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NT Programmes: 1970

1970: THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM - Farquhar (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Ronald Pickup, Derek Jacobi; dir:William Gaskill [40pp, 5.25x9; 7 production photos, articles, illustrations; w.cast list insert] £6

1970: HEDDA GABLER - Ibsen (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Maggie Smith, Jeremy Brett, Robert Stephens, John Moffatt, Sheila Reid; dir:Ingmar Bergman [28pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; LACKS cast list insert] (£5) SOLD
1970: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
1970: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Derek Jacobi, Jane Lapotaire; dir:Jonathan Miller [44pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert] £8

1970: THE IDIOT - Simon Gray/Dostoievsky (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Derek Jacobi, Tom Baker, Edward Hardwicke, Louise Purnell, Tom Georgeson, Frank Barrie, Diane Cilento, Benjamin Whitrow, Ronald Pickup, David Ryall; dir:Anthony Quayle, settings:Josef Svoboda [40pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert] £6

1970: THE WHITE DEVIL - Webster (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Brochure
Geraldine McEwan, Derek Jacobi, Benjamin Whitrow, Frank Barrie, Edward Woodward, Jane Lapotaire, John Moffatt, Edward Hardwicke, Peter Duncan, Tom Georgeson; dir:Frank Dunlop [48pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles, designs; w.cast list insert] (£6) SOLD

1970: A Shorter BACK TO METHUSALAH - Shaw (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Louise Purnell, Gabrielle Laye, Charles Kay, Ronald Pickup, David Ryall, Jane Lapotaire, Gillian Barge, Bernard Gallagher, Joan Plowright, Anna Carteret; dir:Donald MacKechnie [40pp, 5.25x9; photographs, articles etc.; w.cast list insert; VG] £6

1970: CYRANO - Rostand/Garland (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Edward Woodward, Anna Carteret, Charles Kay, Anthony Nicholls, James Fagan, Malcolm Reid, Gabrielle Laye, Gerald James, Jane Wenham, Kate Coleridge; dir:Patrick Garland [32pp, 5.25x9; photographs, articles etc.; LACKS cast list insert; VG] £5

1970: THE NATIONAL HEALTH - Nichols (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Jim Dale, Charles Kay, Cleo Sylvestre, Gerald James, David Ryall, Anna Carteret, Paul Curran, Gillian Barge, Tom Baker, Bernard Gallagher; dir:Michael Blakemore [44pp, 5.2x9; photographs, articles etc.; w.cast list insert; VG] £6

1970: MRS.WARREN'S PROFESSION - Shaw (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Coral Browne, Sarah Badel, Bill Fraser, Ronald Pickup, Paul Curran; dir:Ronald Eyre [44pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert] £6

1970 (23 Feb): HOME AND BEAUTY - Somerset Maugham (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Dress Rehearsal Cast List
Geraldine McEwan, Benjamin Whitrow, John Moffatt, Jane Lapotaire, Hazel Hughes, Robert Lang, Laurence Olivier (as A B Raham), Gabrielle Laye; dir:Frank Dunlop [6pp triple-fold, 5x9; cast list, credits, information; with Dress Rehearsal tickets attached; slightly rumpled] £2

1970: THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM - Farquhar (National Theatre at the Cambridge Theatre)
Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Ronald Pickup, Jeanne Watts; dir:William Gaskill [20pp; 6x9; cast list, biographies, company notes, repertoire list] £4

1970: HEDDA GABLER - Ibsen (National Theatre at the Cambridge Theatre)
Maggie Smith, Jeremy Brett, Robert Stephens, John Moffatt, Jeanne Watts, Sheila Reid; dir:Ingmar Bergman [20pp; 6x9; cast list, biographies, company notes, repertoire list] £4
1970: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Cambridge Theatre)
1970: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (National Theatre at the Cambridge Theatre)
Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Derek Jacobi, Jane Lapotaire, Benjamin Whitrow, Tom Baker, Charles Kay, Anna Carteret, Laura Sarti; dir:Jonathan Miller [20pp; 6x9; cast list, biographies, company notes, repertoire list] £4

1970: CYRANO DE BERGERAC (National Theatre at the Cambridge Theatre)
Edward Woodward, James Fagan, Anna Carteret, Anthony Nicholls, Charles Kay, Peter Duncan, Tom Georgeson; dir:Patrick Garland [20pp; 6x9; cast list, biographies, company notes, repertoire list; slightly rumpled; with newsclipping review + photo] £4

1970 (Mch-May): REPERTOIRE LEAFLET (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
Jeremy Brett, Jim Dale, Derek Jacobi, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Jane Lapotaire, Geraldine McEwan, Edward Woodward in MERCHANT OF VENICE, BEAUX' STRATAGEM, WHITE DEVIL, NATIONAL HEALTH, LOVE'S LABOURS LOST, ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD [10pp quintuple fold; 3.8x8.4; booking info, cast lists, quotes from reviews, performance schedule, ticket prices, company list; very light crease] (£3) SOLD

1970 (Sep-Oct): REPERTOIRE LEAFLET (National Theatre at the Old Vic & Cambridge Theatre)
Tom Baker, Diane Cilento, Jeremy Brett, Jim Dale, Derek Jacobi, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Jane Lapotaire, Geraldine McEwan, Edward Woodward in THE IDIOT, MERCHANT OF VENICE, WHITE DEVIL, ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, HEDDA GABLER, BEAUX' STRATAGEM, NATIONAL HEALTH [16pp octuple fold; glossy paper; 3.9x8.4; booking info, cast lists, performance schedule, ticket prices, seating plans, company list, 8 photos; very light crease] (£3) SOLD

1970-71 (Dec-Jan): REPERTOIRE LEAFLET (National Theatre at the Old Vic & Cambridge Theatre)
Sarah Badel, Coral Browne, Anna Carteret, Tom Baker, Jeremy Brett, Jim Dale, Derek Jacobi, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Jane Lapotaire, Geraldine McEwan, Edward Woodward in MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION, THE IDIOT, MERCHANT OF VENICE, WHITE DEVIL, NATIONAL HEALTH, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, BEAUX' STRATAGEM [16pp octuple fold; glossy paper; 3.9x8.4; booking info, cast lists, performance schedule, ticket prices, seating plans, company list, 2 large photos] (£3) SOLD

NT Programmes: 1971
1971: THE CAPTAIN OF KOPENICK
1971: THE CAPTAIN OF KOPENICK - Zuckmayer (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Paul Scofield, Jim Dale, Bill Fraser, Hazel Hughes, Jane Lapotaire, Charles Kay, Bernard Gallagher, John Moffatt, Ronald Pickup, Edward Hardwicke, Peter Duncan, Anthony Nicholls, Gerald James, Michael Turner + the whole National company; dir:Frank Dunlop [48pp, 5.25x9; Scofield's first appearance at the National; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert] £7

1971: MRS.WARREN'S PROFESSION - Shaw (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Coral Browne, Sarah Badel, Bill Fraser, Ronald Pickup; dir:Ronald Eyre [44pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert] £6

1971: A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS - Heywood (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Anthony Hopkins, Joan Plowright, Derek Jacobi, Tom Baker; dir:John Dexter [40pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert] £7

