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1956-57 OLD VIC SEASON director: Michael Benthall
Keith Michell, Barbara Jefford, Margaret Whiting, Derek Godfrey, Ralph Richardson, Robert Helpmann, Derek Francis, Fay Compton, Dudley Jones

1956-57: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Old Vic)
Keith Michell, Margaret Whiting, Derek Godfrey, dir:Robert Helpmann [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 6 photos] £4
1956-57: TIMON OF ATHENS
1956-57: TIMON OF ATHENS (Old Vic)
Ralph Richardson, Barbara Jefford, Dudley Jones [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 3 photos] £6

1956-57: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Old Vic)
Robert Helpmann, Barbara Jefford [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 5 photos] £4

1956-57: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Old Vic)
Keith Michell, Barbara Jefford, dir:Carey [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 5 photos] £4

1956-57: CYMBELINE (Old Vic)
Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Derek Francis [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 3 photos] £4

1956-57: TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (Old Vic)
Keith Michell, Robert Helpmann, Barbara Jefford, Derek Godfrey, dir:Langham [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 5 photos] £4

1956-57: RICHARD III (Old Vic)
Robert Helpmann, Barbara Jefford, Fay Compton, dir:Seale [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 7 photos] £4

1956-57: TITUS ANDRONICUS and COMEDY OF ERRORS (Old Vic)
Derek Godfrey, Robert Helpmann, Keith Michell, Barbara Jefford, Margaret Whiting, dir:Hudd [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow] £4

1956-57: VIC-WELLS BALL 1956 - TICKET
Marius Goring, Margaret Rawlings [4pp on orange card; 5x7.5; ticket No.402] £3

1956-57: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET Sep-Oct 1956 (Old Vic)
Ralph Richardson, Barbara Jefford, Derek Francis, Dudley Jones, Margaret Whiting, Derek Godfrey in TIMON OF ATHENS, CYMBELINE [8pp; 3.5x4.5; performance schedule, prices, notes] (£2) SOLD

1956-57: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET Dec-Jan 1956-57 (Old Vic)
Robert Helpmann, Barbara Jefford, Keith Michell, Dudley Jones, Derek Francis in MERCHANT OF VENICE, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [16pp; 3.5x4.5 booklet; performance schedule, American Tour notes, Helpmann biog, prices, photos of Burton and Neville in ‘Othello'] (£3) SOLD

1957-58 OLD VIC SEASON director: Michael Benthall
John Neville, Coral Browne, Judi Dench, Tom Courtenay, Barbara Jefford, Derek Godfrey, Joyce Redman, Frankie Howerd, Harry Andrews, John Gielgud, Edith Evans, Paul Daneman, Paul Rogers, Robert Helpman, Keith Michell, Moira Shearer

1957-58 (Sep): HAMLET (Royal Court, Liverpool)
John Neville, Jack Gwillim, Coral Browne, Judi Dench, Derek Francis, John Humphry, David Dodimead, Daniel Thorndike, David Waller, Margaret Courtenay, Barry Ingham (as "Barrie Ingham"), Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Michael Culver, Harold Innocent, Richard Gale, Edward Hardwicke; dir:Michael Benthall [12pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, credits etc.; VG] £5

1957-58 (Sep): HAMLET (Old Vic)
John Neville, Jack Gwillim, Coral Browne, Judi Dench, Derek Francis, John Humphry, Michael Culver [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos (Neville, Browne, Gwillim, Francis)] £6

1957-58 (Sep): HAMLET (Old Vic)
John Neville, Jack Gwillim, Coral Browne, Judi Dench, Derek Francis, John Humphry, Michael Culver [8pp; 5x7.25; SIGNED by John Neville, John Humphry, David Dodimead, Richard Gale; yellow; 4 photos (Neville, Browne, Gwillim, Francis)] £7

1957-58 (Dec): HAMLET (Old Vic)
John Neville, Jack Gwillim, Coral Browne, Judi Dench, Derek Francis, John Humphry, Michael Culver [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos (Neville, Browne, Jefford, Daneman)] £6

1957-58 (Mch): HAMLET (Old Vic)
John Neville, Jack Gwillim, Coral Browne, Judi Dench, Derek Francis, John Humphry, Michael Culver, James Culliford (Osric) [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos (Neville, Browne, Jefford, Rogers)] £6

