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1928-29 OLD VIC SEASON director: Andrew Leigh
John Laurie, Esme Church, Adele Dixon, Wilfred Babbage, Eric
Spear, Reyner Barton, Percy Walsh
1928-29: LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST(Old Vic)
John Laurie, Esme Church [4pp; 5x7.5] £2
1928-29: CASTE- T.W.Robertson (Old Vic)
John Laurie, Adele Dixon, Esme Church [4pp; 5x7.5] £2
1928-29: MACBETH (Old Vic)
John Laurie, Esme Church [4pp; 5x7.5] £3
1928-29: TWELFTH NIGHT (Old Vic)
Esme Church, Adele Dixon, John Laurie [4pp; 5x7.5] £2
1928-29: AS YOU LIKE IT (Old Vic)
Wilfred Babbage, Esme Church, Percy Walsh, John Laurie, Eric Spear [4pp;
5x7.5] £2
1928-29: AS YOU LIKE IT Ben Greet Jubilee Matinee (Old Vic)
Wilfred Babbage, Esme Church, Ben Greet, Andrew Leigh, John
Laurie [4pp; 5x7.5; somewhat tatty, w.adhesion marks on reverse]
£2
1928-29: THE VIKINGS AT HELGELAND - Ibsen (Old Vic)
John Laurie, Esme Church [4pp; 5x7.5; photo not included; minor creases] £3
1928-29: HENRY VIII (Old Vic)
Percy Walsh, Esme Church, Reyner Barton, John Laurie, Andrew Leigh [4pp;
5x7.5] £2
 1928-29: HAMLET John Laurie in the title role |
John Laurie, Percy Walsh, Esme Church [4pp; 5x7.5; photo not included; small tear and pencil marks] £2
1928-29: MARY MAGDALENE - Maeterlinck (Old Vic)
Esme Church, John Laurie [4pp; 5x7.5] £2
1928-29: ADAM'S OPERA premiere - Dane (Old Vic)
John Laurie, Esme Church, Andrew Leigh, Adele Dixon, Marie Lohr, Percy Walsh [4pp; 5x7.5] (£3) SOLD
1928-29: THE RIVALS (Old Vic)
Esme Church, Adele Dixon, Andrew Leigh [4pp; 5x7.5] £2
1928-29: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (Old Vic)
Percy Walsh, Esme Church, Adele Dixon, John Laurie [4pp; 5x7.5] £2
1928-29: SHAKESPEARE BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL - April 23 1929 (Old Vic)
Excerpts from Shakespeare performed by Ben Greet, Ernest Milton, Frank Vosper, Robert Atkins, Russell Thorndike, Eric Portman, Ion Swinley, Esme Church, Beatrice Wilson, Horace Sequeira, John Laurie, Andrew Leigh, Barbara Everest, Marie Ney, Hay Petrie, Joan Cross, Adele Dixon; dances arranged by Ninette de Valois. An early programme from "The Home of Shakespeare and Opera in English", full of interest.
[4pp; 9x11.5; horizontal fold, somewhat knocked] £10
1928-29: THE OLD VIC MAGAZINE No.8 Vol.10, May 1929 (Old Vic)
News of the Month; ‘1924-29'; ‘Ballet at the Old Vic' by Ninette de Valois; ‘The Old Vic - Within and Without' by Ben Greet [4pp; 8.25x10.5; light creases; small split] (£4) SOLD
1928-29: OLD VIC CIRCLE AND ASSOCIATION RE-UNION - May 14th 1929 (Old Vic)
Andrew Leigh, Adele Dixon, Esme Church, and members of the Old Vic Opera Company in GUESTS AT QUICKSANDS by M.Watts and OPERA SELECTIONS [single-sided white sheet; very tatty] (£free) SOLD
1928-29: flyer for OLD VIC TOUR June 3rd, 1929 (King's Theatre, Glasgow)
Wilfred Babbage, Reyner Barton, John Laurie, Horace Sequeira, Esme Church, Adele Dixon in MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, MACBETH, TWELFTH NIGHT, AS YOU LIKE IT dir:Leigh [4pp; 4x6; photos of Miss Baylis, Andrew Leigh, press comment, booking details; see scan above - a few minor marks] (£3) SOLD
1929-30 OLD VIC SEASON director: Harcourt Williams
John Gielgud, Martita Hunt, Donald Wolfit, Adele Dixon, Gyles Isham, Brember Wills
1929-30: ROMEO AND JULIET(Old Vic)
John Gielgud, Adele Dixon, Gyles Isham, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt [4pp; 5.75x9] (£8) SOLD
1929-30: JULIUS CAESAR(Old Vic)
John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Harcourt Williams, Martita Hunt [4pp; 5.75x9] (£8) SOLD
1929-30: MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM(Old Vic)
John Gielgud, Martita Hunt, Donald Wolfit, Adele Dixon, Gyles Isham, Leslie French [4pp; 5.75x9] (£8) SOLD
 1929-30: HAMLET John Gielgud in the title role |