1971: PANTAGLEIZE - de Ghelderode (Old Vic)
The Belgian National Theatre: Georges Bossair, Raymond Aveniere, Anne Marev, Paul Clairy; dir:Frank Dunlop [6pp, 5x9; cast list, synopsis, article about de Ghelderode, credits etc.; VG] £3

1971: THE ARCHITECT AND THE EMPEROR OF ASSYRIA - Arrabal/Benedetti (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Anthony Hopkins, Jim Dale; dir:Victor Garcia [40pp; photographs, articles etc.; w.cast list insert; VG] £7

1971: THE ARCHITECT AND THE EMPEROR OF ASSYRIA - Arrabal/Benedetti (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Cast List only
Anthony Hopkins, Jim Dale; dir:Victor Garcia [4pp; cast list, credits; VG] £2

1971: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Brett, Jane Lapotaire, Tom Baker, Charles Kay, Benjamin Whitrow, Anthony Nicholls, Jim Dale; dir:Jonathan Miller [40pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert] (£8) SOLD

1971: CORIOLANUS (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Anthony Hopkins, Denis Quilley, Constance Cummings, John Moffatt, Michael Turner, Charles Kay, Denis Lill, David Ryall, Derek Woodward, Gerald James, James Hayes, Phillipe Monnet, Anna Carteret, Dai Bradley, David Burt, Peter Duncan; dir:Manfred Wekworth and Joachim Tenschert [pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert; VG] £8

1971: CORIOLANUS (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Cast list only
Anthony Hopkins, Denis Quilley, Constance Cummings, John Moffatt, Michael Turner, Charles Kay, Denis Lill, David Ryall, Derek Woodward, Gerald James, James Hayes, Phillipe Monnet, Anna Carteret, Dai Bradley, David Burt, Peter Duncan; dir:Manfred Wekworth and Joachim Tenschert [6pp triple-fold, 5x9; cast list, credits, information; VG] £2

1971: THE GOOD-NATURED MAN - Oliver Goldsmith (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Cast list only
David Ryall, Bernard Gallagher, Gerald James, Bill Fraser, Maureen Lipman, Hazel Hughes, Jim Dale, James Hayes, Jane Wenham, Dai Bradley, Ian Burford, Peter Duncan, Riggs O'Hara; dir:John Dexter [6pp triple-fold, 5x9; cast list, credits, information; slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1971: THE RULES OF THE GAME - Pirandello (National Theatre at the New Theatre)
Paul Scofield, Joan Plowright; dir:Anthony Page [28pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles] £4
1971: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
1971: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT - O'Neill (National Theatre at the New Theatre)
Laurence Olivier, Constance Cummings, Denis Quilley, Ronald Pickup; dir:Michael Blakemore [32pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; VG] £4

1971: DANTON'S DEATH - Buchner (National Theatre at the New Theatre)
Christopher Plummer, Gillian Barge, Louise Purnell, Tom Georgeson, Charles Kay, Ronald Pickup, Anna Carteret; dir:Jonathan Miller [28pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; VG] (£4) SOLD

1971: AMPHITRYON 38 - Giraudoux (National Theatre at the New Theatre)
Christopher Plummer, Geraldine McEwan, Constance Cummings, Richard Kay, Jeanne Watts; dir:Laurence Olivier [32pp, 5.25x9; photographs, articles; w.ticket tipped in; VG] £4

1971: TYGER - Mitchell (National Theatre at the New Theatre)
Denis Quilley, Gerald James, David Ryall, John Moffatt, Anthony Nicholls, Jane Wenham, Michael Turner, Maureen Lipman, Hazel Hughes, Denis Lill, Riggs O'Hara, Norman Beaton, Bernard Gallagher, Bill Fraser, Jean Boht; dir:Michael Blakemore, John Dexter [28pp, 5.25x9; illustrations, articles; VG] £4

1963 - 1971: THE NATIONAL THEATRE AT THE OLD VIC 1963-1971 A Pictorial Record
This Pictorial Record contains 75 superb production photographs of the fifty-seven productions presented by the National Theatre in its temporary home, the Old Vic, between 1963 and 1971. Among the photographs are Peter O'Toole, Michael Redgrave, Max Adrian, Diana Wynyard in HAMLET, Joan Plowright as SAINT JOAN, Michael Redgrave as UNCLE VANYA, , Billie Whitelaw, Robert Stephens and Rosemary Harris in Samuel Beckett's PLAY, Laurence Olivier in OTHELLO and THE DANCE OF DEATH, Maggie Smith and Celia Johnson in THE MASTER BUILDER, Robert Stephens as Atahuallpa in THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN, Albert Finney in ARMSTRONG'S LAST GOODNIGHT and BLACK COMEDY, John Gielgud and Irene Worth in OEDIPUS, Arthur Lowe in HOME AND BEAUTY, Edward Woodward, Geraldine McEwan and Derek Godfrey in THE WHITE DEVIL, Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens in THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM, Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, Maggie Smith in HEDDA GABLER, Coral Browne, Sarah Badel and Bill Fraser in MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION, Paul Scofield in THE CAPTAIN OF KOPENICK, Anthony Hopkins in A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS, Franco Zeffirelli's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Laurence Olivier, Joyce Redman, Colin Blakely, Miles Malleson, Lynn Redgrave, Geraldine McEwan, John Stride and Robert Lang in LOVE FOR LOVE, and photos of TRELAWNY OF THE WELLS, THREE SISTERS, LOVE'S LABOURS LOST, BACK TO METHUSELAH, THE NATIONAL HEALTH and many more ... [40pp, 8.25x11.75 soft-back book in very good condition] £12

1971-2 (Apr-Jul, Sep-Jan): THREE REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
Sarah Badel, Tom Baker, Coral Browne, Anna Carteret, Constance Cummings, Jim Dale, Bill Fraser, Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, Maureen Lipman, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Louise Purnell, Denis Quilley, Paul Scofield and many others in A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS, CORIOLANUS, MERCHANT OF VENICE, MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION, NATIONAL HEALTH, THE GOOD-NATURED MAN, THE CAPTAIN OF KOPENICK, THE ARCHITECT AND THE EMPEROR OF ASSYRIA [3 multifold leaflets, 28pp in all; c.3.9x8.25; booking info, cast lists, performance schedule, ticket prices, seating plans, company list etc.] (£6) SOLD
1971 Flyers (NT at the New)
1971-72 (Jun-Jan): THREE REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (National Theatre at the New Theatre)
Tom Baker, Anna Carteret, Constance Cummings, Bill Fraser, Geraldine McEwan, Laurence Olivier, Ronald Pickup, Joan Plowright, Christopher Plummer, Denis Quilley, Paul Scofield, Benjamin Whitrow and many others in DANTON'S DEATH, TYGER, AMPHITRYON 38, THE RULES OF THE GAME, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT [3 multifold leaflets, 36pp in all; c.3.8x8.25; booking info, cast lists, performance schedule, ticket prices, seating plan, company list etc.] £6

NT Programmes: 1972

1972: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT - O'Neill (National Theatre at the New Theatre) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Constance Cummings, Denis Quilley, Ronald Pickup; dir:Michael Blakemore [36pp; photographs, articles etc.; w.cast list insert; VG] £8

1972: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT - O'Neill (National Theatre at the New Theatre)
Laurence Olivier, Constance Cummings, Denis Quilley, Ronald Pickup; dir:Michael Blakemore [32pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; lightly rumpled] £4