1957-58 (Apr): HAMLET (Old Vic)
John Neville, Jack Gwillim, Margaret Courtenay (as Gertrude), Judi Dench, Derek Francis, John Humphry, Michael Culver, Barbara Leigh-Hunt (as Player Queen), James Culliford (Osric) [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos (Neville, Browne, Rogers, Jefford)] £5

1957-58 (June): HAMLET (Old Vic)
John Neville, Jack Gwillim, Margaret Courtenay (as Gertrude), Judi Dench, Derek Francis, John Humphry, Michael Culver, Barbara Leigh-Hunt (as Player Queen), James Culliford (Osric) [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 3 photos (Neville, Daneman, Jefford)] £5

1957-58: TWELFTH NIGHT (Old Vic)
Barbara Jefford, John Neville, Judi Dench [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos] (£6) SOLD
1957-58: Frankie Howerd
1957-58: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Old Vic)
Derek Godfrey, Joyce Redman, Coral Browne, Judi Dench, Frankie Howerd [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 3 photos] £7

1957-58: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Old Vic)
Derek Godfrey, Joyce Redman, Coral Browne, Judi Dench, Frankie Howerd [8pp; 5x7.25; 3 photos] £5
1957-58: J.Gielgud, H.Andrews & E.Evans
1957-58: HENRY VIII (Old Vic)
John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Edith Evans [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 3 photos] £10

1957-58: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Old Vic)
John Neville, Barbara Jefford, Judi Dench, dir:Webster [8pp; 5x7.25; w.two newsclippings; yellow; 4 photos] £7

1957-58: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Old Vic)
John Neville, Barbara Jefford, Judi Dench, dir:Webster [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos] £6

1957-58: HENRY VI PTS. I & II (Old Vic)
Paul Daneman, Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Judi Dench, dir:Seale [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos; date written on cover] £4

1957-58: HENRY VI PT.III (Old Vic)
Paul Daneman, Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, dir:Seale [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos] £3

1957-58: KING LEAR (Old Vic)
Paul Rogers, Barbara Jefford, Coral Browne, Judi Dench (Servant), dir:Seale [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow] £4

1957-58: KING LEAR (Old Vic)
Paul Rogers, Margaret Courtenay, Barbara Jefford, Michael Culver, Jack Gwillim, Derek Francis, Derek Godfrey, John Humphry, Edward Hardwicke, Paul Daneman, Barrie Ingham, Judi Dench and Barbara Leigh Hunt (servants), dir:Douglas Seale [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos; VG] £4

1957-58: PRIVATE PERFORMANCE 18 March 1958 in Presence of H.M.The Queen & Duke of Edinburgh for Opening of Old Vic Annexe - Scenes from HENRY IV PT.2, HAMLET, TWO GENTS, SHREW, DREAM (Old Vic)
Paul Rogers, John Neville, Coral Browne, Judi Dench, Robert Helpman, Barbara Jefford, Keith Michell, Frankie Howerd, Moira Shearer [7.25x9.75; 12pp on heavy paper; article, credits, Folio Plan 1953-58, list of artists, Overseas Tours etc.; VG condition] £SOLD
1957-58: J.Neville, Judi Dench
1957-58: Hardback Book - ‘Shakespeare at the Old Vic 1957-58' HAMLET, HENRY VI PTS.1-3, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, DREAM, LEAR, TWELFTH NIGHT, HENRY VIII w.John Neville, Judi Dench, Paul Daneman, John Gielgud, Edith Evans, Coral Browne, Frankie Howerd etc. etc. [pub.1958, Vic-Wells Association & Old Vic-Club Members' Edition; c55pp, nearly 100 PHOTOGRAPHS - see scan for example; excellent condition] (£15) SOLD

1958-59 OLD VIC SEASON director: Michael Benthall
Michael Hordern, John Phillips, Ronald Lewis, Beatrix Lehmann, Joss Ackland, Miles Malleson, Barbara Jefford, John Justin, Alec McCowen, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Hugh Griffith, Flora Robson, Isabel Jeans, Irene Worth, Ernest Thesiger, Barry Ingham, Derek Francis, Catherine Lacey