John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt, Adele Dixon, Gyles Isham [4pp; 5.75x9; photo not included] £SOLD
1929-30: THE IMAGINARY INVALID (Old Vic)
Brember Wills, Martita Hunt, John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit [4pp; 5.75x9] (£8) SOLD
1929-30: RICHARD II (Old Vic)
John Gielgud, Wills, Gyles Isham, Martita Hunt, Donald Wolfit [4pp; 5.75x9] (£8) SOLD
1929-30: AS YOU LIKE IT (Old Vic)
John Gielgud, Martita Hunt, Baliol Holloway, Donald Wolfit, Adele Dixon [4pp; 5.75x9] (£8) SOLD
1929-30: SHAKESPEARE BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL - April 23 1930 (Old Vic)
Excerpts from Shakespeare performed by John Gielgud (as Antonio, Richard II, Mr.Hughes/Lady Macbeth! in 'The Rehearsal', Oberon), Edith Evans, Donald Wolfit, Adele Dixon, Martita Hunt, Esme Church, Beatrice Wilson, Andrew Leigh, Margaret Webster, Gyles Isham, Barbara Everest, Winifred Oughton, Constance Willis, Harcourt Williams, Brember Wills, Dorothy Massingham, Baliol Holloway, John Laurie, Robert Atkins, John Garside and other; an early programme from "The People's Opera and Playhouse", full of interest. [4pp; 9x11.5; folds and tears, but what a line-up of stars!] (£9) SOLD
1929-30: THE OLD VIC MAGAZINE No.4 Vol.11, Feb 1930 (Old Vic)
News of the Month; ‘Bernard Shaw' by Brember Wills; ‘The Old Old Vic' by Frank H.Macey; ‘Osteopathy and the Singer', Book Review [4pp; 8.25x10.5; see scan above - light creases] (£4) SOLD
1929-30: Tuesday, April 29th 1930 - FOLK SONGS AND OLD BALLADS (Old Vic)
Jean Sterling Mackinlay, Harcourt Williams in a Song and Poetry recital [4pp on dark blue paper; 5.75x9; final arrangements of season; with engraving of the Vic by Wilfred Walter; creased and slightly split] (£1) SOLD
1930-31 OLD VIC SEASON director: Harcourt Williams
John Gielgud, Dorothy Green, Ralph Richardson
1930-31: HENRY IV PART I (Old Vic)
John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Dorothy Green, George Howe [4pp; 5.75x9; faint horizontal crease, else VG] £8
1930-31: THE TEMPEST (Old Vic)
John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson [4pp; 5.75x9] (£8) SOLD
1930-31: RICHARD II (Old Vic)
John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Harcourt Williams [4pp; 5.75x9] £8
1930-31: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Old Vic)
John Gielgud, Dorothy Green, Ralph Richardson [4pp; 5.75x9] £8
1930-31: THE JEALOUS WIFE (Old Vic)
John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Joan Harben, Elsa Palmer, George Howe, Leslie French, Alfred Sangster, Anthony Hawtrey, Valentine Dyall [4pp; 6.25x10; slightly stained] (£8) SOLD
16 January, 1931: Sadler's Wells Theatre reopened
1930-31: TWELFTH NIGHT opening of Sadler's Wells (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
John Gielgud, Dorothy Green, Ralph Richardson [4pp; 6.25x10; with details of ceremony] £10
1930-31: TWELFTH NIGHT (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
John Gielgud, Dorothy Green, Ralph Richardson [4pp; 6.25x10] £8
1930-31: KING LEAR (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
John Gielgud, Dorothy Green, Ralph Richardson, Eric Portman, Robert Speaight [4pp; 6.25x10; slight staining inside] £9
1930-31: Tuesday, March 3rd 1931 - FOLK SONGS AND BALLADS (Old Vic)
Jean Sterling Mackinlay, Harcourt Williams in a Song and Poetry recital [4pp on orange paper; 5.75x9; forthcoming arrangements at the Vic and the Wells; with engraving of the Vic by Wilfred Walter; minor edge damage] (£1) SOLD
1931-32 OLD VIC SEASON director: Harcourt Williams
Ralph Richardson, Edith Evans, Robert Speaight, Robert Harris, Alastair Sim, Phyllis Thomas, George Zucco
1931-32: KING JOHN (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Robert Speaight, Ralph Richardson, George Zucco, Geoffrey Toone, Robert Harris, Ralph Michael, Mary Russell, Phyllis Thomas, Valerie Tudor [4pp; 6x10; w.contemporary newpaper review pinned in] (£6) SOLD
