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1940-1949 Programmes and Season Books
1940 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: B.Iden Payne; with Baliol Holloway, George Skillan, Basil Langton, Clare Harris, Freda Jackson, Peggy Bryan
no programmes available
1941 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: B.Iden Payne; with Baliol Holloway, George Hayes, Jay Laurier, Freda Jackson, Godfrey Kenton, Margaretta Scott
no programmes available
1942 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: B.Iden Payne; with Baliol Holloway, George Hayes, Jay Laurier, Margaretta Scott, Buena Bent
1942: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (SMT)
Baliol Holloway, Margaretta Scott; dir:Iden Payne [4pp; 5x7.5; light fold; photo not included] £3
1942: THE TEMPEST (SMT)
George Hayes, Baliol Holloway, Jay Laurier; dir:Iden Payne [4pp; 5x7.5; light fold] (£3) SOLD
1942: MACBETH (SMT)
1942: AS YOU LIKE IT (SMT)
1942: THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (SMT)
1943 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Milton Rosmer; with Abraham Sofaer, Baliol Holloway, Patricia Jessel, Anna Konstam, Alison Pickard, Christine Adrian
1943: OTHELLO (SMT)
Baliol Holloway, Abraham Sofaer, Anna Konstam, Patricia Jessell; dir:Rosmer [4pp; 5x7.5; light fold; photos not included] £3
1943: TWELFTH NIGHT (SMT)
Patricia Jessell, Abraham Sofaer, Anna Konstam; dir:Rosmer [4pp; 5x7.5; light fold; photos not included] £3
1943: HENRY V (SMT)
Baliol Holloway, Abraham Sofaer, Anna Konstam; dir:Rosmer [4pp; 5x7.5; light fold; photos not included] £3
1943: KING LEAR (SMT)
1943: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (SMT)
1943: THE WINTER'S TALE (SMT)
1943: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (SMT)
1944 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Robert Atkins; with George Hayes, Robert Atkins, Viola Lyel, Helen Cherry, Antony Eustrel, Patricia Jessel, Raymond Rollett, John Byron, Mary Honer, Anna Burden
1944: VOLPONE (SMT)
Robert Atkins, John Byron, Helen Cherry, Viola Lyel; dir:Atkins [4pp; 5x7.5; light fold] (£3) SOLD
1944: RICHARD II(SMT)
George Hayes, Antony Eustrel, W.E.Holloway, Helen Cherry; dir:Atkins [4pp; 5x7.5] £3
1944: TAMING OF THE SHREW (SMT)
Antony Eustrel, Patricia Jessell, Mary Honer, Graham Crowden (3rd Huntsman), Lionel Blair (Gregory); dir:Atkins [4pp; 5x7.5; light fold] (£3) SOLD
1944: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (SMT)
George Hayes, Helen Cherry, Antony Eustrel, Anna Burden, Lionel Blair (Leonardo); dir:Atkins [4pp; 5x7.5; tatty but intact] (£2) SOLD
1944: HAMLET (SMT)
John Byron, Raymond Rollett, Viola Lyel, Michael Martin-Harvey, Anna Burden, Lionel Blair (3rd Player); dir:Atkins [4pp; 5x7.5; light creases] (£3) SOLD
1944: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (SMT)
John Byron, Cliff Weir, Patricia Jessell, Antony Eustrel, Toto Capper-Parlby (!); dir:Atkins [4pp; 5x7.5; light fold] (£3) SOLD
1945 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Robert Atkins; with Anthony Eustrel, Robert Atkins, Claire Luce, Margaret Boyd, Moira Lister, David Peel, Viola Lyel, Horace Sequeira
1945 (Feb): TWELFTH NIGHT (New Theatre, Oxford)
Stratford-Upon-Avon Shakespeare Festival Company: Claire Luce, David Read, Robert Atkins, David Peel, Peter Bell, Horace Sequeira, Andrew Faulds (First Officer), Mary Honer, Moira Lister; dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x8; cast, credits, air raid warning etc.; most unusual] £4
1945 (Feb): THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (New Theatre, Oxford)