1958-59: JULIUS CAESAR (Old Vic)
Michael Hordern, John Phillips, Ronald Lewis, dir:Seale [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 3 photos] £4

1958-59: MACBETH (Old Vic)
Michael Hordern, Beatrix Lehmann, John Phillips, dir:Seale [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 3 photos] £4

1958-59: THE TEMPEST, or THE ENCHANTED ISLAND - Purcell, Dryden & Davenant (Old Vic)
John Phillips, Joss Ackland, Miles Malleson, dir:Seale [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; with two newspaper photos] £5
1958-59: AS YOU LIKE IT
1958-59: AS YOU LIKE IT (Old Vic)
Barbara Jefford, John Justin, Alec McCowen, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, John Moffatt, Gerald James, John Stride, Barbara Leigh-Hunt; dir:Toye [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 3 photos; VG] (£6) SOLD

1958-59: THE CENCI (Old Vic)
Hugh Griffith, Barbara Jefford, John Phillips, Veronica Turleigh [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos] £4

1958-59: SGNARELLE and TARTUFFE (Old Vic)
Miles Malleson, Barry Ingham, Derek Francis, dir:Seale [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos] £4

1958-59: GHOSTS (Old Vic)
Flora Robson, Michael Hordern, Ronald Lewis, dir:Fernald [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 3 photos] £4

1958-59: THE DOUBLE-DEALER (Old Vic)
Alec McCowen, Miles Malleson, Ursula Jeans, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Donald Houston, John Justin [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos] £6

1958-59: MARY STUART - Schiller (Old Vic)
Irene Worth, Ernest Thesiger, Catherine Lacey, dir:Wood [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos] £4

1958-59: THE MAGISTRATE (Old Vic)
Michael Hordern, John Phillips, Barry Ingham, Pauline Louise Jameson, Jack May, dir:Seale [8pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 3 photos] £4

1958-59: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET Sep-Nov 1958 (Old Vic)
Michael Hordern, Ronald Lewis, Irene Worth, Ernest Thesiger, Catherine Lacey, John Phillips, Derek Francis in MARY STUART, JULIUS CAESAR [12pp; 3.5x4.5 booklet; performance schedule, prices, notes] £3

1958-59: Card flyer for THE TEMPEST, or THE ENCHANTED ISLAND - Purcell, Dryden & Davenant (Old Vic)
John Phillips, Joss Ackland, Natasha Parry, Miles Malleson, dir:Seale [single green card sheet; 7.5x4.75; full cast and credits, booking details] £2

1959-60 OLD VIC SEASON director: Michael Benthall
Barbara Jefford, John Justin, Alec McCowen, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joss Ackland, Donald Houston, Miles Malleson, Isabel Jeans, Fay Compton, Robert Harris, Moyra Fraser, George Baker

1959-60: AS YOU LIKE IT (Old Vic/3 Sep 1959)
Barbara Jefford, John Justin, Alec McCowen, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, dir:Toye [12pp; 5x7.25, yellow; 8 photos] £6

1959-60: THE DOUBLE-DEALER - Congreve (Old Vic/7 Sep 1959)
Alec McCowen, Miles Malleson, Isabel Jeans, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Donald Houston [8pp; 5x7.25, yellow; 4 photos] £5
1959-60: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
1959-60: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Wilde (Old Vic/13 Oct 1959)
Alec McCowen, Fay Compton, Barbara Jefford, Judi Dench, John Justin, Miles Malleson [8pp; 5x7.25, yellow; 4 photos] £6

1959-60: RICHARD II (Old Vic/17 Nov 1959)
John Justin, Maggie Smith, George Baker, Robert Harris, Walter Hudd, dir:May [8pp; 5x7.25, yellow; 4 photos] £4

1959-60: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (Old Vic/22 Dec 1959)
Joss Ackland, Alec McCowen, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, dir:Hale [12pp; 5x7.25, yellow; 8 photos] £6

1959-60: SAINT JOAN - Shaw (Old Vic/9 Feb 1960)
Barbara Jefford, Alec McCowen, Robert Harris, dir:Seale [12pp; 5x7.25, yellow; 6 photos] £4

