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NT Programmes: 1963
22 Oct 1963: Opening performance of the National Theatre (HAMLET)

1963: HAMLET (National Theatre at the Old Vic/22 Oct 1963) Opening Performance Souvenir Programme
Peter O'Toole, Michael Redgrave, Diana Wynyard, Rosemary Harris, Michael Turner, Robert Stephens (Horatio), Anthony Nicholls (Ghost), Max Adrian (Polonius), Derek Jacobi (Laertes), Peter Cellier, Harry Lomax, Robert Lang, Derek Ware, John Stride (Fortinbras), Colin Blakely (Norwegian Captain), Frank Finlay (Gravedigger), Lewis Fiander, Mike Gambon, Jeanne Hepple, William Hobbs, Bruce Purchase, Louise Purnell, Lynn Redgrave; dir:Laurence Olivier, sets:Sean Kenny, costumes:Desmond Heeley, music:John Addison, swordplay:William Hobbs, lighting:Richard Pilbrow [32pp, 5.25x9; illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; an historic programme!; VG] £8

1963: SAINT JOAN (National Theatre at the Old Vic/30 October 1963) Souvenir Programme
Joan Plowright, Robert Stephens, Trevor Martin, Michael Turner, John Stride, Anthony Nicholls, Frank Finlay, Robert Lang, Max Adrian, Lewis Fiander, Derek Jacobi, Colin Blakeley, Peter Cellier; dir:John Dexter [32pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £6

1963: UNCLE VANYA - Chekhov (National Theatre at the Old Vic/19 Nov 1963) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Max Adrian, Joan Plowright, Rosemary Harris; dir:Laurence Olivier, des:Sean Kenny [32pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert and 4 excellent newsclippings; VG] £10

1963: UNCLE VANYA - Chekhov (National Theatre at the Old Vic/19 Nov 1963) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Max Adrian, Joan Plowright, Rosemary Harris; dir:Laurence Olivier, des:Sean Kenny [32pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; VG] £6

1963: THE RECRUITING OFFICER - Farquhar (National Theatre at the Old Vic/10 Dec 1963) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Max Adrian, Michael Turner, Derek Jacobi, Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, John Stride, Mike Gambon, Mary Miller, Lynn Redgrave; dir:William Gaskill [32pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £8

NT Programmes: 1964

1964: HOBSON'S CHOICE - Brighouse (National Theatre at the Old Vic/7 Jan 1964) Souvenir Programme
Michael Redgrave, Joan Plowright, Frank Finlay, Mary Miller; dir:John Dexter [32pp, 5.25x9; illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £7

1964?: HOBSON'S CHOICE - Brighouse (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Cast list only
Colin Blakely, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Jeanne Hepple, Sheila Reid; dir:John Dexter & Piers Haggard [4pp; 5.25x9; VG] £3

1964: OTHELLO (National Theatre at the Old Vic/21 Apr 1964) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi [40pp; 5.25x9; 18 vivid production photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert plus 6 excellent newsclippings, 2 in colour; a lovely souvenir of this famous production] (£10) SOLD

1964: OTHELLO (National Theatre at the Old Vic/21 Apr 1964) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith [44pp; 5.25x9; excellent production photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; small sticker on cover, else VG] £7

1964: THE RECRUITING OFFICER - Farquhar (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Max Adrian, Michael Turner, Derek Jacobi, Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, John Stride, Mike Gambon, Mary Miller, Lynn Redgrave; dir:William Gaskill [32pp, 5.25x9; production photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £8

1964: THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN - Peter Shaffer (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Mike Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Edward Petherbridge, Edward Hardwicke, Louise Purnell [44pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; lacks cast list insert, else VG] (£4) SOLD

1964: THE MASTER BUILDER - Ibsen (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Michael Redgrave, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi, Max Adrian, Celia Johnson, Lynn Redgrave; dir:Peter Wood [36pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; VG] £7

1964: THE MASTER BUILDER - Ibsen (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Celia Johnson, Edward Hardwicke, Christopher Timothy; dir:Peter Wood [32pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert; VG] £9

1964: THE MASTER BUILDER - Ibsen (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Jeanne Hepple, Celia Johnson, Edward Hardwicke; dir:Peter Wood [36pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert; VG] £7

1964: THE MASTER BUILDER - Ibsen (National Theatre at Leeds Grand Theatre)
Laurence Olivier, Jeanne Hepple, Edward Hardwicke, Edward Caddick, Celia Johnson, Christopher Timothy; dir:Peter Wood [8pp, 7.1x9,1; date written on cover, light horizontal fold, else VG] (£3) SOLD

