Norma West, Deborah Norton, Peter Yapp, Christopher Mitchell, Norma Streader; dir:Stuart Burge [32pp, 6x8.5; biogs, articles, photos] £4

1989: SHADOWLANDS - William Nicholson (Queens) Nigel Hawthorne, Geoffrey Toone, Philip Anthony, Allan Mitchell, Christopher Brown, Geoffrey Drew, Jane Lapotaire, Ilan Ostrove, James Holland, Sheila Ferris, Ray Daniels; dir:Elijah Moshinsky [40pp, 6x8.5; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1989: SHADOWLANDS - William Nicholson (Queens) Nigel Hawthorne, Geoffrey Toone, Philip Anthony, Donald Walker, Christopher Brown, Geoffrey Drew, Jane Lapotaire, Ilan Ostrove, James Holland, Sheila Ferris, Ray Daniels; dir:Elijah Moshinsky [40pp, 6x8.5; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1989 (11 Jun): LOOK BACK IN ANGER - John Osborne (London Coliseum) Royal Gala Performance Renaissance Theatre Company and The Arts For The Earth Gala Performance in the Presence of H R H The Prince of Wales: Kenneth Branagh, Gerard Hogan, Emma Thompson, Siobhan Redmond, Edward Jewesbury; dir:Judi Dench [6pp, 5.8x8.5 triplefold; Royal Gala information, application form for tickets, etc.; VG] £1

1989: LOOK BACK IN ANGER - John Osborne (Lyric) Renaissance Theatre Company: Kenneth Branagh, Gerard Hogan, Emma Thompson, Siobhan Redmond, Edward Jewesbury; dir:Judi Dench [40pp, 6x8.5; 14 cast and production photos, biographies, copiously illustrated articles; a very full programme; VG] £5

1989: OVER MY DEAD BODY - Michael Sutton and Anthony Fingleton (Savoy) Donald Sinden, June Whitfield, Frank Middlemass, Ken Wynne, Marc Sinden, Paul Ridley, Chris Tranchell, William Sleigh; dir:Brian Murray [28pp, 6x8.5; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1989: PARIS MATCH - Jean Poiret, adapted by Marcel Stellman and Leslie Clack (Garrick) Stephen Moore, Leslie Ash, Sian Phillips, Chili Bouchier, Madeleine Newbury, Terence Longdon, Peter Treganna, Sheila Steafel; dir:Christopher Renshaw [40pp, 6x8.5; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1989: HENCEFORWARD - Alan Ayckbourn (Vaudeville) Martin Jarvis, Robin Herford, Sara Crowe, Emma Gibbins, Victoria Horsfield, Joanna Van Gyseghem, Peter Forbes, Susanna Newman; dir:Alan Strachan [28pp, 6x8.5; 9 cast and production photos] £4

1989: NOEL AND GERTIE - devised by Sheridan Morley (Comedy) Patricia Hodge, Simon Cadell; dir:Alan Strachan [20pp, 5.9x8.8; cast list, list of songs, cast biographies w.photos, time-lines and 11 photos of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence, credits etc.; stylish programme; PLUS colourful flyer (6pp, 4x8.25) w.6 photos; VG] £4

1989: FRANKIE & JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE - Terrence McNally (Comedy) Julie Walters, Brian Cox; dir:Paul Benedict [20pp, 5.75x9; biographies, 8 photos etc.; VG] £4

1989 (22 Aug-9 Sep): LEND ME A TENOR - Ken Luwig (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Ian Sharrock, Erika Hoffman, John Barron, Gordon Kane, Emile Belcourt, Susannah Morley, Karen Tarleton, Eira Griffiths; dir:Stephen Barry [24pp, 7.25x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes, extended biography of Ian Sharrock, photos from previous Theatre Royal, Windsor productions, credits etc.; 1441st production since 1938; VG] £4

1989 (2-7 Oct): LEND ME A TENOR - Ken Luwig (Arts Theatre, Cambridge) Ian Sharrock, Erika Hoffman, John Barron, Gordon Kane, Emile Belcourt, Susannah Morley, Karen Tarleton, Eira Griffiths; dir:Stephen Barry [28pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1989 (16-21 Oct): LEND ME A TENOR - Ken Luwig (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Ian Sharrock, Erika Hoffman, John Barron, Gordon Kane, Emile Belcourt, Susannah Morley, Karen Tarleton, Eira Griffiths; dir:Stephen Barry [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1989 (4-9 Dec): LEND ME A TENOR - Ken Luwig (Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne) Ian Sharrock, Erika Hoffman, John Barron, Gordon Kane, Emile Belcourt, Susannah Morley, Karen Tarleton, Eira Griffiths; dir:Stephen Barry [32pp, 6x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, synopsis of scenes, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1989 (Feb): THE BUSINESS OF MURDER - Richard Harris (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Peter Byrne, Richard Todd, Sandra Payne, Nola Baol, Salvin Stewart; dir:Richard Lewis [28pp, 6.9x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, rehearsal photos, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1989: A LIFE IN THE THEATRE - David Mamet (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Denholm Elliott, Samuel West; dir:Bill Bryden [24pp, 6.75x9.7; biogs, articles, production photos; VG] £3

