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GERTRUDE LAWRENCE (1898 - 1952)
1927: OH, KAY!- Gershwin (His Majesty's)
Gertrude Lawrence, Claude Hulbert, Harold French [24pp; 4 photos;
centre pages loose, bite out of cover] (£4) SOLD
1927: OH, KAY! - Gershwin (His Majesty's)
Gertrude Lawrence, Claude Hulbert, Harold French [20pp; 6 photos
(diferent); centre pages loose] (£4) SOLD
1931: CAN THE LEOPARD...? - Jeans (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Gertrude Lawrence, Kay Hammond, Ian Hunter [8pp; cover slightly grubby
and creased, else VG] £2
1948: SEPTEMBER TIDE - du Maurier (Aldwych)
Gertrude Lawrence, Dandy Nichols, Michael Gough, Bryan Forbes [4pp]
£3
1948: Theatre World Souvenir - SEPTEMBER TIDE - du Maurier (Aldwych)
Gertrude Lawrence, Dandy Nichols, Michael Gough, Bryan Forbes [12pp;
21 photos; nice souvenir] (£5) SOLD
VIVIEN LEIGH (1913 -1967) see also OLIVIER
1942: THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA - Shaw (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Vivien Leigh, Peter Glenville, George Relph [4pp; marks on cover, rumpled copy - but sought after] (£4) SOLD
1945: THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH - Thornton Wilder (Phoenix)
Vivien Leigh, Terry Morgan, Cecil Parker, Leonard Maguire, Eve Moore, Ena Burrill, Wallas Eaton; dir:Laurence Olivier [4pp; cast, credits; slightly rumpled, else VG] (£4) SOLD
ALFRED LUNT (1893 - 1977) and LYNN FONTANNE (1887 - 1983)
1934: REUNION IN VIENNA (Lyric)
Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Cecil Parker [20pp; 5 photos; stylish programme with a beautiful colour cover; VG] £6
1936: IDIOT'S DELIGHT - Robert E.Sherwood (Sam S.Shubert Theatre, New York)
Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Sydney Greenstreet, Richard Whorf [36pp; 'Playbill' programme; cast, credits, biographies, large photos (of Lunt and Fontanne, and Sherwood), theatre plan and much else; minor marks else VG] £4
1944 (Dec): LOVE IN IDLENESS - Rattigan (Grand Theatre, Leeds)
Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne; dir:Lunt [4pp; jottings on the cover: "Superb! Very fine"] £1
1944: LOVE IN IDLENESS - Rattigan (Lyric)
Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne; dir:Lunt [4pp; VG] £3
1952: QUADRILLE - Coward (Phoenix)
Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Griffith Jones, Marian Spencer, Joyce Carey, dir:Coward, des:Cecil Beaton [12pp; photo] £3
1960: THE VISIT (Royalty)
Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Philip Lowrie, George Rose, Brian Wilde, John Wyse, Richard Huggett; dir:Peter Brook [24pp, 6.75x9; photos; interesting programme with 17 facsimile signatures, wishing the theatre well: Olivier, Ashcroft, Coward etc.; VG] £3
IAN McKELLEN (b.1939)
1963 (Dec): CORIOLANUS (Nottingham Playhouse)
John Neville, Ian McKellen (aged 24, as Tullus Aufidius), Leo McKern, James Cairncross, Christopher Hancock, Michael Crawford (as 2nd Citizen, 2nd Servingman), Roger Clissold, Dorothy Reynolds, Richard Digby-Day; dir:Sir Tyrone Guthrie [16pp; opening production of the new Nottingham Playhouse; cast list, notes etc.; uncommon; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £6
1964: SIR THOMAS MORE - Chettle/Dekker/Heywood/Munday/Shakespeare (Nottingham Playhouse)
Ian McKellen (aged 25, as Thomas More), Josephine Tewson, Antony Brown, Steven Berkoff, Geoffrey Hutchings, Christopher Hancock, Roger Clissold, John Tordoff; dir:Frank Dunlop [16pp; cast list, biographies (w.photo of McKellen), illustrated articles etc.; uncommon; VG] £5
1964: A SCENT OF FLOWERS (Duke of York's)
Jennifer Hilary, Phyllis Calvert, Mark Dignam, Ian McKellen, Derek Bond; dir:Shirley Butler [16pp; cast photos and biographies; Ian McKellen's West-End debut; VG] £4
1965: A LILY IN LITTLE INDIA - Howarth (Hampstead Theatre Club)
Ian McKellen, Ken Jones, Jill Bennett, Jessie Evans [12pp; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2
1965: A LILY IN LITTLE INDIA - Donald Howarth (St.Martin's)
Ian McKellen, Ken Jones, Jill Bennett, Jessie Evans [24pp; cast photos, biographies; VG] £4
1966: THE MAN OF DESTINY and O'FLAHERTY VC - G.B.Shaw (Duchess)
