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Plays: 1990

1990 (22 Feb-17 Mch): MAN AND SUPERMAN - Bernard Shaw (Salisbury Playhouse) Brian Rawlinson, Corinna Powesland, Mark Payton, Richard Cordery (as John Tanner), Claire Grogan, Brenda Peters, Margaret Stallard, Caroline Berry, Emlyn Harris, Mark Straker, George Parsons; dir:David Horlock [28pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1990 (9-21 Jul): SUDDENLY AT HOME - Francis Durbridge, and SOMEONE WAITING - Emlyn Williams (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) Susan Hannah, Mary Elliott Nelson, Sara Cole, Kenneth Lodge, Katie Evans, Christopher Hadfield, David Horne, Jonathan Shard, Jonathon Sims; dir:David Horne [28pp, 5.3x8.5; cast lists, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc; VG] £3

1990 (4-20 Oct): BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT - Jeffrey Archer (Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea) David Hamblett, Brian Tully, Michael Bottle, Kenneth Price, Peter Carr, Graham Middleton, Mary Ann Turner, Neil Stewart, David Monico, Simon Corris, David Birrell, Sarah Legg, Anne Pearson; dir:Christopher Dunham [28pp, 5.3x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc; VG] £3

1990 (31 Aug-29 Sep): GREEK TRAGEDY - Mike Leigh (Theatre Royal, Stratford) Zoe Carides, Adam Hatzimanolis, Evdokia Katahanas, Nicholas Papademetriou, George Spartels, Christina Totos; dir:Mike Leigh [16pp, 6x8.25; cast list, biographies, 9 production photos, credits etc; VG] £3

1990 (5 Sep-5 Oct): THE POOL OF BETHESDA - Allan Cubitt (Orange Tree) Mick Ford, Maggie O'Neill, Julia Ford, Katharine Rogers, Daniel Webb, Rachel Clarke, Ian Mercer, Michael Haighton, Patrick John-Anthony; dir:Susan Hogg [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1990: IN THE DOGHOUSE - David Allen (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon) Carol Burns, Graham Christopher, Frank Ellis, David John, Okon Jones, Linda Spurrier; dir:Ted Craig [6pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, biographies, credits etc; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1990: DESIRE - David Lan (Almeida) Vicky Licorish, Marcia Myrie, Pamela Nomvete, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Cassie McFarlane, Louis Mahoney, Cleo Sylvestre, Cyril Nri, Bazil Otoin, Michael Buffong; dir:Andrei Serban [8pp, 5.6x11.75; cast list, biographies, substantial programme note, credits etc; VG] £3

1990: ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR - Alan Ayckbourn (Arts Theatre, Cambridge) Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round production: Richard Kane, Lesley Meade, Donald Douglas, Moira Redmond, Jeff Shankley, Robin McCaffery; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, 5 photos of foreign productions of the play (Toneelgroep Theatre, Arnhem, Holland; Teatr Dramatyczny, Warsaw, Poland; Jozef Attila Szinhazban, Turkey; Royal Flemish Theatre, Antwerp, Belgium; Teatro Parioli, Rome, Italy), credits etc.; VG] £3

1990 (22 May-16 Jun): SISTERLY FEELINGS - Alan Ayckbourn (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Arthur Cox, Tony Caunter, Janie Booth, Sabina Franklyn, Michael Thomas, Janney Funnell, Christopher James, Lorraine Brunning, Martin Wenner, Tony Westrope, Paul Tomany; dir:Robin Herford [24pp, 7.4x9.5; 1451st Production since 1938; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1990: FORGET-ME-NOT LANE - Peter Nichols (Greenwich Theatre) Bryan Pringle, Philip Jackson, Lynn Farleigh, Dilys Watling; dir:Peter Nichols [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1990: A SINGLE MAN - Christopher Isherwood, adapted by Michael Michaelian (Greenwich Theatre) William Gaminara, Alec McCowen, Barbara Barnes, Rosemary Martin, Neil Roberts, Angelo Gibson, Ellen J Wilks; dir:Waris Hussein [28pp, 5.8x8.5; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1990: THE DAY YOU'LL LOVE ME - Jose Ignacio Cabrujas (Hampstead) Maria Friedman, Matthew Marsh, Gillian Barge, Victoria Scarborough, Greg Hicks; dir:Lisa Forrell [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1990: OVER A BARREL - Stephen Bill (Palace Theatre, Watford) Frances Barber, Kenneth Hadley, Christopher Godwin, Joolia Cappleman, William Oxborrow, David Threlfall, Niall Buggy; dir:Michael Attenborough [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1990: THE AWAKENING - Julian Garner (Hampstead) Linda Bassett, Paul Copley, Con O'Neill, Gabrielle Reidy; dir:John Dove [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated articles; with flyer; VG] £3

1990: CAN'T STAND UP FOR FALLING DOWN - Richard Cameron (Hampstead) Joanne Wootton, Deborah Kilner, Donna Stones; dir:Richard Cameron [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £2

1990: SAINT OSCAR - Terry Eagleton (Hampstead) Stephen Rea (as Oscar Wilde), Eileen Pollock (as Lady Wilde), Seamus Moran, Peter Hanly (as Lord Alfred Douglas), Brendan Gleeson, Jim Queally, Aiden McCann; dir:Trevor Griffiths [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

1990: SUGAR-HILL BLUES - Kevin Hood (Hampstead) Warehouse Theatre, Croydon production: Okon Jones, Pauline Black, Simon Slater, Liza Sadovy, Stefan Bednarczyk; dir:Ted Craig [28pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies w.photos etc.; faint vertical fold, else VG] £3

1990: SHIRLEY VALENTINE - Willy Russell (Theatre Royal, Nottingham) Kate Fitzgerald; dir:Richard Olivier [28pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, articles etc.; VG] £2

1990: THREE MEN IN A BOAT - Jerome K Jerone, adapted by Paul Burbridge (Bristol Hippodrome) Northcott Theatre Company and Riding Lights Theatre Company: Paul Alexander, Susan Beresford, Arthur Bostrum, Charlotte Collingwood, Stuart Harrison, Michael Haughey, Neal Swettenham; dir:Paul Burbridge [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies (w.photos); VG] £4

1990: SPIDER'S WEB - Agatha Christie (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton) John Barron, Dennis Spencer, Keith Drinkel, Barbara Murray, Sally Geoghegan, Marie Collett, Derek Wright, Jeffrey Kidner, Dennis Chinnery, Brian Murphy, Ian Trevelyan; dir:Charles Vance [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, production photos, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £2

1990: SPIDER'S WEB - Agatha Christie (Beck Theatre, Hayes) John Barron, Dennis Spencer, Keith Drinkel, Barbara Murray, Sally Geoghegan, Marie Collett, Derek Wright, Jeffrey Kidner, Dennis Chinnery, Colin Baker, Ian Trevelyan; dir:Charles Vance [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, programme notes, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £2

1990: LETTICE AND LOVAGE - Peter Shaffer (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton) Rosemary Leach, Helen Ryan, John Quayle; dir:Alan Cohen [28pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £2

1990 (Jan): VALUED FRIENDS - Stephen Jeffreys (Hampstead) Josie Lawrence, Michael Angelis, Jimmy Mulville, Louisa Rix, Martin Clunes, Christopher Ryan; dir:Robin Lefevre [28pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, cast biographies; VG] £3

1990: ON THE PISTE - John Godber (Arts Theatre, Cambridge) Upstart and Hull Truck: Jane Bullman, Jane Clifford, Andrew Dunn, Robert Hudson, Paul Rider, Gillian Tompkins; dir:John Godber [28pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, VG] £3

1990: THE DIG - Jane Prowse and Chris Jury (Arts Theatre, Cambridge) Cambridge Theatre Company: Eleanor Bron, Neil Duncan, Chris Samsworth, Chris Walker, Arabella Weir, Melissa Wilks, Susie Blake; dir:Jane Prowse [28pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos; VG] £3

1990: INTENT TO KILL - Ted Willis (York Theatre Royal) Silas Carson, Richard Todd, Miranda Baker, Philip Newman, Nigel Pivaro; dir:Kim Grant [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, company photo, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1990: THE WOMAN IN BLACK - adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill (Fortune) Charles Kay, Dominic Letts; dir:Robin Herford [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photos, extensive illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1990: ROUGH CROSSING - Tom Stoppard (King's Head) Kevin Moore, Roland Curram, Dominic Hawksley, Robert Austin, Ronald Allen, Anita Dobson; dir:Martin Connor [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £2

1990: ARMS AND THE MAN - Bernard Shaw (Greenwich Studio Theatre) Orpheus Theatre Company: Alison Reddihough, Margo Jenkins, Georgina Sutton, Ben Powell, Ben Gaule, Seamus Newham, Robin Malyon; dir:Stanley Morris [8pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, synopsis of scenes, programme notes, credits etc.; light vertical bend, minor marks, else VG] £2

1990: PARTNERS IN CRIME - F G Callan (New End Theatre) Brian Abbott (as Sherlock Holmes), Derek Bell (as E W Hornung), John Duval (as A J Raffles), Glyn Grain (as Dr Watson), Norman Mitchell (as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), Michael Rhenish (as Mycroft Holmes); dir:Michael Hunt [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated article, credits etc.; A New Sherlock Holmes play; VG] £3

1990: BURN THIS - Lanford Wilson (Hampstead) John Malkovich, Juliet Stevenson, Michael Simkins, Lou Liberatore; dir:Robert Allan Ackerman [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1990: BURN THIS - Lanford Wilson (Lyric) John Malkovich, Juliet Stevenson, Michael Simkins, Lou Liberatore; dir:Robert Allan Ackerman [40pp, 6x8.5; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1990: THE REHEARSAL - Jean Anouilh, translated by Jeremy Sams (Almeida) Almeida Theatre production: Nicola Pagett, Donald Pelmear, Jonathan Hyde, Christine Kavanagh, Jonathan Kent, Harry Burton, Julia Ormond, Andrew Jenner; dir:Ian McDiarmid [8pp, 5.5x11,75 quadruple-fold; cast list, biographies, credits; VG] £3

1990: THE REHEARSAL - Jean Anouilh, translated by Jeremy Sams (Garrick) Almeida Theatre production: Nicola Pagett, Donald Pelmear, Jonathan Hyde, Christine Kavanagh, Miles Anderson, Harry Burton, Julia Ormond, Andrew Jenner, Peter Yapp, Jill Stanford; dir:Ian McDiarmid [52pp, 6x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photos, credits; VG] £4

1990: BUS STOP - William Inge (Lyric) Pippa Hinchley, Carolyn Jones, Bill Bailey, Jerry Hall, David Healy, Mel Cobb, Stuart Milligan, Shaun Cassidy; dir:Phil Oesterman [44pp, 6x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits; VG] £4

1990: PRIVATE LIVES - Noel Coward (Aldwych) Sara Crowe, Keith Baxter (as Elyot Chase), Edward Duke, Joan Collins (as Amanda Prynne), Mary Pegler; dir:Tim Luscombe [44pp, 6x8.5; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1990: HIDDEN LAUGHTER - Simon Gray (Vaudeville) Kevin McNally (as Harry), Felicity Kendal (as Louise), Richard Vernon (as Ben), Peter Barkworth (as Ronnie), Sam Dastor, Samuel West, Caroline Harker, Jane Galloway; dir:Simon Gray [36pp, 6x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, 19 cast and production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1990: FENCES - August Wilson (Garrick) Yaphet Kotto, Tyrone Huggins, Adrian Lester; dir:Alby James [44pp, 6x8.5; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1990: OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY - Jerry Sterner (Lyric) Jonathan Newth, Paul Rogers, Dilys Hamlett, Martin Shaw, Maria Aitken; dir:Alan Strachan [40pp, 6x8.5; cast photos, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1990: BOOKENDS - Keith Waterhouse (Apollo) Michael Hordern, Dinsdale Landen; dir:Ned Sherrin [48pp, 6x8.5; lots of photos, including production shots; minor crease, else VG] £3

1990: LOOK - Michael Frayn (Aldwych) Stephen Fry, Robin Bailey, Gabrielle Drake, Margaret Courtenay, Serena Gordon, Michael Simkins; dir:Mike Ockrent [32pp, 6x8.5; photos; slight crease] £3

1990: MAN OF THE MOMENT - Alan Ayckbourn (Globe) Samantha Bond, Diane Bull, Simon Chandler, Daniel Collings, Michael Gambon, Peter Bowles, Diana Endsor, Joanna Relf, Shirley-Anne Selby, Doreen Andrew, Terence Booth, Paul Stewart, Seb Craig, David Cunningham, Cheryl Fergison, Theresa Fesson, Jane Kaeser, Bill Neville; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [40pp, 6.1x8.4; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, production photos etc.; VG] £4

1990: VANILLA - Jane Stanton Hitchcock (Lyric) Sian Phillips, Joanna Lumley, Ron Cook, Greg Hicks, Charlotte Cornwell; dir:Harold Pinter [48pp, 6x8.5; extensive biographies, 29 production photos etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

1990: BEING AT HOME WITH CLAUDE - Rene-Daniel Dubois, translated by Linda Gaboriau (Vaudeville) King's Head production: Lothaire Bluteau, David Howey, Harry van Gorkum, Martin Sadofski; dir:Rob Mulholland [24pp, 6x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, 5 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1990: EXCHANGE - Yuri Trifonov, translated by Michael Frayn (Vaudeville) Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, Nicola Greenhill, Doreen Mantle, John Hudson, Colin Douglas, Gabrielle Lloyd, Richard Clews, Roger Hammond, Zena Walker, John Baddeley, Jean Rimmer, James Snell, Julia Watson; dir:Patrick Sandford [32pp, 6x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1990: SARRASINE - Honore de Balzac, Neil Bartlett, Nicolas Bloomfield (Tour) Leah Hausman, Bette Bourne, Francois Testory, Beverley Klein; dir:Neil Bartlett, music:Nicolas Bloomfield [12pp, 7.75x8.25; beautifully illustrated and informative programme; biographies, articles etc.; VG] £4

1990: THE HOMECOMING - Harold Pinter (Comedy Theatre) Warren Mitchell, Nicholas Woodeson, John Normington, Douglas McFerran, Greg Hicks, Cherie Lunghi; dir:Peter Hall [20pp, 6x9; cast list, production photos, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1990: ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR - Alan Ayckbourn (Whitehall) Richard Kane, Lavinia Bertram, Donald Douglas, Moira Redmond, Jeff Shankley, Jennifer Wiltsie; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [20pp, 5.75x8.25; 12+ cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £3

1990: LOVE LETTERS - A R Gurney (Wyndham's) Stefanie Powers, Robert Wagner; dir:John Tillinger [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies, notes; VG] £4

1990: THE BOYS NEXT DOOR - Tom Griffin (Hampstead) Allan Corduner, Joseph Mydell, Jack Fortune, Richard Cordery, Marcus D'Amico, David Oliver, Monica Hayes, Kathy Burke, David Brocklehurst; dir:Rob Mulholland [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1990: THE BOYS NEXT DOOR - Tom Griffin (Comedy) Allan Corduner, Joseph Mydell, Steve Guttenberg, Richard Cordery, Marcus D'Amico, David Oliver, Monica Hayes, Barbara Darnley, David Brocklehurst; dir:Rob Mulholland [20pp, 6x9; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1990: HENRY IV - Luigi Pirandello (Wyndham's) Richard Harris, Isla Blair, Sarah-Jane Fenton, Crispin Redman, Ian Hogg, Harold Innocent, Reg Stewart, Andy Hockley, Howard Crossley, Paul Corrigan, James Walker, Howard Bell, Roger Chamberlain; dir:Val May [20pp, 6x9; photos; minor mark on cover] £4

1990: GASPING - Ben Elton (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Hugh Laurie, Bernard Hill, Simon Mattacks, Catherine McQueen, Jaye Griffiths, Stephen Fry (voice); dir:Bob Spiers [32pp, 6.9x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of scenes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1990: TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT - adapted by Giles Havergal, from the novel by Graham Greene (Lyric, Hammersmith) Citizens' Company Glasgow production: Giles Havergal, Patrick Hannaway, Gavin Mitchell, Derwent Watson; dir:Giles Havergal and Jon Pope [6pp triplefold, 5.5x11.75; biographies, notes, articles etc.; w.flyer; VG] £3

1990: TIME AND THE CONWAYS - J B Priestley (Old Vic) Susan Kyd, Julie-Kate Olivier, Andrew Hawkins, Julia Swift, Tamsin Olivier, Joan Plowright, DeNica Fairman, David Mallinson, Colin Haigh, Simon Dutton; dir:Richard Olivier [28pp, 5.5x11.75; photos, articles, biographies etc.; VG] £4

1990: IN PURSUIT OF THE ENGLISH - Doris Lessing, adapted by Katie Campbell, and HANGOVER SQUARE - Patrick Hamilton, adapted by Fidelis Morgan (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Dudley Sutton, Sheila Reid, Ian Reddington, Celia Imrie, Pippa Guard, Richard Avery; dir:Matthew Francis, Caroline Sharman [6pp, 5.5x11.75 triple-fold, photos, biographies, notes; VG] £2

1990: DIVERSIONS AND DELIGHTS - John Gay (Playhouse) Donald Sinden (as Oscar Wilde); dir:Frank Dunlop [6.25x11.75, extensive illustrated articles, photos, biographies; VG] £3

1990: TO - Jim Cartwright (Young Vic) Octagon Theatre/Young Vic production: Sue Johnston, John McArdle; dir:Andrew Hay [28pp, 8.25x11.75; articles, production photos, biographies w.photos; VG] £3

1990: THE PRICE - Arthur Miller (Young Vic) Bob Peck, Marjorie Yates, David Calder, Alan MacNaughtan; dir:David Thacker [12pp, 8.25x11.75; photos, articles, sketches etc.; VG] £3

1990: THE DIRTY HILL (New Victoria, Stoke-on-Trent) Sayan Akaddas, Oliver Beamish, Mary Cunningham, Steven Granville, Richard Hague, Sean O'Callaghan, Edward York, John Fitzpatrick [8.25x11.75, photos, extensive illustrated articles, biographies; VG] £3

1990: ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST - Dario Fo (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) Ian Hughes, Richard Blain, Philip Bretherton, Nigel Makin, Gary Lucas, Sally Millest; dir:Peter Fieldson [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1990: THE SHIP - Bill Bryden (Harland and Wolff, Govan, Glasgow) Souvenir Brochure Large Company; dir:Bill Bryden, designer:William Dudley, music:John Tams [8.25x11.75, extensive illustrated articles, photos, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1990: BATHS and BED - Jim Cartwright (Octagon, Bolton) Ian Aspinall, John Lloyd Fillingham, Alan Gear, Stephen Boyes, Jodie Hanson, Sarah Hunting, Nellie Hanham, Ann Rye, Paula Tilbrook, Geoffrey Banks; dir:Andrew Hay [8.25x11.75, cast photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £3

1990: OUT OF ORDER - Ray Cooney (Shaftesbury) Theatre of Comedy production: Donald Sinden, Michael Williams, Brian Murphy, Wanda Ventham, Sandra Dickinson, Dennis Ramsden, Jacqueline Clarke, Michael Fenner, David Warwick, Pamela Cundell; dir:Ray Cooney [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, 15 company biographies w.photos, 9 colour production photos, 5 photos of past Theatre of Comedy productions, 28 photos and biographies of Founder Members of the Theatre of Comedy company etc.; slight bends, else VG] £3

1990 (22 Mch-5 May): THE CRUCIBLE - Arthur Miller (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Philip Whitchurch, Natalie Abbott, Susan Aderin, Rosalind Bennett (as Abigail Williams), Kate Byers, Angela Phillips, Peter Harding, Kim Benson, Theresa Boden, David Schofield (as John Proctor), Sydnee Blake, Arthur Whybrow, David Allister (as Reverend John Hale), Eleanor David (as Elizabeth Proctor), Leader Hawkins, Michael Packer, Philip Rowlands, Roy Sampson, Barry Foster (as Deputy Governor Danforth); dir:Gregory Hersov [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1990 (7 Jun-14 Jul): ANNA CHRISTIE - Eugene O'Neill (Young Vic) Alan Partington, Daniel Flynn, John Woodvine, Marjorie Yates, Natasha Richardson (as Anna Christopherson), David Herlihy; dir:David Thacker [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, very extensive illustrated articles, 4 photos of previous productions of American plays at the Young Vic, credits etc.; date on cover (16/6/90), else VG] £3

Plays: 1991

1991 (4 Apr-4 May): CAT WITH GREEN VIOLIN - Jane Coles (Orange Tree) Simon Treves, Maggie McCarthy, Vivien Heilbron, Isobil Nisbet, Oona Beeson, Caroline Gruber, Robert McBain, Oliver Beamish; dir:Auriol Smith [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, charmingly illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1991: MADAME DE SADE - Yukio Mishima, translated by Donald Keene (Almeida) Mary Duddy, Julie Legrand, Irene Hamilton, Natasha Parry, Diana Kent, Myriam Cyr; dir:Tal Rubins [28pp, 6.1x8.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive programme notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1991 (23 Jul-10 Aug): THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE - John Lahr, from the novel by Richard Condon (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Sian Phillips, Connie Booth, Manning Redwood, Gerard Murphy, Clive Carter, Moira Brooker, Lorelei King, Anthony Milner, Mitch Webb, William Roberts, Tom Hodgkins, Debra Stables, David Bowen, David Marriner, Peter Grahame; dir:Robin Midgley [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1991 (31 Jan-2 Mch): NOISES OFF - Michael Frayn (Salisbury Playhouse) Isabelle Amyes (as Dotty Otley), Mark Buffery (as Lloyd Dallas), Barry Killerby, Susan Watkins, Susan Howlett, Christopher Good, Eliza Hunt, Jason Hall, Ian Mullins; dir:Martin Connor [36pp, 5.9x8.3; cast list, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos, cast and credits for Nothing On by Robin Housemonger, credits etc; VG] £3