1964: THE DUTCH COURTESAN - Marston (National Theatre at the Old Vic/13 October 1964) Souvenir Programme
Billie Whitelaw, John Stride, Joyce Redman, Frank Finlay, Sheila Reid, Frank Wylie, Tom Kempinski, Edward Petherbridge, Christopher Timothy, Michael Turner, Harry Lomax, George Innes, Ronald Pember; dir:William Gaskill and Piers Haggard [36pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert; VG] £7

1964: HAY FEVER - Coward (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Edith Evans, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi, Robert Stephens, Anthony Nicholls, Lynn Redgrave; dir:Noel Coward [32pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; minor marks, else VG] £8

1963-64 (Feb-Mch): REPERTOIRE LEAFLET (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
Max Adrian, Colin Blakely, Tom Courtenay, Cyril Cusak, Frank Finlay, Rosemary Harris, Jeanne Hepple, Derek Jacobi, Robert Lang, Mary Miller, Anthony Nicholls, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Michael Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, John Stride, Diana Wynyard in SAINT JOAN, HOBSON'S CHOICE, ANDORRA, THE RECRUITING OFFICER, UNCLE VANYA [8pp purple quadruple-fold, 4x8.25; booking info, cast lists, performance schedule, company list, future productions etc.; VG] (£3) SOLD

NT Programmes: 1965

1965: LOVE FOR LOVE - Congreve (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, Colin Blakely, Miles Malleson, Mike Gambon, Edward Hardwicke, Joyce Redman, Lynn Redgrave; dir:Peter Wood [28pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.6pp cast list insert; VG] £8

1965: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Albert Finney, Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Lynn Redgrave, Edward Petherbridge, Frank Finlay, Ronald Pickup, Michael York, Christopher Timothy; dir:Franco Zeffirelli [38pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; excellent condition] (£8) SOLD

1965: TRELAWNY OF THE "WELLS" - Pinero (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Gerald James, Graham Crowden, Edward Petherbridge, Robert Stephens, Wynne Clark, Billie Whitelaw, Louise Purnell, Pauline Taylor, Chloe Ashcroft, Michael Byrne, Michael de Marne, Neil Fitzpatrick, John Savident, John Hallam, Paul Curran, Michael York, Caroline John, Derek Jacobi, Jeanne Watts, Doris Hare, Ron Pember, Frank Wylie, Jennie Heslewood, Alan Collins, Roger Kemp, David Ryall; dir:Desmond O'Donovan [40pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; VG] £6

1965: MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN - Bertolt Brecht trans.Eric Bentley (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Madge Ryan, Lynn Redgrave, Mike Gambon, George Innes, Michael Turner, Colin Blakeley, Frank Finlay, Kenneth Mackintosh, Peter Cellier, Christopher Timothy, Terence Knapp, Roy Holder, Edward Hardwicke, Tom Kempinski, Michael Turner, Maggie Riley, Sheila Reid, Barbara Hicks; dir:William Gaskill [42pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; VG] (£6) SOLD

1965: THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN - P.Shaffer (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Mike Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Edward Petherbridge, Edward Hardwicke, Louise Purnell; dir:John Dexter [44pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; VG] (£8) SOLD

1965: ARMSTRONG'S LAST GOODNIGHT - John Arden (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Malcom Reynolds, Robert Stephens, Frank Wylie, Geraldine McEwan, Kay Gallie, Albert Finney, Caroline John, Neil Fitzpatrick, John Hallam, Michael York, Robert Murphy, Jennie Heselwood, Carolyn Jones, Pauline Taylor, Paul Curram, Michael Byrne, Chloe Ashcroft, John Savident, David Ryall, Derek Jacobi, Edward Petherbridge, Alan Collins, Gerald James, Roger Kemp; dir:John Dexter and William Gaskill, re-directed by Albert Finney [40pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; VG] £5

1965: THE CRUCIBLE - Miller (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Colin Blakely, Joyce Redman, Frank Finlay, Robert Lang, Louise Purnell, Barbara Hicks, Sheila Reid, Jeanne Hepple, Mike Gambon, Anthony Nicholls; dir:Laurence Olivier [40pp; photographs, articles etc.; w.cast list insert; VG] £8