1972: THE FRONT PAGE - Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur (National Theatre at the Old Vic) with Souvenir "Newspaper"
Denis Quilley, John Shrapnel, James Hayes, Gawn Grainger, David Bradley, David Ryall, Benjamin Whitrow, Stephen Greif, Jeanne Watts, Maureen Lipman, David Bauer, Anna Carteret, Paul Curran, Harry Lomax, Clive Merrison, Alan MacNaughtan; dir:Michael Blakemore [20pp, 5.25x9; cast list, credits, biographies; plus an 8-page 12"x16" mock-up newspaper: The Chicago Herald and Examiner with headline "SEIZES AX, SLAYS SIX"; containing photos of the cast and various items related to the plot of 'The Front Page', and other joke items - including a photo of Kenneth Tynan with the caption: "PHILIPPE ("PHAINTING PHIL") DE BRONXVILLE, the Choctaw Indian midget wrestler and chef, hits that ole comeback trail tonite at Comiskey Park, where he's matched with Hairy Heineken the Tucson Tornado."; newspaper in original folds, uncommon; VG] £8

1972: THE FRONT PAGE - Hecht/MacArthur (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Cast list only
Denis Quilley, Alan MacNaughtan, John Shrapnel, Gawn Grainger, David Bradley, Benjamin Whitrow, Maureen Lipman, Anna Carteret; dir:Michael Blakemore [20pp, 5.25x9; cast, biographies, credits; VG] £2

1972: JUMPERS - Stoppard (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Diana Rigg, Michael Hordern, Anna Carteret, Graham Crowden, Tom Georgesen, Riggs O'Hara, Maureen Lipman; dir:Peter Wood [38pp; photographs, articles etc.; w.cast list insert; VG] £7

1972: RICHARD II (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Cast List only
Ronald Pickup, Denis Quilley, Michael Hordern, Benjamin Whitrow, Jeremy Clyde, David Whitman, John Shrapnel, Sheila Burrell, Nicholas Clay, David Bradley, Anna Carteret, Paul Curran, Stephen Greif, Gawn Grainger, Alan MacNaughtan, Harry Lomax, Jeanne Watts, David Ryall, Clive Merrison, James Hayes; dir:David William [8pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, credits; VG] £2

1972: THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL - Sheridan (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Paul Curran, Louise Purnell, Ronald Pickup, Benjamin Whitrow, Maureen Lipman, Alan MacNaughtan, John Shrapnel, Anna Carteret; dir:Jonathan Miller [44pp, 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert] £5

1972: THE GOOD-NATURED MAN - Goldsmith (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
David Ryall, Maureen Lipman, Jim Dale, Bill Fraser, Dai Bradley; dir:John Dexter [32pp; 5.1x8.9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert] (£5) SOLD

1972: MACBETH (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Anthony Hopkins, Diana Rigg, Maureen Lipman, Alan MacNaughtan, Ronald Pickup, John Shrapnel, Denis Quilley, Gawn Grainger, Louise Purnell, Nicholas Clay, David Ryall, Benjamin Whitrow, Clive Merrison, Jeanne Watts, Jeremy Clyde, David Bradley; dir:Michael Blakemore [40pp, 5.25x9; illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert; VG; an uncommon programme] £8

1972: 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE - John Ford (National Theatre on Tour)
Diana Rigg, Nicholas Clay, Gawn Grainger, Anna Carteret, David Bradley, Jeremy Clyde, James Hayes, David Henry, Richard Howard, Kenneth Mackintosh, Clive Merrison, Maggie Riley, Peter Rocca, David Whitman; dir:Roland Joffe [6pp triple-fold, 5x10; cast list, notes, credits; uncommon; VG] £4

1972-73 (Mch-Jan): FOUR REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
Anna Carteret, Graham Crowden, Constance Cummings, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Hordern, Maureen Lipman, Alan MacNaughton, Laurence Olivier, Ronald Pickup, Louise Purnell, Denis Quilley, Diana Rigg, John Shrapnel, Benjamin Whitrow and many others in JUMPERS, RICHARD II, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, THE FRONT PAGE, 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, MACBETH [4 multi-fold leaflets, 34pp in all; c.3.9x8.2; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedule, ticket prices, company list; a few marks] (£8) SOLD

NT Programmes: 1973
1973: SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY
1973: SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY - de Filippo (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Joan Plowright, Denis Quilley; dir:Franco Zeffirelli [5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.8pp cast list insert] £7

1973: THE PARTY - Griffiths (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Denis Quilley, Ronald Pickup, John Shrapnel, Anna Carteret; dir:John Dexter [44pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.cast list insert & 2 news-clippings; Olivier's last role at the National] £8

1973: EQUUS - Peter Shaffer (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Alec McCowen, Peter Firth, Alan MacNaughtan, Nicholas Clay, Gillian Barge, Jeanne Watts; dir:John Dexter [48pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; photographic retrospect of Peter Shaffer's plays; w.cast list insert; VG] £7

1973: THE MISANTHROPE - Moliere (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Alec McCowen, Diana Rigg, Gawn Grainger, Alan MacNaughtan, Jeanne Watts, Gillian Barge, Nicholas Clay, Jeremy Clyde, Clive Merrison; dir:John Dexter [36pp, 5.25x9; illustrations, articles, photos; w.cast list insert] £7

1973: EDEN END - J.B.Priestley (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Joan Plowright, Leslie Sands, Geoffrey Palmer, Michael Jayston, Gabrielle Daye, Paul Gregory, Louie Ramsay; dir:Laurence Olivier [40pp, 5.25x9; illustrations, articles, photos; w.cast list insert] £6

1973: MACBETH (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Denis Quilley, Diana Rigg, Alan MacNaughtan, Clive Merrison, John Shrapnel, Harry Lomax, Gawn Grainger, David Bradley, Louise Purnell, Paul Curran, Nicholas Clay, Jeanne Watts, Anna Carteret, Jennifer Piercey; dir:Michael Blakemore [36pp, 5.25x9; illustrations, articles, photos; w.cast list insert] £6

1973: THE BACCHAE OF EURIPIDES adapted by Wole Soyinka (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Cast List only
Martin Shaw, John Shrapnel, Julian Curry, Constance Cummings, Paul Curran, David Bradley, Gawn Grainger, Ram John Holder, Harry Lomax, Carol Drinkwater, Jennifer Piercey, James Hayes, Clive Merrison, Maggie Riley, Stephen Williams; dir:Roland Joffe [6pp; cast list, credits; VG] £2

1973: THE CHERRY ORCHARD (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Cast List only
Constance Cummings, Anna Carteret, Gillian Barge, Michael Hordern, Denis Quilley, David Bradley, Kenneth Mackintosh, Maggie Riley, Richard Howard, Louise Purnell, Harry Lomax, David Firth, Clive Merrison; dir:Michael Blakemore [6pp; cast list, credits; VG] £2