Stratford-Upon-Avon Shakespeare Festival Company: Robert Atkins, Viola Lyel, Claire Luce, Margaret Boyd, Horace Sequeira, Andrew Faulds (Pistol), Tristan Rawson, David Peel, Antony Eustrel, Graham Crowden (Robert); dir:Robert Atkins [4pp, 5x8; cast, credits, air raid warning etc.; most unusual] (£4) SOLD
1945: HENRY VIII (SMT)
Antony Eustrel, George Skillan, Viola Lyel, Graham Crowden (A Gentleman); dir:Atkins [4pp; 5x7.5; tatty w.marks] (£2) SOLD
1945: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (SMT)
Robert Atkins, Antony Eustrel, Viola Lyel, Clare Luce, Boyd, Graham Crowden (Robert); dir:Atkins [4pp; 5x7.5; light creases] (£3) SOLD
1945: TWELFTH NIGHT (SMT)
Clare Luce, David Read, Robert Atkins, Moira Lister; dir:Atkins [4pp; 5x7.5; light creases] £3
1945: ROMEO AND JULIET (SMT)
David Peel, Moira Lister, Antony Eustrel, W.E.Holloway, Graham Crowden, Andrew Faulds, Margaret Boyd, Eric Porter (as Page to Paris); dir:Atkins [4pp; 5x7.5; light creases] £3
1945: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (SMT)
Antony Eustrel, Clare Luce, Tristan Rawson, Moira Lister, Mary Honer, Viola Lyel; dir:Atkins [4pp; 5x7.5; light crease] (£3) SOLD
1946 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Barry Jackson; with Robert Harris, Valerie Taylor, Myles Eason, David O'Brien, Robert Vernon, Julian Somers, Hugh Griffith, Paul Scofield, Ruth Lodge, Joy Parker, Donald Sinden, John Harrison
1946: THE TEMPEST - opening production (SMT, 20 Apr)
Robert Harris, Joy Parker, Julian Somers, Hugh Griffith, John Harrison, Donald Sinden (Adrian); dir:Eric Crozier, music:Lennox Berkeley [4pp; 5x7.5; light crease] (£4) SOLD
1946: CYMBELINE (SMT, 23 Apr)
Myles Eason, Valerie Taylor, David King-Wood, Paul Scofield (as Cloten), Donald Sinden, John Harrison; dir:Nugent Monck [4pp; 5x7.5; light crease; photo not included] (£8) SOLD
1946: LOVE'S LABOURS LOST (SMT, 26 Apr)
Hugh Griffith, David King-Wood, Ruth Lodge, Paul Scofield (as Don Adriano), Donald Sinden (as Dumain), Valerie Taylor, John Harrison, David O'Brien, Joy Parker, Julian Somers; dir:Peter Brook
1946: HENRY V (SMT, 10 May)
Paul Scofield, Robert Harris, Hugh Griffith, Ruth Lodge, John Harrison, Donald Sinden; dir:Dorothy Green [4pp; 5x7.5; photo not included; mucky - but uncommon] (£5) SOLD
1946: AS YOU LIKE IT (SMT, 31 May)
Ruth Lodge, Myles Eason, Paul Scofield (as Oliver), Joy Parker, Hugh Griffith, Donald Sinden, Julian Somers, David O'Brien; dir:Herbert M.Prentice [4pp; 5x7.5; VG] (£7) SOLD
1946: MACBETH (SMT, 21 June)
Robert Harris, Valerie Taylor, Paul Scofield (Malcolm), John Harrison, Myles Eason, David King-Wood, Julian Somers, Donald Sinden, David O'Brien, Douglas Seale, Hugh Griffith (as a witch), Dudley Jones; dir:Michael Macowan, music:Edmund Rubbra [4pp; 5x7.5; VG; photos not included] (£8) SOLD
1946: DOCTOR FAUSTUS (SMT, 12 Jul)
Robert Harris, Hugh Griffith, John Harrison, Donald Sinden, Joy Parker (Lechery); dir:Walter Hudd [4pp; 5x7.5; rumpled] £3
1946: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (SMT, 24 Aug)
Richard Harris, David King-Wood, Paul Scofield, Donald Sinden, Ruth Lodge, John Harrison, Myles Eason, Douglas Seale; dir:McMullan [4pp; 5x7.5; slightly rumpled] (£6) SOLD
1946: STRATFORD FESTIVAL SOUVENIR (SMT) Souvenir Brochure