1965 (Aug): THE THREEPENNY OPERA - Bertolt Brecht, music: Kurt Weill (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
The Berliner Ensemble: Wolf Kaiser, Peter Kalisch, Carola Braunbock, Christine Gloger/Angelica Domrose, Siegfried Kilian, Annemone Haase/Renate Richter; dir:Erich Engel [20pp, 8x10.25; 15+ excellent photographs, designs, synopsis etc.; with cast list insert; VG] £5

1965 (Aug): THE DAYS OF THE COMMUNE - Bertolt Brecht, music: Hanns Eisler (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
The Berliner Ensemble: Gisela May, Hilmar Thate, Wolf Kaiser, Peter Kalisch, Siegfried Kilian, Erich Haussman, Klaus Tilsner, Manfred Karge; dir:Manfred Wekwerth and Joachim Tenschert [24pp; 8x10.25; c25 excellent photographs, articles etc.; with cast list insert; VG] £5

1965 (Aug): THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI - Bertolt Brecht, music: Hans-Dieter Hosalla (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
The Berliner Ensemble: Manfred Karge, Ekkehard Schall, Dieter Knaup, Peter Kalisch, Gunter Naumann, Hans-Georg Voigt, Hilmar Thate, Bruno Carstens; dir:Manfred Wekwerth and Peter Palitzsch [24pp, 8x10.25; c18 excellent photographs, synopsis etc.; with cast list insert; tiny tear to cover, else VG] £5

1965 (Aug): CORIOLANUS - Shakespeare adapted by Bertolt Brecht, music:Paul Dessau (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
The Berliner Ensemble: Ekkehard Schall, Helene Wiegel, Wolf Kaiser, Bruno Carstens, Hilmar Thate, and many more; dir:Manfred Wekwerth and Joachim Tenschert [28pp, 8x10.25; 12 excellent production photographs, articles etc.; with cast list insert; VG] £6

NT Programmes: 1966

1966: A FLEA IN HER EAR - Feydeau (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Albert Finney, Geraldine McEwan, Edward Hardwicke, John Stride; dir:Jacques Charon [44pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £6

1966: LOVE FOR LOVE - Congreve (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, Colin Blakely, Miles Malleson, Mike Gambon, Edward Hardwicke, Joyce Redman, Lynn Redgrave; dir:Wood [36pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £8

1966: MISS JULIE - Strindberg & BLACK COMEDY - Peter Shaffer (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Maggie Smith, Albert Finney, Derek Jacobi, Graham Crowden, Doris Hare, Louise Purnell; dir:Michael Elliott, John Dexter [40pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £7

1966: JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK - O'Casey (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Colin Blakely, Joyce Redman, Ronald Pickup, Mike Gambon, Frank Finlay, Madge Ryan, Anthony Hopkins (as "An Irregular Mobiliser"), Christopher Timothy; dir:Laurence Olivier [40pp; photographs, articles etc.; w.cast list insert; VG] £8

1966: OTHELLO (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith, Robert Lang, John Stride, Michael Turner, Graham Crowden, Anthony Hopkins (as Messenger), Edward Hardwicke, Edward Petherbridge, Christopher Timothy, Joyce Redman, Sheila Reid; dir:John Dexter [48pp; photographs, articles etc.; w.cast list insert; VG] £8

1966: A BOND HONOURED - Osborne & BLACK COMEDY - P.Shaffer (National Theatre at the Queen's Theatre)
Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Derek Jacobi, Graham Crowden; dir:Dexter [12pp; 7x9.5; production photos, cast list, repertoire lists, credits; horizontal crease] (£4) SOLD

1966: A FLEA IN HER EAR - Feydeau (National Theatre at the Queen's Theatre)
Geraldine McEwan, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Hardwicke, Robert Lang, John Stride; dir:Jacques Charon [12pp; 7x9.5; production photos, cast list, repertoire lists, credits; VG] £4

1966: OTHELLO (National Theatre at the Queen's Theatre)
Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith, Robert Lang, John Stride, Michael Turner, Graham Crowden, Anthony Hopkins (as Messenger), Edward Hardwicke, Edward Petherbridge, Christopher Timothy, Joyce Redman, Sheila Reid [12pp, 7x9.5; production photo, cast list, repertoire lists, credits; slightly rumpled] £4

NT Programmes: 1967

1967: A FLEA IN HER EAR - Feydeau (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Anthony Hopkins, Geraldine McEwan, Edward Hardwicke, Robert Lang, John Stride; dir:Jacques Charon [48pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £6