1931-32: ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Harcourt Williams, Robert Speaight, Alastair Sim, Ralph Richardson, dir:Drinkwater [4pp; 6x10] (£5) SOLD
1931-32: OTHELLO (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Wilfrid Walter, Ralph Richardson, Robert Harris, Edith Evans, Alastair Sim, Phyllis Thomas [4pp; 6x10] £5
1931-32: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Ralph Richardson, Robert Harris, Leslie French, Robert Speaight, George Zucco [4pp; 6x10] (£5) SOLD
1931-32: HENRY V (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Ralph Richardson, Robert Harris, Robert Speaight, George Zucco, Harcourt Williams [4pp; 6x10] (£6) SOLD
1931-32: THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Ralph Richardson, Sybil Thorndike, George Zucco, Robert Harris, Robert Speaight [4pp; 6x10] £6
1931-32: HAMLET (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Robert Speaight, Alastair Sim, Martita Hunt, Phyllis Thomas, Ralph Richardson [4pp; 6x10] (£5) SOLD
 1931-32: HAMLET Ralph Michael as Horatio, Robert Harris as Hamlet, and Ralph Richardson as the First Gravedigger |
Robert Harris, Alastair Sim, Martita Hunt, Phyllis Thomas, Ralph Richardson [4pp; 6x10; light horizontal fold; photo not included] (£5) SOLD
1931-32: JULIUS CAESAR (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Harcourt Williams, Robert Harris, Ralph Richardson, Robert Speaight, Alastair Sim, Phyllis Thomas, Marius Goring, Valerie Tudor [4pp; 6x10] £6
1931-32: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Ralph Richardson, Phyllis Thomas, George Zucco, Robert Harris [4pp; 6x10] £6
1931-32: TWELFTH NIGHT (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Edith Evans, Ralph Richardson, Robert Speaight, Harold Chapin, Robert Harris, Alastair Sim, Ralph Michael [4pp; 6x10] (£6) SOLD
1931-32: TWELFTH NIGHT (Old Vic)
Last Night of Vic Season (May 9th, 1932) Ethel Glendinning, Ralph Richardson, Robert Speaight, Harold Chapin, Robert Harris, Alastair Sim, Ralph Michael [4pp; 6x10] £6
1931-32: GREEN REPERTOIRE SHEET Sep-Dec 1931 (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Details of performances at The Vic and The Wells [single green sheet, printed both sides; c7xc11.5; a bit creased and faded, minor marks but intact - see scan above; most unusual and fascinating] £3
1931-32: GREEN REPERTOIRE SHEET Nov-Jan 1931-32 (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Details of performances at The Vic and The Wells [single green sheet, printed both sides; c7xc11.5; a bit creased and faded, but intact; most unusual and fascinating] £3
1931-32: Tuesday, December 1st 1931 - FOLK SONGS AND BALLADS (Old Vic)
Jean Sterling Mackinlay, Harcourt Williams in a Song and Poetry recital [4pp on blue paper; 6x9.5; "next play at the Vic - Henry V"; forthcoming arrangements at the Vic and the Wells; with engraving of the Vic by Wilfred Walter; minor edge damage] (£1) SOLD
1931-32: GREEN REPERTOIRE SHEET Jan-Mch 1932 (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Details of performances at The Vic and The Wells [single green sheet, printed both sides; c7xc11.5; a bit creased and faded, but intact; most unusual and fascinating] £3
1931-32: GREEN REPERTOIRE SHEET Feb-May 1932 (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Details of performances at The Vic and The Wells [single green sheet, printed both sides; c7xc11.5; a bit creased and faded, but intact; most unusual and fascinating] £3
1931-32: THE OLD VIC AND SADLER'S WELLS MAGAZINE No.3 Vol.2, March 1932 (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
News of the Month; ‘Sir Edward Elgar and the Ballet' by Dr.Nicholas Gatty; ‘Some American Notes' by Wilfrid Walter; Circle and Association and Other Notes [4pp; 8.25x10.5; light creases] £4