1989: THE GLASS MENAGERIE - Tennessee Williams (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Linus Roache, Avril Elgar, Geraldine Somerville, Adrian Rawlins; dir:Ian Hastings [large size (8.25x11.75) brochure, illustrated articles, cast list, biographies, photos, notes; VG] £4

1989: THE KITCHEN - Arnold Wesker (Bloomsbury Theatre) National Youth Theatre of Great Britain: Richard Adamson, Dominic Housiaux (as Max), Rachel Rogaly, Jane McCall, Rachel Dickinson, Leigh Kelly, James Barriscale (as Paul), Darren Bentley, Sarah Moyle, Alison Lipton (as Violet), Cerianne Roberts, Clare Boland, Juliet Knight, Bethany Hanson, Nick Pittortou, Tracy Allanson, Joanna Thompson, Matthew Stradling, Pippa Furlonger, David Reynolds, Julian Knight, Clive Brunt, Simon Nelson (as Kevin), Richard Opie, Michael Parkinson (as Peter), Andrew Underwood, Martin Tepper, David Carter, Nikolai Bogdanovic (as Marango), Paul Mason; dir:James Bolam [6pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, programme notes, staff biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1989: THE ASTRONOMER'S GARDEN - Kevin Hood (Royal Court) The Warehouse Theatre, Croydon production: Godfrey Kenton, Robin Sachs, Trevor Baxter, Emily Richard, Neal Swettenham, Charlotte Attenborough, Marcus Powell; dir:Ted Craig [6pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; date on cover (2/10/89), else VG] £2

1989: THE ODD COUPLE - Neil Simon (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Derek Griffiths, Sam Kelly, Elizabeth McKechnie; dir:Ronald Harwood [large size (8.25x11.75) brochure, illustrated articles, cast list, biographies, photos, notes; VG] £4

1989: WINDING THE BALL - Alex Finlayson (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Ian Bartholomew, Trevor Cooper, Lisa Eichhorn, David Schofield; dir:Gregory Hersov [large size (8.25x11.75) brochure, illustrated articles, cast list, biographies, photos, notes; VG] £4

1989: GREENWICH 1789 - Michael Crompton (Greenwich Theatre) Greenwich Community Play; dir:Michael Crompton and Foz Allan [8pp, 8.25x11.75; cast, credits, articles etc.] £2

1989: IN THE TALKING DARK - Dolores Walshe (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Terence Wilton, Frances Tomelty, Norman Beaton, Wolfe Morris, Jenny Quayle; dir:Braham Murray [large size (8.25x11.75) brochure, illustrated articles, cast list, biographies, photos, notes; VG] £4

1989: THARK - Ben Travers (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Souvenir Brochure Griff Rhys Jones, Hugh Lloyd, Dinsdale Landen, Eva Griffith, Linda Polan, Belinda Lang; dir:Peter James [20pp, large size (8.25x11.75) glossy brochure, with photos, illustrated articles, cast list, biographies, notes etc.; VG] £5

1989: ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL (Tricycle) Souvenir Brochure Pauline Black (as Billie Holiday), Henry Goodman, Cyril Nri, Colin Salmon, Jack Chissick; dir:Nicolas Kent [36pp, large size (8.25x11.75) brochure, with photos, articles, cast list, biographies, historical notes etc.; VG] £4

1989 (11 Jan-11 Feb): THE WOMAN IN BLACK - Susan Hill, adapted by Stephen Mallatratt (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Souvenir Brochure Charles Kay, John Duttine; dir:Robin Herford [20pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, 4 rehearsal photos, illustrated programme notes, feature on H M Tennent Ltd and The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (w.8 production photos), credits etc.; VG] £4

1989: PRIN - Andrew Davies (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Souvenir Brochure Sheila Hancock, Susie Blake, Paul Copley, John Michie; dir:Richard Wilson [16pp, large size (8.25x11.75) glossy brochure, rehearsal photos, cast list, biogs, articles; VG] £4

1989: BOSWELL FOR THE DEFENCE - Patrick Edgeworth (Playhouse) Souvenir Brochure Leo McKern; dir:Frank Hauser [24pp, large size (8.25x11.75) glossy brochure, with illustrated articles, photos, biographies, notes etc.; VG] £5

1989: M. BUTTERFLY - David Henry Hwang (Shaftesbury) Darren Chan, David K F Tse, Tom Wu, Anthony Hopkins (as Rene Gallimard), G G Goei (as Song Liling), Ian Redford, Catherine McQueen, Don Fellows, Tsai Chin, Lynn Farleigh; dir:John Dexter [24pp, large size (8.25x11.75); 13 cast and production photos; substantial and stylish programme] £5

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