1973-74 (Oct-Dec): REPERTOIRE LEAFLET (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
Anna Carteret, Nicholas Clay, Constance Cummings, Frank Finlay, Peter Firth, Gawn Grainger, Alan MacNaughtan, Alec McCowen, Clive Merrison, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Louise Purnell, Denis Quilley, Martin Shaw, John Shrapnel, Jeanne Watts, Benjamin Whitrow in SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY, THE BACCHAE, EQUUS, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, THE FRONT PAGE [8pp quadruple-fold, 3.9x8.25; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedules, ticket prices, company list etc.; minor marks] £2
1973 Repertoire Leaflets
1973-74 (Jan-Feb): SIX REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Complete Year
Laurence Olivier, Diana Rigg, Anthony Hopkins, Alec McCowen, Constance Cummings, Denis Quilley, Joan Plowright, Frank Finlay, Martin Shaw, Michael Hordern, Peter Firth, Benjamin Whitrow, Maureen Lipman, Alan MacNaughtan, Anna Carteret, Clive Merrison, David Bradley, David Firth, Gawn Grainger, Jeanne Watts, John Shrapnel, Julian Curry, Louise Purnell, Nicholas Clay, Paul Curran, Ram John Holder, Ronald Pickup in THE MISANTHROPE, MACBETH, THE FRONT PAGE, JUMPERS, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, EQUUS, THE BACCHAE, SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY, THE PARTY, MEASURE FOR MEASURE [six repertoire leaflets, 50pp in all, mostly quadruple-fold; each 3.9x8.25; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedules, ticket prices, company list etc.; a few marks] (£12) SOLD

NT Programmes: 1974
1974: THE TEMPEST
1974: THE TEMPEST (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
John Gielgud, Jenny Agutter, Cyril Cusack, Denis Quilley, Arthur Lowe, Michael Feast; dir:Peter Hall [36pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; pictorial biog of Gielgud; w.cast list insert; Gielgud's last full role at the Old Vic, 52 years after he made his debut there] (£8) SOLD

1974: THE TEMPEST (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Cast list only
John Gielgud, Jenny Agutter, Cyril Cusack, Denis Quilley, Arthur Lowe, Michael Feast; Gielgud's last full role at the Old Vic; dir:Peter Hall [4pp; 5.25x9] £2

1974: EDEN END - Priestley (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Joan Plowright, Leslie Sands, Geoffrey Palmer, Michael Jayston; dir:Laurence Olivier [40pp; 5.25x9; photographs, illustrations, articles; w.6pp cast list & biographies insert] £6

1974: SPRING AWAKENING - Wedekind (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Peter Firth, Michael Kitchen, Dai Bradley, Christopher Guard, Veronica Quilligan, Jane Carr, Jenny Agutter, Patti Love, Rupert Frazer, Joseph O'Conor, Susan Engel, Beryl Reid, William Squire, Cyril Cusack; dir:Bill Bryden [40pp, 5.25x9; illustrations, articles, photos; w.cast list insert] £6

1974: THE PARTY - Griffiths (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Denis Quilley, Ronald Pickup, John Shrapnel, Anna Carteret; dir:John Dexter [48pp, 5.25x9; Olivier's last role at the National; w.cast list insert; VG] £6

1974: THE FREEWAY - Peter Nichols (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Souvenir Programme
Paul Rogers, Irene Handl, Joan Hickson, Graham Crowden, Rachel Kempson, Mark Dignam, Bill Bailey, Robert O'Mahoney, Michael Stroud, Lionel Murton, Pip Miller, Antony Brown, Sara Van Beers; dir:Jonathan Miller [28pp, 5.25x9; illustrations, articles, photos, company biographies; VG] £5

1974: SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY - de Filippo (National Theatre at the Queen's Theatre)
Joan Plowright, Frank Finlay, Richard Vernon, David Firth, David Healy, George Howe, Clive Merrison; dir:Franco Zeffirelli [24pp, 5.25x8.75; biographies w.photos, notes etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1974: THE PARTY - Trevor Griffith (National Theatre Mobile production)
Fulton Mackay, Jack Shepherd, Carole Mowlam, Hugh Thomas, Sebastian Graham-Jones; dir:David Hare [8pp, 5.75x8.5 w.cast list insert; notes and photos about the new National Theatre; VG] £3

1974: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO - Beaumarchais (National Theatre at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh)
Gawn Grainger, Nicola Pagett, Derek Godfrey, Gemma Jones, Benjamin Whitrow, William Relton, Hugh Thomas; dir:Jonathan Miller [16pp, 8x10; VG] £3

1974 (Jan-Dec): SIX REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Complete Year
Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Joan Plowright, Rachel Kempson, Alec McCowen, Arthur Lowe, Beryl Reid, Denis Quilley, Frank Finlay, Gemma Jones, Geoffrey Palmer, Graham Crowden, Irene Handl, James Laurenson, Jenny Agutter, Joan Hickson, John Shrapnel, Martin Shaw, Michael Kitchen, Peter Firth, Cyril Cusack, Ronald Pickup, Alan MacNaughtan, Anna Carteret, Benjamin Whitrow, Christopher Guard, Clive Merrison, Constance Cummings, Dai Bradley, David Bradley, David Dixon, David Firth, Derek Godfrey, Gabrielle Day, Gawn Grainger, Gillian Barge, Howard Goorney, Hugh Thomas, Jane Carr, Jane Wenham, Jeanne Watts, Joseph O'Conor, Julian Curry, Julian Orchard, Julie Covington, Lesley Manville, Leslie Sands, Louise Purnell, Mark Dignam, Michael Feast, Michael Jayston, Nicholas Clay, Nicola Pagett, Patti Love, Paul Curran, Paul Rogers, Peter Schofield, Ram John Holder, Rupert Frazer, Veronica Quilligan, William Relton, William Squire in THE PARTY, SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, THE FRONT PAGE, EQUUS, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, THE TEMPEST, SPRING AWAKENING, NEXT OF KIN, EDEN END, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, THE FREEWAY, ROMEO AND JULIET, GRAND MANOEUVRES [six repertoire leaflets, 50pp in all, mostly quadruple-fold; each circa 3.9x8.25; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedules, ticket prices, company list etc.; a few marks] (£12) SOLD

NT Programmes: 1975
1975: JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN
1975: JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN - Ibsen (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, Wendy Hiller, Anna Carteret, Cheryl Campbell, Alan Webb; dir:Peter Hall [24pp; 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles] (£7) SOLD

1975: HAPPY DAYS - Beckett (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
Peggy Ashcroft, Alan Webb; dir:Peter Hall [44pp; 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles; tiny tear to cover] £5

1975: HEARTBREAK HOUSE - G.B.Shaw (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
Colin Blakely, Eileen Atkins, Patience Collier, Kate Nelligan, Anna Massey, Alan MacNaughtan, Graham Crowden, Paul Rogers, Edward de Souza, Harry Lomax; dir:John Schlesinger [28pp, 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles; VG] £5
1975: HAMLET
1975: HAMLET (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
Albert Finney, Denis Quilley, Angela Lansbury, Susan Fleetwood, Simon Ward; dir:Peter Hall [24pp; 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles] £6

1975: NO MAN'S LAND - Pinter (National Theatre at Wyndham's)
John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Michael Feast, Terence Rigby; dir:Peter Hall [24pp; 5.25x8.5; National Theatre production; cast list, biographies, photographs (including 11 excellent production shots), illustrations, articles; VG] £4