1991: A FREE COUNTRY - Jean-Claude Grumberg, translated by Tom Kempinski (Tricycle) James Grant, Henry Goodman, Roberta Taylor, Miriam Karlin, Jenifer Landor, Ian Vilarelle, Toby Salaman, Nic Knight, Jonathan Marchant-Heatley, Ned Mendez, Lindy Whiteford, Walter McMonagle, Michael Jenner, Philip Glenister; dir:Nicolas Kent [28pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, illustrated historical notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1991 (21-26 Oct): THE CABINET MINISTER - Arthur Wing Pinero (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford) Christopher Lang, Peter Yapp, Sara Kestelman, Richard Lintern, Abigail Bond, Derek Nimmo, Maureen Lipman, Melanie Thaw, Gwen Watford, Charlotte Attenborough, Tim Wallers, Ann Way, Malcolm Rennie, Robin Kingsland, Helen Adie, Teddy Kempner; dir:Braham Murray [36pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1991 (9 May-8 Jun): STARS IN THE MORNING SKY - Alexander Galin, translated by Cathy Porter and Michael Glenny (Orange Tree) Anne Jameson, Wendy Morgan, Jenny Howe, Thomas Wheatley, Tom Hudson, Dail Sullivan, Christine Moore; dir:Susan Hogg [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1991 (4 Jun-24 Aug): THE ROSE TATTOO - Tennessee Williams (Playhouse) Harriette Ashcroft, Matyelok Gibbs (as Assunta), Lisa Orgolini, Julie Walters (as Serafina Delle Rose), Deirdra Morris, Patricia Hayes (as The Strega), Sally Mates, Flaminia Cinque, Petronilla Whitfield, Robert Gillespie, Robin Browne, Pat Starr, Di Sherlock, Tina Martin, Jamie Glover (as Jack Hunter), Bill Bailey, Ken Stott (as Alvaro Mangiacavallo), Duncan Law, Donald Allard, Christian Catuogno, Hannah Fenton, Karl Picton, Carly Ross, Martin Whiting; dir:Peter Hall [20pp, 6.4x11.75; cast list, biographies, 9 production photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1991: ONCE A CATHOLIC - Mary J O'Malley (Tricycle) Val Lilley, Georgine Anderson, Annabel Leventon, Dervla Kirwan (as Mary Mooney), Emma Amos (as Mary McGinty), Keira Clarke (as Mary Gallagher), Patch Connolly, Arthur Cox, Paul Haigh, Gian Sammarco, Debra Tweed, Anya Phillips, Marisa Jones, Joanne Leigh-Palmer; dir:Nicholas Kent [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; date on cover (19/12/91), else VG] £2

1991: PARTY PIECE - Richard Harris (The Haymarket, Basingstoke) Horseshoe Theatre Company: Guy Siner, Maria Charles, Charlotte Attenborough, David McAlister, Joanna Van Gyseghem, Graham Sinclair, Lynn Clayton; dir:Adrian Reynolds [24pp, 7.1x9.7; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1991 (25-30 Mch): VERDICT - Agatha Christie (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) Jonathon Sims, Joanna Field, Anita Harris, George Sewell, Dennis Spencer, Deirdre Doone, Lindsay Cooper, Dan Caulfield, Barry J Gordon, Damon Jeffery; dir:Kim Grant [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1991 (15-20 Apr): VERDICT - Agatha Christie (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton) Jonathon Sims, Joanna Field, Anita Harris, George Sewell, Dennis Spencer, Deirdre Doone, Lindsay Cooper, Dan Caulfield, Barry J Gordon, Damon Jeffery; dir:Kim Grant [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1991 (24-29 Jun): VERDICT - Agatha Christie (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Jonathon Sims, Joanna Field, Anita Harris, George Sewell, Dennis Spencer, Deirdre Doone, Lindsay Cooper, Dan Caulfield, Barry J Gordon, Damon Jeffery; dir:Kim Grant [28pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1991 (1-26 Oct): MIRIAM'S FLOWERS - Migdalia Cruz (Old Red Lion) Isabel Hernandez, Ishia Bennison, Brian Capron, Mirat Balkandali, Kemal Peachey, Bob Wisdom; dir:Janet Amsden [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1991: UNDER MILK-WOOD - Dylan Thomas (Sherman Theatre Cardiff and Tour) Gillian Davies, Jeff Diamond, Helen Griffin, Mari Gwilym, Phylip Harries, Rhodri Hugh, Iestyn Jones, Eiry Thomas; dir:Phil Clark [28pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1991: WALLFLOWERING - Peta Murray (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Sam Kelly, Gillian Hanna; dir:Penny Ciniewicz [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1991: DEATHTRAP - Ira Levin (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Michael Keating, Pat Rossiter, Julian Protheroe, Vivienne Moore, Graham Howes; dir:Martin Houghton [28pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, illustrated articles etc.; date on cover, else VG] £3

1991: DESIGN FOR LIVING - Noel Coward (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham) Buffy Davis, David Barrass, Julian Protheroe, Edmund Kente, Ursula Mohan, Roland Kitchen, Teresa Gallagher, Adam Matalon; dir:Ian Forrest [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, illustrated articles etc.; date on cover, else VG] £3

1991: DAISY PULLS IT OFF - Denise Deegan (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton) Janette Cross (as Daisy), Pamela Wickington, Benedikte Faulkner, Jacqueline King, Jaq Croft, Angela Pearson, Marisa Jones, Jo Castleton, Fiona Christie, Martyn Wilmott, Danielle Tieche, Brian Matthew; dir:Charles Vance [28pp, 5.75x8.25; extensive illustrated articles, photos, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1991: DAISY PULLS IT OFF - Denise Deegan (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Janette Cross (as Daisy), Pamela Wickington, Benedikte Faulkner, Jacqueline King, Jaq Croft, Angela Pearson, Marisa Jones, Jo Castleton, Fiona Christie, Martyn Wilmott, Danielle Tieche, Brian Matthew; dir:Charles Vance [36pp, 5.75x8.25; extensive illustrated articles, photos, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1991: THE PHILANDERER - George Bernard Shaw (Hampstead) Clive Owen, Caroline Langrishe, Eleanor David, Geoffrey Toone, Barry Morse, Jonathan Coy, Siri Neal; dir:Brian Cox [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1991: PECONG - Steve Carter (Tricycle) Jenny Jules, Eamonn Walker, Victor Romero Jones; dir:Paulette Randall [24pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, biographies; VG] £3

1991: THE WOMAN IN BLACK - adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill (Theatre Royal, Nottingham) Mobil Touring Theatre production: Frank Windsor, Brian Deacon; dir:Robin Herford [28pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, articles etc.; VG] £3

1991: LETTICE AND LOVAGE - Peter Shaffer (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) Pauline Yates, Mona Bruce, Guy Nicholls, Alison Allen-Gray, Kevin Fuller, Nicola Wingfield, Wanda; dir:Philip Dart [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1991: LETTICE AND LOVAGE - Peter Shaffer (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch) Marcia Warren, Kenneth Hadley, Jennifer Piercey, Charlie, Max, Jenny Tomasin; dir:Glen Walford [28pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, articles etc.; VG] £2

1991: IMAGINE DROWNING - Terry Johnson (Hampstead) Ed Bishop, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Frances Barber, Daniel Evans, Douglas Hodge, Nabil Shaban; dir:Richard Wilson [28pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1991: FREE - Barbara Lindsay (Old Red Lion) Adam Henderson, Bradley Lavelle, Maureen Purkis, Mellicent Wauters, Jon Adams; dir:Phil Setren [8pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1991: THUNDERBIRDS F.A.B. - The Next Generation - Andrew Dawson and Gavin Robertson (Tour) Paul Kent, Wayne Forester; dir:Andrew Dawson, Gavin Robertson [12pp, 5.75x8.25; cast biographies with photos, extensive illustrated articles, 9 further photos, credits, tour dates etc.; plus two different double-sided illustrated flyers; VG] £4

1991: THE GOOD SISTERS - Michel Tremblay, Noel Greig (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield) Stella Goodier, Katharine Barker, Linda Polan; dir:Mark Brickman [32pp, 8.25x5.75; biographies w.photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1991: LOST IN YONKERS - Neil Simon (Richard Rodgers Theatre, NY) Jamie Marsh, Benny Grant, Mark Blum, Jane Kaczmarek, Rosemary Harris, Bruno Kirby, Lauren Klein; dir:Gene Saks [72pp, 5.6x8.5 (Playbill Vol.91 No.10); cast and production photos, articles, lots of content; VG] £4

1991: RE: JOYCE - Joyce Grenfell, James Roose-Evans, Maureen Lipman (Vaudeville) Maureen Lipman, Denis King; dir:Alan Strachan [28pp, 6.1x8.4; 9 photos, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1991: VICTORY - Howard Barker (Greenwich Theatre) The Wrestling School: Sean Baker, Philip Franks, Melanie Jessop, Tricia Kelly, Nicholas Le Prevost, Iain Mitchell, Matthew Morrison, Judith Scott, Bill Stewart; dir:Kenny Ireland [24pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, photos of past Wrestling School productions, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1991: DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER - Marc Camoletti (Apollo) Simon Cadell, Su Pollard, Jane How, John Quayle, Briony Glassco; dir:Peter Farago [48pp, 6.1x8.4; cast and production photos, biographies; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1991: SAME OLD MOON - Geraldine Aron (Globe) James Ellis, Gabrielle Reidy, Britta Smith; dir:Jenny Killick [44pp, 6.1x8.4; cast and production photos, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1991: THE CARETAKER - Harold Pinter (Comedy) Peter Howitt, Colin Firth, Donald Pleasence; dir:Harold Pinter [20pp, 5.9x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, 12 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1991: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW - Joe Orton (Wyndham's) Clive Francis, Sheila Gish, Joseph Maher, Gary Olsen, Ben Porter, Camille Coduri; dir:JohnTillinger [20pp, 6x8.8; production photos, biographies, sketches by Clive Francis, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1991: DANCING AT LUGHNASA - Brian Friel (Phoenix) Gerard McSorley, Catherine Byrne, Sorcha Cusack, Brid Brennan, Brid Ni Neachtain, Rosaleen Linehan, Robert Gwilym, Alec McCowen; dir:Patrick Mason [20pp, 6x9; photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1991: DANCING AT LUGHNASA - Brian Friel (Phoenix) Mark Lambert, Siobhan McCarthy, Julia Dearden, Olwen Fouere, Veronica Quilligan, Veronica Duffy, John Finn, Glyn Owen; dir:Patrick Mason [24pp, 6x9; photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1991: DANCING AT LUGHNASA - Brian Friel (Garrick) Mark Lambert, Orla Charlton, Julia Dearden, Olwen Fouere, Veronica Quilligan, Veronica Duffy, John Finn, John Woodvine; dir:Patrick Mason [44pp, 6.8x9.6; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1991: AN EVENING WITH GARY LINEKER - Arthur Smith and Chris England (Duchess) Michael Garner, Suzy Aitchison, James Gaddas, Owen Brenman, Georgia Mitchell; dir:Audrey Cooke [48pp, 6.75x9.6; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £3

1991: THE REVENGERS' COMEDIES - Alan Ayckbourn (Strand) Griff Rhys Jones, Lia Williams, Raymond Sawyer, Doreen Andrew, Rose Keegan, Adam Godley, Lavinia Bertram, Jeffry Wickham, Hazel Ellerby, Rupert Vansittart, Joanna Lumley, Nina Young, Jeff Shankley, Geoffrey Whitehead, Jennifer Piercey, Christopher Birch, Nicholas Palliser; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [40pp, 6.75x9.7; 25+ cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1991: BROADWAY BOUND - Neil Simon (Greenwich Theatre) Anna Massey, Frank Middlemass, William Gaminara, Barbara Ferris, Gary Waldhorn; dir:David Taylor [32pp, 5.5x11.75; cast photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; w.flyer; VG] £3

1991: ROOKERY NOOK - Ben Travers (Greenwich Theatre) Richenda Carey, Linda Broughton, Steven Beard, Richard Garnett, Tyler Butterworth, Emily Morgan, Jim Dunk, Christopher Godwin, Sarah Crowden, Ruth Arnold; dir:Matthew Francis [32pp, 5.5x11.75; illustrated articles, biographies, photos etc.; VG] £3

1991: THE PRICE - Arthur Miller (Tour) Oxford Stage Company: James Grant, Lynn Farleigh, David Gant, Pip Donaghy; dir:Stephen Unwin [12pp, 5.5x11.75; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £3

1991: THE INNOCENTS - William Archibald, based on Henry James' The Turn of the Screw (Greenwich Theatre) Judith Scott, Avril Elgar, Mark Carlisle; dir:Robert Delamere [32pp, 5.5x11.75; photos, articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1991 (Mch): TONS OF MONEY - Will Evans and Valentine, adapted by Alan Ayckbourn (West Yorkshire Playhouse) Arthur Bostrom, Davyd Harries, Kirsten Hughes; dir:Alan Dossor [28pp, 5.5x11.75; biographies, photos, copiously illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1991: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE - Arthur Miller, and THREEPENNY STORY - Lee Beagley (Tour) Kaboodle Productions Ltd.: Sean Kearney, Lee Beagley, Paula Simms, Denise Evans, Steven Book, Russ Edwards, Andrew Simister, Steven Givnan, Andy Frizell, Andrea Earl, Angela Bullock; dir:Lee Beagley [16pp, 8.25x11.75; cast lists, biographies, programme notes, notes about the company, Tour Dates etc.; VG] £3

1991: DESIGN FOR LIVING - Noel Coward (Richmond Theatre) Citizens' Company Glasgow production: Roberta Taylor, Jonathan Phillips, Greg Hicks, Laurence Rudic, Ellen Sheean, Colin Wells, Matthew Whittle; dir:Philip Prowse [24pp, 8.25x11.75; lavish brochure w.photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1991: THE RIDE DOWN MT. MORGAN - Arthur Miller (Wyndham's) Souvenir Brochure Tom Conti, Marsha Hunt, Harry Landis, Gemma Jones, Deirdre Strath, Clare Higgins, Manning Redwood, Colin Stepney; dir:Michael Blakemore [20pp, 8.25x11.75; lavish brochure w.35+ photos, articles etc.; VG] £5

1991: MY LOVELY.... SHAYNA MAIDEL - Barbara Lebow (Ambassadors) Anita Dobson [20pp, 8.25x11.6; cast photos, illustrated article, biographies; VG] £3

1991: THE WOMAN IN BLACK - adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill (Fortune) Souvenir Brochure Jon Strickland, Michael Siberry [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast and production photos, illustrated articles, biographies; VG] £3

1991: SHADOWLANDS - William Nicholson (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Yvonne Arnaud Theatre production: Peter Barkworth (as C S Lewis), Edward Jewesbury, Hugh Dickson, Paul Williamson, Ian Thompson, Edward Halsted, Diane Fletcher (as Joy Davidman), Dean Magri, Ben Smith, Kate Gielgud, James Tucker; dir:Wyn Jones, original production by Elijah Moshinsky [32pp, 5.25x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits, extensive illustrated articles about the play etc.; VG] £4

1991: SHADOWLANDS - William Nicholson (Richmond Theatre) Yvonne Arnaud Theatre production: Peter Barkworth (as C S Lewis), Edward Jewesbury, Hugh Dickson, Paul Williamson, Ian Thompson, Edward Halsted, Diane Fletcher (as Joy Davidman), Dean Magri, Ben Smith, Kate Gielgud, Graham Ingle; dir:Wyn Jones, original production by Elijah Moshinsky [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, illustrated articles about the play, illustrated history of Richmond Theatre etc.; slight bends, else VG] £3

1991: LOST IN YONKERS - Neil Simon (Richard Rodgers Theatre, NY) Souvenir Brochure Kevin Spacey, Lauren Klein, Mark Blum, Mercedes Ruehl, Irene Worth, Jamie Marsh, Danny Gerard; dir:Gene Saks [24pp, 9x12; excellent large-size souvenir, containing 19 production photos (many in colour), biographies of Neil Simon and Gene Saks (w.large photos), 12 further company photos, illustrated feature on 24 Playbill covers featuring Neil Simon plays, credits etc.; VG] £5

1991 (16 May-29 Jun): THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA - George Bernard Shaw (Royal Exchange, Manchester) David Bark-Jones, Daphne Oxenford, Jeremy Clyde, Leon Lissek, Ewan Hooper, Kevin Elyot, Trevor Baxter, Colin Prockter, Fiona Gillies (as Jennifer Dubedat), John Lloyd Fillingham, Clive Owen (as Louis Dubedat), Alison Ruffelle; dir:James Maxwell [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1991: SAILOR, BEWARE! - Philip King and Falkland Cary (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Sheila Steafel, Jane Freeman (as Emma Hornett), Maggie McCarthy, John Cater, Colin Hurley (as Albert Tufnell), Paul Venables, Trevyn McDowell, Catherine Russell (as Shirley Hornett), Richard Howard; dir:Peter James [16pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1991: BLITHE SPIRIT - Noel Coward (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Royal Exchange Theatre Company: Jane Belshaw, Rosalind March, Martin Turner (as Charles Condomine), John Southworth, Ann Rye, Susie Blake (as Madame Arcati), Miranda Foster; dir:James Maxwell [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

Plays: 1992

1992 (20-25 Apr): DANCING AT LUGHNASA - Brian Friel (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Abbey Theatre Dublin production: Sam Dale, Anny Tobin, Kate Fitzgerald, Susan Curnow, Anne Kavanagh, Helena Little, Phillip Joseph, Alan Dobie (as Jack); dir:Patrick Mason [36pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc; VG] £4

1992: ON TOP OF THE WORLD - Michael Gow (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon) Carol Burns, Todd Boyce, Lois Ramsey, Ronald Falk; dir:Wayne Harrison [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1992 (30 Apr-6 Jun): CERCEAU, or I'm Forty But I Don't Look It - Viktor Slavkin, translated by Adrian Brine (Orange Tree) Richard O'Callaghan, Maria Miles, Gareth Armstrong, Vivien Heilbron, Nicholas Clay, Sam Walters, Vernon Dobtcheff; dir:Adrian Brine [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1992 (6 Feb-14 Mch): SELF PORTRAIT - Sheila Yeger (Orange Tree) Barbara Marten, Paola Dionisotti, Stephanie Fayerman, Stefan Karsberg, Kim Hicks, Madeline Blakeney, Robin Bowerman, Richard Howard, Teresa McElroy; dir:Annie Castledine [32pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1992 (3-19 Dec, 29 Dec-30 Jan 1993: A PENNY FOR A SONG- John Whiting (Orange Tree) David Timson (as Sir Timothy Bellboys), Thomas Wheatley (as Lamprett Bellboys), Auriol Smith, Janine Wood / Amanda Royle (as Dorcas), Caroline Gruber, Carolin John, Peter Wyatt, Michael Elwyn (as Hallam Matthews), Timothy Watson, Brian Hickey / Geoffrey Church (as Edward Sterne), Corran Royle, Oliver Ganf, Daniel Lawrence, Michael Walker, Frank Moorey; dir:Sam Walters [32pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1992: THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA - Federico Garcia Lorca, translated by Matthew Banks (Gate Theatre) Jill Brassington, Susan Brown, Deidre Doone, Siobhan Fogarty, Alexandra Gilbreath, Kristin Hewson, Liz Kettle, Susan McGoun, Clare Malka, Emma Rice, Dinah Stabb, Zoe Aldrich, Enna Assister, Anne Aylor, Jane Hampson, Yvonne Martin, Lolita Flores, Nancy Mohammed, Rosie Porter, Constance Byam Shaw; dir:Katie Mitchell [8pp, 5.8x8.25 quadruple-fold; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1992 (1-6 Jun): WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION - Agatha Christie (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon) Jo Castleton, Keith Morris, Derek Wright, Giles Watling (as Leonard Vole), John Barron (as Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC), Kenneth Jay, Prunella Gee (as Romaine), Caren Ferster, Oliver Bradshaw, Dennis Spencer, Mark C Blythe, Peter Oxley, Rosemary Macvie, Caroline Thomas; dir:Charles Vance; [28pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, 8 production photos, extensive illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; minor marks on cover, else VG] £2

1992 (Apr): DEATH AND THE MAIDEN - Ariel Dorfman (Duke of York's) Royal Court production: Geraldine James, Paul Freeman, Michael Byrne; dir:Lindsay Posner [84pp, 5x7.5; programme in the form of a paperback book, containing the COMPLETE PLAYTEXT, and also a preface, cast list, biographies w.photos, credits, programme notes, biographical notes, afterword by Ariel Dorfman etc.; VG] £5

1992 (Aug): DEATH AND THE MAIDEN - Ariel Dorfman (Duke of York's) Royal Court production: Penny Downie, Hugh Ross, Danny Webb; dir:Lindsay Posner [84pp, 5x7.5; programme in the form of a paperback book, containing the COMPLETE PLAYTEXT, and also a preface, cast list, biographies w.photos, credits, programme notes, biographical notes, afterword by Ariel Dorfman etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1992: PRIN - Andrew Davies (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Stephanie Fayerman, Sarah Swingler, John Branwell, Brian Mitchell, Roger Watkins, Clara Salaman; dir:Penny Ciniewicz [36pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1992: A LITTLE OLDER - John Binnie (Hampstead) Clyde Unity Theatre production: Stephen Docherty, Mari Binnie; dir:John Binnie [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, production photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1992: THE FAITH HEALER - Brian Friel (Royal Court) Donal McCann, Sinead Cusack, Ron Cook; dir:Joe Dowling [16pp; cast list, programme notes, biographies w.photos; date on cover (23/1/92), else VG] £4

1992: LUTHER - John Osborne (Hen and Chickens) Ben Walden, Patrick Godfrey, John Edmunds, Seamus Newham, Phillip Dunbar, Michael Sadler, Kimberley Knight; dir:John Link [12pp; cast list, biographies, notes; w.flyer; VG] £1

1992: BAZAAR & RUMMAGE - Sue Townsend (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton) Lesley Joseph, Liza Tarbuck, Linda Davidson, Eve Ferret, Dilys Watling, Diane Axford; dir:Richard Haddon [cast list, extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, notes; VG] £3

1992: GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES - Anita Loos (Newcastle Playhouse) Northern Stage: Louise Tomkins, Debora Weston, Charlie Caine, Richard Clews, Mark Haddigan, Calum Macpherson, Morgan Petrie, Michael Roberts, Mike Watson, Johnson Willis, David Whitaker; dir:Alan Lyddiard [32pp, 5.75x8.25; extensive illustrated articles, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1992: ARMS AND THE MAN - George Bernard Shaw (Tour) Cambridge Theatre Company: Jack Fortune, Anastasia Hille, Melee Hutton, Dawn Keeler, Paul McCleary, Paul Mooney, Ric Morgan; dir:Nick Philippou [20pp, 8.25x5.8; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, notes; VG] £3

1992: FIGHTING FOR THE DUNGHILL - Guy Jenkin (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon) James Bolam, Di Langford, Michael Fenton Stevens; dir:Richard Osborne [24pp; photos, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1992: SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME - Frank McGuinness (Hampstead) Alec McCowen, Stephen Rea, Hugh Quarshie; dir:Robin Lefevre [cast photos, biographies, articles; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1992: BACK UP THE HEARSE AND LET THEM SNIFF THE FLOWERS - William Gaminara (Hampstead) James Purefoy, Debra Gillett, Paul Bown, Danny Webb, Christopher Fairbank; dir:John Dove [cast photos, biographies; VG] £4

1992: THE CHALK GARDEN - Enid Bagnold (King's Head) Constance Cummings, Jean Marsh, Robert Flemyng, Tessa Wyatt; dir:Mark Rayment [cast and rehearsal photos, biographies; VG] £3

1992: THE DARK RIVER - Rodney Ackland (Orange Tree) Stephanie Cole, Michael Hall, Harry Peacock, Neale Goodrum, Belinda Lang, Liz Crowther, Malcolm Sinclair, Don Fellows, John Hudson; dir:Sam Walters [24pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1992: SCROOGE: A Winter Ghost Story (Tour) Kneehigh Theatre: Michael Shepherd, Susan Hill, Nicola Rosewarne, Tristan Sturrock, Giles Gulliver King, Allan Drake, James Carey; dir:William Mitchell [6pp, 8.25x8.25 triople-fold; cast list, biographies, illustrated articles, Tour Schedule, credits etc.; VG] £2