1959-60: WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS - Barrie (Old Vic/12 Apr 1960)
Maggie Smith, Donald Houston, Fay Compton, Joss Ackland, dir:Potter [12pp; 5x7.25, yellow; 8 photos] £4

1959-60: HENRY V (Old Vic/31 May 1960)
Donald Houston, Judi Dench, dir:Neville [12pp; 5x7.25, yellow; 9 photos] £6

1959-60: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET Feb-Apr 1960 (Old Vic)
Barbara Jefford, John Justin, Alec McCowen, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joss Ackland, Donald Houston, Miles Malleson, Fay Compton, Robert Harris, Walter Hudd in RICHARD II, MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, SAINT JOAN [12pp; 3.5x4.5 booklet; performance schedule, casting, prices, notes, photo of Barbara Jefford; slight creases] (£3) SOLD

1960-61 OLD VIC SEASON director: Michael Benthall
Judi Dench, John Stride, Alec McCowen, Barbara Jefford, Robert Harris, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Peggy Mount, Tommy Steele, Valerie Taylor, Judith Anderson, Tony Britton, Douglas Campbell, George Baker, William Russell, Ann Bell

1960-61: ROMEO AND JULIET (Old Vic)
Judi Dench, John Stride, Alec McCowen, Peggy Mount, dir:Zeffirelli [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 5 photos] £6

1960-61: TWELFTH NIGHT (Old Vic)
Barbara Jefford, Alec McCowen, dir:Graham [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 12 photos] £4

1960-61: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Old Vic)
Robert Harris, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, George Baker, Peter Baldwin, Elric Hooper, John Stride, Joanna Dunham, Gerald James, Hugh Manning, George Howe, Michael Graham Cox, Andre Van Gyseghem, dir:Peter Potter [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 13 cast and production photos] £4
1960-61: J.Dench & Tommy Steele - SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
1960-61: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (Old Vic)
Judi Dench, Peggy Mount, Tommy Steele, dir:Seale [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 10 photos] £8

1960-61: THE SEAGULL (Old Vic)
Judith Anderson, Tony Britton, Tom Courtenay, Ann Bell, dir:Fernald [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 3 photos] £5

1960-61: HENRY IV PT.1 (Old Vic)
Robert Harris, John Stride, Douglas Campbell, dir:Vance [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 10 photos; slightly rumpled, minor marks, else VG] £3

1960-61: MARY STUART - Schiller (Old Vic)
Valerie Taylor, Gwen Watford, Robert Harris, John Humphry, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Derek Smith, William Hobbs, Vernon Dobtcheff; dir:Philip Dale [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 4 photos] £4

1960-61: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Old Vic)
Alec McCowen, Gwen Watford, Judi Dench, John Stride, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Robert Harris, Douglas Campbell, Stephen Moore, Gerald James, Tom Courtenay (as Puck); dir:Michael Langham, music:Thea Musgrave [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 10 photos] (£4) SOLD

1960-61 (Sun 14 May): HEROINES OF SHAKESPEARE (Old Vic)
Barbara Jefford, dir:Benthall [4pp; photo] £3
60-61 Feb-Apr flyer
1960-61: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET Feb-Apr 1961 (Old Vic)
Judi Dench, John Stride, Alec McCowen, Robert Harris, Peggy Mount, Tommy Steele, Tony Britton, Douglas Campbell, John Humphrey, Gwen Watford in HENRY IV PT.1, MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, ROMEO AND JULIET [8pp; 3.5x4.5; performance schedule, company, prices, Russian Tour notes; see scan above] (£3) SOLD

1961-62 OLD VIC SEASON director: Michael Benthall
Paul Daneman, Maurice Denham, Robert Eddison, Maxine Audley, Robert Atkins, Eileen Atkins, Maurice Good, John Gregson, Barbara Jefford, Alastair Sim, Catherine Lacey, Michael Goodliffe, Derek Smith, Paul Eddington

1961-62: DR. FAUSTUS (Old Vic/14 Sep 1961)
Paul Daneman, Michael Goodliffe, Robert Atkins [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 10 photos; lightly creased] £4

