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1950-1954 Programmes and Season Books
Some of these programmes were formerly the property of the critic Eric John, and it was his habit to make notes for his reviews on the actual programmes; these are described below as "critical notes"
1950 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Anthony Quayle; with John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Leon Quartermaine, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Jefford
1950: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (SMT)
John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Barbara Jefford, Alan Badel, Leon Quartermaine, Robert Hardy, Robert Shaw, George Rose, Michael Gwynn, Michael Bates, Maxine Audley, Paul Hardwick; dir:Peter Brook [4pp; 5x7.5; VG; date witten on cover; unusual] £5
1950: JULIUS CAESAR (SMT)
John Gielgud (as Cassius), Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Barbara Jefford, Andrew Cruickshank, Alan Badel, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Robert Hardy, Paul Hardwick, Robert Shaw (as a messenger); dir:Anthony Quayle & Michael Langham [4pp; 5x7.5; slight fading; date written on cover; unusual] £5
1950: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (SMT)
John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Barbara Jefford, Leon Quartermaine, Alan Badel, Andrew Cruickshank, Paul Hardwick, Robert Shaw, George Rose, Robert Hardy, Maxine Audley; dir:John Gielgud, des:Mariano Andreu [4pp, 5x7.4; light crease; unusual] £5
1950: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (SMT)
Anthony Eustrel, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Barbara Jefford, Leon Quartermaine, Alan Badel, Andrew Cruickshank, Paul Hardwick, Robert Shaw, George Rose, Robert Hardy, Maxine Audley; dir:John Gielgud, des:Mariano Andreu [4pp, 5x7.4; slightly rumpled; unusual] £5
1950: KING HENRY VIII (SMT)
Anthony Quayle, Andrew Cruickshank, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Robert Shaw, Alan Badel, Paul Hardwick, Michael Bates, Barbara Jefford, George Rose, Robert Hardy, Maxine Audley; dir:Tyrone Guthrie [4pp; 5x7.5; unusual] £5
1950: 1950 SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THEATRE SOUVENIR
The 1950 productions were MEASURE FOR MEASURE (dir:Brook), HENRY VIII (dir:Guthrie), JULIUS CAESAR (dir:Quayle & Langham), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (dir:Gielgud) and KING LEAR (dir:Quayle & Gielgud). This Souvenir consists almost entirely of superb black and white photographs of these productions. Featured are full page portraits of John Gielgud as Angelo, Peggy Ashcroft, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Queen Katharine, Anthony Quayle as Henry VIII, Leon Quartermaine as Buckingham, Harry Andrews as Brutus, and Andrew Cruickshank as Julius Caesar; half-pages portraits (with biographies) of Rosalind Atkinson as Mistress Overdone, Barbara Jefford as Isabella, Michael Gwynn as Provost, George Rose as Pompey, Maxine Audley, Paul Hardwick, Alan Badel, and Nigel Green; further portraits of Tyrone Guthrie, Peter Brook, Michael Langham, John Gielgud, Anthony Quayle, Leslie Bridgewater, Pauline Grant, Leslie Hurry, Mariano Andreu, Tanya Moiseiwitsch, Warwick Armstrong; full-page colour designs for KING LEAR (Leslie Hurry), and JULIUS CAESAR (Warwick Armstrong); and photographic coverage of the Australian Tour.