1992: BEAU JEST - James Sherman (Lamb's Theatre, NY) Arthur Cantor, Carol Ostrow, Libby Adler Mages; dir:Dennis Zacek [68pp, 5.5x8.5 (Playbill Vol.91 No.9); cast biographies, articles, lots of content; VG] £4

1992: LOST IN YONKERS - Neil Simon (Richard Rodgers Theatre, NY) Jamie Marsh, Graham Sack, Tim Jerome, Lucie Arnaz, Isa Thomas, Brian Markinson, Laureen Klein; dir:Gene Sacks [68pp, 5.5x8.5 (Playbill Vol.92 No.11); cast biographies w.photos, articles, lots of content; VG] £4

1992: TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT - adapted by Giles Havergal, from the novel by Graham Greene (Wyndham's) Simon Cadell, Christopher Gee, Richard Kane, John Wells; dir:Giles Havergal [20pp, 6x9; biographies, cast and production photos, articles etc.; VG] £3

1992 (18 Mch-4 Jul): STRAIGHT & NARROW - Jimmie Chinn (Wyndham's) Nicholas Lyndhurst, Carmel McSharry, Melanie Kilburn, Anna Keaveney, Peter Jonfield, John Hartley, Neil Daglish; dir:Allan Davis [20pp, 6x9; cast list, programme notes, biographies w.photos, 17 production photos; minor marks else VG] £4

1992 (6 Jul-Oct): STRAIGHT & NARROW - Jimmie Chinn (Aldwych) Nicholas Lyndhurst, Carmel McSharry, Melanie Kilburn, Anna Keaveney, Peter Jonfield, John Hartley, Neil Daglish; dir:Allan Davis [28pp, 9.75x9; cast list, programme notes, biographies w.photos, 18 production photos, credits; VG] £4

1992: HAY FEVER - Noel Coward (Albery) Abigail Cruttenden, Nick Waring, Maria Charles, Maria Aitken, John Standing, Richard Garnett, Carmen du Sautoy, Christopher Godwin, Sara Crowe; dir:Alan Strachan [28pp; 20+ photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1992: SHADES - Sharman MacDonald (Albery) Patricia Hodge, James Cosmo, Rona Anderson; dir:Simon Callow [cast photos, biographies, copiously illustrated articles; VG] £3

1992: THE POPE AND THE WITCH - Dario Fo, adapted by Andy de la Tour (Comedy) Frances de la Tour, Berwick Kaler, Clive Merrison, David Horovitch, Paul Venables; dir:Jude Kelly [cast and rehearsal photos, biographies; VG] £3

1992: DEJAVU - John Osborne (Comedy) Peter Egan, Gareth Thomas, Alison Johnston, Eve Matheson; dir:Tony Palmer [cast and production photos, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1992: A SLIP OF THE TONGUE - Dusty Hughes (Shaftesbury) Ingeborga Dapkunaite, John Malkovich, Clotilde Courau, Kara Zediker, Lizzy McInnerny; dir:Simon Stokes [24pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1992: IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY - Ray Cooney (Playhouse) John Quayle, Michael Fenner, Wanda Ventham, Ray Cooney, Jacqueline Clarke, Dennis Ramsden, Sandra Dickinson, Jennifer Hill, William Harry, Windsor Davies, Henry McGee, Doris Hare; dir:Ray Cooney [24pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, 8 colour production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1992: MISERY - Stephen King, adapted by Simon Moore (Criterion) Bill Paterson, Sharon Gless; dir:Simon Moore [24pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1992: PHILADELPHIA HERE I COME! - Brian Friel (King's Head) Jonathan Arun, Orla Brady, Ruairi Conaghan, Brendan Coyle, Edgar Davies, Pauline Delaney, Aidan Dooley, David Duffy, Patrick Duggan, Frank Dunne, Valerie Hermanni, George Heslin, Eamon Kelly, Denis Quilligan; dir:Dan Crawford [cast list, programme notes, cast and rehearsal photos, credits etc.; date on cover (11/6/92), else VG] £3

1992: PHILADELPHIA HERE I COME! - Brian Friel (Wyndham's) Pauline Delaney, Jonathan Arun, Brendan Coyle, Eamon Kelly, Orla Brady, Denis Quilligan, Patrick Duggan; dir:Dan Crawford [cast, rehearsal and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1992: DANCING AT LUGHNASA - Brian Friel (Garrick) Mark Lambert, Orla Charlton, Sorcha Cusack, Gabrielle Lloyd, Veronica Roberts, Veronica Duffy, John Finn, Michael Jayston; dir:Patrick Mason [44pp; photos, articles etc.; rumpled, else VG] £2

1992: BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT - Geoffrey Archer (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) Richard Todd, Nyree Dawn Porter, Terry Taplin, Brian Ellis; dir:Roger Clissold [cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1992: GRACE - Doug Lucie (Hampstead) Anna Massey, James Laurenson, Ben Thomas, Peter Wight; dir:Mike Bradwell [cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1992: LOST IN YONKERS - Neil Simon (Strand) Ross McCall, Rolf Saxon, Maureen Lipman, Rosemary Harris, Ron Berglas, Janette Legge; dir:David Taylor [44pp; biogs, articles, excellent colour photos; VG] £4

1992: LOST IN YONKERS - Neil Simon (Yvonne Arnaud) Ross McCall, Benny Grant/Matt McGuire, Rolf Saxon, Maureen Lipman, Rosemary Harris, Ron Berglas, Janette Legge; dir:David Taylor [32pp, 5.5x11.75; biogs, extensive articles, 25+ photos; VG] £4

1992: SEE HOW THEY RUN - Philip King (Watermill, Newbury) Maxine Evans, Josephine Tewson, Andy Whipp, Claudia McNulty, Jon Iles, Nicolas Brooke, David Kelsey, Philip Ives, Alastair Evans-Gordon; dir:Wendy Toye [20pp, 4x11.75; cast biographies w.photos, articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1992: WHEN WE ARE MARRIED - J B Priestley (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Amelda Brown, Mark Jax, Gillian Goodman, Andrina Carroll, John Axon, Brian Rawlinson, Sebastian Abineri, Madge Hindle, Robert McIntosh, Joan Blackham, Stephen Mackenna, Tina Gray, Jackie Downey, Rod Arthur; dir:John Adams [36pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, very extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1992: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Edward Albee (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Gwen Taylor, Brian Protheroe, John Hannah, Tracy Thorne; dir:Matthew Warchus [36pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1992 (17 March): CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA - George Bernard Shaw (Greenwich Theatre) Alec McCowen (as Caesar), Amanda Root (as Cleopatra), Sheila Ballantine (as Ftatateeta), Frank Moorey, Timothy Kightley, Duncan Berkshire, Sam Lumb, Wolf Christian, Jim Dunk, Michael Cronin, David Acton, Piers Gibbon, Michael Grandage (as Apollodorus), Damian Goodwin, David Bauckham, Lynette Clarke, Gemma Hancock, Absaar Hasan, Toby Watkins; dir:Matthew Francis [36pp, 5.5x11.75; special Gala Performance programme hosted by Judi Dench; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £5

1992: PLAYING SINATRA - Bernard Kops (Greenwich Theatre) Warehouse Theatre Company: Ian Gelder, Susan Brown, Stefan Bednarczyk; dir:Ted Craig [32pp, 5.5x11.75; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1992: THE CORN IS GREEN - Emlyn Williams (Greenwich Theatre) Patricia Routledge, Brendan O'Hea, Alison Skilbeck, Michael Cronin; dir:Matthew Francis [32pp, 5.5x11.75; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1992: SCHIPPEL THE PLUMBER - C P Taylor (Greenwich Theatre) James Saxon, David Bamber, Kate Buffery, Philip Franks, Richard Freeman, Brian Protheroe, Sadie Shimmin; dir:Jeremy Sams [36pp, 5.5x11.75; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1992: THE MOTHER TONGUE - Alan Franks (Greenwich Theatre) Prunella Scales, Gwen Taylor, Jamie Glover, Bernice Stegers, Caroline Holdaway, Robert McBain, James Bree; dir:Richard Cottrell [36pp, 5.5x11.75; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1992: WHO SHALL I BE TOMORROW? - Bernard Kops (Greenwich Theatre) Joanna Lumley, Harry Landis; dir:Matthew Francis [28pp, 5.5x11.75; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1992: NO MAN'S LAND - Harold Pinter (Almeida) Harold Pinter (as Hirst), Paul Eddington (as Spooner), Douglas Hodge, Gawn Grainger; dir:David Leveaux [5.5x11.75, rehearsal photos, biographies; VG] £4

1992: JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Greenwich Theatre) Martin Jarvis, Susan Jameson, Robin Nedwell, Liz Smith, Rosalind Ayres; dir:Robin Midgeley [5.5x11.75, cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1992: PAINTING CHURCHES - Tina Howe (Playhouse) Leslie Phillips, Sian Phillips, Josie Lawrence; dir:Patrick Sandford [6.25x11.75; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1992: ALL MY SONS - Arthur Miller (Young Vic) Robert O'Mahoney, Ian Bannen (as Joe Keller), Eamonn Riley, Amanda Boxer, Kate Lonergan, Matthew Marsh (as Chris Keller), Daniel Costelloe, Martin Levy-Andersson, Hallam Rice-Edwards, Marjorie Yates (as Kate Keller), Suzan Sylvester, David Westhead; dir:David Thacker [36pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, illustrated articles, rehearsal photos, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1992: THE MADRAS HOUSE - Harley Granville Barker (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Roger Allam (as Philip Madras), Thomas Wheatley, Charlotte Harvey, Kate Lock, Alexandra Mathie, Suzanna Hamilton, Frances Cuka, Sam Kelly (as Henry Huxtable), Helen Ryan, Eve Matheson, Trilby James, Jim Hooper, Bill Bailey, John Hallam (as Constantine Madras); dir:Peter James [40pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, large company photo, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1992: DANCING AT LUGHNASA - Brian Friel (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon) Abbey Theatre Dublin production: Sam Dale, Anny Tobin, Kate Fitzgerald, Susan Curnow, Anne Kavanagh, Helena Little, Phillip Joseph, Alan Dobie; dir:Patrick Mason [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; date on cover (13/2/92), else VG] £4

1992: THE GLASS MENAGERIE - Tennessee Williams (Bristol Old Vic) Paul Brennen, Marjorie Yates, Sally Mais, John Lloyd Fillingham; dir:Ian Hastings [28pp, 8.25x11.75, cast biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

1992: IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR - Philip Ryan (Young Vic) Michael O'Connor, Mandy Travis, Rob Jarvis, David Rubin, Nicola Slade, Charlotte Storey, Amanda Symonds, Gillian Bevan, Anthony Barclay, Jeremy Brook, Kieran Cunningham; dir:Karen Stephens and Chris White [8.25x11.75; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1992: ABSENT FRIENDS - Alan Ayckbourn (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Susie Blake, Jane Slavin, Cherith Mellor, Michael Melia, John Salthouse, Gary Bond; dir:Peter James [8.25x11.75; cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1992: THE WOMAN IN BLACK - adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill (Fortune) Edward Petherbridge, Joseph Fiennes; dir:Robin Herford [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast and production photos, illustrated articles, biographies; VG] £3

1992: THE WOMAN IN BLACK - adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill (Fortune) John Nettleton, Patrick Toomey; dir:Robin Herford [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast and production photos, illustrated articles, biographies; VG] £3

1992: OLEANNA - David Mamet (Garrick) Aaron Eckhart, Julia Stiles; dir:Lindsay Posner [20pp, 8.75x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, 6 colour rehearsal photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

Plays: 1993

1993: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - Moss Hart and George S Kaufman (King's Head) Bridget Turner, Sally George, Natasha Williams, Anthony Dawes, Jeffrey Perry, Roderick Nicolson, Howard Saddler, Frank Middlemass, Janie Dee, Garry Scanlan, Paul Venables, William Sleigh, Lavinia Bertram, Rowland Davies, Doreen Andrew, Jon Samuel; dir:Martin Connor [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1993 (25-30 Oct): MR & MRS NOBODY - Keith Waterhouse, adapted from The Diary of A Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Patricia Routledge (as Carrie Pooter), Clive Swift (as Charles Pooter), Tricia Banham, Robert Aldous; dir:Matthew Francis [28pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, 7 production photos, credits etc; VG] £4

1993: THE MAIDS - Jean Genet, translated by David Ridkin, and NO WAY OUT - Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Frank Hauser (Tour) Actors Touring Company: Peter Bailie, Sarah Malin, Richard Sandells, Siobhan Stanley; dir:Nick Philippou [8pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, company biographies, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £2

1993: PLAYHOUSE CREATURES - April De Angelis (Tour) The Sphinx: Jean Marlow, Fleur Bennett, Nicola Grier, Frances Cuka, Geraldine Fitzgerald; dir:Sue Parrish [12pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, company photo, programme notes, article on The Sphinx (formerly the Women's Theatre Group), tour schedule, credits etc; VG] £3

1993: THE BELLS OF NOTRE DAME - Vince Foxall (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon) Miltos Yerolemou (as Quasimodo), Stefan Bednarczyk, Louise English, Lolita Chakrabarti, Joanna Brookes, Francis Magee; dir:Ted Craig [20pp, 5.8x8.24; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1993: TIME OF MY LIFE - Alan Ayckbourn (Richmond Theatre) Anton Rogers, Gwen Taylor, Richard Garnett, Stephen Mapes, Karen Drury, Sophie Heyman, Terence Booth; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1993: THE ASH FIRE - Gavin Kostick (Tricycle) Kathy Downes, Peter Hanly, Clodagh O'Donoghue, Paul Hickey, Paul Meade, Karen Ardiff; dir:Jim Culleton [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc.; date on cover (15/2/93), else VG] £2

1993: THE LAND OF WHISPERS - Noel Greig (Arts Centre, University of Warwick) Theatre Centre production: Antony McBride, Antonia Coker, Royce Hounsell, David Baker, Yolande Bastide; dir:Libby Mason [12pp, 3.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits, notes etc.; VG] £2

1993: RETURN JOURNEY - Dylan Thomas (Tour) Bob Kingdom; dir:Anthony Hopkins [12pp, 5.9x8.25; biographies w.photos, 6 pages of illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1993: RICOCHET - Malcolm Taylor (New Victoria Theatre, Woking) Robert Astor (as Disraeli), Keith Barron (as Sparrow), Nigel Havers (as Lord Qualtrop), Neil Stacy (as Bullstrode); dir:David Taylor [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: MARCHING FOR FAUSA - Biyi Bandele (Royal Court Upstairs) Susan Aderin, Patrice Naiambana, Pamela Nomvete, Pauline Black, Leo Wringer, Femi Elufowoju Jnr,. Jude Akuwudike; dir:Annie Castledine [4pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1993: WAITING AT THE WATER'S EDGE - Lucinda Coxon (Bush Theatre) Helen Anderson, Suzanna Hamilton, Amelda Brown, Chris Eccleston (AKA Christopher Eccleston), Callum Dixon; dir:Polly Teale [12pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1993: BURNING EVEREST - Adrian Flynn (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Tanya Ronder, Greg Chisholm, Tom Knight, Louise Kerr, Rebecca Callard, James Hooton, Nicholas Hewetson, Neil Conrich; dir:Simon Usher [32pp, 5.7x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: ARMS AND THE MAN - George Bernard Shaw (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Victoria Scarborough, Cory Pulman, Colette O'Neil, James Tomlinson, Dale Rapley, Thomas Lockyer, Dan Armour, Tom Gregory; dir:John Harrison [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: THE OFFICE PARTY - John Godber (Nottingham Playhouse) Hull Truck Theatre Company: Gareth Tudor Price, Iain Rogerson, Rebecca Clay, Steven Alvey, Gaynor Faye, Deborah Winckles, John Kirk, Andrew Stanson, Jane Houston-Green; dir:John Godber, Gareth Tudor Price [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated feature about Hull Truck, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: PLASTERED - Joff Chafer, Sally Cook, Alan Riley, Toby Wilsher (Tour) Trestle Theatre Company: Jilly Dickens, Nicky Fearn, Stephen Harper, Simon Hutchens; dir:Joff Chafer, Sally Cook, Toby Wilsher and the cast [8pp, 5.9x8.25; cast photos, biographies, production photos, illustrated articles; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1993: LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS - Jacques Prevert, adapted by David Glass and Mike Alfreds (Tour) Cambridge Theatre Company: Richard Atlee, Gary Barber, John Baxter, Jack Chissick, Anne-Marie Duff, Sue Holland, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Robert McCaffrey, Marcello Magni, Vincenzo Nicoli, Caroline Quentin, David Shaw-Parker, Stephen Ventura; dir:Mike Alfreds and David Glass [20pp, 5.8x8.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; date on cover, else VG] £3

1993: SNOW ORCHID - Joseph Pintauro (Gate Theatre) Jude Law, Paola Dionisotti, Roger Lloyd Pack; dir:Tim Luscombe [biographies, notes etc.; VG] £2

1993: KINDERTRANSPORT - Diane Samuels (Cockpit) Soho Theatre Company: Elizabeth Bell, Suzan Sylvester, Doreen Andrew, Nigel Hastings; dir:Abigail Morris [24pp; photos, articles etc.; VG] £3

1993: THE OLD COUNTRY - Alan Bennett (Palace Theatre, Watford) Oliver Ford Davies, Ann Firbank, Edward de Souza [cast photos, biographies, illustrated article; VG] £3

1993: IT'S A GREAT BIG SHAME! - Mike Leigh (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) Kathy Burke, Michael Gunn [cast photos, biographies, illustrated article; minor marks else VG] £2

1993: THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL - St John Hankin (Orange Tree) Frank Moorey, Caroline John, Brian Hickey, Timothy Watson, Amanda Royle, Tim Goodwin, Peter Wyatt, Auriol Smith, Janine Wood, David Timson, Caroline Gruber; dir:Peter Leslie Wild [32pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1993: KING JAMES' EAR - Rod Dungate (Old Red Lion) Michael Roberts, Sharon Willmott, John Killoran, William Haden, Paul J Reeve, Gemma Hancock, Frank Stirling, Kevin Howarth, Ben Albu, Sarah Northgraves, Vivian Munn, Daniel Goodwin/Michael Smith, Anthony Houghton, Richard Hollis, Thomas Deakin; dir:Joe Harmston [12pp, 6x9; cast list, programme notes, biographies etc.; VG] £1

1993: DERBY DAY - Brian B Thompson (Tour) Yorkshire Theatre Company: Dale Savage, Christopher Halliday, Malcolm Jennings, Rosalind Paul; dir:Toby Swift [4pp, 6x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £1

1993: REDWOOD CURTAIN - Lanford Wilson (Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York) Circle Repertory Company production: Jeff Daniels, Sung Yun Cho, Debra Monk; dir:Marshall W Mason [68pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Programme Vol.93 No.3); cast biographies w.photos, articles, lots of content; VG] £2

1993: DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER - Marc Camoletti (Duchess) Simon Ward, Royce Mills, Jacki Piper, Judy Graham, Sue Hodge, Tim Perrin; dir:Peter Farago [44pp, 6x9; cast biographies w.large photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: THE NORMAN CONQUESTS - Alan Ayckbourn, and FEED - Tom Elliott (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough) Norman: Peter Lindford (as Norman), Andrew Charleson, Jane Maud, Dariel Pertwee (as Annie), Adrian McLoughlin, Buffy Davis, dir:Alan Ayckbourn; Feed: Malcolm Hebden, Lesley Nicol, Sophia Winter; dir:James Tomlinson [28pp, 8x8; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1993: IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY - Ray Cooney (Playhouse) John Quayle, Sandra Dickinson, Wanda Ventham, Henry McGee, Ray Cooney, Dennis Ramsden, Jacqueline Clarke, Christine Russell, Michael Fenner, Jennifer Hill, William Harry, John Hart Dyke [24pp; cast and production photos (some in colour), biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4

1993: NO MAN'S LAND - Harold Pinter (Comedy) Harold Pinter, Paul Eddington, Douglas Hodge, Gawn Grainger [20pp, 6x9; 10+ production photos, biographies; smart programme; VG] £4

1993: TRANSLATIONS - Brian Friel (Donmar Warehouse) Barry Lynch (as Manus), Cara Kelly, Tony Rohr, Zara Turner (as Maire), Daniel Flynn, Clare Cathcart, Norman Rodway (as Hugh), Robert Patterson, David Killick, James Larkin (as Lieutenant Yolland); dir:Sam Mendes [24pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: PLAYLAND - Athol Fugard (Donmar Warehouse) John Kani, Sean Taylor, Bill Flynn [cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1993: JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK - Sean O'Casey (Albery) Gate Theatre Dublin production: Antoine Byrne, Anita Reeves, Tom Murphy, Alan Mooney, Niall Buggy, Mark Lambert, Peter Gowen, Nuala Hayes, Maire Hastings, Derry Power, David Wilmot, Mark O'Halloran, Michael Devaney, Ciaran McMahon, David Johnston; dir:Joe Dowling [24pp, 6x9; cast list, 9 production photos, cast biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits; smart programme; VG] £4

1993: JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK - Sean O'Casey (Wyndham's) Gate Theatre Dublin production: Antoine Byrne, Anita Reeves, Tom Murphy, Alan Mooney, Niall Buggy, Mark Lambert, Michael Devaney, Maire Hastings, Bernadette McKenna, Derry Power, Alan Archbold, David Wilmot, Mark O'Halloran, John Paul Connolly, Ciaran McMahon, David Johnston; dir:Joe Dowling [24pp, 6x9; cast list, 9 production photos, cast biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits; smart programme; VG] £4

1993: HAY FEVER - Noel Coward (Albery) Maria Aitken, John Standing, Carmen du Sautoy, Christopher Godwin, Sara Crowe, Abigail Cruttenden, Richard Garnett, Nick Waring, Maria Charles; dir:Alan Strachan [28pp; 20+ production and cast photos, articles etc.; minor marks else VG] £4

1993: ON THE PISTE - John Godber (Garrick) Peter Birch, Stephanie Pack, Julia Deakin, Gillian Tompkins, Ivan Kaye, Paul Bown; dir:Bob Tomson [48pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1993: THE LAST YANKEE - Arthur Miller (Duke of York's) Helen Burns, Peter Davison, David Healy, Margot Leicester; dir:David Thacker [36pp; biogs, articles, photos] £3

1993: THE INVISIBLE MAN - adapted by Ken Hill from the novel by H G Wells (Vaudeville) Brian Murphy, Michael N Harbour, Toni Palmer; dir:Ken Hill [36pp; photos, articles etc.; VG] £3