1975 (Dec '74-Jan '76): SEVEN REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Complete Year
Albert Finney, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, Wendy Hiller, Colin Blakely, Alec McCowen, Diana Rigg, Eileen Atkins, Frank Finlay, Angela Lansbury, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Egan, Simon Ward, Alan MacNaughton, Alan Webb, Anna Carteret, Anna Massey, Cheryl Campbell, David Yelland, Diana Quick, Dinsdale Landen, Edward de Souza, Frank Grimes, Gawn Grainger, Gillian Barge, Graham Crowden, J.G.Devlin, Jane Wenham, Jimmy Jewel, Kate Nelligan, Margaret Whiting, Mark Dignam, Michael Feast, Michael Gough, Michael Jayston, Nicholas Clay, Patience Collier, Paul Rogers, Pauline Collins, Polly Adams, Ralph Nossek, Robert Eddison, Roland Culver, Stephen Rea, Struan Rodger, Susan Fleetwood, Terence Rigby, Trevor Ray in JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN, GRAND MANOEUVRES, EQUUS, HEARTBREAK HOUSE, NO MAN'S LAND, HAPPY DAYS, THE MISANTHROPE, COMEDIANS, PHAEDRA BRITANNICA, ENGAGED, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, PLUNDER, HAMLET, JUDGEMENT [seven repertoire leaflets, quadruple-fold, 56pp in all; each circa 3.9x8.25; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedules, ticket prices, company list etc.; a few marks] £14

NT Programmes: 1976

1976: PLUNDER - Travers (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
Frank Finlay, Dinsdale Landen, Diana Quick, Dandy Nichols; dir:Michael Blakemore [20pp; 5.25x9; cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles] £5

1976: NO MAN'S LAND - Pinter (Wyndham's)
John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson; dir:Peter Hall [24pp; 5.25x8.5; National Theatre production; cast list, biographies, photographs (including 11 excellent production shots), illustrations, articles] (£5) SOLD

1976: EQUUS - Peter Shaffer (Albery Theatre)
Colin Blakely, Gerry Sundquist, Glyn Owen, Jane Wenham, Jennifer Piercey, Rupert Frazer; dir:John Dexter [24pp; 5.25x8.5; National Theatre production; cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles; slightly rumpled] (£4) SOLD

1976 (28 Feb): TRIBUTE TO THE LADY - Val May (National Theatre at the Old Vic)
The last performance by the National Theatre at the Old Vic: An impression of the life and work of Lilian Baylis; Albert Finney, Peggy Ashcroft (as Lilian Baylis), Susan Fleetwood (as Sybil Thorndike), Denis Quilley, Anna Carteret (as Ninette de Valois), Polly Adams, Angela Lansbury (as Emma Cons), Daniel Thorndike (as Ben Greet), Frank Finlay, Gawn Grainger, Robert Eddison (as Ernest Milton), John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson; dir:Val May [8pp, 8.25x11.75; cast list, credits etc.; very uncommon; cover slightly scuffed, else VG] 10 GBP
1976 Flyer (last at Old Vic)
1976 (Feb): REPERTOIRE LEAFLET (National Theatre at the Old Vic) Final performances at the Old Vic
Albert Finney, Peggy Ashcroft, Frank Finlay, Diana Rigg, Angela Lansbury, Denis Quilley, Simon Ward, Diana Quick, Alan Webb, Dandy Nichols, David Yelland, Dinsdale Landen, Gawn Grainger, Jill Bennett, Michael Feast, Michael Gough, Polly Adams, Robert Eddison, Roland Culver, Susan Fleetwood, Trevor Ray in WATCH IT COME DOWN, PLUNDER, HAMLET, PHAEDRA BRITANNICA, HAPPY DAYS; and TRIBUTE TO THE LADY with Peggy Ashcroft, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson [8pp quadruple-fold; 3.9x8.2; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedule, ticket prices, company list; a few marks] £3

28 February 1976: Last NT performance at the Old Vic (TRIBUTE TO THE LADY)
16 March 1976: First NT performance in the Lyttelton Theatre (PLUNDER)


1976: PLUNDER - Ben Travers (Lyttelton)
Frank Finlay, Dinsdale Landen, Diana Quick, Dandy Nichols, Polly Adams, Daniel Thorndike, Brenda Blethyn; dir:Michael Blakemore [16pp, 6x10; full programme, w.cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £4
1976: HAPPY DAYS
1976: HAPPY DAYS - Beckett (Lyttelton)
Peggy Ashcroft, Harry Lomax; dir:Peter Hall [32pp; 6x10; full programme, w.cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; w.'NT Notes' insert] (£5) SOLD

1976: WATCH IT COME DOWN - Osborne (Lyttelton)
Frank Finlay, Jill Bennett; dir:Bill Bryden [16pp; 6x10; full programme, w.cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; w.'NT Notes' insert; light crease] £4

1976: JUMPERS - Stoppard (Lyttelton)
Michael Hordern, Julie Covington, Julian Glover; dir:Peter Wood [16pp, 6x10; full programme, w.cast list, biogs, photos, illustrations, articles etc.; w.3 inserts: 'NT Notes', Summer Season at the Young Vic, cast list; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1976: THE FORCE OF HABIT - Bernhard (Lyttelton)
Philip Locke, Gawn Grainger, Brenda Blethyn, Oliver Cotton, Warren Clarke; dir:Elijah Moshinsky [16pp; 6x10; full programme, w.cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; w.3 inserts: 'NT Notes', 1976 Board Report, cast list] £4

1976: BLITHE SPIRIT - Coward (Lyttelton)
Richard Johnson, Elizabeth Spriggs, Maria Aitken, Rowena Cooper; dir:Harold Pinter [16pp; 6x10; full programme, w.cast list, biographies, rehearsal photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; w.'NT Notes' insert] (£4) SOLD
1976: HAMLET
1976: HAMLET (Lyttelton)
Albert Finney, Denis Quilley, Barbara Jefford, Susan Fleetwood, Simon Ward [16pp; 6x10; full programme, w.cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; date on cover, else VG] (£5) SOLD

1976: NO MAN'S LAND - Harold Pinter (Lyttelton)
John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Michael Feast, Terence Rigby; dir:Peter Hall [20pp, 6x10; a full programme, w.cast list, photographs (c15 rehearsal shots, 11 production photos), illustrated survey of Pinter's career (w.10 photos), articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £5

1976: JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN - Henrik Ibsen (Lyttelton)
Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, Wendy Hiller, David Yelland, Anna Carteret, Philip Stone; dir:Peter Hall [16pp, 6x10; full programme, w.cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; VG] £4

4 October 1976: First NT performance in the Olivier Theatre (TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT)
1976: TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT
1976: TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT (Olivier)
Albert Finney, Susan Fleetwood, Denis Quilley, Barbara Jefford, Robert Eddison, Philip Locke, Philip Stone, Nicholas Selby, Brian Cox, Oliver Cotton, Gawn Grainger, John Nettleton, Daniel Thorndike, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Gough, Andrew Hilton, Struan Rodger, Mark McManus, Diana Quick; dir:Peter Hall [20pp, 6x10; full programme, w.cast list, biographies, 5 excellent production photos, further photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; excellent condition] £6