A most uncommon Souvenir Brochure from Stratford's first post-war season; contains an introduction by Barry Jackson, features (with commentary and photos) on CYMBELINE (w.James Raglan, David King-Wood, Valerie Taylor), HENRY THE FIFTH (w.Paul Scofield, Ruth Lodge, Robert Harris), LOVE'S LABOURS LOST in the "absurdly young" Peter Brook's "Watteau production" (w.David King-Wood, Sulwen Morgan, Julian Somers, Valerie Taylor, Paul Stephenson, Trevor Barker, Ruth Lodge, Paul Scofield, David O'Brien), MACBETH (w.Valerie Taylor, Nancy Nevinson, Douglas Seale, Robert Harris, Julian Somers, Dudley Jones, Ruth Lodge, Hugh Griffith), THE TEMPEST (w.John Harrison, Joy Parker, Donald Sinden, Christian Morrow, Duncan Ross, James Raglan, Paul Stephenson, Myles Eason, Hugh Griffith, Julian Somers, Robert Vernon); commentaries on AS YOU LIKE IT and DOCTOR FAUSTUS, with photos of Nancy Nevinson; short features on the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, and Frank McMullan ("First American producer"); 1946 Festival Company list; 18 excellent photos [16pp, 7.4x9.75; slightly rumpled with minor marks on cover, but otherwise in remarkable condition] (£16) SOLD
1947 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Barry Jackson; with Robert Harris, Beatrix Lehmann, Walter Hudd, Veronica Turleigh, Paul Scofield, John Ruddock, Douglas Seale, Daphne Slater, Joy Parker, Michael Golden, Donald Sinden, John Blatchley, Margaret Courtenay, Joss Ackland, John Warner, Laurence Payne, Myles Eason, John Harrison
1947: SEASON BROCHURE for First Fourteen Weeks (SMT)
Brochure containing Company List, Production Credits for all the 1947 productions, Schedule of Performances Sat Apr 5th - Sat July 12th, Booking information, Prices, Theatre information etc. [16pp, 3.4x4.9; VG; extremely unusual] (£5) SOLD
1947: SEASON BROCHURE for Last Eleven Weeks (SMT)
Brochure containing Company List, Production Credits for the 1947 productions, Schedule of Performances Mon July 14th - Sat Sept 27th, Booking information, Prices, Theatre information etc. [16pp, 3.4x4.9; VG; extremely unusual] £5
1947: ROMEO AND JULIET (SMT) opened 5 April
Laurence Payne, Daphne Slater, Paul Scofield; dir:Peter Brook, des:Rolf Gerard, music:Roberto Gerhard
1947: DOCTOR FAUSTUS (SMT) opened 9 April
dir:Walter Hudd, des:Riette Sturge-Moore, music:Robert Chignell, John Simons
1947: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (SMT) opened 11 April
Robert Harris, Beatrix Lehmann, Paul Scofield; dir:Frank McMullan, des:Otis Riggs
1947: LOVE'S LABOURS LOST (SMT) opened 14 April
Laurence Payne, John Harrison, Donald Sinden, Paul Scofield , Veronica Turleigh, Joy Parker, John Blatchley, Margaret Courtenay, Joss Ackland; dir:Peter Brook, des:Reginald Leefe, music:Allan Gray [8pp, 4.8x7.4; the "Watteau" production that made the 21-year-old Brook's name; light fold, pencil annotations on back] (£5) SOLD
1947: TWELFTH NIGHT (SMT) opened 23 April
Beatrix Lehmann, Daphne Slater, Walter Hudd, Paul Scofield; dir:Walter Hudd, des:Riette Sturge-Moore, music:Trude and Otto Huttenbach
1947: THE TEMPEST (SMT) opened 9 May
Robert Harris, Daphne Slater, Joy Parker, John Blatchley, Douglas Seale, John Harrison, Margaret Courtenay (Juno), Donald Sinden (Sebastian); dir:Norman Wright, des:Paul Shelving, music:Lennox Berkeley [8pp; 5x7.5; light crease] (£4) SOLD
1947: RICHARD II (SMT) opened 13 June
Robert Harris, Michael Golden, John Ruddock, Joss Ackland, Donald Sinden, Joy Parker; dir:Walter Hudd, des:Hal Burton, music:John Simons [8pp; 5x7.5; light crease] £4
1947: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (SMT) opened 11 July
John Ruddock, Beatrix Lehmann, Laurence Payne, Donald Sinden, John Harrison, Joy Parker; dir:Michael Benthall, des:Sophie Fedorovitch, music:Brian Easdale [8pp; 5x7.5; slightly grubby w.tiny bite] £4
1947: PERICLES (SMT) opened 15 August