1993: SEPARATE TABLES - Terence Rattigan (Albery) Peter Hall Company: Jennifer Thorne, Rachel Gurney, Rosemary Leach (as Mrs Railton-Bell), Miriam Karlin, Kate O'Malley, Ernest Clark, Patricia Hodge (as Mrs Shankland; Miss Railton-Bell), Charlotte Cornwell (as Miss Cooper), Peter Bowles (as Mr Malcolm; Major Pollock), Ben Walden, Faith Flint, dir:Peter Hall [cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1993: PRESENT LAUGHTER - Noel Coward (Globe) Lucy Robinson, Hana-Maria Pravda, Martin Sadler, Gabrielle Drake, Tom Conti, Judy Loe, James Purefoy, George Pensotti, James Woolley, Jenny Seagrove, Rona Anderson; dir:Tom Conti [cast photos, biographies, illustrated article; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1993: PRESENT LAUGHTER - Noel Coward (Palace Theatre, Manchester) Lucy Robinson, Hana-Maria Pravda, Martin Sadler, Gabrielle Drake, Tom Conti, Judy Loe, James Purefoy, George Pensotti, James Woolley, Jenny Seagrove, Rona Anderson; dir:Tom Conti [40pp, 7x10; cast photos, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

1993: LA MUSICA - Marguerite Duras, translated by Barbara Bray (Hampstead Theatre) Larry Lamb, Harriet Walter; dir:Joseph Blatchley [28pp, 7x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated article, credits etc.; VG] £2

1993: THE DEARLY BELOVED - Philip Osment (Hampstead Theatre) Cambridge Theatre Company production: Sam Cox, Marlene Sidaway, Sally Knyvette, John Gillett, Lucien Taylor, Annie Hayes, Veronica Roberts, Pamela Moiseiwitsch, Peter Wight; dir:Mike Alfreds [28pp, 7x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1993: MARVIN'S ROOM - Scott McPherson (Hampstead Theatre) Alison Steadman, Ian Gelder, Carmel McSharry, Stuart MacKenzie, Phyllis Logan, Vicky Licorish, Aidan Gillen, James Hiller-Brook, Simon Connolly; dir:David Petrarca [28pp, 7x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: A GOING CONCERN - Stephen Jeffreys (Hampstead Theatre) David Killick, James Clyde, Adam Godley, David Horovitch, Shaun Prendergast, Reece Dinsdale, Henry Stamper, Samantha Holland; dir:Matthew Lloyd [28pp, 7x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1993: INTERIORS and SOIREE - devised by Yvette Bozsik (Hampstead Theatre) Yvette Bozsik Theatre Company production: Yvette Bozsik, Robin Blackledge, Eva Magyar [24pp, 7x9.75; cast list, biographies, 4 large production photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1993: LIVE LIKE PIGS - John Arden (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs) Helen Blatch, Trevor Cooper, Siobhan Fogarty, Kristin Hewson, Kathryn Hunter, Paula Jacobs, Mary Keegan, Philip Kingston, Simon Kunz, Ruth Lass, Jude Law, Lizzie McPhee, John Salthouse, Ewan Stewart; dir:Katie Mitchell [6pp, 5.5x11.75 triplefold; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: MRS CEAUSESCU'S ORGANISATION OF LOVE - Phil Smith (Walter Roy Theatre, Norwich) Plain Clothes production: Maureen Morris, Paul Ritter, Virginia Radcliffe, Matthew Zajac; dir:Francesca Joseph [6pp, 5.5x11.75 triplefold; cast list, biographies, list of scenes, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: THE DEEP BLUE SEA - Terence Rattigan (Almeida) Penelope Wilton (as Hester Collyer), William Osborne, Sanda Voe, Emma Amos, Wojtek Pszoniak, Nicholas Jones (as William Collyer), Linus Roache (as Freddie Page), Edward Tudor-Pole; dir:Karel Reisz [20pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, biographies, rehearsal photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: BRIGHTON ROCK - Graham Greene, adapted by David Horlock (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Tim Briggs, Catherine Cusack, Colin Farrell, John Griffin, Robert Hamilton, Peter Harding, John Higgins (as Pinkie), Lynda Rooke, Jessica Stevenson, Paul Viragh; dir:Vicky Featherstone [36pp, 5.4x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: ALL GOD'S CHILLUN GOT WINGS - Eugene O'Neill (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Christopher John Hall, Valerie Murray, Sharon Henry, Geraldine Alexander, Richard Katz, Clinton Blake, Tom Higgins; dir:Burt Caesar [36pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: CANDIDA - George Bernard Shaw (Yvonne Arnaud) Liza Goddard, Bill Pertwee, James Smillie, Jonathan Morris; dir:Val May [32pp, 5.5x11.75; photos, articles, illustrations etc.; VG] £3

1993: THE PAN BEATERS - Stephen Landrigan (Greenwich Theatre) Jim Findley, Joanna McCallum, Don Warrington; dir:Felix Cross [28pp, 5.5x11.75; photos, articles etc.; light crease on cover, else VG] £2

1993: ENTERTAINING MR.SLOANE - Joe Orton (Greenwich Theatre) Janet Dale, Ben Daniels, Ian Gelder, Christopher Hancock; dir:Jeremy Sams [5.5x11.75; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1993 (22 Jul-28 Aug): UNDER THE STARS - Richard Crane (Greenwich Theatre) Pam Ferris, Connie Booth, Tyler Butterworth, Nicholas Gecks, Penny Morrel, and the voices of Patricia Routledge and June Whitfield [5.5x11.75, cast photos, biographies, two excellent illustrated articles about "Understudying" and "Dames"; VG] £4

1993: MOONLIGHT - Harold Pinter (Almeida) Claire Skinner, Ian Holm, Anna Massey, Michael Sheen, Douglas Hodge, Jill Johnson, Edward de Souza; dir:David Leveaux [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, Pinter at The Almeida (w.15 production photos), credits etc.; VG] £4

1993: COMEDIANS - Trevor Griffiths (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Berwick Kaler (as Eddie Waters), Stuart McGugan, Tim McInnerny (as Gethin Price), Jeff Nuttall, Vincent Regan, Willie Ross, Sandeep Sharma, Paul Slack, Liam de Staic (as George McBrain), Emil Wolk; dir:Jude Kelly [32pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: THE LAST YANKEE - Arthur Miller (Young Vic) Peter Davison, David Healy, Zoe Wanamaker, Helen Burns, Bethany Hanson; dir:David Thacker [32pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, programme notes, biographies w.photos, 12+ rehearsal photos, 7 production photos of Arthur Miller plays at the Young Vic, line drawings, credits etc.; VG] £4

1993: IN THE SUMMER HOUSE - Jane Bowles (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Rosemary Harris, Roland Curram [8.25x11.75; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1993: GREASEPAINT - Hisashi Inoue (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Frances de la Tour as Yoko Satsuki [8.25x11.75; 10+ photos, biographies, articles; VG] £3

1993: THE GHOST TRAIN - Arnold Ridley (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Bill Oddie, Aden Gillett, Avril Elgar, Sara Mair-Thomas [8.25x11.75; cast photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

1993: FOR SERVICES RENDERED - Somerset Maugham (Salisbury Playhouse) Jeffrey Segal, Avril Elgar, Moir Leslie, Colin Haigh, Terry Taplin, Ann Penfold, Peter Halliday; dir:Deborah Paige [8.25x11.75; cast photos, biographies, articles; VG] £2

1993: WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD (The Age of Chivalry) - devised by Martin Starkie (Mermaid) Fenella Fielding, Ian Kelsey, Gene Foad, Robin Hart, Paula Tappenden, Rupert Ingham, Graham McTavish, Edmund Dehn, Fiona O'Connor, Jane Laraman; dir:Martin Starkie [12pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: ON GOLDEN POND - Ernest Thompson (Chester Gateway Theatre) Ronnie Stevens, Anne Ridler, Fergus McLarnon, Serretta Wilson, David Angus, James Michael Walter; dir:Dilys Hamlett [32pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1993: THE ARCHERS in Murder At Ambridge Hall - Andy Rashleigh (National Tour) Archers Addicts production: Carole Boyd (as Lynda Snell), Trevor Harrison (as Eddie Grundy), Terry Molloy (as Mike Tucker), Rosalind Adams (as Clarrie Grundy), Linda Massodar, Kurt Meckie, Catherine Yates, Richard Derrington (as Mark Hebdon), Felicity Finch (as Ruth Archer); dir:Richard Williams [8pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; w.separate 5"x7" photo of Trevor Harrison as Eddie Grundy; VG] £4

1993: THUNDERBIRDS F.A.B. - The Next Generation - Andrew Dawson and Gavin Robertson (Apollo) Souvenir Programme Paul Kent, Wayne Forester; dir:Andrew Dawson, Gavin Robertson [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biographies, extensive illustrated articles, with 15+ excellent colour photographs of the Thunderbirds puppets, credits etc.; VG] £5

Plays: 1994

1994 (8 Dec-18 Mch 1995): THE THREEPENNY OPERA - Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, translated by Robert David Macdonald and Jeremy Sams (Donmar Warehouse) Tom Mannion (as Mr Peachum), Beverley Klein (as Mrs Peachum), Sharon Small (as Polly Peachum), Tom Hollander (as Macheath), Ben Albu, Simon Walter, Jeremy Harrison, Terence Maynard, Simon Dormandy, Natasha Bain, Tara Hugo, Francesca Linden, Kate Edgar, Dawn Michael, Caroline Hall, Kevin Davy, Paul F Girbow; dir:Phyllida Lloyd [28pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] PLUS a (highly recommended!) fake 16-page issue of the London Evening Standard, dated London 2001, consisting entirely of invented items: News articles (e.g. House raids as the net closes on MacHeath, Deal set for Disney-on-Thames, Bottomley's 17-year wait for op, William the Fifth, a skateboarding king for our times, Long live the King as police take up security positions, How Charles will make sense of the Coronation and many more), Advertisements (e.g. BE BOLD, BE BALD TODAY Total and permanent hair removal, The new all-weather, stereo DYNOMASK etc.) and TV listings (Channels include: Foster's BBC1, Sanyo BBC2, MGM Carlton, Toyota CHANNEL 4, TOTS TV, YOOF TV, MILITARY TV, WRINKLY TV, SLEAZE TV, SMELLAVISION, SNUFF CHANNEL, and TV TV; programmes include THIS IS YOUR LIFE Lord L*c*n, EMMERDALE: The village is looking a little less scenic after the nuclear blast at Harrogate Megatropolis, TOP GEAR: How practical are machine-gun mountings on the ordinary electric saloon?, WESTMINSTER SEX GUIDE: Which hairshirt socialist has a penchant for fluffy romper-suits?) and much more! [16pp, 12x15.4; VG] £8

1994 (6 Oct-26 Nov): DOCTOR KNOCK - Jules Romains, version by Harley Granville Barker (Orange Tree) Geoffrey Beevers (as Dr Knock), Robert McBain, Auriol Smith, John Padden, Philip York, Brian Miller, Karen Ascoe, Phillipa Gail; dir:Sam Walters [36pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1994 (6-10 Sep): ARSENIC AND OLD LACE - Joseph Kesselring (Richmond Theatre) Josephine Tewson (as Abby Brewster), James Clarkson, Rowland Davies (as Teddy Brewster), Bruce Douglas, Jack Auten, Patsy Byrne (as Martha Brewster), Amanda Holden, Steven Pacey (as Mortimer Brewster), David Shaw-Parker, Tom Baker (as Jonathan Brewster), Peter MacKriel, Paul Grunert; dir:Clifford Williams [48pp, 7x9.9; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1994 (5-9 Apr): ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR - Alan Ayckbourn (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Janet Dibley, Daniel Hill, Francis Matthews, Georgina Hale, Liza Tarbuck, Andrew Hall; dir:Peter Wilson [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1994: PERIPHERAL VIOLENCE - Robin Lindsay Wilson (Cockpit) Soho Theatre Company: Ronnie McCann, Rab Christie, Susan Webster, Campbell Morrison, Stuart McGugan; dir:Mark Ravenhill [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc; VG] £2

1994: THE SHADOW OF LIGHT - Lisa Evans (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon and Tour) Proteus Theatre Company production: Tim Charrington, Susanna Northern, Susan Earnshaw, Andrew McDonald, Vivien Keene; dir:James Brining [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994: THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE - Jay Presson Allen, Muriel Spark (Strand) John Fitzgerald-Jay, Katherine Stark, Patricia Hodge (as Jean Brodie), Jackie Morrison, Jane Reilly, Pauline Turner, Liz Ewing, Edith MacArthur (as Miss Mackay), David Yelland (as Teddy Lloyd), Simon Scott (as Gordon Lowther), Helen Dorward, Peter Leafe, Morag Brownlie, Selina Griffiths, Vicki Liddelle, Helen Logan, Sally-Ann Burnett, dir:Alan Strachan [40pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, 9 colour production photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1994 (28 Nov-3 Dec): IN PRAISE OF RATTIGAN - Terence Rattigan, devised by Jack Tinker and Martin Tickner (Lyceum Theatre, Crewe) Penelope Keith, Christopher Cazenove, John Nettleton, Moray Watson; dir:Penelope Keith [20pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, list of excerpts performed, extensive illustrated programme notes about Rattigan, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994 (Jun): STEEL MAGNOLIAS - Robert Harling (Opera House Theatre, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA) Opera House Theatre Company production: Denise S Bass, Jennifer Moranz, Judy Bentley, Brinley Arden Vickers, Suellen Yates, Beverly Skinner; dir:Lou Criscuolo [20pp, 5.6x8.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1994 (16 Feb-12 Mch): LETTICE AND LOVAGE - Peter Shaffer (Redgrave Theatre, Farnham) Geraldine Newman, David Crosse, Wendy Gifford, Marie Alley; dir:Graham Watkins [24pp, 6.9x9.8; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994: BETRAYAL - Harold Pinter (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Leslee Udwin (as Emma), Richard Hope (as Jerry), Timothy Walker (as Robert), Charlie Dickinson; dir:Matthew Warchus [36pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, excellent illustrated articles w.12+ photos (including an interview with Pinter), credits etc.; VG] £3

1994: THE EAGLE HAS TWO HEADS - Jean Cocteau, translated by Ronald Duncan (Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadlers Wells) Mytton Crest Theatre Company: Lisa Harrow, Stash Kirkbride, Brian Spink; dir:Susannah York [cast photos, biographies, illustrated article; VG] £3

1994: HALF THE PICTURE: The Scott "Arms to Iraq" Inquiry - adapted by Richard Norton Taylor and John McGrath (Tricycle) Michael Stroud, Jan Chappell, Sylvia Syms, William Hoyland, Jeremy Clyde, Michael Culver, Raad Rawi, Robert East, David Robb; dir:Nicolas Kent [extensive articles, biographies; VG] £4

1994: DRIVING MISS DAISY - Alfred Uhry (Royal Theatre, Northampton) Janet Whiteside, Chris Matthews, Ruddy L Davis; dir:Michael Napier Brown [cast photos, biographies, articles; VG] £2

1994: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD - J M Synge (Tour) Communicado production:Mark Aiken (as Christy Mahon), Owen Kavavagh, Michael Derrington, Cara Kelly, Franchine Mulrooney, James Ryland, Molly Innes, Donna Bainbridge; dir:Gerry Mulgrew [16pp, 5.9x8.2; cast biographies, notes; VG] £2

1994: CRUSADE - Paul Sirett (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) Burt Caesar, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Marcus Hutton, Ben Joseph, Kate Lonergan, Tara Shaw; dir:Jeff Teare [16pp; biographies and photos, illustrations; VG] £4

1994: THE ASH MAID - Anna Maria Murphy (Tour) Kneehigh Theatre: Emma Rice, Bec Applebee, Sue Hill, Mike Shepherd, Giles King, Allan Drake; dir:Bill Mitchell, Tristan Sturrock [6pp, 8.25x8.25 triple-fold; cast list, illustrated articles, Tour Schedule, credits etc.; VG] £2

1994: TRUE WEST - Sam Shepard (Donmar Warehouse) Mark Rylance, Michael Rudko, David Henry, Marcia Warren; dir:Matthew Warchus [28pp, 6x9; cast list, rehearsal photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £3

1994: GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS - David Mamet (Donmar Warehouse) James Bolam (as Shelly Levene), William Armstrong (as John Williamson), Anthony O'Donnell, John Benfield, Ron Cook (as Richard Roma), Keith Bartlett, Carl Proctor; dir:Sam Mendes [28pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies, illustrated articles, credits; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1994: DESIGN FOR LIVING - Noel Coward (Donmar Warehouse) Rachel Weisz (as Gilda), Nicholas Clay, Clive Owen (as Otto), Paul Rhys (as Leo), Johanna Kirby, Jason Cheater, Jan de Villeneuve, Stuart Bennett, Lou Gish, Chad Shepherd; dir:Sean Mathias [28pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies, illustrated articles, photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994: HOME - David Storey (Wyndham's) Paul Eddington, Richard Briers, Brenda Bruce, Rowena Cooper; dir:David Leveaux [40pp, 6.75x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994: THE CANTERBURY TALES - adapted by Michael Bogdanov, written by Robin Davies (Garrick) Brian Glover, David Bailie; dir:Peter James [40pp, 6.75x9.5; biogs, articles, photos] £3

1994: THE MIRACLE WORKER - William Gibson (Comedy) Jenny Seagrove, William Gaunt, Judi Bowker, Catherine Holman, Annette Crooks, Shelaagh Ferrell, Matthew Sharp, Michael Thornton; dir:Richard Olivier [40pp, 6.75x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated article, credits; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1994: NEVILLE'S ISLAND - Tim Firth (Apollo) Tony Slattery, Jonathan Coy, Michael Siberry; dir:Jeremy Sams [48pp, 6.75x9.5; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1994: WHAT A PERFORMANCE - William Humble (Queen's) David Suchet (as Sid Field), Christopher Godwin, Marilyn Cutts, Jacqueline Charlesworth, Clive Panto, John Conroy, Andrew Bradley, Gary J Myers, Lindsay Hamilton, Chris Howell, Catrin Davies; dir:Roger Redfarn [48pp, 6.75x9.5; 20+ cast and production photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

1994: LADIES' NIGHT - Stephen Sinclair and Anthony McCarten (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Robert Pike, Clifford J Predgen; dir:Paul Kerryson [24pp, 6.9x9.75; photos, biographies etc.; VG] £2

1994: ROPE - Patrick Hamilton (Wyndham's) Tristan Gemmill (as Wyndham Brandon), James Buller (as Charles Granillo), Roger Ennals, Simon Chadwick, Debra Beaumont, Richard Warwick, Dawn Keeler, Anthony Head (as Rupert Cadell); dir:Keith Baxter [40pp, 6.75x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, 9 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1994: DEAD FUNNY - Terry Johnson (Hampstead) Zoe Wanamaker, David Haig, Niall Buggy, Danny Webb, Beatie Edney; dir:Terry Jonhson [24pp, 6.8x9.8; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1994: DEAD FUNNY - Terry Johnson (Vaudeville) Zoe Wanamaker, David Haig, Niall Buggy, Danny Webb, Beatie Edney; dir:Terry Jonhson [32pp, 6.7x9.5; cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1994: GHOST FROM A PERFECT PLACE - Philip Ridley (Hampstead) Bridget Turner, John Wood, Trevyn McDowell, Rachel Power, Katie Tyrrell; dir:Matthew Lloyd [24pp, 6.8x9.8; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1994: THE LODGER - Simon Burke (Hampstead) Philip Jackson, Julia Ford, Matthew Marsh, Mark Womack, Liz Stooke, Robert Calvert; dir:Richard Wilson [28pp, 6.8x9.8; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1994: A COLLIER'S FRIDAY NIGHT - D H Lawrence (Hampstead) Barbara Jefford, Suzanne Hitchmough, Michelle Chadwick, Edward Peel, Dominic Rowan, Raymond Mason, Robert Aldous, Kate Ashfield, Sophie Stanton; dir:John Dove [20pp, 6.8x9.8; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1994: GAUCHO - Doug Lucie (Hampstead) Tim McInnerny, Julia Lane, Phyllis Logan, Dominic Jephcott, Kate Fahy, grant masters; dir:Doug Lucie [20pp, 6.8x9.8; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1994: DOGSPOT - Claire Luckham (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton) Lisa Harrow, Terence Booth, George Costigan [32pp, 6.9x9.75; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £2

1994: A PASSIONATE WOMAN - Kay Mellor (Comedy) Stephanie Cole, Neil Morrissey, James Gaddas, Alfred Lynch; dir:Ned Sherrin [44pp, 6.7x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, 4 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994: BEAUTIFUL THING - Jonathan Harvey (Duke of York's) Zubin Varla, Diane Parish, Amelda Brown, Richard Dormer, Rhys Ifans; dir:Hettie Macdonald [20pp, 6.9x9.75; photos, biographies etc.; VG] £4

1994: WINDOW DRESSING - Joss Chafer, Sally Cook, Toby Wilsher, Shaun Prendergast (Tour) Zannie Fraser, James Greaves, Sarah Langford, Debi Mastel; dir:Joss Chafer, Sally Cook, Toby Wilsher [12pp, 6.9x9.9; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; attractive programme; VG] £4

1994: WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS - J M Barrie (Watermill, Newbury) Glen Hayes, Don Crerar, Fergus McLarnon, Caroline Gruber (as Maggie Wylie), Michael Nardone (as John Shand), Judy Campbell (as Comtesse de la Briere), Juliet Howland (as Lady Sybil), Kenneth Gilbert, Helen Punt; dir:Dilys Hamlett [20pp, 4.1x11.75; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1994 (14 Sep-29 Oct): JOKING APART - Alan Ayckbourn (Greenwich Theatre) James Coombes, Julia Watson, Liz Crowther, Crispin Letts, Kenneth Price, Sara Markland, John Arthur, Lesley Nicol; dir:Robin Herford [20pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, Chronology of Ayckbourn, credits etc.; minor marks, else VG] £3

1994: FORTY YEARS ON - Alan Bennett (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Benjamin Whitrow (as Headmaster), David Firth, Harry Burton, Madge Hindle, Susan Porrett, Simon Egerton, Gresby Nash, Mark Denham; dir:Jeremy Sams [36pp, 5.5x11.7; cast list, extensive illustrated programme notes (12 pages), biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994: RICOCHET - Malcolm Taylor (Malvern Festival Theatre) Nigel Havers, Richard O'Callaghan, Neil Stacy, Robert Peel; dir:David Taylor [16pp, 5.5x11.7; cast list, extensive programme notes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994: SAINT JOAN - George Bernard Shaw (Malvern Festival Theatre) Imogen Stubbs, Peter Jeffrey, Ken Bones, Jasper Britton, David Daker, Bruce Purchase, Philip Quast, Paul Webster, Lara Bobroff, Jack Carr, Dominic Curtis, Charles Dale, John Dougall, Julian Forsyth, Andrew Jarvis, Gordon Langford Rowe, Colin Mace, Eric Mason, Nicholas Rowe; dir:Gale Edwards [32pp, 5.5x11.7; cast list, illustrated programme notes, biographies w.photos, credits, details of other Malvern Festival events etc.; VG] £4