1976 (25 Oct): ROYAL GALA OPENING OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE (Olivier)
including the Inauguration of the Olivier Theatre by Her Majesty the Queen, in the Presence H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowden. The brochure contains cast lists for the two productions performed that night: IL CAMPIELLO in the Olivier Theatre, and JUMPERS in the Lyttelton Theatre (including Beryl Reid, Patti Love, Peggy Mount, Morag Hood, June Watson, Andrew Byatt, Stephen Rea, Michael Gough, Trevor Ray, Michael Hordern, Julie Covington, Julian Glover, George Innes, and Bernard Gallagher); full page photographic portraits of H.M. the Queen and Lord Olivier, photos of the exterior of the new National Theatre, articles about the building of the National, double-page photograph (and list of names) of all the actors with the National Theatre on 25th October 1976 (fascinating!), and photos of Lord Cottesloe, Lord Chandos, Lord Rayne and Sir Denys Lasdun (the architect) [20pp, 8.25x11.75, stiff-card covers; scarce; VG] £10

1976: IL CAMPIELLO - Carlo Goldoni (Olivier)
Beryl Reid, Patti Love, Peggy Mount, Morag Hood, June Watson, Andrew Byatt, Stephen Rea, Michael Gough, Trevor Ray; dir:Bill Bryden [16pp, 6x10; full programme, w.cast list, biographies, rehearsal photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; VG] £4

1976: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (Olivier)
Stephen Rea, J.G.Devlin, Liam Redmond, Susan Fleetwood, Jim Norton, Margaret Whiting, Harry Webster; dir:Bill Bryden [16pp, 6x10; full programme, w.cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; VG] £4

1976 (Mch-Dec): NINE REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (Lyttelton Theatre) First performances in the new Lyttelton Theatre
Albert Finney, John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Ralph Richardson, Angela Lansbury, Frank Finlay, Richard Johnson, Simon Ward, Wendy Hiller, Denis Quilley, Michael Hordern, Alan Webb, Anna Carteret, Brenda Blethyn, Dandy Nichols, David Yelland, Derek Thompson, Diana Quick, Dinsdale Landen, Elizabeth Spriggs, Gawn Grainger, J.G.Devlin, Jill Bennett, Joan Hickson, Julian Glover, Julie Covington, Maria Aitken, Michael Feast, Michael Medwin, Nick Brimble, Oliver Cotton, Polly Adams, Robert Eddison, Roland Culver, Struan Rodger, Susan Fleetwood, Terence Rigby, Thelma Whiteley, Warren Clarke in PLUNDER, HAMLET, JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN, HAPPY DAYS, WATCH IT COME DOWN, NO MAN'S LAND, BLITHE SPIRIT, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, WEAPONS OF HAPPINESS, JUMPERS, FORCE OF HABIT [Nine repertoire leaflets, mostly quadruple-fold, 70pp in all; circa 3.8x8.2; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedule, ticket prices, company lists, National Theatre info etc.; a few marks] £16

1976 (Oct-Dec): THREE REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (Olivier Theatre) First performances in the new Olivier Theatre
Albert Finney, Barbara Jefford, Denis Quilley, Peggy Mount, Brian Cox, Beryl Reid, Oliver Cotton, Robert Eddison, Susan Fleetwood, Michael Gough, Gawn Grainger, Diana Quick, Struan Rodger, Nicholas Selby, Eddie Byrne, J.G.Devlin, Stephen Rea, Margaret Whiting, Patti Love, June Watson, Roland Culver in TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, IL CAMPIELLO, HAMLET, COUNTING THE WAYS [Three repertoire leaflets, 24pp quadruple-fold; 3.9x8.1; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedule, ticket prices, company list, National Theatre info; a few marks] (£5) SOLD

1976 (Jun-Sep): THREE REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (National Theatre at the Young Vic)
Brian Cox, Denis Quilley, Ian Charleson, Simon Ward, Diana Quick, Michael Feast, Brenda Blethyn, Derek Thompson, Geoffrey Bateman, Jim Norton, Mark McManus, Martin Friend, Matthew Guinness, Moira Redmond, Nicholas Selby, Philip Locke, Philip Stone, Polly Adams, Rachel Bell, Robert Eddison, Roland Culver, Struan Rodger, Terence Rigby, Thelma Whiteley, Trevor Ray, Hull Truck Company, Drum Company in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, EMIGRES, BRIDGET'S HOUSE, THE MAN HIMSELF, STRAWBERRY FIELDS, FOUR TO ONE, BREAD, THEY ARE DYING OUT [Three double-fold repertoire leaflets, 14pp in all; 3.6x8.2; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedule, ticket prices; VG] £4

NT Programmes: 1977

1977: NO MAN'S LAND - Pinter (Lyttelton)
John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Michael Kitchen, Terence Rigby; dir:Peter Hall [20pp, 6x10; cast list, biographies, photographs (including excellent production shots), illustrations, articles etc.; spotting on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

1977: THE MADRAS HOUSE - Granville Barker (Olivier)
Paul Scofield, Ronald Pickup, Elspeth March, Paul Rogers, Joss Ackland, Oliver Cotton, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Medwin; dir:William Gaskill [16pp; 6x10; cast list, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; VG] £4

1977: THE LADY FROM MAXIM'S - Feydeau (Lyttelton)
Edward Hardwicke, John Normington, Stephen Moore, Sarah Kestelman, Michael Bryant; dir:Christopher Morahan [12pp; 6x10; w.cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.] £5

1977: BEDROOM FARCE - Ayckbourn (Lyttelton)
Michael Gough, Joan Hickson, Michael Kitchen, Polly Adams, Derek Newark, Susan Littler, Stephen Moore, Maria Aitken; dir:Alan Ayckbourn/Peter Hall [12pp, 6x10; w.cast list, biographies, 16 photos, interview with Ayckbourn etc.; VG] £4

1977: BEDROOM FARCE - Ayckbourn (Lyttelton)
Michael Gough, Joan Hickson, Michael Stroud, Janet Key, Derek Newark, Brenda Blethyn, Stephen Moore, Sara Kestelman; dir:Alan Ayckbourn and Peter Hall [12pp, 6x10; w.cast list, biographies, photos, interview with Ayckbourn etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1977: THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS (Olivier)
Tony Doyle, Susan Fleetwood, J.G.Devlin, Bryan Murray, Anna Manahan, Cyril Cusack, Dermot Crowley, Gawn Grainger, Brenda Fricker; dir:Bill Bryden [16pp, 6x10; w.cast list, biographies, photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1977: JULIUS CAESAR (Olivier)
John Gielgud, Brian Cox, Ronald Pickup, Gawn Grainger, Oliver Cotton, Pitt Wilkinson, Peter Needham, Mark McManus, Ian Charleson, Liam O'Callaghan, Tom Wilkinson, Rowena Cooper, Ann Firbank, Daniel Thorndike, Andrew Hilton, Trevor Ray; dir:John Schlesinger [16pp, 6x10; w.cast list, biographies, photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1977: BLITHE SPIRIT - Coward (Lyttelton)
Richard Johnson, Maria Aitken, Elizabeth Spriggs; dir:Harold Pinter [16pp; 6x10; w.cast list, biographies, production photographs, illustrations, articles etc.] (£5) SOLD

4 March 1977: First NT performance in the Cottesloe Theatre

1977: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Ken Hill (Cottesloe)
Bill Wallis, Joss Buckley, James Carter, Ian Charleson, Edna Dore, Martin Friend, Morag Hood, David Rappaport, Sarah Simmons; dir:Michael Bogdanov with Giles Block [6pp triple-fold, 6x10; w.cast list, biographies, photographs, notes etc.] £2