[32pp, light card cover; 8.75x11; excellent condition] £16
1951 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Anthony Quayle; with Michael Redgrave, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Richard Burton, Hugh Griffith, Alan Badel, Heather Stannard, Hazel Penwarden
1951: RICHARD II (SMT/24 March 1951)
Michael Redgrave, Hugh Griffith, Harry Andrews, Robert Hardy [7.5x10"; 4pp w.insert; VG] £4
1951: HENRY IV PT.1 (SMT/3 April 1951)
Richard Burton, Michael Redgrave, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Barbara Jefford; dir:John Kidd & Anthony Quayle [4pp w.insert; 7.5x10; VG] £5
1951: HENRY IV PT.2 (SMT/8 May 1951)
Richard Burton, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Barbara Jefford; dir:John Kidd & Anthony Quayle [4pp w.insert; 7.5x10; VG] £5
1951: THE TEMPEST (SMT/26 June 1951)
Michael Redgrave, Alan Badel, Richard Burton, Hugh Griffith, Rachel Roberts, Barbara Jefford, Ian Bannen; dir:Michael Benthall, des:Loudon Sainthill [4pp; minor foxing, else VG] £4
1951: HENRY V (SMT/31 July 1951)
Richard Burton, Barbara Jefford, Hazel Penwarden; dir:Anthony Quayle [4pp w.insert; 7.5x10; excellent condition] £7
1951: 1951 SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THEATRE SOUVENIR
The 1951 productions were RICHARD II, HENRY IV PTS.1 & 2, HENRY V (all directed by Anthony Quayle, Michael Redgrave and John Kidd), and THE TEMPEST (dir:Benthall). This Souvenir consists almost entirely of superb black and white photographs of these productions. Featured are full page portraits of Michael Redgrave as Richard II, Hugh Griffith as John of Gaunt, Richard Burton as Henry V, Heather Stannard as Queen (RICHARD II), and Rosalind Atkinson as Mistress Quickly; half-pages portraits (with biographies) of Alan Badel as Fool, Barbara Jefford as Anne Bullen, Hazel Penwarden, Michael Gwynn, Alexander Gauge as Northumberland, Richard Wordsworth, Peter Williams, and William Fox; further portraits (with biographies) of Anthony Quayle, Leslie Bridgewater, Michael Redgrave, John Kidd, Tanya Moiseiwitsch, Alix Stone, Michael Benthall, Loudon Sainthill, John Wooldridge, William Squaire, Duncan Lamont, Michael Bates, Robert Hardy, Raymond Westwell, Philip Morant, Peter Norris, Geoffrey Bayldon, Joan MacArthur, John Gay, and Jack Gwillim; full-page colour designs for Richard Burton as Henry V (Moiseiwitsch), and for Miranda in THE TEMPEST (Sainthill); photographs of the unveiling of the American Tablet at the Memorial Theatre, and of the Oct-Nov 1950 Tour to Germany.
[36pp, light card cover; 8.75x11; uncommon; VG] £16
1952 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Director: Anthony Quayle; with Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Mary Ellis, Anthony Quayle, Michael Hordern, Siobhan McKenna, Lyn Evans, Laurence Harvey, Raymond Westwell, Michael Bates; and in London, John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, Paul Scofield, Dorothy Tutin
1952: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Phoenix Theatre, London)
John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, Paul Scofield, Dorothy Tutin; dir:Gielgud [4pp; 5x8; light crease] £4
1952: CORIOLANUS (SMT)
Anthony Quayle, Mary Ellis, Laurence Harvey, Ian Bannen, Michael Hordern, Siobhan McKenna, Michael Bates, John Turner, Zena Walker, John Nettleton; dir:Byam Shaw [4pp; 7.5x10; fold, light foxing, else VG] £3
1952: THE TEMPEST (SMT)
Ralph Richardson, Michael Hordern, Margaret Leighton; dir:Benthall [4pp; 7.5x10; VG] £4
1952: VOLPONE - Jonson (SMT)
Ralph Richardson, Anthony Quayle, Michael Hordern; dir:George Devine [4pp; 7.5x10; VG] £4
1952: MACBETH (SMT)
Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Siobhan McKenna; dir:Gielgud [4pp; 7.5x10; VG] £4
1952: AS YOU LIKE IT (SMT)
Laurence Harvey, Margaret Leighton, Michael Hordern; dir:Byam Shaw [4pp; 7.5x10; light fold] £4
1952: SEASON BROCHURE for September 1st to November 1st (SMT)
Brochure containing Company List, Production Credits for all the 1952 productions, Schedule of Performances for last nine weeks of the season, Booking information, Prices, Transport, Theatre information etc. [20pp, 3.6x4.9; VG; extremely unusual] £5
1952: 1952 SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THEATRE SOUVENIR
The 1952 productions were CORIOLANUS (dir:Byam Shaw), THE TEMPEST (dir:Benthall), AS YOU LIKE IT (dir:Byam Shaw), MACBETH (dir:Gielgud), VOLPONE (dir:Devine). This Souvenir consists almost entirely of superb black and white photographs of these productions. Featured are full page portraits of Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton as Ariel, Anthony Quayle as Coriolanus, Mary Ellis as Volumnia, Michael Hordern, and Siobhan McKenna as Virgilia; half-pages portraits (with biographies) of Glen Byam Shaw, Michael Benthall, John Gielgud, George Devine, Lyn Evans as Stephano, Laurence Harvey as Tullus Aufidius, Raymond Westwell as Comminius, and Michael Bates as Trinculo; further portraits (with biographies) of Kenneth Rowell, Michael Northern, Joan MacArthur, Alexander Davion, Philip Morant, Jack Gwillim, Zena Walker, Powys Thomas, David Dodimead, and Mervyn Blake; full pages on the designers Malcolm Pride (with 4 designs), Loudon Sainthill (5 designs) and Margaret Harris (5 designs); monochrome designs for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (Rowell); full-page colour designs for Macduff (Rowell) and Jacques (Motley); 7 photographs of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Phoenix Theatre, London; 5 photographs of the 1951 HISTORY PLAY CYCLE, with Michael Redgrave, Richard Burton, Anthony Quayle and Harry Andrews; and 4 cartoons of the 1951 Season (by Ronald Searle and Giles).