1932-33 OLD VIC SEASON director: Harcourt Williams
Peggy Ashcroft, Malcolm Keen, Anthony Quayle, Alistair Sim, Veronica Turleigh, George Devine, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey, Clare Harris, Caroline Keith
1932-33: CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Malcolm Keen, Peggy Ashcroft, Alastair Sim, Anthony Quayle, George Devine, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey, Caroline Keith [12pp; 7.5x10; red] £5
1932-33: THE WINTER'S TALE (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Malcolm Keen, Peggy Ashcroft, Alastair Sim, Anthony Quayle, Turleigh, George Devine, Clare Harris, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey, Nigel Stock (Mamillius) [12pp; 7.5x10; red] £5
1932-33: THE TEMPEST (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Harcourt Williams, Peggy Ashcroft, Anthony Quayle, Leslie French, Malcolm Keen, Alastair Sim, George Devine, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey [12pp; 7.5x10; red] £5
1932-33: AS YOU LIKE IT (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
William Fox, Peggy Ashcroft, Malcolm Keen, Alastair Sim, Anthony Quayle, George Devine, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey, Caroline Keith [12pp; 7.5x10; red] £5
1932-33: CYMBELINE (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Alastair Sim, Peggy Ashcroft, George Devine, Malcolm Keen, Roger Livesey, Anthony Quayle, Marius Goring, Caroline Keith [12pp; 7.5x10; red; photo not included] £5
1932-33: THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Roger Livesey, Peggy Ashcroft, Malcolm Keen, Alastair Sim, Anthony Quayle, Veronica Turleigh, George Devine, Marius Goring [12pp; 7.5x10; red; photo not included] (£5) SOLD
1932-33: ROMEO AND JULIET (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Marius Goring, Peggy Ashcroft, Malcolm Keen, Alastair Sim, Anthony Quayle, George Devine, Clare Harris, Roger Livesey [12pp; 7.5x10; red; light horizontal crease] (£6) SOLD
1932-33: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Malcolm Keen, Peggy Ashcroft, Roger Livesey, Anthony Quayle, Clare Harris, Marius Goring [12pp; 7.5x10; red] £5
1932-33: MACBETH (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Malcolm Keen, Margaret Webster, Alastair Sim, Roger Livesey, Anthony Quayle, George Devine, Marius Goring, Valerie Tudor [12pp; 7.5x10; red] (£4) SOLD
1932-33: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Old Vic)
Malcolm Keen, Peggy Ashcroft, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Anthony Quayle, Valerie Tudor, Harcourt Williams, George Devine; directed by John Gielgud [12pp; 7.5x10; red; minor marks] £4
1932-33: MARY STUART- Drinkwater, and THE ADMIRABLE BASHVILLE - Shaw (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Peggy Ashcroft, Roger Livesey, Malcolm Keen, Alastair Sim, Harcourt Williams, Anthony Quayle, George Devine, Harris, Marius Goring [12pp; 7.5x10; red] £5
1932-33: FOUR SHORT PLAYS (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Marius Goring, P.Copley, Thorley Walters, Valerie Tudor, students, dir:Napier [12pp; 7.5x10; red] £2
1932-33: SHAKESPEARE BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL - April 21 1933 (Old Vic)
Excerpts from Shakespeare performed by Peggy Ashcroft, Ralph Richardson, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Ernest Milton, Ben Greet, Baliol Holloway, Martita Hunt, Gyles Isham, Malcolm Keen, Margaret Webster, Harcourt Williams, Clare Harris, Beatrice Wilson, Robert Speaight, Leslie French, Dorothy Green, Roger Livesey, George Devine, Marius Goring, Anthony Quayle, Alistair Sim. With Vic-Wells schedule, 9 photos, and much else. What an amazing line up of stars - past, present, and to come!