1967: AS YOU LIKE IT (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Ronald Pickup, Jeremy Brett, Anthony Hopkins (as Audrey, a country girl), Charles Kay, Robert Stephens, Derek Jacobi, Oliver Cotton, Gerald James, John McEnery, Saam Dastor (sic), Grayston Burgess/Geoffrey Mitchell, Gary Waldhorn; dir:Clifford Williams [44pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; the famous all-male production; w.cast list insert (slightly rumpled); VG] (£9) SOLD

1967: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Stoppard (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
John Stride, Edward Petherbridge, Graham Crowden, John McEnery; dir:Goldby [36pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; VG] £6

1967: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Stoppard (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
John Stride, Edward Petherbridge, Graham Crowden, John McEnery; dir:Goldby [32pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert, back mucky, press photos stuck in on two pages] £5

1967: THREE SISTERS - Chekhov (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Robert Stephens, Joan Plowright, Anthony Hopkins (as Andrei), Jeanne Watts, Louise Purnell, Sheila Reid, Derek Jacobi, Ronald Pickup, Paul Curran; dir:Laurence Olivier [40pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.two newsclipping reviews and cast list insert] £7

1967: THREE SISTERS - Chekhov (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Robert Stephens, Joan Plowright, John Stride (as Andrei), Jeanne Watts, Louise Purnell, Sheila Reid, Derek Jacobi, Ronald Pickup, Paul Curran; dir:Laurence Olivier [44pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list] £6

1967: THE DANCE OF DEATH - Strindberg (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, Robert Stephens, Anthony Hopkins (as a Sentry); dir:Glen Byam-Shaw [36pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £8

1967: THE DANCE OF DEATH - Strindberg (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, Robert Lang; dir:Glen Byam-Shaw [40pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £8

1967: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Joan Plowright, Robert Stephens, Derek Jacobi, Ronald Pickup, Gerald James, John McEnery, Edward Petherbridge, Frank Finlay, Christopher Timothy; dir:Zeffirelli [36pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; excellent condition] (£8) SOLD

1967: TARTUFFE - Moliere/Wilbur (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
John Gielgud, Robert Stephens, Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett, Jeanne Watts, Louise Purnell, Derek Jacobi; dir:Tyrone Guthrie [28pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] (£8) SOLD

1967 (17 June): LOVE FOR LOVE - Congreve (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Derek Jacobi (for Laurence Olivier), Geraldine McEwan, John Stride, Edward Hardwicke, Graham Crowden, Edward Petherbridge, Joyce Redman, Petronella Barker, Benjamin Whitrow; dir:Peter Wood [36pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.8pp cast list insert and substitution slip] (£8) SOLD

1967: LOVE FOR LOVE - Congreve (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, Joyce Redman, Miles Malleson, Anthony Nicholls, John Stride, Robert Lang, Edward Hardwicke, Ronald Pickup, Richard Warwick, Jeanne Watts, Barbara Hicks, Oliver Cotton, Petronella Barker, Peter Penry-Jones; dir:Peter Wood [36pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.8pp cast list insert; VG] £8

1967 (Apr): THE DANCE OF DEATH - Strindberg (National Theatre at Theatre Royal, Brighton)
Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, Robert Stephens, Anthony Hopkins (as a Sentry), Richard Warwick; dir:Glen Byam-Shaw [20pp; 5.5x8.4; cast list, credits, photograph; VG] £4

1967 (Apr): A FLEA IN HER EAR - Feydeau (National Theatre at Theatre Royal, Brighton)
Geraldine McEwan, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Hardwicke, Robert Lang, John Stride; dir:Jacques Charon [20pp; 5.5x8.4; cast list, credits, Photograph; VG] £4

1967 (May): A FLEA IN HER EAR - Feydeau (National Theatre at Theatre Royal, Nottingham)
Geraldine McEwan, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Hardwicke, Robert Lang, John Stride, Sheila Reid, Frank Wylie, Peter Cellier; dir:Jacques Charon [20pp, 6x9; cast list, credits; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

NT Programmes: 1968

1968 (14 May): AS YOU LIKE IT (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
150th Anniversary of The Old Vic Programme: Ronald Pickup, Jeremy Brett, John Stride (as Audrey), Charles Kay, Robert Stephens, Derek Jacobi, Oliver Cotton, Paul Curran, Frank Wylie, Gerald James, John McEnery, Grayston Burgess, David Ryall; dir:Clifford Williams [an 8pp outer fold (with cast list, credits and 'Old Vic, 1818-1968' poem by Cecil Day Lewis), enclosing a 32pp profusely illustrated history of the Old Vic by Mander and Mitchenson, 5.25x9; VG] (£8) SOLD