Paul Scofield, Daphne Slater, Joss Ackland, John Blatchley, Margaret Courtenay; dir:Nugent Monck, des:Barry Jackson [8pp; 5x7.5; light creases] (£6) SOLD
1947: TWELFTH NIGHT (His Majesty's, London)
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company; Beatrix Lehmann, Walter Hudd, Paul Scofield, Daphne Slater, John Blatchley; dir:Walter Hudd [4pp; 5x8; photo not included; rumpled, w.light marks] £4
1947: RICHARD II (His Majesty's, London)
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company: Robert Harris, John Ruddock, Michael Golden, Myles Eason, John Harrison, John Warner, Julian Amyes, Joss Ackland, Donald Sinden, Beatrix Lehmann, Joy Parker, Margaret Courtenay, George Cooper, Dudley Jones; dir:Walter Hudd [4pp; 5x8; horizontal crease, rumpled, w.light marks] £3
1948 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Barry Jackson; with Godfrey Tearle, Diana Wynyard, Paul Scofield, Anthony Quayle, Ena Burrill, Claire Bloom, Heather Stannard, Robert Helpmann, Esmond Knight, Alfie Bass, John Justin
1948: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (SMT)
Paul Scofield, Heather Stannard, Paul Hardwick, Anthony Quayle, Diana Wynyard, Esmond Knight; dir:Anthony Quayle, des:Motley [4pp; 5x8; light marks] (£4) SOLD
1948: HAMLET (SMT)
Robert Helpmann, Anthony Quayle, Diana Wynyard, Claire Bloom; dir:Michael Benthall [4pp; 5x8; worn crease] (£3) SOLD
1948: HAMLET (SMT)
Paul Scofield, Anthony Quayle, Diana Wynyard, Claire Bloom; dir:Michael Benthall [4pp; 5x8; rumpled] £3
1948: OTHELLO (SMT)
Godfrey Tearle, Anthony Quayle, Paul Scofield (Roderigo), Diana Wynyard, Claire Bloom; dir:Tearle & Quayle [4pp, 5x8; slightly rumpled] £4
1948: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (SMT)
Robert Helpmann, Diana Wynyard, Heather Stannard, Paul Scofield (Bassanio), Claire Bloom; dir:Michael Benthall [4pp; 5x8; light creases] £3
1948: THE WINTER'S TALE (SMT)
Esmond Knight, Diana Wynyard, Paul Scofield (as Clown), Paul Hardwick, Douglas Wilmer, Claire Bloom, William Squire, Alfie Bass, John Justin, Michael Bates, Robert Urquhart, Michael Gwynn, Clifford Williams; dir:Anthony Quayle [4pp, 4.9x7.4; light creases, line sketch on cover] £4
1948: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING JOHN(SMT)
Robert Helpmann, Esmond Knight, Noel Willman, Anthony Quayle, Paul Hardwick, Michael Gwynne, Alfie Bass, Claire Bloom, Paul Scofield, John Justin, Ena Burrill, Douglas Wilmer, William Squire, Michael Bates, Julian Amyes, Heather Stannard, Robert Urquhart; dir:Michael Benthall [4pp, 4.9x7.4; light creases] (£4) SOLD
1948: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (SMT)
Anthony Quayle, Diana Wynyard, Esmond Knight, Heather Stannard, Anthony Quayle, Alfie Bass, Michael Bates, Claire Bloom, Robert Urquhart, Noel Willman, Michael Gwynne, Julian Amyes; dir:Michael Benthall [4pp, 4.9x7.4; light marks, else VG] (£4) SOLD
1948 STRATFORD FESTIVAL SOUVENIR
This unusual Souvenir consists almost entirely of vivid photographs, about twenty in all: Barry Jackson, Michael Benthall, Anthony Quayle, Godfrey Tearle, Diana Wynyard, Robert Helpmann as Hamlet, Anthony Quayle as Falconbridge, Esmond Knight as Gratiano, Paul Scofield as Hamlet (very moody), Heather Stannard as Jessica, Claire Bloom as Blanch of Spain; scenes from MERCHANT OF VENICE, RICHARD II, ROMEO AND JULIET (directed by Peter Brook), PERICLES, DOCTOR FAUSTUS, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (Peter Brook's Watteau production), and the 1946 CYMBELINE. There are also 2 colour designs, a list of the 1948 productions, and a company list.