[12pp; 9x11.5; some foxing and creases, else VG] (£10) SOLD
1933-34 OLD VIC SEASON director: Tyrone Guthrie
Charles Laughton, Flora Robson, Ursula Jeans, Roger Livesey, James Mason, Athene Seyler, Elsa Lanchester, Marius Goring, Leon Quartermaine
1933-34: TWELFTH NIGHT (Old Vic)
Opening Night (Mon Sept 18th); Ursula Jeans, Roger Livesey, James Mason, Athene Seyler, Leon Quartermaine, Marius Goring [4pp; 6.25x10] £5
1933-34: HENRY VIII (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Charles Laughton, Flora Robson, Robert Farquharson, Nicholas Hannen, Jeans, Roger Livesey, James Mason, Athene Seyler, Elsa Lanchester, Marius Goring [4pp; 6.25x10, folded; photos not included] (£7) SOLD
1933-34: MACBETH (Old Vic)
Charles Laughton, Flora Robson, Roger Livesey, James Mason, Athene Seyler, Marius Goring, Nigel Stock (Boy) [4pp; 6.25x10; light fold] £7
1933-34: LOVE FOR LOVE (Sadler's Wells)
Charles Laughton, Athene Seyler, Ursula Jeans, Flora Robson, Elsa Lanchester, Roger Livesey, James Mason, Marius Goring [4pp; 6.25x10] (£8) SOLD
1933-34: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Old Vic/Sadler's Wells)
Athene Seyler, Roger Livesey, Flora Robson, Elsa Lanchester, Ursula Jeans, Charles Laughton, James Mason [4pp; 6.25x10] (£10) SOLD
1933-34: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Old Vic)
Charles Laughton, Flora Robson, Roger Livesey, James Mason, Ursula Jeans, Athene Seyler, Elsa Lanchester, Marius Goring [4pp; 6.25x10] (£8) SOLD
 1933-34: THE CHERRY ORCHARD produced by Tyrone Guthrie Charlotta Ivanovna (Elsa Lanchester), with gun Epihodov (Marius Goring), with guitar Dunyasha (Barbara Wilcox) and Yasha (James Mason), seated |
Athene Seyler, Charles Laughton, Ursula Jeans, Flora Robson, Roger Livesey, James Mason, Marius Goring, Leon Quartermaine, Elsa Lanchester [4pp; 6.25x10; photo not included; folds and edge damage, but unusual and with newspaper clipping review] £5
 1933-34: THE TEMPEST produced by Tyrone Guthrie Alonso (Marius Goring), Francisco (James Mason); Ariel (Elsa Lanchester); Gonzalo (Evan John), Adrian (Desmond Walter-Ellis); Antonio (Dennis Arundell) and Sebastian (Ernest Hare), with drawn swords |
Charles Laughton, Ursula Jeans, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Dennis Arundell, Elsa Lanchester, James Mason, Flora Robson, Peter Copley, Thorley Walters [4pp; 6.25x10; photo not included; small tear at spine] (£7) SOLD
1933-34: THREE PLAYS (Old Vic)
Peter Copley, Thorley Walters, Students, dir:Hardy [4pp; 6.25x10] £2
1933-34: THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE - Granville-Barker (Sadler's Wells)
Felix Aylmer, May Whitty, Harcourt Williams, Maurice Evans, Marius Goring, Hermione Hannen, O.B.Clarence, George Devine, dir:Granville-Barker & H.Williams [4pp; 6.25x10] £4
1933-34: Tuesday, April 10th 1934 - FOLK SONGS AND BALLADS (Old Vic)
Jean Sterling Mackinlay, Harcourt Williams in a Song and Poetry recital [4pp on white paper; 6.25x9.75; forthcoming arrangements, including last three weeks of Shakespeare season, Shakespeare Birthday Festival with ‘Hamlet' by Ben Greet, Last Night of Season, opera and ballet at the Wells; minor tear] (£2) SOLD
1933-34: Shakespeare Birthday Festival - HAMLET in its entirety - April 23 & 27 1934 (Sadler's Wells)
Ernest Milton, Gyles Isham, Sybil Thorndike, Marie Ney, Esmond Knight, John Laurie, Henry Wendon, Ben Greet, Leslie French; "produced by Ben Greet, and played by Friends and fellow Actors of the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells for many years past (1914-34.)"
[4pp; 9x11.5; light horizontal fold, minor staining and edge damage] £12
1933-34: SHAKESPEARE BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL - April 23 1934 (Old Vic)
Excerpts from Shakespeare performed by Ralph Richardson, Donald Wolfit, Flora Robson, Athene Seyler, Ben Greet, Ernest Milton, Dorothy Green, Harcourt Williams, Martita Hunt, Roger Livesey, Ursula Jeans, Frank Napier, Leslie French, Margaret Webster, Marius Goring, James Mason.
[4pp; 9x11.5; with horizontal fold] £11
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