1994: SAINT JOAN - Bernard Shaw (Strand) Charles Dale, Jack Carr, Imogen Stubbs (as Joan), Julian Forsyth, Eric Mason, Bruce Purchase, Colin Mace, John Dougall, Andrew Jarvis, Jasper Britton (as The Dauphin), Lara Bobroff, Dominic Curtis, Philip Quast (as Dunois), Ken Bones (as Warwick), David Daker, Paul Webster, Peter Jeffrey (as The Inquisitor), Nicholas Rowe, Gordon Langford Rowe; dir:Gale Edwards [40pp, 6.7x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated programme notes, 9 colour production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1994: THE QUEEN AND I - Sue Townsend (Haymarket, Leicester) Polly James, Steven Casey, Sidney Cole, Stephanie Fayerman, Tony Guilfoyle, William Hoyland, Bella Merlin, Thomasina Unsworth, Jane Wood; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [24pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1994: THE OLD LADIES - Rodney Ackland (Greenwich Theatre) Faith Brook, Miriam Karlin, Doreen Mantle; dir:Annie Castledine [28pp, 5.5x11.75; photos, articles etc.; plus colourful flyer for the show; VG] £4

1994: A SONG AT TWILIGHT - Noel Coward (Greenwich Theatre) Alison Skilbeck, Lois Baxter, John Quentin; dir:Tom Smith [20pp, 5.5x11.75; photos, articles etc.; VG] £3

1994: MR AND MRS NOBODY - Keith Waterhouse (Greenwich Theatre) Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Tricia Banham, Robert Aldous; dir:Matthew Francis [28pp, 5.5x11.75; illustrated articles, biographies and photos etc.; small split to top of cover, else VG] £3

1994: THE BROWNING VERSION - Terence Rattigan (Greenwich Theatre) Clive Merrison, Diana Hardcastle, James Larkin, Tim Matthews, Christopher Godwin, Jonathan Jackson, Michele Monks; dir:Philip Franks [28pp, 5.5x11.75; illustrated articles, biographies and photos etc.; VG] £4

1994: THAT WOMAN - John Antrobus (Riverside Studios) Patricia Hayes, Brian Murphy, Peter Woodward, Anita Graham; dir:Philip Grout [6pp, 5.6x11.75; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1994 (29 Apr-21 May): THE FIFTEEN STREETS - Catherine Cookson, adapted by Rob Bettison (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch) David Telfer, Gillian Axtell, Martyn Waites (as John O'Brien), Robert Horwell, Phoebe Sweeney, Lee Brewis, Lisa Short, Chris Beaumont, Kim Ismay, Jo John, Geoffrey Banks, Helen Sheals, Paul Bradbury, Teddy Green, Yvonne Edgell, Sarah Payne (as Mary Llewellyn), Eileen Bell, Chris Brooker, Siobhan Clark, Christopher Emmins, Matthew Davison, Katie Burwood, Adrian Wood, Thomas Aldridge, Ian Hamilton; dir:Marina Caldarone and Julian Woolford [28pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated article, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994: THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG - Wendy Wasserstein (Greenwich Theatre) Maureen Lipman, Janet Suzman, Lynda Bellingham, Larry Lamb, Brian Protheroe, Robert East; dir:Michael Blakemore [28pp, 5.5x11.75; 9 rehearsal photos, illustrated articles, biographies and photos etc.; VG] £4

1994: THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG - Wendy Wasserstein (Old Vic) Maureen Lipman, Janet Suzman, Lynda Bellingham, Larry Lamb, Brian Protheroe, Robert East; dir:Michael Blakemore [28pp, 5.5x11.75; 10 production photos, illustrated articles, biographies and photos etc.; VG] £4

1994 (22 Feb-12 Mch): THE UNEXPECTED GUEST - Agatha Christie (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Phil Sterling, Sue Holderness, Jason Connery, Penny Morrell, Richard Brightiff, Rona Anderson, Jim McManus, Jason Hughes, Brian Murphy, Martin Potter; dir:Mark Piper [24pp, 7.4x9.7 (1,503rd production since 1938); cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1994: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Century Theatre, Keswick) Chloe Thomas, Tessa Bell-Briggs, Graeme Eton, Keith Ladd, Richard Pocock, Zoe Oakes; dir:Tony Clayton [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1994: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD - J M Synge (Almeida) Aisling O'Sullivan, Gerard O'Hare, James Greene, Jack Lynch, Des Nealon, Aidan Gillen, Gina Moxley, Kate McLoughlin, Tracy Keating, Andrea Irvine, Des McAleer; dir:Lynne Parker [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, rehearsal photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1994: JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK - Sean O'Casey (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin) Gate Theatre Dublin production: Antoine Byrne, Anita Reeves (as Juno), Tom Murphy, Alan Mooney, Brendan Gleeson (as Jack Boyle), John Kavanagh, Barry Barnes, Marion O'Dwyer, Colette Proctor, Ronan Wilmot, Alan Archibold, Mark O'Halloran, Luke Griffin, Ciaran McMahon, Emmett Kelleher; dir:Joe Dowling [24pp, 8.25x11.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1994: PETER PAN - J M Barrie (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) Souvenir Programme Mark Jax (as Mr Darling / Captain James Hook), Francesca Ryan, Louise Yates (as Wendy), Matthew Lloyd Davies, Oscar Perace, Vicky Charlton, Vicki Pepperdine, Loretta Parnell, Ian Pepperell (as Peter Pan), Rina Mahoney, Ashley Miller, Laura Rollins, Sophie Ashford, Hannah Roberts, Elizabeth Kerr, Monique Mason, Katie Smith, Benjamin Ballantyne, Tom Smith, Colin Tovey, Oliver Ashford, Adam Roberts, Justyn Towler, Daniel Isaacs, Roger Morlidge, Paul Bazely, Judith McSpadden, Desmond McLean, Jamie Newall (as Smee), Fergus McLarnon, Alexander Delamere, Robin Pirongs, Joe Speare, Alex Jones, Harjit Sohal, John Twinnings, Gloria Nicholls, Angela Ellis; dir:Anthony Clarke [48pp, 8.25x11.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, 20 rehearsal photos, extensive illustrated articles, games, credits etc.; VG] £5

1994: PETER PAN - J M Barrie, adapted by Peter Denyer (The Orchard, Dartford) Souvenir Programme Robert Powell, Linzi Hateley, Andrew Sachs; dir:Keith Robinson [40pp, 8.25x11.6; extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, panto fun etc.; VG] £4

1994: PETER PAN - J M Barrie, adapted by Peter Denyer (Hackney Empire) Souvenir Programme Toyah Willcox, Brian Blessed, Hildegard Neil, Karen Clegg; dir:Richard Digby Day [28pp, 8.25x11.6; extensive illustrated articles, cast and production photos, cast biographies etc.; VG] £4

1994: I DON'T WANT TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE! - Bob Eaton (New Victoria Theatre) Roger Delves-Broughton, Steven Granville, Stephanie Jacob, Kate Layden, Sarah Malin, Katy Stephens, Daniel Tomlinson, Biddy Wells, John Wild, Shelly Willetts; dir:Bob Eaton [20pp, 8.25x11.5; extensive illustrated articles, photos, biographies etc.] £3

1994: MOLLY SWEENEY - Brian Friel (Almeida) Catherine Byrne, T P McKenna, Mark Lambert; dir:Brian Friel [28pp, 8.25x11.6; lavish large-size brochure, w.photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1994: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW - Joe Orton (Royal Exchange, Manchester) David Horovitch (as Dr Prentice), Deborah Norton (as Mrs Prentice), Trevor Baxter (as Dr Rance), Billy Hartman, Kate Winslet (as Geraldine Barclay), Neil Stuke; dir:Robert Delamere [8.25x11.75; illustrated articles, cast photos, biographies; with hand-written notes by the original owner: against Kate Winslet's photo he has written "naive perf. but it worked in context"; VG] £5

1994: THE LODGER - Simon Burke (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Philip Jackson, Julia Ford, Matthew Marsh, Mark Womack, Liz Stooke; dir:Richard Wilson [8.25x11.75; illustrated articles, cast and rehearsal photos, biographies; minor jottings on cast page, else VG] £3

1994: THE BIG PICNIC - Bill Bryden (Harland and Wolff, Govan, Glasgow) Russell Hunter, Morag Hood, Jimmy Logan, Sebastian Graham-Jones, Lewis Allan; dir:Bill Bryden [8.25x11.75; documentary play (in a remarkable setting) about the Pals Battalions in the First World War; 12 cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated articles; centre pages loose, else VG] £4

Plays: 1995

1995: NIGHT TRAIN - Victoria Worsley (Lyric Studio, Hammersmith) Victoria Worsley, Ewan Bailey; dir:Theresa Heskins [8pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies, notes, credits etc; VG] £2

1995 (8 Dec-28 Jan 1996): DINNER WITH THE BORGIAS - Roy Smiles (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon) Kevin Williams (as Niccolo Machiavelli), Trevor Jones (as Cesare Borgia), Sabina Franklyn (as Lucrezia Borgia), Ashley Miller, Graham Christopher (as Leonardo da Vinci), Frank Ellis (as Pope Alexander VI), Len Kilfras, Frank Basinnaly; dir:Ted Craig [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1995 (9 Dec-29 Jan 1996): THE COURT JESTER - Roy Smiles (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon) Miltos Yerolemou, Jessica Martin, Benedick Blythe (as John of Gaunt/Edward III), Fiona Christie, Alan Cooke, Duncan Wisbey; dir:Ted Craig [20pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1995: THE CARETAKER - Harold Pinter (Tour) Compass Theatre Company: Richard Heap, Nick Chadwin, David Westbrook; dir:Neil Sissons [16pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1995 (15 Jun-15 Jul): SPLENDID'S - Jean Genet, translated by Neil Bartlett (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Gary Indiana, Malcolm Sinclair, Richard Hawley, Everett Quinton, David Foxxe, Julian Clary, Christopher James, John Cameron Mitchell, Gary Carter; dir:Neil Bartlett [28pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1995: PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN - Michel Vinaver, translated by Donald Watson (Orange Tree) Lucy Tregear, Simon Day, Nicola Fulljames, Jan Waters, Graeme Henderson, Christopher Staines, Colin Farrell, John Baddeley, Roger Llewellyn, John Hudson, Ian Angus Wilkie; dir:Sam Walters [32pp, 5.75x8; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: RED ROSES & PETROL - Joseph O'Connor (Tricycle) Pigsback Theatre Company: Anne Kent, Kathy Downes, Deirdre O'Kane, Barry Barnes, John Kavanagh, Paul Hickey; dir:Jim Culleton [24pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photos, credits etc.; date on cover (10/7/95), else VG] £2

1995 (13-30 Sep): MAKE WAY FOR LUCIA - E F Benson, adapted by John Van Druten (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Lavinia Bertram, John Nettleton, Marcia Warren (as Miss Mapp), John Wells, Angela Thorne (as Lucia), David Grosse, Jill Johnson, Brian Hewlett, Deddie Davies, Antonia Pemberton, Dominic Borrelli; dir:Alan Strachan [36pp, 7x9.9; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: MAKE WAY FOR LUCIA - E F Benson, adapted by John Van Druten (Theatre Royal, Norwich) Lavinia Bertram, John Nettleton, Marcia Warren (as Miss Mapp), John Wells, Angela Thorne (as Lucia), David Grosse, Jill Johnson, Brian Hewlett, Deddie Davies, Antonia Pemberton, Dominic Borrelli; dir:Alan Strachan [32pp, 6.75x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995 (16-21 Oct): MAKE WAY FOR LUCIA - E F Benson, adapted by John Van Druten (Theatre Royal, Bath) Lavinia Bertram, John Nettleton, Marcia Warren (as Miss Mapp), John Wells, Angela Thorne (as Lucia), David Grosse, Jill Johnson, Brian Hewlett, Deddie Davies, Antonia Pemberton, Dominic Borrelli; dir:Alan Strachan [36pp, 6.75x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995 (30 Oct-4 Nov): MAKE WAY FOR LUCIA - E F Benson, adapted by John Van Druten (Richmond Theatre) Lavinia Bertram, John Nettleton, Marcia Warren (as Miss Mapp), John Wells, Angela Thorne (as Lucia), David Grosse, Jill Johnson, Brian Hewlett, Deddie Davies, Antonia Pemberton, Dominic Borrelli; dir:Alan Strachan [52pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: THE SIMPLETON OF THE UNEXPECTED ISLES - George Bernard Shaw (Orange Tree) Timothy Watson, David Gooderson, Constance Barrie, John Hudson, Raad Dawi, Kate O'Mara, Joan Moon, Christopher Staines, Anil Desai, Kourosh Asad, Nicole Arumugam, Susan Arnold; dir:Sam Walters [36pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: EACH DAY DIES WITH SLEEP - Jose Rivera (Orange Tree) Rakie Ayola, Vincenzo Nicoli, Jonathan Wrather; dir:Dominic Hill [28pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: LANARK - Alasdair Gray, adapted by Alastair Cording (Assembly Hall, Edinburgh) TAG Theatre Company, Glasgow: Stuart MacIntyre, Laurance Rudic, Tony Cownie, Linda Duncan McLaughlin, Kern Falconer, Carole Irvine, Ross MacKay, Carol Brannan, Tom Smith; dir:Tony Graham [56pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, synopsis, extensive illustrated articles, rehearsal photos, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: THE MAITLANDS - Ronald Mackenzie (Orange Tree) John Hudson, Lucy Tregear, Georgine Anderson, Adam Sims, Constance Barrie, Gordon Reid, Matthew Radford, Emma Oleram; dir:Sam Walters [32pp, 5.75x8.2; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: THE MEMORANDUM - Vaclav Havel (Orange Tree) Victoria Hamilton, David Allister, John Baddeley, John Hudson; dir:Sam Walters [cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1995: SUZANNA ANDLER - Marguerite Duras (BAC) Susan Hampshire, Stash Kirkbride, Jay Benedict, Bryony Brind; dir:Lisa Forrell [cast photos, biographies, articles; VG] £2

1995: MY THING OF LOVE - Alexandra Gersten (Martin Beck Theatre, NY) Laurie Metcalf, Tom Irwin, Sheila Kelley, Mark Blum, Erin Rice, Rececca Rice; dir:Michael Maggio [68pp; Playbill Vol.95 No.4; cast photos, articles, lots of content; VG] £4

1995: THE NORMAN CONQUESTS - Alan Ayckbourn (New Victoria Theatre, North Staffordshire) Richard Hague, Emma Rogers, Kate Somerby, Shelly Willetts, Philip Wright, Edward York; dir:Peter Cheeseman and Rob Swain [16pp, 8.25x8.25; cast biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1995: THE GLASS MENAGERIE - Tennessee Williams (Comedy) Donmar Warehouse production: Ben Walden, Zoe Wanamaker, Claire Skinner, Mark Dexter; dir:Sam Mendes [40pp, 6.75x9.7; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1995: HOBSON'S CHOICE - Harold Brighouse (Lyric) Leo McKern, Nichola McAuliffe, Margaretta Scott, Hugh Lloyd, Graham Turner, Bob Grant, Graham Pountney, David Kincaid; dir:Frank Hauser [56pp, 6.6x9.5; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, full-colour production photos, biographies w.photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1995: OLD TIMES - Harold Pinter (Wyndham's) Theatr Clwyd production: Julie Christie, Leigh Lawson, Harriet Walter; dir:Lindy Davies [36pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits; slightly rumpled, minor marks, else VG] £4

1995: IN PRAISE OF LOVE - Terence Rattigan (Apollo) Peter Bowles, Lisa Harrow, Ray Lonnen, Christien Anholt; dir:Richard Olivier [44pp, 6.7x9.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits; minor marks else VG] £4

1995: THE QUEEN AND I - Sue Townsend (Vaudeville) Paula Wilcox, Gillian Hanna, Sophie Heyman, David Horovitch, Wilbert Johnson, Jennifer McEvoy, Lizzy McInnerny, Pearce Quigley, Toby Salaman; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [32pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, illustrated articles, production photos, biographies w.photos etc.; minor marks, else VG] £4

1995: INDIAN INK - Tom Stoppard (Aldwych) Felicity Kendal, Rashid Karapiet, Ravi Aujla, Margaret Tyzack, Colin Stinton, Akbar Kurtha, Art Malik, Paul Bhattacharjee, Dominic Jephcott, Diana Oxford, Kenneth Jay, Peter Wickham, Derrick Branche, Naim Khan-Turk, Nickie Rainsford, Daniel Wellon; dir:Peter Wood [44pp, 6.75x9.5; cast list, articles, photos etc.; VG] £4

1995: INDIAN INK - Tom Stoppard (Aldwych) Niamh Cusack, Rashid Karapiet, Naim Khan-Turk, Margaret Tyzack, Colin Stinton, Ravi Aujla, Paul Bhattacharjee, Akbar Kurtha, Jack Waters, Diana Oxford, Kenneth Jay, Peter Wickham, Ajay Chhabra, Madhav Sharma, Jacquelyn Yorke, David Mounfield; dir:Peter Wood [44pp, 6.75x9.5; cast list, articles, photos etc.; VG] £4

1995: COMMUNICATING DOORS - Alan Ayckbourn (Gielgud) Ken Bones, Adie Allen, Laurence Kennedy, Julia McKenzie, John Arthur, Sara Markland; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [52pp, 6.75x9.5; photos, articles, biographies etc.; VG] £4

1995: AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG - C P Taylor (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton) Helen Stanley, Clive Flint, Alexander John, Kerrie Thomas, Jennifer Piercey, Roger May, Ian Targett; dir:Patrick Sandford [32pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE - Frank Marcus (Ambassadors) Miriam Margolyes, Serena Evans, Josephine Tewson, Stella Tanner; dir:Mark Rayment [cast photos, biographies; VG] £4

1995: CAVALCADE - Noel Coward (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Gabrielle Drake (as Jane Marryot), Jeremy Clyde (as Robert Marryot), Nicky Goldie, Ray Morgan; dir:Dan Crawford [36pp, 7x9.75; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, cast biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1995: BURNING BLUE - D M W Greer (Ambassadors) Tony Armatrading, Robert Bogue, Antony Edridge, Ian FitzGibbon, Katherine Hogarth, Martin McDougall, Elizabeth Perry, Tim Woodward; dir:John T Hickok [28pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, cast biographies w.photos; VG] £4

1995: THE BEATIFICATION OF AREA BOY - Wole Soyinka (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Makinde Adeniran, Susan Aderin, Bola Aiyeola, Stefan Butschi, Femi Elufowoju Jr., Lilly Friedrich, Ombo Gogo Ombo, Tyrone Huggins, Miriam Keller, Roger Nydegger, Yomi Obileye, Anthony Ofoegbu, Olawale Ogunyemi, Wale Ojo, Tunji Oyelana, Akinwale Oyewole, Victor Power, Olabisi Toluwase; dir:Jude Kelly [32pp, 6.6x9.75; cast list, illustrated articles, cast biographies w.photos; VG] £3

1995 (21 Mch-8 Apr): OUTSIDE EDGE - Richard Harris (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Julian Holloway, Diane Bull, Christopher Blake, Gareth Hunt, Nick Wilton, Joanna Mays, Heather Wright, Julian Sims, Ysobel Gonzalez; dir:Richard Lewis [24pp, 7.5x9.7 (1,520th production since 1938); cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: BEARING FRUIT (Hampstead) Mind The Gap (by Meredith Oakes), An Epic Ouch! (by Sara Sugarman), Coventry Carol (by Helen Edmundson), Passing Off (by Lavinia Murray), and Dark Afternoon Tea (by Hanan Al-Shaykh): Victoria Wicks, Tim Matthews, Nicola Redmond, Mark Drewry, Helen Baxendale, Kate Ashfield, Anna Korwin, Veronica Clifford; dir:Deborah Paige [20pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: NOW YOU KNOW - Michael Frayn (Hampstead) Paul Gregory, Adam Faith, Luna Rahman, Rosalind Ayres, Julia Ford, Simon Startin, Dave Fishley, Louise Lombard; dir:Michael Blakemore [24pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: LUCKY SODS - John Godber (Hampstead) Hull Truck Theatre Company: Iain Rogerson, Christine Cox, Janet Dibley, Nicholas Lane; dir:John Godber [24pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995: SLAVS! - Tony Kushner (Hampstead Theatre) Peter Bayliss, Richard Mayes, Peter Copley, Paul Jesson, Ron Cook, Aisling O'Sullivan, Imelda Staunton, Carly Maker, Lucy Kent, Annette Badland; dir:Matthew Lloyd [20pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1995: IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY - Ray Cooney (New Victoria, Woking) Theatre Royal, Lincoln production: Lionel Blair, Bruce Roberts, Jennifer Clulow, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jacqueline Clarke, Alfred Marks, Kim Hartman, Jennifer Hill, Gregory Haiste, Hilary Minster, Freddie Lees; dir:David Warwick [cast photos, biographies, illustrated article; VG] £3

1995: PEACE IN OUR TIME - Noel Coward (Richmond Theatre) Liz Crowther, Angela Down, Barry Jackson, Doreen Mantle, Ian Thompson, Elizabeth Payne, Elizabeth Carling, Alan Leith, Hilda Braid, William Sleigh, Janet Hargreaves, Carmen Du Sautoy, Peter Bourke, Jeremy Clyde, Rob Edwards, Rachel Lumberg, Aaron Shirley, Juliette Grassby, Erich Redman, Jon Huyton, Matthew Thomas, Colin Bennett, David Thwaites, Marlene Sidaway, Ian Shaw, Doreen Andrew, Paula O'Grady, Peta Richardson, Ian Wheatstone, Adrian Ord; dir:Wyn Jones [cast photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

1995: THE LETTER - Somerset Maugham (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Joanna Lumley, Tim Pigott-Smith, Neil Stacy, Charles Edwards; dir:Neil Bartlett [32pp, 6.75x9.75; cast photos, biographies, illustrated article; VG] £3

1995: LUNCH GIRLS - Ron Hart (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Sylvia Sims, Gemma Craven, Jan Harvey, Su Elliott, Henry Clissold; dir:David Taylor [16pp, 7.25x9.75; 1,523rd production since 1938; cast photos, biographies etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1995: THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS - Sean O'Casey (Garrick) Eamon Morrissey, Ronan Wilmot, Anita Reeves, David Wilmot, Catherine Byrne, Aideen O'Kelly, Peter Gowen, Alan Mooney, Neili Conroy, Brendan Morrissey, Karen Scully, Robert Price, John Paul Connolly, Moyna Cope; dir:Joe Dowling [48pp, 6.7x9.6; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1995: THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS - Sean O'Casey (Malvern Festival Theatre) Eamon Morrissey, Ronan Wilmot, Anita Reeves, David Wilmot, Antoine Byrne, Aideen O'Kelly, Peter Gowen, Alan Mooney, Neili Conroy, Brendan Morrissey, Karen Scully, Robert Price, John Paul Connolly, Moyna Cope; dir:Joe Dowling [20pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, synopsis of scenes, cast biographies w.photos; date on cover (1/3/95), else VG] £3

1995: THE MILLIONAIRESS - George Bernard Shaw (Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield) Yvonne Arnaud Theatre production: Richard Johnson, Raquel Welch, Steven Pacey, Emma Chambers, Patrick Ryecart, Roshan Seth, Donald Pelmear, Susan Jane Tanner, Christopher Luscombe; dir:John Caird [36pp, 7x9.75; extensive illustrated articles, cast biographies w.photos; minor marks else VG] £4