1977 (Apr): THE PASSION a selection from the York Mystery Plays by Tony Harrison (Cottesloe)
Mark McManus, Michael Gough, Kenneth Cranham, Brian Glover, Pitt Wilkinson, Richard Johnson, Edna Dore, Ann Firbank, Oliver Cotton, Derek Newark, Trevor Ray, Gawn Grainger, Tom Wilkinson; dir:Bill Bryden with Sebastian Graham-Jones [6pp triple-fold, 6x10; w.cast list, photographs, notes etc.] £2

1977 (Sep-Oct): THE PASSION a selection from the York Mystery Plays by Tony Harrison (Cottesloe)
Mark McManus, Michael Gough, Kenneth Cranham, Brian Glover, Albert Finney, Richard Johnson, Edna Dore, Brenda Blethyn, Oliver Cotton, Derek Newark, Trevor Ray, Alan Armstrong, Peter Carlisle; dir:Bill Bryden and Sebastian Graham-Jones [6pp triple-fold, 6x10; w.cast list, production photos, notes etc.] £2
1977 Repertoire Leaflets
1977 (Jan-Dec): EIGHT REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (National Theatre) Complete Year
Paul Scofield, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Albert Finney, Peggy Ashcroft, Diana Rigg, John Neville, Ben Kingsley, Brian Cox, Denis Quilley, Barbara Jefford, Stephen Rea, J.G.Devlin, Beryl Reid, Elizabeth Spriggs, Ian Charleson, Joss Ackland, Cyril Cusack, Susan Fleetwood, Warren Clarke, Ronald Pickup, Tom Wilkinson, Brian Blessed, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Bryant, Kenneth Cranham, Joan Hickson, Richard Johnson, Sara Kestelmen, Susan Littler, Elspeth March, Michael Medwin, Stephen Moore, John Normington, Kate Nelligan, Hugh Paddick, Paul Rogers, Jane Asher, Tony Haygarth, Fulton Mackay, Dinah Stabb, Maria Aitken, Sylvia Coleridge, Oliver Cotton, Robert Eddison, Julian Glover, Michael Gough, Michael Kitchen, Peggy Mount, Ann Way, Brenda Fricker, Christopher Good, Edward Hardwicke, Isabel Dean, Richard Pearson, Robin Bailey and many others in TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS, COUNTING THE WAYS, THE FORCE OF HABIT, IL CAMPIELLO, TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT, JUMPERS, BLITHE SPIRIT, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, NO MAN'S LAND, HAMLET, VOLPONE, JULIUS CAESAR, BEDROOM FARCE, THE MADRAS HOUSE, STATE OF REVOLUTION, THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS, HAPPY DAYS, THE PASSION, SIR IS WINNING, JUDGEMENT, THE LADY FROM MAXIM'S, THE COUNTRY WIFE, HALF-LIFE, LAVENDER BLUE, THE GUARDSMAN, SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, SUMMERFOLK (Schaubuhne am Halleschen Ufer West Berlin), THE MAGIC DRUM (Phoenix Theatre Leicester), THE DEVIL IS AN ASS and MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), DIVINAS PALABRAS (Nuria Espert Company), DON GIOVANNI (Glyndebourne Opera), METAMORPHOSIS and THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (London Theatre Group), BABEL'S DANCER (Moving Being), RICHARD III PART TWO and MOTOCAR (Paine's Plough) [Eight sextuple-fold repertoire leaflets, 96pp in all; 4x8.25; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedule, ticket prices, seating plan, company list, NT Extras, National Theatre info; fascinating!; a few marks] (£16) SOLD

1977 (Apr-Aug): THREE REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (Cottesloe Theatre)
Ben Kingsley, Brian Cox, Kenneth Cranham, Richard Johnson, Stephen Rea, Brenda Blethyn, Fulton Mackay, Gawn Grainger, Jane Asher, Mark McManus, Morag Hood, Oliver Cotton, Robyn Archer, Warren Clarke and many others in STRAWBERRY FIELDS, THE PASSION, FOUR TO ONE, DON JUAN, DON JUAN COMES BACK FROM THE WAR, BOW DOWN, THE CAMILLA RINGBINDER SHOW, OLD MOVIES, TO THOSE BORN LATER, SIR IS WINNING, JUDGEMENT, Library Theatre Manchester in SELL-OUT, Chris Harris in KEMP'S JIG, London Theatre Group in EAST and METAMORPHOSIS [Three multi-fold leaflets, 22pp in all; 3.75x8.5; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedule, ticket prices, company list, National Theatre info; a few marks] £4

NT Programmes: 1978
1978: MACBETH
1978: MACBETH (Olivier)
Albert Finney, Dorothy Tutin, Daniel Massey; dir:Peter Hall [20pp; 6x10; cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; VG] £4

1978: THE DOUBLE DEALER - Congreve (Olivier)
Ralph Richardson, Dorothy Tutin, Michael Bryant, Sara Kestelman, Robert Stephens; dir:Peter Wood [20pp; 6x10; cast list, biographies, illustrations, costume designs, articles etc.; VG] (£6) SOLD

1978: BRAND - Ibsen (Olivier)
Michael Bryant, Lynn Farleigh, Robert Stephens, Patience Collier, Gawn Grainger, Nicholas Selby; dir:Christopher Morahan [20pp; 6x10; cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.] £4

1978: THE PHILANDERER - G.B.Shaw (Lyttelton)
Dinsdale Landen, Ann Bell, Penelope Wilton, Frederick Treves, Basil Henson, John Standing, Barbara Flynn; dir:Christopher Morahan [20pp, 6x10; w.cast list, biographies, illustrations, articles, production photos etc.; VG] £4

1978: PLENTY - David Hare (Lyttelton)
Kate Nelligan, Julie Covington, Stephen Moore, Paul Freeman, Basil Henson, David Schofield, Lindsay Duncan, Tom Durham, Frederick Treves; dir: David Hare [16pp, 6x10; w.cast list, biographies, illustrated survey of David Hare's plays, articles, 10 production photos etc.; VG] £4

1978: PLUNDER - Ben Travers (Lyttelton)
Trevor Ray, Barbara Flynn, Peggy Mount, Basil Henson, John Standing, Dinsdale Landen, Tom Durham, Terence Rigby, Kit Thacker; dir:Michael Blakemore [20pp, 6x10; w.cast list, biographies, illustrations, articles, production photos etc.; VG] £4

1978 (Aug-Sep): THE PASSION a selection from the York Mystery Plays by Tony Harrison (Cottesloe)
Mark McManus, Howard Goorney, Fulton Mackay, Philip Jackson, Brian Glover, Dave Hill, Dave King, Edna Dore, June Watson, Brenda Blethyn, Jack Shepherd, Derek Newark, Trevor Ray, Peter Armitage, Alun Armstrong; dir:Bill Bryden with Sebastian Graham-Jones [6pp triple-fold, 6x10; w.cast list, photographs, notes etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1978: HALF-LIFE - Julian Mitchell (National Theatre at The Duke of York's)
John Gielgud, Lockwood West, Richard Pearson, Avril Elgar, Hugh Paddick, Isabel Dean, Diane Fletcher; dir:Waris Hussein [20pp; cast, credits, biographies, 11 production photos; VG] £4