1968: AS YOU LIKE IT (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
Ronald Pickup, Jeremy Brett, John Stride (as Audrey), Charles Kay, Robert Stephens, Derek Jacobi, Oliver Cotton; dir:C.Williams [6pp; 5.25x9] £1

1968: VOLPONE - Jonson (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Colin Blakely, Frank Wylie, Edward Petherbridge, Robert Lang, Graham Crowden, Charles Kay; dir:Tyrone Guthrie [28pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] (£5) SOLD

1968: VOLPONE Jonson (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Cast list only
Colin Blakely, Frank Wylie, Edward Petherbridge, Robert Lang, Graham Crowden, Charles Kay; dir:Tyrone Guthrie [6pp; 5.25x9] £1

1968: THE DANCE OF DEATH - Strindberg (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, Robert Lang; dir:Glen Byam-Shaw [28pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £7

1968: THE ADVERTISEMENT - Ginzburg (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Joan Plowright, Derek Jacobi; dir:Donald MacKechnie & Olivier [42pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert (rumpled); includes 40 photos of National Theatre Productions 1963-68; excellent condition] (£6) SOLD

1968: THE ADVERTISEMENT - Ginzburg (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Joan Plowright, Edward Petherbridge; dir:Donald MacKechnie & Olivier [42pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; includes 40 photos of National Theatre Productions 1963-68; excellent condition] £7

1968: LOVE'S LABOURS LOST (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Jeremy Brett, Derek Jacobi, Joan Plowright, Ronald Pickup, Charles Kay, John McEnery, Sheila Reid, Louise Purnell; dir:Laurence Olivier [28pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert; an attractive programme] £4

1968: EDWARD II - Brecht/Marlowe (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Derek Jacobi, John Stride, Geraldine McEwan, Charles Kay, Jeremy Brett, Edward Petherbridge, Robert Lang, John McEnery; dir:Dunlop [36pp; 5.25x9; lavish programme - photographs, illustrations, articles, colour designs; w.cast list insert] (£6) SOLD

1968: TARTUFFE (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
John Gielgud, Robert Stephens, Joan Plowright, Jeanne Watts, Louise Purnell, Richard Kay, Kenneth Mackintosh, Jeremy Brett, Gerald James, Derek Jacobi; dir:Tyrone Guthrie [28pp, 5.25x9; production photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert] (£7) SOLD

1968: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Stoppard (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
John Stride, Edward Petherbridge, Paul Curran, John McEnery; dir:Derek Goldby [32pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £5

1968: OEDIPUS - Seneca (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
John Gielgud, Irene Worth, Colin Blakely, Anna Carteret, Oliver Cotton, Jane Lapotaire, Ronald Pickup, Louise Purnell, Gary Waldhorn, Benjamin Whitrow; dir:Peter Brook [28pp; 5.25x9; photographs (incl.39 cast photos), illustrations, articles, designs; w.6pp cast list insert] £9

1968: HOME AND BEAUTY - Somerset Maugham (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Geraldine McEwan, Robert Stephens, Sheila Reid, Daphne Heard, Robert Lang, Arthur Lowe, Jeanne Watts; dir:Frank Dunlop [40pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £6

1968 (11-16 Nov): ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD and HOME AND BEAUTY (National Theatre at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham)
John Stride, Edward Petherbridge, Paul Curran, John McEnery, Geraldine McEwan, Robert Stephens, Sheila Reid, Daphne Heard, Robert Lang, Arthur Lowe, Jeanne Watts; dir:Derek Goldby, Frank Dunlop [8pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, credits etc.; VG] £2

1968 (19-24 Feb): ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD and THE DANCE OF DEATH (National Theatre at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh)
John Stride, Edward Petherbridge, Graham Crowden, John McEnery, Oliver Cotton, Benjamin Whitrow, David Ryall, Gary Waldhorn, Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, Robert Lang, Jane Lapotaire, Peter Penry-Jones; dir:Derek Goldby, Glen Byam-Shaw [24pp, 6x9; cast lists, credits, biographies etc.; VG] £4

NT Programmes: 1969

1969: THE WAY OF THE WORLD - Congreve (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Geraldine McEwan, Robert Lang, John Moffatt, Peter Penry-Jones, Edward Hardwicke, Sheila Reid, Jane Lapotaire, Edward Petherbridge, Hazel Hughes, Benjamin Whitrow; dir:Michael Langham [40pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £5