[24pp in light card cover; 7.25x9.25; cover is slightly grubby, contents are V.V.G.] (£10) SOLD
1949 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Anthony Quayle; with Godfrey Tearle, Diana Wynyard, Leon Quartermaine, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, George Rose
1949: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (SMT)
Anthony Quayle, Diana Wynyard, Harry Andrews, Leon Quartermaine, Paul Hardwick, George Rose, William Squire, Penelope Munday, Jill Bennett, Margaret Courtenay, Michael Bates, Timothy Bateson, Robert Hardy, Edmund Purdom, Robert Shaw; dir:John Gielgud, des:Mariano Andreu [4pp, 4.9x7.4] (£4) SOLD
1949: OTHELLO (SMT)
Godfrey Tearle, John Slater, Diana Wynyard, George Rose, Clement McCallin, Michael Gwynn, Paul Hardwick, Jill Bennett, Michael Bates, Robert Hardy, Edmund Purdom, Robert Shaw; dir:Godfrey Tearle [4pp, 4.9x7.4; slightly rumpled] £3
1949: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (SMT)
Harry Andrews, Paul Hardwick, Diana Wynyard, Clement McCallin, John Slater, Michael Gwynn, Michael Bates, George Rose, William Squire, Margaret Courtenay, Robert Hardy, Robert Shaw; dir:Michael Benthall [4pp, 4.9x7.4; VG] (£4) SOLD
1949: MACBETH (SMT)
Godfrey Tearle, Diana Wynyard, Leon Quartermaine, Harry Andrews, William Squire, Michael Bates, Clement McCallin, Paul Hardwick (as Sergeant and Siward), George Rose, Michael Gwynn, Robert Shaw (as Angus), Edmund Purdom, Jill Bennett (as Fleance and 2nd Apparition), John Slater, Robert Hardy, Margaret Courtenay, Wynne Clark, Timothy Bateson; dir:Anthony Quayle [4pp, 4.9x7.4] (£5) SOLD
1949 STRATFORD FESTIVAL SOUVENIR
This Souvenir consists almost entirely of superb black and white photographs. Featured are: Diana Wynyard as Beatrice and as Desdemona, Leon Quartermaine as Banquo, Harry Andrews as Don Pedro, Kathleen Michael as Titania, John Slater as Iago, Clement McCallin as Lysander, Godfrey Tearle as Othello, Anthony Quayle and Ena Burrill as Iago and Emilia, and the final scene of OTHELLO; portraits of Anthony Quayle, Godfrey Tearle, John Gielgud, Tyrone Guthrie, Michael Benthall, Leslie Bridgewater, Leslie Hurry, Mariano Andreu, Tanya Moseiwitsch, James Bailey, Edward Carrick, Audrey Crudas, Joseph Carl, Wynne Clark; scenes from 1948 productions: KING JOHN (Helpmann, Scofield, Quayle), WINTER'S TALE (Scofield, Kidd), HAMLET (Scofield), MERCHANT (Helpmann, Wynyard), TROILUS (Scofield, Stannard), HAMLET (Helpmann). The vivid photography is mostly by Angus McBean. There are also 2 superb full-page colour illustrations of Andreu's designs for MUCH ADO and James Bailey's for MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, a list of the 1949 productions, and biographies of the leading actors.
[28pp in light card cover; 8.75x10.75; cover is very slightly grubby, else in excellent condition] £12
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