1961-62: KING JOHN (Old Vic/19 Sep 1961)
Paul Daneman, Maurice Denham, Robert Eddison, Maxine Audley, Robert Atkins, dir:Potter [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 10 photos] £4

1961-62: TWELFTH NIGHT (Old Vic/2 Oct 1961)
Eileen Atkins, Paul Daneman, Brian Spink, David Bird, Stephen Moore, Emrys James, Sally Layng, Kerry Gardner, Terrence Hardiman, dir:Colin Graham [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 12 photos] £4

1961-62: THE ORESTEIA (Old Vic/7 Nov 1961)
Oxford Playhouse production: Catherine Lacey, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Lewis, dir:Minos Volanakis [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 3 cast photos; minor marks on cover, else VG] £3

1961-62: MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA (Old Vic/21 Nov 1961)
Barbara Jefford, Sonia Dresdel, dir:May [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 12 photos] £4

1961-62: MACBETH (Old Vic/19 Dec 1961)
Maurice Denham, Maxine Audley, Robert Eddison, dir:Neville [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 9 photos] £4

1961-62 (Sun 4 Feb): THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY (Old Vic)
Michael Turner, dir:Daneman [4pp; 5x7.25] £2

1961-62: RICHARD III (Old Vic/6 Mch 1962)
Paul Daneman, Robert Eddison, Eileen Atkins, dir:Colin George [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 9 photos] £4

1961-62: JULIUS CAESAR (Old Vic/17 Apr 1962)
Robert Eddison, Maurice Good, John Gregson, Emrys James, Michael Turner, Joseph O'Conor, Terence Hardiman, Mary Kerridge, Giles Havergal, Kerry Gardner; dir:Minos Volanakis, des:Nicholas Georgiadis, music:Elisabeth Lutyens [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 11 photos; minor marks on cover, else VG] £3

1961-62: THE TEMPEST (Old Vic/29 May 1962)
Alastair Sim, Robert Eddison, Eileen Atkins, Kerry Gardner, dir:Oliver Neville [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 11 photos] £5

1961-62 (Sun 15 July): INCA premiere - Joseph O'Conor (Old Vic)
Emrys James, Brian Spink, Anna Barry, dir:O'Conor [4pp; 5x7.25; notes tipped in] £2

1961-62: WAR AND PEACE (Old Vic/14 June 1962) Bristol Old Vic Company
Derek Smith, Paul Eddington, Ewan Hooper, David Burke dir:Val May [12pp; 5x7.25; yellow; 12 photos; w.newsclipping and ticket] £4

1961-62: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET Sep-Nov 1961 (Old Vic)
Paul Daneman, Maurice Denham, Robert Eddison, Maxine Audley, Robert Atkins, Barbara Jefford, Walter Hudd in DR.FAUSTUS, KING JOHN, TWELFTH NIGHT [6pp; 3.5x4.5; performance schedule, company, prices] (£3) SOLD

1961-62: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET Feb-Apr 1962 (Old Vic)
Eileen Atkins, Maurice Denham, Robert Eddison, Maxine Audley, Patricia Jessel, Paul Daneman in RICHARD III, MACBETH, TWELFTH NIGHT [6pp; 3.5x4.5; performance schedule, company, prices; slight bend] £2.50

1961-62: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET Apr-May 1962 (Old Vic)
Paul Daneman, Maurice Denham, Robert Eddison, Maxine Audley, Eileen Atkins, Maurice Good, John Gregson, Barbara Jefford in JULIUS CAESAR, RICHARD III, MACBETH, TWELFTH NIGHT [6pp; 3.5x4.5; performance schedule, company, prices] (£3) SOLD

1962 OLD VIC NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

1962: SAINT JOAN (Old Vic at New York City Center)
Barbara Jefford, Job Stewart, Peter Baldwin, Gerald James, William Sylvester, John Clements, George Howe, Andre Van Gyseghem; dir:Douglas Seale [48pp, 6x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, director's note, company list, biographies, credits] £4