1995 (20 Jun-15 Jul): WHAT ABOUT LEONARDO? - Evald Flisar (Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler's Wells) Peter Marinker, Anna Gilbert, Adrian Blake, Michele Copsey, Peter Lindford, Peter Jordan, Andrew Hobday, Boris Kerc, Katharine Barker, Julia Tarnoky, Jenny Bolt, Rocky Marshall; dir:Janine Wunsche [6pp, 5.5x11.75 triplefold; cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1995: THE MILLIONAIRESS - George Bernard Shaw (Malvern Festival Theatre) Yvonne Arnaud Theatre production: Richard Johnson, Raquel Welch, Steven Pacey, Emma Chambers, Patrick Ryecart, Roshan Seth, Donald Pelmear, Susan Jane Tanner, Christopher Luscombe; dir:John Caird [20pp, 5.5x11.75; extensive illustrated articles, cast biographies w.photos; date on cover, else VG] £3

1995: GETTING ON - Alan Bennett (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Timothy West, Chris Larkin, Christopher Strauli, Kate Lynn Evans, Paula Jacobs, Peter Prentice, Brenda Peters; dir:Prunella Scales [28pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; ] £3

1995: HANDLING BACH - Paul Barz, translated and adapted by David Bryer (Greenwich Theatre) David Henry, Brian Poyser, Bill Stewart; dir:Matthew Francis [36pp, 5.5x11.75, extensive illustrated articles, cast biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

1995: PENNY BLUE - Vanessa Brooks (Greenwich Theatre) Helen Atkinson Wood, David Cardy, Liz Crowther, Liza Hayden, Colin McCormack, Lee Whitlock; dir:Fiona Laird [24pp, 5.5x11.75; rehearsal photos, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1995: IF WE ARE WOMEN - Joanna McClelland Glass (Greenwich Theatre) Sheila Paterson, Joan Plowright, Diana Quick, Caroline Catz; dir:Richard Olivier [24pp, 5.5x11.75; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1995: JEFFREY - Paul Rudnick (Greenwich Theatre) Simon Burke, Andrew Clover, Neil Daglish, Joe Hutton, Angus Pope, Michael Roberts, Lolly Susi, Christopher Villiers; dir:Tim Luscombe [28pp, 5.5x11.75, cast biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1995: TRAINSPOTTING - Irvive Welsh, adapted by Harry Gibson (Bush Theatre) Ewen Bremner, James Cunningham, Susan Vidler, Malcolm Shields; dir:Ian Brown [6pp triple-fold, 5.5x11.75; cast lists, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1995: PRIVATES ON PARADE - Peter Nichols (Greenwich Theatre) Adrian Pang, Lim Kay Siu, Damien Matthews, Paul Slack, Tony Slattery, Nicholas Hart, Christopher Penney, Richard Wellings-Thomas, Claire Marchionne, James Bannon, Nicholas Le Prevost; dir:Paul Clayton [5.5x11.75, cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1995: ONE FLEA SPARE - Naomi Wallace (Bush) Sheila Reid, Jason Watkins, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Peter Geeves; dir:Dominic Dromgoole [6pp triplefold, 5.5x11.75, cast biographies, notes; VG] £2

1995: STONES AND ASHES - Daniel Danis, translated by Tom McGrath (Traverse) Tam Dean Burn, Molly Innes, John Kazek, Anne Marie Timoney; dir:Ian Brown [6pp triple-fold, 5.5x11.75, cast biographies, notes; VG] £2

1995: CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER - Herb Gardner (Old Vic) Judd Hirsch, Bill Bailey, Jane Bertish, Madeleine Blakeney; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [5.5x11.75, cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; minor marks else VG] £3

1995: BLUE MOON - Michael Crompton (Chester Gateway Theatre) Zalie Burrow, Nicola Barnfield, Melanie Carson, Fergus McLarnon, Matt Kane, James Wilson, Angela Bain, Michael Georges; dir:Jeremy Raison [32pp, 8.1x11.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1995: THE SILVER TASSIE - Sean O'Casey (Almeida) Pat Laffan, James Greene, Doreen Keogh (as Mrs Heegan), Ali White, Julia Dearden, Brendan Coyle (as Teddy Foran), Stuart Graham (as Harry Heegan), Nell Murphy (as Jessie Taite), Dominic West (as Barney Bagnal), Gerard O'Hare, James Mair, Gerard Crossan, Ian Peck, Julian Forsyth, Miche Doherty; dir:Lynne Parker [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, 15 rehearsal photos, programme notes, credits etc.; date on cover (4/5/95), else VG] £3

1995: THE WINTER GUEST - Sharman Macdonald (Almeida) Phyllida Law, Sian Thomas, Christian Zanone, Arlene Cockburn, John Wark, David Evans, John-Ross Morland, Anthony J O'Donnell, Sandra Voe, Sheila Reid; dir:Alan Rickman [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, programme notes, 8 production photos, credits etc.; date inside (10/4/95), else VG] £4

1995: LOOK BACK IN ANGER - John Osborne (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Michael Sheen, Claire Skinner, Dominic Rowan, Hermione Norris, Philip Bowen; dir:Gregory Hersov [large size (8.25x11.75); cast photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; a few jottings next to cast photos (Michael Sheen: "fantastic"), else VG] £4

1995: PRIVATE LIVES - Noel Coward (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Sian Thomas, Pip Donaghy, Colin Prockter, Lucy Scott, Caroline Olsson; dir:Braham Murray [large size (8.25x11.75); cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1995: THE RED BALLOON - Albert Lamorisse, adapted by Anthony Clark (Birmingham Rep) Nicky Adams, Natasha Bain, Marilyn Cutts, Paul Darnell, Alexander Delamere, Clive Hayward, Julie Jupp, Katherine Oliver, David Rubin, Naomi Radcliffe, Malcolm Shields, Jane Howey, Simeon Truby, Thomas (as Hercule the Kitten); dir:Anthony Clark [36pp+correction slip, 8.25x11.75; cast biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1995: WAIT UNTIL DARK - Frederick Knott (Century Theatre, by the lake at Keswick) Andy Nimmo, Simon Wright, Terry Ashe, Caroline Dennis, Darren Machin, Zoe Oakes, Dan Caulfield, Mark Day; dir:Janeena Sims [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1995 (21 May): GREENWICH THEATRE: 25th Anniversary Gala (Duke of York's) Souvenir Programme Joanna Lumley, Ewan Hooper, Derek Griffiths, Edward Petherbridge, Jemma Redgrave, Peter Nichols, Anton Rodgers, Lesley Mackie, Philip Franks, Patricia Routledge, Brendan O'Hea, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Kit and The Widow, John Mortimer, Emily Mortimer, Lynn Farleigh, Mark Tandy, Ned Sherrin, Maria Aitken, Gary Bond, Robin Herford, Lavinia Bertram, James Saxon, Stefan Bednarcyzk, Richard Freeman, Michael Simkins, Sheila Gish, Simon Burke, Ben Porter; dir:Matthew Francis and Jon Plowman [32pp, 8.25x11.75; order of events, extensive illustrated articles about the history of Greenwich Theatre, credits, biographies and photos of the four Artistic Directors, photos from previous productions etc. etc.; VG] £5

Plays: 1996

1996 (20 Jun-27 Jul): THE CHOICE - Claire Luckham (Orange Tree) Jenny Howe, Tricia Kelly, Robert McBain, Eve Matheson, Charles Simpson; dir:Dominic Hill [36pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996 (23-28 Sep): BLUE MURDER: FOREIGN BODIES and A GAME OF SOLDIERS - Peter Nichols (Richmond Theatre) The Touring Partnership: Barry Foster, Nichola McAuliffe, Ysobel Gonzalez, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Anton Rodgers, Ian Reddington, Andrew Harrison; dir:Peter Nichols [48pp, 6.9x9.9; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £4

1996: MULES - Winsome Pinnock (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs) Abi Eniola, Sheila Whitfield, Clare Perkins; dir:Roxana Silbert [6pp, 5.5x11.75 triplefold; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc; VG] £2

1996 (Sep-Oct): BODIES - James Saunders (Orange Tree) Carole Nimmons, Liz Crowther, Stuart Fox, Dinsdale Landen; dir:Dominic Hill [40pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996 (10 Oct-23 Nov): WHAT THE HEART FEELS - Stephen Bill (Orange Tree) Julie Peasgood, Paul Shelley, Talya Freeman, Stella Moray, Peter Wyatt, Carole Nimmons, John Hudson, Janet Spencer-Turner, Kenneth Hadley, Liz Crowther, Christopher Whittingham, Staurt Fox, Chris Matthews; dir:Sam Walters [44pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996 (28 Nov-15 Feb): FAMILY CIRCLES - Alan Ayckbourn (Orange Tree) Auriol Smith (as Emma Gray), Mark Kingston (as Edward Gray), Jenny Funnell, Julie Peasgood, Emma Gregory, Philip York, John Hudson, Damien Matthews; dir:Sam Walters [40pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996 (3-20 Apr): GASPING - Ben Elton (Palace Theatre Centre, Southend-on-Sea) Alexander Nash, Guy Nicholls, Simon Piggott, Michelle Martin, Jo-Anne Knowles; dir:Christopher Dunham [36pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996 (Aug): A SATIRE OF THE FOUR ESTAITES - John McGrath (Edinburgh International Conference Centre) Derek Anders, Dave Anderson, John Bett, Juliet Cadzow, Robert Carr, Mary-Ann Coburn, George Drennan, Meg Fraser, Philip Gaudin, Harley Loudon, Roland MacLeod, Sylvester McCoy, Maria Miller, Paul Morrow, Michael Nardone, John A Sampson, Sandy Welch, Sandy Grierson, Richard Kay, Alex Movat, David Roberts, Claire Higgins, Karen Kirk, Lorna Murray, Alan Jeffreys, Ian McLaren, Anne-Marie Simmers; dir:John McGrath [44pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996 (Aug): ORLANDO - Virginia Woolf, adapted by Darryl Pinckney and Robert Wilson (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh) Miranda Richardson; dir:Robert Wilson [44pp, 5.8x8.25; biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: BEEF NO CHICKEN - Derek Walcott (Tricycle) Ram John Holder, Jim Findley, Sandra Bee; dir:Yvonne Brewster [company photo, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £2

1996: TIME AND THE ROOM - Botho Strauss (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh) Nottingham Playhouse production: Tyrone Huggins, John Ramm, Anita Dobson, Alexandra Mathie [cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1996: GIOVANNI'S ROOM - James Baldwin (Drill Hall) Bette Bourne, Simon Deacon, Peter Gaitens, Maia Guest, Anthony Houghton, Kristen Marks, Michael Roberts, Ed Vassallo; dir:Maia Guest [16pp, 5.9x8.25; biogs, articles, photos; slightly creased] £3

1996: ART - Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton (Wyndham's) David Haig, Anton Lesser, Mark Williams; dir:Matthew Warchus [32pp, 5.9x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, further photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £5

1996: ART - Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton (Wyndham's) Albert Finney (as Marc), Tom Courtenay (as Serge), Ken Stott (as Yvan); dir:Matthew Warchus [32pp, 5.9x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, further photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £5

1996: CASH ON DELIVERY - Michael Cooney (Whitehall) Bradley Walsh, Tracie Bennett, Nick Wilton, Frank Thornton, Brian Murphy, Anita Graham, Jean Fergusson; dir:Ray Cooney [cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1996: TWELVE ANGRY MEN - Reginald Rose (Comedy) Tony Haygarth, Timothy West, Maurice Kaufmann, Tim Healy, Kevin Whately, Alan MacNaughtan, Peter Vaughan, Robert East; dir:Harold Pinter [cast and production photos, biographies; smart programme; VG] £4

1996: HABEAS CORPUS - Alan Bennett (Donmar Warehouse) Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn, John Padden, Sarah Woodward, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, Celia Imrie, Natalie Walter, Jason Watkins, Nicholas Woodeson, Stewart Permutt; dir:Sam Mendes [28pp, 6x9; 11 rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: COMMUNICATING DOORS - Alan Ayckbourn (Savoy) Angela Thorne, Ken Bones, John Arthur, Laurence Kennedy, Jane Slavin, Eleanor Tremain; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [36pp, 6x9; photos, articles, biographies etc.; remarkable 10-page illustrated article on 'Comedies at the Savoy 1905-1995' w.illustrations and 26 photos; VG] £4

1996: OLD WICKED SONGS - Jon Marans (Gielgud) Bristol Old Vic production: Bob Hoskins, James Callis; dir:Elijah Moshinsky [40pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: CHAPTER TWO - Neil Simon (Gielgud) Tom Conti, Ian Redford, Sharon Gless; dir:David Gilmore [cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1996: SYLVIA - A R Gurney (Apollo) Zoe Wanamaker, Maria Aitken, Robin Ellis, Neil McCaul; dir:Michael Blakemore [cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated articles; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1996: NIGHT MUST FALL - Emlyn Williams (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Rosemary Leach, Jason Donovan, Timothy Bentinck; dir:John Tydeman [cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1996: THE ODD COUPLE - Neil Simon (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Tony Randall, Jack Klugman, Trevor Bannister, Rodney Bewes, Henry McGee [48pp; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1996: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Tennessee Williams (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Charlotte Woolford, Sandra Dickinson, Toby Stephens, Christian Burgess, Imogen Stubbs, Jessica Lange, Morgan Deare, Roger Walker, Barney Craig, James Terry, Diane Witter; dir:Peter Hall [48pp, 6.75x9.6; cast photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

1996: THE WINSLOW BOY - Terence Rattigan (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Zoot Lynam, Pauline Jefferson, Paul Webster (as Arthur Winslow), Caroline John, John Feehan, Paula Stockbridge (as Catherine Winslow), Nicholas Caunter, Robert Whelan, Maria Gough, Christopher Ravenscroft (as Sir Robert Morton), David Smith; dir:Gwenda Hughes [32pp, 6.6x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, 4 production photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: LOOT - Joe Orton (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) John Alderton, Alan Cowan, Mark Dexter, Rebecca Lacey, Ifan Meredith, Tony Pritchard; dir:Alan Strachan [32pp, 6.6x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, 8 production photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: FOE - J M Coetzee, adapted by Mark Wheatley (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Theatre de Complicite: Selma Alispahic, Hannes Flaschberger, Kathryn Hunter, Marcello Magni, Patrice Naiambana, Rob Pickavance; dir:Annie Castledine and Marcello Magni [32pp, 6.6x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: EXQUISITE SISTER: The Diaries of Dorothy Wordsworth (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Kelly Hunter; dir:Simon Usher [32pp, 6.6x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: OFFICE SUITE: Green Forms and A Visit From Miss Prothero - Alan Bennett (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Timothy Bateson, Paola Dionisotti, Richard Willacy, Susan Wooldridge; dir:Jennie Darnell [32pp, 6.6x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: THE MESSIAH - Patrick Barlow, Jude Kelly, Julian Hough (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) James Gaddas, Bob Mason, Lore Lixenberg; dir:Jennie Darnell [36pp, 6.6x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1996 (22-27 Jul): AN OLD MAN'S LOVE - Anthony Trollope, adapted by Michael Napier Brown (Richmond Theatre) Royal Theatre, Northampton production: Clive Swift, Vilma Hollingbery, Kenneth Randle, Jane Arden, Timothy Watson, Robert Vahey; dir:Michael Napier Brown [24pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996 (29 Oct-16 Nov): GYM AND TONIC - John Godber (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead) James Hornsby, Gilly Tompkins, Marcia Warren, William Ilkley, Justine Glenton, James Weaver; dir:John Godber [36pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION - Bernard Shaw (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Catherine Cusack (as Miss Vivie Warren), Neil Stacy, Gregor Truter, Maggie Steed (as Mrs Warren), Ian Gelder (as Sir George Crofts), John Quentin; dir:Neil Bartlett [28pp, 6.9x9.9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: LOVE - Graham Reid (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Alexandra Mathie, Nicholas Murchie, Gwen Taylor, Michael Cashman, Jane Lambert, Robin McCaffrey; dir:Dan Crawford [36pp, 6.6.x9.75; biographies w.photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT - Eugene O'Neill (Young Vic) Richard Johnson, Penelope Wilton, Paul Rhys, Mark Lambert; dir:Laurence Boswell [20pp; photos, interesting articles etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1996: IT COULD BE ANY ONE OF US - Alan Ayckbourn (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough) Malcolm Rennie, Juliet Mills, Richard Derrington, John Strickland, Janet Dibley; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [cast photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £3

1996: THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE - Alan Ayckbourn (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough) Joanna Van Gyseghem, Teresa Gallagher, Cameron Stewart, Barry McCarthy; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1996: JUDE THE OBSCURE - Thomas Hardy, adapted by Mike Alfreds, PRIVATE LIVES - Noel Coward, and FLESH AND BLOOD - Philip Osment (Lyric Theatre, Hammersith) Method and Madness: Geraldine Alexander, Martin Marquez, Simon Robson, Abigail Thaw; dir:Mike Alfreds [production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1996: SOME SUNNY DAY - Martin Sherman (Hampstead Theatre) Rupert Everett, David Bark-Jones, Eddy Lemar, Corin Redgrave, Sara Kestelmann, Cheryl Campbell; dir:Roger Michell [24pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: THE MEMORY OF WATER - Shelagh Stephenson (Hampstead Theatre) Haydn Gwynne, Mary Jo Randle, Jane Booker, Matilda Ziegler, Alexander Hanson, Dermot Crowley; dir:Terry Johnson [24pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT - David Schneider (Hampstead Theatre) Nicholas Ball, James Clyde, Tracey Lynch, David Schneider, Jeffrey Segal, Sheila Steafel; dir:Matthew Lloyd [24pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: A PASSIONATE WOMAN - Kay Mellor (Theatre Royal, Norwich) Stephanie Cole, Conrad Nelson, Gary Webster, Gordon Alcock, Jane Lambert, Paul Ratcliffe, Zoe Gauld, James Fromholtz; dir:Ned Sherrin [28pp, 6.7x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1996: CLOCKS AND WHISTLES - Samuel Adamson (Bush) Kate Beckinsale, Michael Cashman, John Light, Neil Stuke; dir:Dominic Dromgoole [6pp triple-fold, 5.5x11.75; cast photos, biographies; VG] £2

1996: THIS LIME TREE BOWER - Conor McPherson (Bush) Ian Cregg, Conor Mullen, Niall Shanahan; dir:Conor McPherson [6pp triple-fold, 5.5x11.75; cast photos, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £2

1996: THE HEIDI CHRONICLES - Wendy Wasserstein (Greenwich Theatre) Susannah Harker, Hetty Baynes, Julian Protheroe, Charlie Edwards, Peter Polycarpou, Suzan Crowley, Emma Davies, Hilary Hamilton; dir:David Taylor [32pp, 5.5x11.75; biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: UNFORGETTABLE: The Nat King Cole Story - Clarke Peters and Larrington Walker (Greenwich Theatre) Clarke Peters; dir:Clarke Peters and Larrington Walker [32pp, 5.5x11.75; song list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1996: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN - Mark Twain, adapted by Matthew Francis (Greenwich Theatre) Daniel Newman, Clive Llewellyn, Lois Baxter, Ruth Arnold, Andrew Muir, Nathan Osgood, Roger Moss, David Killick, Ray Llewellyn, Ian Gelder; dir:Matthew Francis [40pp, 5.5x11.75; biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: BEATRIX - Patrick Garland and Judy Taylor (Greenwich Theatre) Patricia Routledge; dir:Patrick Garland [32pp, 5.5x11.75; biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: PENTECOST - Stewart Parker (Donmar Warehouse) Rough Magic: Eleanor Methven, Brian Doherty, Michele Forbes, Morna Regan, Paul Hickey; dir:Lynne Parker [6x11.75; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £2

1996: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Tennessee Williams (Almeida) Diana Rigg, David Suchet, Lloyd Owen, Clare Holman; dir:Howard Davies [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast and rehearsal photos, biogs, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1996: THE PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF MARAT AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM OF CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE - Peter Weiss (Bristol Old Vic) Terry Taplin, Mike Shepherd, Deborah Steel, Martyn Read, Bonnie Hurren, Tamera Howard, Robin Lawrence, Anna Mountford, Andrew Pollard, Helen Sheals, Belinda Kelly, Alun Thomas, Richard Coyle, Eric MacLennan, Don Campbell, Jonathan Coyne, Simon Grover, Saul Cambridge, Tom Mullion, Nicola Dewdney, Sarah Rise, Jeremy McNeill; dir:Andrew Hay [28pp, 8.25x11.75; biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: 1946 NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL, 1996 THE HAGUE WAR CRIMES TRIALS, and EX-YU (Tricycle) Colin Bruce, Richard Heffer, David Webb, Michael Cochrane, Mark Penfold, William Hoyland, Raad Rawi, Thomas Wheatley, Jeremy Clyde, Michael Culver, Hugh Simon, Moira Govan; dir:Nicolas Kent [60pp, 8.25x11.75 substantial programme; with cast lists, credits, 32 pages of illustrated articles, biographies with photos; VG] £6

Plays: 1997

1997: STEAMING - Nell Dunn (Piccadilly) Diane Langton, Tony Longhurst, Jenny Eclair, Sheila Reid, Julie T Wallace, Lynne Miller, Catherine Shipton; dir:Ian Brown [36pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; minor marks, else VG] £4

1997: HER SISTER'S TONGUE - Janet Goddard (Lyric Studio, Hammersmith) Plain Clothes Productions: Matthew Zajac, Virginia Radcliffe, Eliza Hunt, Janine Wood, Edward Clayton; dir:Jacquetta May [6pp, 5.6x11.75 triplefold; cast list, biographies, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £2

1997: EAST IS EAST - Ayub Khan-Din (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) Nasser Memarzia, Linda Bassett, Paul Bazely, Jimi Mistry, Emil Marwa, Chris Bisson, Zita Sattar, Imran Ali, Gillian Hanna, Kriss Dosanjh; dir:Kristine Landon-Smith [24pp, 5.75x8.25; rehearsal photos, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1997: OVERBOARD and THE NEIGHBOURS - Michel Vinaver (Orange Tree) Robert McBain, Philip York, Helen Ryan, Robert Benfield, Dilys Hamlett, Auriol Smith, David Gooderson, Emma Gregory, Pascal Langdale; dir:Sam Walters, Geoffrey Beevers [52pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies, 12+ pages of illustrated articles; VG] £3

1997: LOVE ME SLENDER - Vanessa Brooks (Orange Tree) Jenny Funnell, Jeannie Crowther, Emma Gregory, Irene Sutcliffe; dir:Auriol Smith [36pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies, 6 pages of illustrated articles; VG] £3

1997: CEGADA DE AMOR (Blinded By Love) - Jordi Milan, Joaquim Oristrell, Jose Corbacho, Fernando Colomo (Edinburgh International Conference Centre) La Cubana production; dir:Jordi Milan [52pp; photos, articles etc.; w.informative insert AND 3-D GLASSES!; VG] £4