1969: THE WAY OF THE WORLD - Congreve (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Geraldine McEwan, Derek Godfrey, John Moffatt, Barry James, Edward Hardwicke, Jane Lapotaire, Edward Petherbridge, Hazel Hughes, Benjamin Whitrow; dir:Michael Langham [28pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £5

1969: THE WAY OF THE WORLD - Congreve (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Geraldine McEwan, Frank Barrie, John Moffatt, Barry James, Edward Hardwicke, Sheila Reid, Bernard Gallagher, Hazel Hughes, James Hayes; dir:Michael Langham [36pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £5

1969: THE WHITE DEVIL - Webster (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Geraldine McEwan, Derek Godfrey, Edward Woodward, Jane Lapotaire; dir:Frank Dunlop [40pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £6

1969 (23 Jan): LOVE'S LABOURS LOST (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Jeremy Brett, Derek Jacobi, Joan Plowright, Ronald Pickup, Charles Kay, John McEnery, Sheila Reid, Louise Purnell; dir:Laurence Olivier [36pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert and ticket; an attractive programme] (£6) SOLD

1969: THE DANCE OF DEATH - Strindberg (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, Robert Lang; dir:Glen Byam-Shaw [36pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £7

1969: HOME AND BEAUTY - Somerset Maugham (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Geraldine McEwan, Robert Stephens, Sheila Reid, Daphne Heard, Robert Lang, Jeanne Watts; dir:Frank Dunlop [36pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £6

1969: BACK TO METHUSELAH - G.B.Shaw (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Derek Jacobi, Louise Purnell, Judy Wilson, Frank Wylie, Robert Lang, Ronald Pickup, Gillian Barge, Philip Locke, Paul Curran, Gerald James, Bernard Gallagher, Jeanne Watts, Charles Kay, Anna Carteret, Felicity Kendal, Joan Plowright; dir:Clifford Willliams, Donald MacKechnie, des:Ralph Koltai [44pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.2 cast list inserts (Part One & Part Two); VG] £6

1969: THE NATIONAL HEALTH - Nichols (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Jim Dale, Robert Lang, Charles Kay, Cleo Sylvestre, Anna Carteret, Paul Curran, Gillian Barge, Tom Baker, Jean Boht, Bernard Gallagher; dir:Michael Blakemore [48pp, 5.2x9; photographs, articles etc.; w.cast list insert; VG] £6

1969: 'H', or MONOLOGUES AT FRONT OF BURNING CITIES - Charles Wood (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Robert Lang, Frank Wylie, Gerald James, John McEnery, Benjamin Whitrow, Bernard Gallagher, Jane Wenham, Terence Taplin; dir:Geoffrey Reeves [44pp; 5.2x9; photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; w.cast list insert; VG] (£5) SOLD

1969: THREE SISTERS - Chekhov (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Robert Stephens, Joan Plowright, Derek Jacobi, Laurence Olivier, Jeanne Watts, Louise Purnell, Sheila Reid, Ronald Pickup; dir:Laurence Olivier [44pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] £7

1969 (Sep): THREE SISTERS - Chekhov (National Theatre at Theatre Royal, Brighton)
Alan Bates, Daphne Heard, Derek Jacobi, Laurence Olivier, Ronald Pickup, Joan Plowright, Louise Purnell, Sheila Reid, Jeanne Watts; dir:Laurence Olivier [16pp; cast list, photograph; light crease] £4

1969 (Mch): ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Stoppard, THE ADVERTISEMENT - Ginzburg, and HOME AND BEAUTY - Somerset Maugham (National Theatre at Theatre Royal, Nottingham)
John Stride, Edward Petherbridge, Paul Curran, John McEnery, Joan Plowright, Anna Carteret, Edward Petherbridge, Geraldine McEwan, Robert Stephens, Laurence Olivier, Daphne Heard, Gabrielle Laye, Robert Lang, David Ryall, Jeanne Watts; dir:Derek Goldby, Donald MacKechnie and Laurence Olivier, Frank Dunlop [16pp, 6x9; cast lists, credits, biographies; remarkable - the whole National Theatre company on tour, including 'Sir'!; VG] £4

1969-70: REPERTOIRE LEAFLET - November 1969 to January 1970 (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
Full details of the plays in the repertoire from November 1969 to January 1970 with cast lists: THE TRAVAILS OF SANCHO PANZA, THE WHITE DEVIL, THE NATIONAL HEALTH, THE WAY OF THE WORLD, ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, and A FLEA IN HER EAR; performance diary, Christmas arrangements, ticket prices, company list etc. etc. [10pp; 4x8.25; light horizontal bend, else VG] £3

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