1962: 36-PAGE SOUVENIR BROCHURE (Old Vic North American Tour)
Features on MACBETH (3 photos), SAINT JOAN-Shaw (3 photos), and ROMEO AND JULIET (4 photos; dir:Franco Zeffirelli); company list; article about the Old Vic (w.11 photos); features on John Clements, Barbara Jefford, Michael Benthall, Sol Hurok, William Sylvester, Douglas Seale, Joanna Dunham, John Stride, Franco Zeffirelli, Edward Atienza, Rosalind Atkinson, Nicholas Meredith, Andre Van Gyseghem, George Howe, Hugh Manning, Gerald James, Job Stewart, Michael Meacham, Diana Scougall, Irene Sutciffe (w.25 photos) etc. [36pp, 6.75x9; VG] £10
Old Vic 1963 exterior
1962-63 OLD VIC SEASON (last) director: Michael Elliott
Lee Montague, Sheila Allen, Esmond Knight, Rosalind Knight, Errol John, Leo McKern, James Maxwell, Dilys Hamlett, David William, George Howe, Russell Hunter, Priscilla Morgan, Charles Gray, Adrienne Corri

1962-63: PEER GYNT (Old Vic/26 Sep 1962)
Leo McKern; dir:Michael Elliott [12pp; 7.25x9.75; 8 photos + 5 costume renderings] £4
1962-63: MERCHANT OF VENICE
1962-63: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Old Vic/17 October 1962)
Lee Montague, Sheila Allen, Esmond Knight, dir:Michael Elliott [12pp; 7.25x9.75; 11 photos + 5 costume renderings] £4

1962-63: THE ALCHEMIST (Old Vic/28 October 1962)
Leo McKern, Lee Montague, Priscilla Morgan, Charles Gray, dir:Tyrone Guthrie [12pp; 7.25x9.75; modern-dress production; 15 photos] £4

1962-63: OTHELLO (Old Vic/30 January 1963)
Errol John, Leo McKern, Adrienne Corri, dir:Caspar Wrede [12pp; 7.25x9.75; 13 photos + 6 costume renderings; date on cover, else VG] (£4) SOLD

1962-63: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Old Vic/3 April 1963)
Lee Montague, James Maxwell, Dilys Hamlett, dir:Michael Elliott [12pp; 7.25x9.75; Final Production of the Old Vic Company; 13 photos + 5 costume renderings] £4

1962-63: THREE PROGRAMMES - MERCHANT, ALCHEMIST & OTHELLO (Old Vic)
casts as above [each 12pp, 7.25x9.75, with photos; and with a total of 18 contemporary newpaper clippings tipped in - reviews, comments etc.; fascinating!] £SOLD

1962-63: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET Sep-Nov 1962 (Old Vic)
Leo McKern, Sheila Allen, Adrienne Corri, Dilys Hamlett, George Howe, Esmond Knight, Catherine Lacey, Wilfred Lawson, James Maxwell, Lee Montague in PEER GYNT, MERCHANT OF VENICE [6pp; 3.6x5.5; casting, performance schedule, future plans, prices] £3

1962-63: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET Nov 1962-Jan 1963 (Old Vic)
Leo McKern, Sheila Allen, Russell Hunter, Adrienne Corri, Dilys Hamlett, George Howe, Esmond Knight, Catherine Lacey, Wilfred Lawson, James Maxwell, Lee Montague in THE ALCHEMIST, PEER GYNT, MERCHANT OF VENICE [6pp; 3.6x5.5; casting, performance schedule, prices] £3
62-63 flyer
1962-63: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET Feb-Mch 1963 (Old Vic)
Leo McKern, Sheila Allen, Russell Hunter, Adrienne Corri, Dilys Hamlett, George Howe, Esmond Knight, Errol John, Charles Gray, Catherine Lacey, Wilfred Lawson, James Maxwell, Lee Montague in OTHELLO, THE ALCHEMIST, PEER GYNT, MERCHANT OF VENICE [6pp; 3.6x5.5; casting, performance schedule, prices; see scan above] £3

On 15 June 1963, the Old Vic Company gave its last performance (MEASURE
FOR MEASURE). The Old Vic then became the home of the newly-formed
National Theatre Company, under the direction of Laurence Olivier. The company
gave its opening performance on 22 Oct 1963: the chosen play was HAMLET, and
the cast included Peter O'Toole, Michael Redgrave, and Diana Wynyard.

OLD VIC 1914-28 1928-34 1934-49 1949-56 1956-63

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