[32pp, light card cover; 8.75x11; excellent condition] £16
1953 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Directors: Anthony Quayle and Glen Byam Shaw; with Peggy Ashcroft, Marius Goring, Yvonne Mitchell, Harry Andrews, Rachel Kempson, Michael Redgrave
1953: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (SMT)
Marius Goring, Yvonne Mitchell, Robert Shaw, Joan Sanderson, Nigel Davenport, Michael Warre, Tony Britton, Basil Hoskins, Donald Pleasence; dir:George Devine [4pp, 7.5x10; VG] £3
1953: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (SMT)
Michael Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Harry Andrews, Yvonne Mitchell, Robert Shaw, Charles Gray; dir:Denis Carey, music:Julian Slade [4pp; 7.5x10; VG] £5
1953: KING LEAR (SMT)
Michael Redgrave, Harry Andrews, Robert Shaw, Joan Sanderson, Rachel Kempson, Yvonne Mitchell; dir:Devine [4pp; 7.5x10; light horizontal fold, else VG] £3
1953: RICHARD III (SMT)
Marius Goring, Rachel Kempson, Harry Andrews, Yvonne Mitchell; dir:Glen Byam Shaw [4pp w.insert; 7.5x10; minor marks, else VG] £4
1953: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (SMT)
Michael Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Harry Andrews, Marius Goring, Rachel Kempson, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw, Nigel Davenport, Charles Gray; dir:Glen Byam Shaw, music:Antony Hopkins [4pp; 7.5x10; VG] £5
1953: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Princes Theatre, London)
Michael Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft, Harry Andrews, Marius Goring, Rachel Kempson, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw, Nigel Davenport, Charles Gray; dir:Byam Shaw, music:Antony Hopkins [12pp; 4.75x7.25; light marks, else VG] £4
1953: 1953 SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THEATRE SOUVENIR (CORONATION SEASON)
The 1953 productions were MERCHANT OF VENICE (dir:Carey), RICHARD III (dir:Byam Shaw), ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (dir:Byam Shaw), TAMING OF THE SHREW (dir:Devine), KING LEAR (dir:Devine). This Souvenir consists almost entirely of superb black and white photographs of these productions. Featured are full page portraits of Peggy Ashcroft as Portia, Michael Redgrave as Shylock, Marius Goring as Richard III, Yvonne Mitchell, Harry Andrews as Antonio (MERCHANT), and Rachel Kempson; half-pages portraits (with biographies) of Glen Byam Shaw, George Devine, Denis Carey, Hutchinson Scott, Vivienne Kernot, Margaret Harris, and Robert Colquhoun; further portraits (with biographies) of Noel Howlett as Edward IV, Tony Britton as Bassanio, Michael Warre as Clarence, Donald Pleasance as Lancelot Gobbo, Robert Shaw as Gratiano, Basil Hoskins as Richmond, Joan Sanderson as Queen Margaret, Powys Thomas as Duncan, John Bushelle as Derby, Donald Eccles as Rivers, Philip Morant as Volsce Senator, Peter Norris, Mervy Blake as Corin, James Wellman as Adam, and David O'Brien; full-page colour designs for Lucentio (Kernot) and King Lear (Colquhoun); full-page colour cartoon by Ronald Searle of Anthony Quayle as Falstaff; with section about Tour of Australia and New Zealand, including 19 photographs featuring Vivien Leigh, Peggy Ashcroft, Laurence Olivier, Edith Evans, Rachel Kempson, Margaret Leighton, Anthony Quayle, Barbara Jefford, Keith Michell, Leo McKern, etc.