1976-1978: 'THE NATIONAL FIGURES': The National Theatre's first two years on London's South Bank
Fascinating booklet, full of information, facts and figures about the National Theatre's transfer to its new building; contents are: Article by Anthony Lewis (New York Times), Audience figures and charts, Plays presented 1976-78, 50 Photos of the regular acting company, Foyer Music, Exhibitions, Platform and Workshop productions, Visiting Companies, Awards etc. [12pp, 6x10; VG] £5
1978 Flyers
1978 (Jan-Dec): TWELVE REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (National Theatre) Complete Year
Joss Ackland, Polly Adams, Brian Blessed, Brenda Blethyn, Judi Bowker, Michael Bryant, Ian Charleson, Patience Collier, Julie Covington, Kenneth Cranham, Andrew Cruickshank, Cyril Cusack, Timothy Davies, J.G.Devlin, Edna Dore, Avril Elgar, Lynn Farleigh, Albert Finney, Susan Fleetwood, Paul Freeman, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, John Gielgud, Brian Glover, Michael Gough, Edward Hardwicke, Nicky Henson, Bob Hoskins, Richard Johnson, Sara Kestelman, Ben Kingsley, Dinsdale Landen, Susan Littler, Daniel Massey, Mark McManus, Stephen Moore, Peggy Mount, Kate Nelligan, Hugh Paddick, Richard Pearson, Ralph Richardson, Diana Rigg, Paul Scofield, Jack Shepherd, Elizabeth Spriggs, John Standing, Robert Stephens, Dorothy Tutin, Penelope Wilton and many others in THE COUNTRY WIFE, THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS, THE MADRAS HOUSE, VOLPONE, THE GUARDSMAN, SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, THE LADY FROM MAXIM'S, STATE OF REVOLUTION, BEDROOM FARCE, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, HALF-LIFE, LAVENDER BLUE, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, LOVE LETTERS ON BLUE PAPER, LARK RISE, BRAND, PLENTY, DON JUAN COMES BACK FROM THE WAR, MACBETH, PLUNDER, LOST WORLDS, AMERICAN BUFFALO, THE WOMAN, THE DOUBLE DEALER, THE PHILANDERER, THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, STRIFE, BETRAYAL, HAS "WASHINGTON" LEGS?, HEROD [12 multi-fold leaflets, 144pp in all; 4x8.5; a complete year; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedule, ticket prices, seating plan, company lists, NT Extras, National Theatre info; a few marks] (£20) SOLD

NT Programmes: 1979
1979: AMADEUS
1979: AMADEUS - Peter Shaffer (Olivier)
Paul Scofield, Simon Callow, Felicity Kendal, John Normington; dir:Peter Hall [24pp; 6x10; Original Cast; cast list, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.; very slightly knocked] £7

1979: AS YOU LIKE IT (Olivier)
Simon Callow, Sarah Kestelman, Andrew Cruickshank, Michael Bryant; dir:John Dexter [20pp; 6x10; cast list, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.] £5

1979: THE DOUBLE DEALER - Congreve (Olivier)
Ralph Richardson, Dorothy Tutin, Michael Bryant, Sara Kestelman, Michael Byrne, Greg Hicks; dir:Peter Wood [20pp; 6x10; cast list, biographies, illustrations, costume designs, articles etc.] £5

1979: UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY - Schnitzler/Stoppard (Olivier)
Dorothy Tutin, Sara Kestelman, Greg Hicks, Michael Byrne, John Wood, Anna Carteret, Joyce Redman, Michael Bryant; dir:Peter Wood [20pp; 6x10; cast list, biographies, illustrations, costume designs, articles etc.] £4

1979: RICHARD III (Olivier)
John Wood, John Normington, Brian Kent, Mel Martin, Basil Henson, Harry Lomax, Anna Carteret, Greg Hicks, Jeremy Kemp, Andrew Cruickshank, Yvonne Bryceland, Dermot Crowley, Peter Needham, Mary Wimbush, Daniel Thorndike, Jeremy Dimmick/Jon Addison, Jeremy Ewing/Michael Lee-Osborn, dir: Christopher Morahan [20pp, 6x10; cast list, biographies, illustrations, articles, photos etc.; VG] £4

1979: A FAIR QUARREL - Thomas Middleton and William Rowley (Olivier)
Marjorie Yates, Paul Freeman, Nicky Henson, Christian Burgess, Harriet Walter, Marty Cruickshank, Ian Ireland, Fred Pearson, Mark Wing-Davey, Peter Hugo-Daly; dir:William Gaskill [20pp, 6x10; cast list, biographies, illustrations, articles, photos etc.; VG] £4

1979: THE PHILANDERER - Shaw (Lyttelton)
Daniel Massey, Ann Bell, Penelope Wilton, Frederick Treves, John Standing, Barbara Flynn; dir:Christopher Morahan [20pp; 6x10; cast list, biographies, photographs, illustrations, articles etc.] £4

1979: DEATH OF A SALESMAN - Arthur Miller (Lyttelton)
Warren Mitchell, Doreen Mantle, David Baxt, Stephen Greif, Harry Towb, Harold Kasket; dir:Michael Rudman [20pp, 6x10; w.cast list, biographies, illustrations, articles, rehearsal photos etc.; two punch-holes to spine, else VG] £3

1979: "FALL" - A Play For Sculpture - Logan (Baylis Terrace)
Peter Logan [20pp, 6x10; articles, photographs, "cast list", biographies, illustrations etc.] £4

1979 (Jan-Dec): ELEVEN REPERTOIRE LEAFLETS (National Theatre) Complete Year
Robin Bailey, Brenda Blethyn, Judi Bowker, Michael Bryant, Yvonne Bryceland, Selina Cadell, Simon Callow, Anna Carteret, Oliver Cotton, Andrew Cruickshank, Constance Cummings, J.G.Devlin, Edna Dore, Michael Feast, Albert Finney, Alison Fiske, Susan Fleetwood, Paul Freeman, Michael Gambon, Brian Glover, Gawn Grainger, Nicky Henson, Greg Hicks, Ian Hogg, Bob Hoskins, Harold Innocent, Peter Jeffrey, Felicity Kendall, Sara Kestelman, Dinsdale Landen, Phyllida Law, Doreen Mantle, Anna Massey, Daniel Massey, Mark McManus, Warren Mitchell, Stephen Moore, John Normington, Bill Owen, Joyce Redman, Ralph Richardson, Joan Sanderson, Leslie Sands, Paul Scofield, Jack Shepherd, John Standing, Robert Stephens, Dorothy Tutin, June Watson, Penelope Wilton, John Wood and many others in STRIFE, THE DOUBLE DEALER, THE WOMAN, MACBETH, BETRAYAL, THE PHILANDERER, PLUNDER, HEROD, HAS "WASHINGTON" LEGS?, THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, A FAIR QUARREL, THE LONG VOYAGE HOME, THE FRUITS OF ENLIGHTENMENT, FOR SERVICES RENDERED, LARK RISE, BEOWULF, CLOSE OF PLAY, THE ORESTEIA, UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, DISPATCHES, FALL, AS YOU LIKE IT, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, WINGS, RICHARD III, AMADEUS, CANDLEFORD, WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, A COUNTRY CALENDAR, THE WILD DUCK [11 multi-fold leaflets, 118pp in all; 4x8.5; a complete year, including arrangements during the strike; booking info, cast lists, press comment, performance schedule, ticket prices, seating plan, company lists, NT Extras, National Theatre info; a few marks] £20


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