1997: THE COCKTAIL PARTY - T S Eliot (King's Theatre, Edinburgh) Royal Lyceum Theatre Company: Simon Jones, Maggie Steed, Sebastian Harcombe, Catherine Cusack, Clive Merrison, David Bamber, Suzanne Burden, Anna Linstrum, Simon Turner, Tim Pallett; dir:Philip Franks [48pp; photos, articles etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1997: 10 NAKED MEN - Ronnie Larsen (Actors' Playhouse, New York) John R Petrie, Ronnie Larsen, Paul Pecorino, Anthony Albanese, Joe Bailey, Mark Leneker, Cameron Page, Adam Beckworth, Jeffrey Middleton, Joe Moretti; dir:Ronnie Larsen [84pp, 5.3x8.5 (Playbill Vol.97 No.12); cast biographies etc. etc.; VG] £4

1997: H R H - Snoo Wilson (Playhouse) Corin Redgrave (as Edward VIII), Amanda Donohoe (as Wallis Simpson); dir:Simon Callow [36pp, 6x9; cast and production photos, biographies, 10+ pages of illustrated articles; VG] £4

1997: THE MYSTERIOUS MR LOVE - Karoline Leach (Comedy) Paul Nicholas, Susan Penhaligon; dir:Bob Tomson [32pp, 6x9; cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1997: PYGMALION - Bernard Shaw (Albery) Roy Marsden (as Professor Higgins), Deborah Cornelius, Jan Carey, Matthew Whittle, Moray Watson (as Colonel Pickering), Carli Norris (as Eliza Doolittle), Mary Duddy, Philip Newman, Adam Woodroffe, Stephen Critchlow, Erinna Delaney, Marcia Warren, Michael Elphick (as Doolittle), Barbara Murray; dir:Ray Cooney [36pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, 10+ production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1997: ART - Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton (Wyndham's) Henry Goodman (as Marc), Roger Allam (as Serge), Stanley Townsend (as Yvan); dir:Matthew Warchus [32pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, multiple cast photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1997: POPCORN - Ben Elton (Apollo) William Armstrong, Danny Webb, Paula Bacon, Debora Weston, Patrick O'Kane, Dena Davis, Megan Dodds, Sarah Parish, Richard Laing; dir:Laurence Boswell [52pp, 6.75x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1997: TOM & CLEM - Stephen Churchett (Aldwych) Michael Gambon (as Tom Driberg), Alec McCowen (as Clement Attlee), Daniel de la Falaise, Sarah Woodward; dir:Richard Wilson [48pp; photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

1997: MASTER CLASS - Terrence McNally (Queen's) Patti Lupone (as Maria Callas), David Maxwell Anderson, Kenneth Hadley, Susan Roper, David Shrubsole, Sophia Wylie; dir:Leonard Foglia [48pp, 6.7x9.5; cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1997: THE BOYS IN THE BAND - Mart Crowley (King's Head) Robin Hart, Matthew Sharp, Earl Grey (as Emory), Norman Cooley, Ian Kahn, Don Gilet, Paul Venables, Bryan Carney, Luke Williams (as Harold); dir:Kenneth Elliott [12pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, company photo, credits etc.; VG] £3

1997: THE BOYS IN THE BAND - Mart Crowley (Aldwych) King's Head production: Robin Hart, Matthew Sharp, Earl Grey (as Emory), Norman Cooley, Patrick Toomey, Don Gilet, Paul Venables, Bryan Carney, Luke Williams (as Harold); dir:Kenneth Elliott [40pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1997: LIFE SUPPORT - Simon Gray (Aldwych) Alan Bates, Nickolas Grace, Georgina Hale, Carole Nimmons; dir:Harold Pinter [40pp, 6.75x9.7; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4

1997: CHIMPS - Simon Block (Hampstead) Darren Tighe, Ashley Jensen, Nicholas Woodeson, Fraser James; dir:Gemma Bodinetz [20pp, 6.8x9.75; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies; VG] £3

1997: A LETTER OF RESIGNATION - Hugh Whitemore (Richmond Theatre) Edward Fox, Clare Higgins, Julian Wadham, John Warnaby, Doreen Andrew; dir:Christopher Morahan [44pp, 6.8x9.75; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1997: A LETTER OF RESIGNATION - Hugh Whitemore (Comedy) Edward Fox, Clare Higgins, Julian Wadham, John Warnaby, Doreen Andrew; dir:Christopher Morahan [28pp, 5.9x9; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1997: HOBSON'S CHOICE - Harold Brighouse (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Kate Cross, Glenn Cunningham, Stefan Escreet, Jennifer Hennessy, John Hoggarth, Olivia Jardith, Gordon Langford Rowe, Clive Moore, Katharine Rogers, Jack Smethurst, Nicola Wheeler, Peter Whitbread; dir:Stuart Burge [32pp, 6.7x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1997: LANDSLIDE - Andy de la Tour (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) John Branwell, Raymond Coulthard, Deborah Norton, Christopher Ravenscroft, Jenna Russell; dir:Gwenda Hughes [32pp, 6.7x9.7; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1997: FORTY YEARS ON - Alan Bennett (Richmond Theatre) Mobil Touring Theatre: Tony Britton (as Headmaster), Christopher Timothy (as Franklin), Tony Robinson (as Tempest), Antonia Pemberton, Issy Huckle, Benjamin James, Nathan Hannan, Andrew Falvey, Jonathan Roby, Steven Kynman, Sacha Esterson, Nathan Greenhalgh, Joshua Hayman, Edward Hughes, Matthew Huxham, Shane Malik, Sebastian Oram, Guy Persky, Michael Redston, Oliver Rosenberg, David Salter, Daniel Swana, William Swygart, Aron Taylor, George Turner, Lewis Westbury, Christopher Williams; dir:Peter Wilson [48pp, 6.7x9.7; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, ticket stapled in (30 Apr), else VG] £3

1997: EQUUS - Peter Shaffer (Theatr Clwyd) Frank Grimes, Manon Eames, Oliver Ryan, Robert Blythe, Lynne Verrall, Gwyn Vaughan Jones, Siwan Morris, Alun Raglan, Sara Harris-Davies, Ruth Bennett, Philip Brook, Julian Lewis-Jones, Christian Patterson, Rhys Miles Thomas; dir:Terry Hands [28pp, 6.8x9.75; photos, articles etc.; with flyer; VG] £3

1997: ALL THINGS CONSIDERED - Ben Brown (Hampstead Theatre) Christopher Godwin, Timothy Kightley, Susie Blake; dir:Alan Strachan [24pp, 6.8x9.75; cast photos, biographies, articles; VG] £3

1997: RAPE OF THE FAIR COUNTRY - Alexander Cordell, adapted by Manon Eames (Theatr Clwyd) Edward Max, Gwyn Vaughan Jones, Julian Lewis-Jones, Elaine Claxton; dir:Tim Baker [28pp, 6.8x9.75; photos, articles etc.; with flyer; VG] £3

1997: RACING DEMON - David Hare (Salisbury Playhouse) Richard Kane, James Walker, Alexandra Mathie, Simon Coury, Thomasina Unsworth, Tony Boncza, Michael Stroud, Dilys Laye, Ralph Bolland, Tim Meats, Nicholas Lumley, Nick Mieszkowski, Henry Scutt; dir:Jonathan Church [36pp, 6.8x9.75; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1997: MY BOY JACK - David Haig (Hampstead Theatre) David Haig, John Light, Belinda Lang, Fred Ridgeway, Dermot Kerrigan, Sarah Howe, Billy Carter; dir:John Dove [20pp, 7x9.75; biographies w.photos, articles etc.; VG] £3

1997: HERITAGE - Stephen Churchett (Hampstead Theatre) George Cole, Tim Pigott-Smith, Gideon Turner, Gwen Taylor, Judy Flynn; dir:Mark Rayment [20pp, 7x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, articles, credits etc.; minor marks else VG] £3

1997: BRIEF CANDLE - Carlo Ardito, based on the life and journals of Marie Bashkirtseff (New End Theatre) Antoinetta Evans, Reginald Jessup, Toni Kanal, Sally Mortemore, Denis Quilley, Celia White; dir:Stella Quilley [12pp, 4.1x11.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1997 (17 Jul-13 Sep): The Leenane Trilogy: THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, A SKULL IN CONNEMARA, and THE LONESOME WEST - Martin McDonagh (Royal Court at the Duke of York's Theatre) Druid Theatre Company: Anna Manahan, Marie Mullen (as Maureen Folan), Aidan McArdle, Brian F O'Byrne (as Pato Dooley; Tom Hanlon; Valene Connor), Mick Lally, David Wilmot, Dawn Bradfield, David Ganly, Maeliosa Stafford; dir:Garry Hynes [8pp, 4x11.75 quadruple-fold, and three 3.8x8.3 separate cast lists; production photos, brief synopses, programme notes, reviews, credits etc.; VG] £3

1997: VORTIGERN: The Great Shakespearean Forgery - William Henry Ireland (Bridewell Theatre) Tour de Force: James Simmons, Georgia Dobbs, Pippa Haywood, Chris Hollis, Nigel Parkin, Darren Ruston, Michael Wade, Ruth Arnold, Christopher Booker, Robin Carter, Ben Forgham, Jack Harvey, Anthony Houghton, Simon Linnell, Vanessa Massi, Andrew Whelan; dir:Joe Harmston [12pp, 4.2x11.75; articles, biographies; VG] £4

1997: AMERICAN BUFFALO - David Mamet (Young Vic) Douglas Henshall, Neil Stuke, Nicholas Woodeson; dir:Lindsay Posner [8pp quadruple-fold, 5.5x11.75; biographies, credits, programme notes; VG] £2

1997: CARAVAN - Helen Blakeman (Bush) Nick Bagnall, Emma Cunniffe, Pip Donaghy, Elizabeth Estensen, Samantha Lavelle; dir:Gemma Bodinetz [6pp triple-fold; biographies, credits; VG] £2

1997: COMIC MYSTERIES (Mistero Buffo) - Dario Fo (Greenwich Theatre) Oxford Stage Company: David Brett, Avril Clark, Kate Fleetwood, William Lawrance, Robin Pirongs, Mia Soteriou; dir:John Retallack [28pp, 5.5x11.75; biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1997: ABSENT FRIENDS - Alan Ayckbourn (Greenwich Theatre) Richard Derrington, Caroline Holdaway, James McCarthy, David Pullan, Louisa Rix, Gillian Tompkins; dir:Michael Simkins [24pp, 5.5x11.75; biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1997: WAITING FOR GODOT - Samuel Beckett (Old Vic) Peter Hall Company: Alan Howard, Ben Kingsley, Denis Quilley, Greg Hicks, Alex Russell; dir:Peter Hall [36pp, 5.5x11.75; biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

1997: GRACE NOTE - Samuel Adamson (Old Vic) Peter Hall Company: Geraldine McEwan, Holly Aird, Jonathan Cullen, Emma Atmos, Neil Stuke, Matthew Rhys; dir:Dominic Dromgoole [28pp, 5.5x11.75; biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

1997: PRAYERS OF SHERKIN - Sebastian Barry (Old Vic) Peter Hall Company: Anne Carroll, Ingrid Craigie, Catherine Cusack, Susan Engel, Sasha Hails, James Ellis, Julian Glover, Bohdan Poraj, Harry Towb, Stanley Townsend, Ron Cook, Gerard O'Hare; dir:John Dove [28pp, 5.5x11.75; biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

1997: SHINING SOULS - Chris Hannan (Old Vic) Peter Hall Company: Alison Peebles, Conleth Hill, Shirley Henderson, Brian Pettifer, Tom Mannion; dir:Chris Hannan [5.5x11.75; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1997: PLAYHOUSE CREATURES - April de Angelis (Old Vic) Peter Hall Company: Saskia Reeves, Sheila Gish, Stephen Noonan, Liz Smith, Dominic Rowan; dir:Lynne Parker [5.5x11.75; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; w.Repertory Diary insert; VG] £4

1997: SNAKE IN THE GRASS - Roy MacGregor (Old Vic) Peter Hall Company: Trevor Cooper, Greg Hicks, Sheila Reid, John Normington, Jason Hughes, Kevin Whately; dir:Dominic Dromgoole [28pp, 5.5x11.75; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1997: HURLYBURLY - David Rabe (Old Vic) Peter Hall Company: Rupert Graves, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Stephen Dillane, Kelly MacDonald, Elizabeth McGovern, Susannah Doyle; dir:Wilson Milam [5.5x11.75; cast photos, biographies, articles; VG] £4

1997: WASTE - Harley Granville-Barker (Old Vic) Peter Hall Company: Dominic West, Olga Lowe, Jenny Quayle, Anna Carteret, Clare Swinburne, Felicity Kendal, Andrew Woodall, Alan Dobie, Peter Gordon, Michael Pennington, David Yelland, Peter Blythe, Denis Quilley, Peter Gordon, Greg Hicks; dir:Peter Hall [32pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, synopsis of scenes, photos, biographies, articles etc.; packed programme, w.repertory diary insert; VG] £4

1997: SEASON'S GREETINGS - Alan Ayckbourn (Redgrave Theatre, Farnham) Clive Flint, Ruby Snape, Cheryl Kennedy, Barry Cryer, Alister Cameron, Moir Leslie, Chris Durnall, Celia White, Oliver Senton; dir:Kit Thacker [32pp, 8.25x8.25; biographies w.photos, articles; VG] £4

1997: THE ROUGH SIDE OF THE BOARDS - Henry Livings (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) Arthur Bostrom, Patrick Bridgman, Antony Byrne, Daniel Crowder, Karin Diamond, Fergus McLarnon, Martin Parr, Susan Twist; dir:Lawrence Till [32pp, 8.25x11.5; cast list, biographies w.photo, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1997: SHINTOKU-MARU - Shuji Terayama (Barbican) Yukio Ninagawa Company: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kayoko Shiraishi [16pp, 8.25x11.75; introduction, synopsis, biographies, illustrated articles; minor marks else VG] £3

1997: DONA ROSITA The Spinster - Federico Garcia Lorca, version by Peter Oswald (Almeida) Clive Swift, Celia Imrie, Eleanor Bron, Phoebe Nicholls (as Dona Rosita), Justin Salinger, Amanda Drew, Cate Hamer, Amy Robbins, Kerry Shale, Kathryn Hunter, Emer Gillespie, Georgina Sowerby, Neil Gornall, Hayden Mayes; dir:Phyllida Lloyd [24pp, 8.25x8.25; cast list, biographies, rehearsal photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1997: WITH LOVE FROM NICOLAE - Lin Coghlan (Bristol Old Vic) Nicola Redmond, Jonah Russell, Aneta Christu, Iulian Enache, Monica Mihaescu, Medeea Marinescu; dir:Philip Osment [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1997: TONGUE OF A BIRD - Ellen McLaughlin (Almeida) Deborah Findlay, Miriam Karlin; dir:Peter Gill [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated articles; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1997: THE WOMAN IN BLACK - adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill (Fortune) Paul Webster, Jamie Newall; dir:Robin Herford [24pp, 8.25x11.75; 16 cast and production photos, illustrated articles, biographies, 11 photos of past Fortune Theatre productions etc.; VG] £3

1997: HEARTBREAK HOUSE - Bernard Shaw (Almeida) Emma Fielding (as Ellie Dunn), Carmel McSharry, Richard Griffiths (as Captain Shotover), Patricia Hodge, Penelope Wilton (as Hesione Hushabye), Malcolm Sinclair (as Mazzini Dunn), Peter McEnery, John Bowe, Simon Dutton, Harry Landis; dir:David Hare [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

Plays: 1998

1998: Think No Evil Of Us: MY LIFE WITH KENNETH WILLIAMS - David Benson (Vaudeville) David Benson [8pp, 5.8x8.4; biography w.photo, illustrated articles, credits etc.; inscribed by David Benson; VG] £3

1998: DICK BARTON SPECIAL AGENT - Phil Willmott (Croydon Warehouse) Warehouse Theatre Company: Kate Graham, Mark McKerracher, Sean Sloane, Nicholas Tigg, Andrew C Wadsworth, Duncan Wisbey; dir:Ted Craig [16pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1998: A WIFE WITHOUT A SMILE - Arthur Wing Pinero, and SPERM WARS - David Lewis (Orange Tree) David Timson (as Rippingill), Paul Kemp, Nick Fletcher, Richard Heffer, Sarah Tansey (as Mrs Rippingill), Emma Gregory, Tricia Kelly, Annabel FitzGerald, Amanda Royle, Jeremy Crutchley, Stuart Fox; dir:Dominic Hill (Wife), Sam Walters (Wars) [32pp, 5.9x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1998: HANDBAG, or The Importance Of Being Someone - Mark Ravenhill (Tour) Tim Crouch, Faith Flint, Paul Rattray, Julie Riley, Celia Robertson, Andrew Scarborough; dir:Nick Philippou [8pp, 6.75x9.7 quadruplefold; cast list, biographies, programme notes, credits etc; VG] £2

1998: VIA DOLOROSA - David Hare (Royal Court Downatairs) David Hare; dir:Stephen Daldry [16pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1998: NEVER LAND - Phyllis Nagy (Royal Court) Royal Court production: Pip Donaghy, Sheila Gish, Michelle Fairley, Anthony Calf, Suzanne Burden, David Killick, Danny Sapani; dir:Steven Pimlott [c132pp, 5x7.75; programme in the form of a softback book containing the COMPLETE PLAYTEXT, cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: TWO - Jim Cartwright (Tour) Graeae Theatre Company: Caroline Parker, Garry Robson; dir:Jenny Sealey [8pp, 5.75x8.25; biographies etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1998: MRS VERSHININ - Helen Cooper (Riverside Studios) Julie Legrand, Paul Bentall, Rosalind Knight, Christopher Guinee; dir:Mike Bradwell [12pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies, notes; VG] £3

1998: THE HOUSE AMONG THE STARS - Michel Tremblay, and LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART - Terrence McNally (Orange Tree) Nick Fletcher, Richard Heffer, Jeremy Crutchley, David Timson, Emma Gregory, Paul Kemp, Stuart Fox, Amanda Royle; dir:Dominic Hill, Auriol Smith [40pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1998: SIDE MAN - Warren Leight (Golden Theatre, New York) Christian Slater, Wendy Makkena, Angelica Torn, Frank Wood, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Michael Maestro, Kevin Geer; dir:Michael Mayer [68pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Programme Vol.98 No.10); cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: ALL UNDER HEAVEN - Dyke Garrison and Valerie Harper (Century Theatre at the Century Center for the Performing Arts, New York) Valerie Harper (as Pearl S Buck); dir:Rob Ruggiero [80pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Programme Vol.98 No.11); 3 production photos, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3

1998: KILLER JOE - Tracy Letts (Soho Playhouse, New York) Mike Shannon, Amanda Plummer, Marc A Nelson, Sarah Paulson, Scott Glenn; dir:Wilson Milam [80pp, 5.4x8.5 (Playbill Programme Vol.98 No.11); cast list, biographies, production photo, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: INSIGNIFICANCE - Terry Johnson (New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme) James Walker, Nick Stringer, Shelly Willetts, Andrew Dunn; dir:Rob Swain [16pp, 8.25x8.25; biographies w.photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1998: LOVE UPON THE THRONE - Desmond Olivier Dingle (Comedy) The National Theatre of Brent: Patrick Barlow, John Ramm; dir:Martin Duncan [36pp, 6x9; biographies, 15+ photos in all, 10+ pages of amusing articles, illustrated history of the National Theatre of Brent; VG] £4

1998: THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND - Tom Stoppard, and BLACK COMEDY - Peter Shaffer (Comedy) David Tennant (as Moon; Brindsley Miller), Desmond Barrit (as Birdboot; Harold Gorringe), Nichola McAuliffe (as Mrs Drudge; Miss Furnival), Nicholas Rowe, Sara Crowe, Anna Chancellor, Gary Waldhorn, Geoffrey Freshwater; dir:Greg Doran [36pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, 8 production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND - Tom Stoppard, and BLACK COMEDY - Peter Shaffer (Comedy) David Bamber (as Moon; Harold Gorringe), Neil Stacy (as Birdboot; Colonel Melkett), Nichola McAuliffe (as Mrs Drudge; Miss Furnival), Raymond Coulthard, Rachel Fielding, Amanda Harris, Geoffrey Freshwater, Gary Powell; dir:Greg Doran [36pp, 6x9; cast lists, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: MAJOR BARBARA - George Bernard Shaw (Piccadilly) Peter Hall Company: Anna Carteret (as Lady Britomart Undershaft), Crispin Bonham-Carter, Stephen Noonan, Jemma Redgrave (as Barbara Undershaft), Victoria Hasted, John Elmes, David Yelland (as Adolphus Cusins), Peter Bowles (as Andrew Undershaft), Angela Crow, Rebecca Saire, Michael Pennington, Dickon Tyrrell, Marty Cruickshank; dir:Peter Hall [36pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: ART - Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton (Wyndham's) Stacy Keach, David Dukes, George Wendt; dir:Matthew Warchus [32pp, 6x9; biographies, articles, 8+ photos, credits; VG] £4

1998: ART - Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton (Wyndham's) Richard Griffiths (as Marc), Malcolm Storry (as Serge), Tony Haygarth (as Yvan); dir:Matthew Warchus [32pp, 6x9; biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits; date on cover (24/7/98), else VG] £2

1998: THE BULLET - Joe Penhall (Donmar) Emily Woof, Neil Stuke, Miles Anderson, Barbara Flynn, Andrew Tiernan; dir:Dominic Cooke [24pp, 6x9; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1998: THE COLLECTION, THE LOVER and A KIND OF ALASKA - Harold Pinter (Donmar) Penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy, Brid Brennan, Harold Pinter, Douglas Hodge, Lia Williams, Colin McFarlane; dir:Karel Reisz and Joe Harmston [24pp, 6x9; excellent photos, biographies etc.; VG] £5

1998 (22-27 Jun): THE COLLECTION and THE LOVER - Harold Pinter (Richmond Theatre) Donmar Warehouse production: Harold Pinter (as Harry), Douglas Hodge (as James; Richard), Lia Williams (as Stella; Sarah), Colin McFarlane (as Bill; John); dir:Joe Harmston [24pp, 6x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, 8 photos from previous productions, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: AMY'S VIEW - David Hare (Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House) Sydney Theatre Company: Sandy Gore, Ann Burbrook, Paul Bishop, Michael Craig, Betty Lucas, Christopher Tomkinson; dir:Wayne Harrison [44pp, 5.9x9.5; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE - Alan Ayckbourn (Gielgud) Jane Asher, Serena Evans, Steven Pacey, Barry McCarthy; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [44pp, 6.75x9.6; photos (including production shots), biographies, articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1998: ALARMS & EXCURSIONS - Michael Frayn (Gielgud) Felicity Kendal, Nicky Henson, Josie Lawrence, Robert Bathurst; dir:Michael Blakemore [44pp, 6.75x9.6; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: HERITAGE - Stephen Churchett (Richmond Theatre) George Cole, Tim Pigott-Smith, Gideon Turner, Gwen Taylor, Judy Flynn; dir:Mark Rayment [40pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; w.ticket (28 Jan); VG] £4