[32pp; gold card cover; 8.75x11; slight spotting on cover, very slightly rumpled, else excellent condition] (£17) SOLD
1953: SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THEATRE COMPANY
SOUVENIR OF 1953 TOUR TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
The productions toured were OTHELLO (dir:Quayle), AS YOU LIKE IT (dir:Byam Shaw), HENRY IV PT.1 (dir:Quayle). This Souvenir consists almost entirely of superb black and white photographs of these productions. Featured are full page portraits of Anthony Quayle as Othello, Barbara Jefford as Rosalind, Leo McKern as Iago, Terence Longdon as Prince Hal, Keith Michell as Hotspur, Raymond Westwell as Roderigo, Joan MacArthur as Emilia, Rosalind Atkinson as Mistress Quickly, Jack Gwillim as Henry IV, Anthony Quayle and Glen Byam Shaw; half-pages portraits (with biographies) of Margaret Harris, Tanya Moisewitsch, Leslie Bridgewater, and Clifton Parker; further portraits (with biographies) of Zena Walker, Charmian Eyre, Jane Holland, Loudon Sainthill, Kenneth Rowell, and Warwick Armstrong; 12 small portraits of other members of the company including Ian Bannen, Derek Godfrey and James Grout; full-page colour designs for Jacques (Motley) and Miranda in THE TEMPEST (Sainthill); full-page colour cartoon by Ronald Searle of Anthony Quayle as Falstaff; 9 photographs of Stratford productions 1948-52, featuring John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Ralph Richardson, Michael Redgrave, Anthony Quayle, Robert Helpmann, Godfrey Tearle, Diana Wynyard and others; 5 photographs of the 1950 Royal Visit to the Stratford Memorial Theatre, featuring King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret; and a history of the theatre.
[32pp; 8.75x11; excellent condition] (£16) SOLD
1954 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Directors: Anthony Quayle and Glen Byam Shaw; with Anthony Quayle, Barbara Jefford, Keith Michell, Laurence Harvey, Muriel Pavlow, Zena Walker, William Devlin
1954: OTHELLO (SMT)
Anthony Quayle, Raymond Westwell, William Devlin, Barbara Jefford, Tony Britton, Ian Bannen, Ian Holm, Beverley Cross, James Villiers; dir:Quayle [4pp; 7.5x10; critical notes written on front and back] (£2) SOLD
1954: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (SMT)
Keith Michell, Barbara Jefford, Anthony Quayle, Zena Walker, Tony Britton, Ian Bannen, Beverley Cross, James Villiers; dir:George Devine [4pp; 7.5x10; VG] £$
1954: ROMEO AND JULIET (SMT)
Laurence Harvey, Zena Walker, Tony Britton, Ian Bannen, Ian Holm, Beverley Cross, James Villiers; dir:Glen Byam Shaw [4pp; 7.5x10; critical notes written on back] (£3) SOLD
1954: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (SMT)
Keith Michell, Barbara Jefford, Leo McKern, Ian Bannen; dir:George Devine [4pp; 7.5x10; critical notes written on back] (£3) SOLD
1954: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (SMT)
Laurence Harvey, Muriel Pavlow, Leo McKern, Anthony Quayle, William Devlin, Barbara Jefford, Keith Michell, Ian Bannen, Ian Holm, Tony Britton, Beverley Cross, James Villiers; dir:Byam Shaw, music:Antony Hopkins [4pp; 7.5x10; folds and critical notes written on front and back] (£3) SOLD
1954: 1954 SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THEATRE SOUVENIR
This souvenir contains over 35 excellent photographs; the 1954 plays were OTHELLO (dir:Anthony Quayle), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (dir:George Devine), ROMEO AND JULIET (dir:Glen Byam Shaw), THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (dir:George Devine), TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (dir:Glen Byam Shaw); there are full-page photographic portraits of Anthony Quayle as Othello, Barbara Jefford as Desdemona, Laurence Harvey, Muriel Pavlow as Titania, Keith Michell as Theseus, Leo McKern as Quince, Tony Britton as Cassio, William Devlin as Brabantio, Rosalind Atkinson, Raymond Westwell as Iago, Powys Thomas as Oberon, and Zena Walker; smaller illustrations of Joan McArthur, Basil Hoskins, Jean Wilson, David O'Brien, Geoffrey Bayldon, Philip Morant, Mervyn Blake, Edward Atienza, Peter Duguid, Ian Bannen, James Grout, Bernard Kay, Marius Goring, Rachel Kempson, and Harry Andrews; portraits of the producers George Devine, Glen Byam Shaw, Anthony Quayle, and the designers Margaret Harris, Malcolm Pride, Tanya Moiseiwitsch, Vivienne Kernot; two colour costume renderings; commentary on the 1953 tour of 'Antony and Cleopatra' etc.
[32pp, stiffened cover; 8.75x11.25; a few light marks, otherwise very good condition; an unusual souvenir] (£19) SOLD
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