1998 (8-12 Sep): AMADEUS - Peter Shaffer (Richmond Theatre) David Suchet (as Salieri), Michael Sheen (as Mozart), Lucy Whybrow, Charles Kay (as Emperor Joseph II), Peter Blythe, Christopher Benjamin, Karl Johnson, Kenn Sabberton, Jake Broder, Paul Stewart, William Sleigh, David Brierley, Peter Gordon, Leda Hodgson, Chloe Davies, Nick Atkinson, Andrew Joseph, Stuart H Lang, Lawrence McGrandles; dir:Peter Hall [48pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE - Steve Martin (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Sean Blowers, Kenneth Gilbert, Louise Plowright, Brian Shelley, Tamzin Malleson, Christopher Good, Ben Walden, Andrew Nyman, Bob Cryer; dir:Randall Arney [36pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £2

1998: ELTON JOHN'S GLASSES - David Farr (Queen's) Brian Conley, Will Keen, Will Barton, David Nellist, Dawn Bradfield, Gabrielle Glaister; dir:Terry Johnson [36pp, 6.75x9.6; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £3

1998: LITTLE MALCOLM AND HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EUNUCHS - David Halliwell (Hampstead) Ewan McGregor, Nicolas Tennant, Joe Duttine, Sean Gilder, Lou Gish; dir:Denis Lawson [28pp, 6.75x9.6; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1998: GIVE ME YOUR ANSWER, DO! - Brian Friel (Hampstead) Julie Maisey, Niall Buggy, Aingeal Grehan, Geraldine James, Aneirin Hughes, John Woodvine, Margaret Tyzack, Gawn Grainger, Sorcha Cusack; dir:Robin Lefevre [24pp, 6.75x9.6; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies; VG] £4

1998: CAUSE CÉLÈBRE - Terence Rattigan (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Diane Fletcher (as Edith Davenport), Amanda Harris (as Alma Rattenbury), Eliza Hunt, Delia Lindsay, David McMinn, Laurence Mitchell (as George Percy Wood), Guy Moore, Vicki Pepperdine, Tim Preece, John Quentin, William Rycroft, Nitzan Sharron, Neil Stacy, Terry Taplin; dir:Neil Bartlett [28pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographiesw.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: DEAD FUNNY - Terry Johnson (Theatr Clwyd) Jay Villiers, Katharine Rogers, Jonathan Moore; dir:Peter Rowe [24pp, 6.9x9.75; photos, excellent illustrated article (featuring Kenneth Williams, Tony Hancock, Peter Sellers, Benny Hill, Morecambe and Wise, Max Miller, Frankie Howerd etc.); VG] £4

1998 (28 Sep-3 Oct): HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES - Alan Ayckbourn (Richmond Theatre) Angela Thorne, Dariel Pertwee, Anton Rodgers, Michael Lumsden, Paul Raffield, Suzy Aitchison; dir:Alan Strachan [40pp, 6.9x9.8; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1998: FULL GALLOP - Mark Hampton and Mary Louise Wilson (Hampstead) Diana Vreeland, Mary Louise Wilson; dir:Nicholas Martin [24pp, 6.75x9.8; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1998: DIAL M FOR MURDER - Frederick Knott (Theatre Royal, Windsor) Deborah Moore, Christopher Blake, Mark Greenstreet, Mark Noble, George Sewell; dir:Mark Piper [32pp, 6.8x9.8; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1998 (22 Jan-7 Feb): OLD-WORLD - Aleksei Arbuzov, translated by Ariadne Nicolaeff (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke) Honor Blackman, Gary Raymond; dir:Richard Digby Day [20pp, 6.9x9.9; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1998 (9 Apr-2 May): DAPHNE - Carol Bunyan (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke) Gary Fairhall, Deborah Grant, Sue Harris, Max Harvey, Jane How, Jenny Logan, Andrew Loudon, Judi Maynard, Sarah Thomas; dir:Roger Redfarn [20pp, 6.9x9.9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1998 (13-31 Oct): WHAT THE BUTLER SAW - Joe Orton (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke) David Sibley, Maria Carrigan, Eliza McClelland, Simon Jessop, Stephen Reynolds, Stuart Nurse; dir:Alasdair Ramsay [20pp, 6.9x9.9; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1998: MUM - Ronnie Barker (King's Head) Charlotte Barker, David Sterne, David Maybrick; dir:Dan Crawford [12pp, 7x10; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1998: TERMS OF ABUSE - Jessica Townsend (Hampstead) Suzan Sylvester, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Emma Bird, Dermot Crowley; dir:Julie-Anne Robinson [20pp, 5.5x11.75; cast photos, biographies, notes; VG] £3

1998: LUCKY SODS - John Godber (Derby Playhouse) Barry McGregor, Barbara Darnley, Paul Rider, Ruth Arnold; dir:Paul Rider [32pp, 5.5x11.75; photos, articles etc.; VG] £2

1998: SUGAR SUGAR - Simon Bent (Bush) Sue Johnston, Andrew Lincoln, Deborah McAndrew, Edward Peel, Jonny Phillips, Nicolas Tennant; dir:Paul Miller [6pp triple-fold, 5.5x11.75; biographies, notes; VG] £3

1998: SIMPLY BARBRA: THE WEDDING TOUR - Steven Brinberg (Jermyn Street Theatre) Steven Brinberg [6pp photographic triple-fold, 6x11.75; cast, biographies, credits; VG] £3

1998: MR PUNTILA & HIS MAN MATTI - Bertolt Brecht, after stories and a draft play by Hella Wuolijoki, version by Lee Hall (Albery) Hamish McColl (as Puntila), Sean Foley (as Matti), Hayley Carmichael, Chris Larner, Mick Barnfather, Harry Gostelow, Jim Findley, Joy Richardson, Samantha Mcdonald, Golda John; dir:Kathryn Hunter [28pp, 8.25x11,75; cast list, biographies w.rehearsal photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: CUCHULAIN CYCLE: AT THE HAWKS WELL, THE GREEN HELMET (excerpt), ON BAILE'S STRAND, THRE ONLY JEALOUSY OF EMER, and THE DEATH OF CUCHULAIN - W B Yeats (Riverside Studios) Hazel O'Connor, Derek Chapman, Phyllis Ryan, Feidhlim Hillery, Andrea Edmunds, Peter Vollebregt, Aongus Og McAnally, Ellen McElroy, Brian Thunder; dir:Michael Scott, John Scott [12pp, 8.25x11.75; cast lists, synopses, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1998: THE ICEMAN COMETH - Eugene O'Neill (Almeida) Mark Strong, Tim Pigott-Smith (as Larry Slade), Nigel Cooke, Duncan Bell (as Willie Oban), James Hazeldine (as Harry Hope), Clarke Peters (as Joe Mott), Rupert Graves, Patrick Godfrey, Nicholas Day, Ian Bartholomew, John Rogan, Roger Sloman, Lisa Palfrey, Holly Aird, Emily Morgan, Robert Pugh, Kevin Spacey (as Hickey), Tony Guilfoyle, Owen Oakeshott; dir:Howard Davies [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: THE ICEMAN COMETH - Eugene O'Neill (Almeida at the Old Vic) Martin Marquez, Tim Pigott-Smith (as Larry Slade), Nigel Cooke, Duncan Bell (as Willie Oban), James Hazeldine (as Harry Hope), Rudolph Walker (as Joe Mott), Ben Walden, Nicholas Day, Patrick Godfrey, Ian Bartholomew, John Rogan, Roger Sloman, Lisa Palfrey, Elli Garnett, Emily Morgan, Trevor Cooper, Kevin Spacey (as Hickey), Benny Young, Owen Oakeshott; dir:Howard Davies [28pp, 8.25x11.75; VG] £3

1998: THE LATE EDWINA BLACK - William Dinner and William Morun (Century Theatre) Roger Delves-Broughton, Maria Gough, Pat Rossiter, Peter Rylands; dir:Ian Forrest [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits, Performance Calendar etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1998: KAFKA'S DICK - Alan Bennett (Piccadilly) Peter Hall Company: John Gordon-Sinclair, Jason Watkins, Julia McKenzie, Eric Sykes, Denis Lill, Michael Byrne; dir:Peter Hall [8.25x11.75; cast photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

1998: NAKED - Luigi Pirandello, version by Nicholas Wright (Playhouse) Almeida production: Anita Reeves, Juliette Binoche (as Ersilia Drei), Oliver Ford Davies, David Sibley, Ben Daniels, Romy Baskerville, Kevin McNally; dir:Jonathan Kent [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA - Bernard Shaw (Almeida) Laurence Mitchell, Patsy Byrne, Ian McDiarmid (as Sir Colenso Ridgeon), Toby Salaman, Bernard Horsfall, Martin Jarvis (as Cutler Walpole), Tony Britton (as Sir Ralph Bloomfield Bonington), Robert Demeger, Victoria Hamilton (as Jennifer Dubedat), James Callis (as Louis Dubedat), Harriet Cater, Simon Scott; dir:Michael Grandage [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, cast and rehearsal photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1998: THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER - Moss Hart and George S Kaufman (Barbican) Steppenwolf Theatre Company: Susan Osborne-Mott, Linda Kimbrough, Darin Toonder, Suzanne Shaw, Michael Nowak, Lee Roy Rogers, Shannon Cochran (as Mrs Dexter/Lorraine Sheldon), Jane Galloway Heitz, Robert Breuler, Harriet Harris (as Maggie Cutler), Thomas Joseph Carroll, John Mahoney (as Sheridan Whiteside), Natalie West, Rick Snyder, Jim Ortlieb, Matthew Armstrong, Alan Wilder, Ross Lehman, Christian Stolte; dir:James Burrows [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, productions photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

Plays: 1999

1999: LENNY - Julian Barry (Queen's) James Hayes, Eddie Izzard, David Ryall, Stephan Noonan, Elizabeth Berkley, Matt Devereaux, Sandra Caron, Annette McLaughlin; dir:Peter Hall [52pp, 6.9x9.8; cast list, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos, programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1999 (28 Apr-5 Jun): THE LAST THRASH - David Cregan (Orange Tree) Nick Fletcher (as Henry, Games), Tricia Kelly, Paul Kemp, Jeremy Crutchley, David Timson (as Monty, Maths), Lucy Tregear, George Belfield, Sam Marks, Emma Gregory, Sarah Tansey, Sam Walters (as Herbert, the Headmaster); dir:Dominic Hill [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1999 (30 Sep-4 Dec): SOME EXPLICIT POLAROIDS - Mark Ravenhill (Tour) Out Of Joint: Russell Barr, Nick Dunning, Fritha Goodey, Sally Rogers, David Sibley, Matthew Wait; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [16pp, 5.5x7.8; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, credits etc; VG] £3

1999: MEMORY OF WATER - Shelagh Stephenson (Vaudeville) Stella Gonet, Margot Leicester, Alison Steadman, Julia Sawalha, Patrick Drury, Stuart McGugan; dir:Terry Johnson [28pp, 5.8x8.25; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1999: HOWIE THE ROOKIE - Mark O'Rowe (Bush Theatre) Aidan Kelly, Karl Shiels; dir:Mike Bradwell [8pp, 7.5x7.5; biographies, credits etc.; VG] £2

1999: ON THE WHOLE IT'S BEEN JOLLY GOOD - Peter Tinniswood (Pleasance, Edinburgh) Leslie Phillips; dir:Chrys Salt [16pp; biographies, notes; VG] £2

1999 (9 Jun-17 Jul): THE CASSILIS ENGAGEMENT - St.John Hankin (Orange Tree) Amanda Royle, David Timson, Tricia Kelly, Karen Ascoe, Nick Fletcher, Jeremy Crutchley; dir:Auriol Smith [cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1999: DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER - Marc Camoletti (New Victoria Theatre, Woking) Les Dennis, Lionel Blair, Vicki Michelle, Mandy Perryment, Su Pollard; dir:Peter Farago [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast list, illustrated article, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1999: MARATHON - Edoardo Erba (Gate Theatre) Ciaran McMenamin, J.D.Kelleher (for Ben Waters); dir:Mick Gordon [12pp, 4x8.75; biographies, credits, notes etc.; VG] £3

1999: INTIMATE DEATH - Marie de Hennezel, adapted by Mick Gordon (Gate Theatre) Gillian Barge, Amelda Brown, Nina Conti, Iain Fraser, Michael Hadley, Nicholas Tizzard; dir:Mick Gordon [12pp, 4x8.75; biographies, credits, notes etc.; VG] £3

1999: THE REAL THING - Tom Stoppard (Donmar) Nigel Lindsay, Sarah Woodward, Stephen Dillane, Jennifer Ehle, Caroline Hayes, Mark Bazeley, Joshua Henderson; dir:David Leveaux [10+ rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1999: THREE DAYS OF RAIN - Richard Greenberg (Donmar) Colin Firth, Elizabeth McGovern, David Morrissey; dir:Robin Lefevre [28pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1999: JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK - Sean O'Casey (Donmar) Renee Weldon (as Mary Boyle), Dearbhla Molloy (as Juno Boyle), William Ash (as Johnny Boyle), Stephen Kennedy, Colm Meaney (as 'Captain' Jack Boyle), Ron Cook (as 'Joxer' Daly), Jonathan Bond, Bernadette Shortt, Helen Ryan, David Carey, Damian O'Hare, Tom Ambrose; dir:John Crowley [36pp, 6x9; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated programme notes, 7 rehearsal sketches by the designer Rae Smith, credits etc.; VG] £4

1999: HAY FEVER - Noel Coward (Savoy) Geraldine McEwan, Peter Blythe, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Malcolm Sinclair, Cathryn Bradshaw, Stephen Mangan, Scott Handy; dir:Declan Donnellan [cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1999: ENJOY - Alan Bennett (Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse) Bernard Gallagher, Thelma Barlow, Ken Bradshaw, Andrina Carroll, Nicholas Moss, Francis Jameson, Edward Price, Nigel Solly, Eileen O'Brien, Jonathan Melhenney-Hayward, Paul Marriott, Chris Harrison; dir:Alan Dossor [32pp, 6.8x9.8; cast list, biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1999: SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER - Tennessee Williams (Comedy) Sheila Gish, Gerard Butler, Johanna Kirby, Tim Matthews, Julia Swift, Rachel Weisz, Patricia Boyer; dir:Sean Mathias [32pp, 6.8x9.8; cast list, illustrated programme notes, production and cast photos, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1999: COLLECTED STORIES - Donald Margulies (Cambridge Arts Theatre) Helen Mirren, Anne-Marie Duff; dir:Howard Davies [24pp, 6.8x9.8; cast list, biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1999: COLLECTED STORIES - Donald Margulies (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Helen Mirren, Anne-Marie Duff; dir:Howard Davies [44pp, 6.9x9.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, 12 production photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1999: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY - Harold Pinter (Piccadilly) Barry Jackson, Prunella Scales (as Meg), Steven Pacey (as Stanley), Lisa Dulson, Timothy West (as Goldberg), Nigel Terry; dir:Joe Harmston [6.9x9.8; cast and production photos (many in colour), biographies, illustrated articles; minor marks, else VG] £4

1999: 50 REVOLUTIONS - Murray Gold (Whitehall) Oxford Stage Company: Nikki Amuka-Bird, Michele Austin, Nicholas Clay, Tom Fisher, Kulvinder Ghir, Emma Handy, Emily Joyce, Francis Lee, Nathaniel Parker, Amanda Root, Hugh Ross, Joanna Roth, Claire Rushbrook, Nicola Walker, Simon Allen; dir:Dominic Dromgoole [28pp, 7x9.8; biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1999: YOU BE TED & I'LL BE SYLVIA - Simon Smith (Hampstead) Gabrielle Hamilton, John Jardine, Sue Plaister, Mary Wimbush, Susan Brown, Danielle Tilley, Nicholas McAuliffe; dir:Jonathan Church [28pp, 6.75x9.8; cast biographies w.photos, articles etc.; VG] £3

1999: COMIC POTENTIAL - Alan Ayckbourn (Lyric) James Hornsby, Helen Pearson, Bill Champion, Eleanor Tremain, David Soul, Becky Hindley, Jacqueline King, Matthew Cottle, Janie Dee, John Branwell, Suzannah Hirst; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [6.9x9.8; cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1999: MAKING NOISE QUIETLY - Robert Holman (Whitehall) Oxford Stage Company: Eleanor Bron, Phillip Dowling, John Lloyd Fillingham, Peter Hanly, Sonny Muslim; dir:Deborah Bruce [6.9x9.8; cast and production photos (many in colour), biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1999: QUARTET - Ronald Harwood (Albery) Donald Sinden, Alec McCowen, Stephanie Cole, Angela Thorne; dir:Christopher Morahan [32pp, 6.9x9.8; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1999: EURYDICE - Jean Anouilh (Whitehall) Orlando Seale, Amy Marston, Edward de Souza, Desmond Barrit, Susan Tracy, Geoffrey Beevers; dir:Simon Godwin [6.9x9.8; cast and rehearsal photos (many in colour), biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1999: HOUSE + GARDEN - Alan Ayckbourn (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough) Janie Dee, Sabine Azema, Robert Blythe, Terence Booth, Simon Green, Alexandra Mathie, Peter Laird, Antonia Pemberton; dir:Alan Ayckbourn [6.9x9.8; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1999: LARKIN WITH WOMEN - Ben Brown (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough) Oliver Ford Davies, Carolyn Backhouse, Susie Blake; dir:Alan Strachan [6.9x9.8; cast photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £3

1999: PEGGY FOR YOU - Alan Plater (Hampstead) Maureen Lipman, Tom Espiner, Selina Griffiths, Crispin Redman; dir:Robin Lefevre [6.9x9.8; cast and production photos, biographies, illustrated articles; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1999: DISPOSING OF THE BODY - Hugh Whitemore (Hampstead) Stephen Moore, Charlotte Cornwell, Gemma Jones, David Horovitch, Joanna McCallum, Ken Drury; dir:Robin Lefevre [6.9x9.8; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1999: THE DEATH OF COOL - Alan Pollock (Hampstead) Colin Tierney, Gideon Turner, Susannah Doyle, Georgia Mackenzie, Colin Haigh, Jem Wall; dir:Gemma Bodinetz [24pp, 6.9x9.8; cast photos, biographies; VG] £3

1999: PERFECT DAYS - Liz Lochhead (Hampstead) Siobhan Redmond, Anne Kidd, Ann Scott-James, John Kazek, Vincent Friell, Enzo Cilenti; dir:John Tiffany [28pp, 6.9x9.8; cast list, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £2

1999: PERFECT DAYS - Liz Lochhead (Vaudeville) Siobhan Redmond, Jo Cameron Brown, Ann Scott-James, John Kazek, Vincent Friell, Nick Lopez; dir:John Tiffany [28pp, 6.6x9.4; cast list, biographies w.photos, production photos, credits etc.; VG] £3

1999: ART - Yasmina Reza (Wyndham's) Nicholas Woodeson, Art Malik, Frank Skinner; dir:Matthew Warchus, Mick Gordon [28pp, 6.8x9.8; cast list, biographies w.large colour photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1999: HUSHABYE MOUNTAIN - Jonathan Harvey (Hampstead) English Touring Theatre production: Nick Bagnall, Elizabeth Estensen, Rose Keegan, David Kennedy, Stuart Laing, Andrew Lincoln; dir:Paul Miller [28pp, 6.8x9.8; cast biographies w.photos, articles etc.; VG] £3

1999 (14-18 Sep): A PENNY FOR A SONG - John Whiting (Richmond Theatre) Oxford Stage Company production: Charles Kay (as Timothy Bellboys), Peter Sproule, James Lance, Jeremy Clyde, Gabrielle Drake, Jody Watson (as Dorcas Bellboys), Julian Glover (as Hallam Matthews), Richard Lynch, Samuel Sackville, Lewis Crutch, Brian Protheroe, Paul Imbusch, Katie Pattinson; dir:Paul Miller [32pp, 6.9x9.8; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1999 (20 Jan-6 Feb): CORPSE - Gerald Moon (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke) Ian Targett, Kate Dove, Ian Lindsay, Simon Jessop; dir:Robin Herford [28pp, 6.9x9.9; cast list, biographies w.photos, articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1999 (8 Apr-1 May): SHAKERS RE-STIRRED - John Godber and Jane Thornton (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke) Maria Carrigan, Samantha Seager, Ruth Arnold, Lisa Shingler; dir:Michael Vivian [28pp, 6.9x9.9; cast list, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1999 (22 Oct-13 Nov): NEVILLE'S ISLAND - Tim Firth (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke) Tom Bevan, Tony Turner, Michael Vivian, Peter Glancy; dir:Martin Houghton [28pp, 6.9x9.9; cast list, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3

1999: ON THE PISTE - John Godber (Tour) ITF Productions: Stephen Boje, Grant Burgin, Charlotte Fields, Catherine James, Kirsty Sinclair, Tommy Taratts; dir:James Puddephatt and John Godber [4pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies w.photos, notes, credits etc; VG] £2

1999: SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS - Tennessee Williams (Pleasance Theatre) Kate Duchene, Bill Bailey, Ed Bishop, John Marquez, Susannah York, Andrew Frame, Nathan Osgood, Will Adamsdale; dir:Rufus Norris [6pp, 5.5x11.75 triple-fold; biographies w.photos, programme notes, credits etc.; VG] £2

1999: RESIDENT ALIEN, based on the life and writings of Quentin Crisp - Tim Fountain (Bush Theatre) Bette Bourne; dir:Mike Bradwell [6pp triple-fold, 5.5x11.75; biographies, notes, articles etc.; VG] £2

1999: BLAVATSKY - Clare Bayley (Young Vic Studio) Lightworks: David Antrobus, Jane Guernier, Helena Lymbery, Paul Murray; dir:Andy Lavender [6pp triple-fold, 5.6x11.75; biographies, notes, articles etc.; VG] £2

1999: WHEN PIGS FLY - Howard Crabtree (Arts Theatre) Steven Worbey, John McManus, Andrew Christian, Miles Western, David Ashley, Martin Callaghan; dir:Andrew Neil [6pp triple-fold, 5.5x11.75; colourful programme with photos and illustrations; VG] £2

1999: LITTLE MALCOLM AND HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EUNUCHS - David Halliwell (Comedy) Ewan McGregor, Nicolas Tennant, Joe Duttine, Sean Gilder, Lou Gish; dir:Denis Lawson [36pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, biographies, 12+ large production photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1999: PLENTY - David Hare (Albery) Almeida Theatre Company: Cate Blanchett (as Susan Traherne), Julian Wadham, Debra Gillett, Duncan Bell (as Codename Lazar), Alain Bourgouin, Richard Johnson (as Sir Leonard Darwin), Alec Newman, Heather Dickinson, Burt Kwouk, Jacqui Chan, Katie Blake, Jamie de Courcey, Jeremy Child, Georges Trillat; dir:Jonathan Kent [36pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated article about David Hare; VG] £4

1999: AUNT DAN & LEMON - Wallace Shawn (Almeida) Miranda Richardson, Glenne Headly, Amira Casar, Corey Johnson, Kerry Shale, Janine Duvitski; dir:Tom Cairns [large size (8.25x11.75); cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, articles; minor marks else VG] £3

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