Ian McKellen, Bill Wallis, Timothy Carlton, Sian Phillips, Marie Kean; dir:Robert Kidd, Peter Gill [32pp; illustrated articles, notes etc.; stains on cover, else VG] £2
1967: THE PROMISE - Arbuzov/Nicolaeff (Fortune)
Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Bryan Hunt; dir:Frank Hauser [32pp; cast photos and biographies etc.; VG] £4
1968: WHITE LIARS and BLACK COMEDY - Peter Shaffer (Theatre Royal, Brighton)
Ian McKellen, Dorothy Reynolds, James Bolam, Angela Scoular, Robert Flemyng, Ken Wynne, Liz Fraser; dir:Peter Wood [20pp; photos and biographies; VG] £2
1968: WHITE LIARS and BLACK COMEDY - Peter Shaffer (Lyric)
Ian McKellen, Dorothy Reynolds, James Bolam, Angela Scoular, Robert Flemyng, Ken Wynne, Liz Fraser; dir:Peter Wood [24pp; cast photos and biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
1968: RICHARD II (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford)
Prospect Theatre Company: Ian McKellen, Paul Hardwick, John Byron, Neil Stacy, Terence Wilton, Richard Morant, Andrew Robertson, Nigel Lambert, Amanda Reiss, Wynne Clark; dir:Richard Cottrell [20pp; biographies, notes; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2
1969: EDWARD II - Marlowe, and RICHARD II (Mermaid)
Prospect Theatre Company: Ian McKellen, James Laurenson, Trevor Martin, Timothy West, Paul Hardwick, Robert Eddison, Diane Fletcher, David Calder, Lucy Fleming, Richard Morant, Terence Wilton, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Charmian Eyre; dir:Richard Cottrell, Toby Robertson [32pp; cast, production photos, illustrated articles, credits, biographies etc.; a full programme; VG] £4
1969: RICHARD II (Assembly Hall, Edinburgh)
Prospect Theatre Company: Ian McKellen, Paul Hardwick, Robert Eddison, Timothy West, Terence Wilton, Stephen Greif, Richard Morant, Trevor Martin, David Calder, Peter Bourne, James Laurenson, Jeremy Nicholas, Lucy Fleming, Charmian Eyre; dir:Richard Cottrell [16pp, 4x10; biographies, quotations, notes, family tree, photo of McKellen as Richard; VG] £4
1970: EDWARD II - Marlowe, and RICHARD II (Piccadilly)
Prospect Theatre Company: Ian McKellen, Timothy West, Robert Eddison, Diane Fletcher, Paul Hardwick, James Laurenson, Trevor Martin, Peggy Thorpe-Bates; dir:Richard Cottrell, Toby Robertson [24pp; cast, credits, biographies, articles; VG] £4
1970: THE RECRUITING OFFICER and CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING (Theatre Royal, Brighton)
Cambridge Theatre Company: Ian McKellen, Julian Curry, Susan Fleetwood, Richard Morant, Trevor Peacock, John Woodnutt, Meg Wynn Owen, Jonathan Kent, Nickolas Grace; dir:Richard Cottrell [16pp; cast lists, biographies; VG] (£2) SOLD
1971: HAMLET (Nottingham Playhouse)
Prospect Theatre Company: Ian McKellen, Ronald Lewis, Faith Brook, Susan Fleetwood, Tim Pigott-Smith, James Cairncross, Julian Curry, Geoffrey Chater, Nickolas Grace, Russell Hunter, Marcia Warren, Terence Wilton; dir:Robert Chetwyn [16pp; biographies; slightly grubby, else VG] £2
1971: HAMLET (Cambridge Theatre)
Prospect Theatre Company: Ian McKellen, John Woodvine, Faith Brook, Susan Fleetwood, Julian Curry, Tim Pigott-Smith, James Cairncross, Duncan Preston, Terence Wilton; dir:Robert Chetwyn [28pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, notes; VG] £5
1971: HAMLET (Television Recording) Souvenir Brochure
Ian McKellen, John Woodvine, Faith Brook, Susan Fleetwood, Julian Curry, Tim Pigott-Smith, James Cairncross, Duncan Preston, Terence Wilton; stage director:Robert Chetwyn, TV director:David Giles [28pp, 5.9x8.25; souvenir to accompany the TV version of McKellen's Hamlet, filmed here with the same cast as the stage production; printed on heavyweight glossy paper; with cast, credits, illustrated articles, 30 excellent photos of the production, TV Studio rehearsals and the cast, a packed souvenir with no advertisements; most uncommon; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £7
1972: ‘TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE (Arts Theatre, Cambridge)
Actors' Company: Ian McKellen (as Giovanni), Felicity Kendall, Robert Eddison, Juan Moreno, Edward Petherbridge, Frank Middlemass, Tenniel Evans, Robin Ellis, John Tordoff, Ronnie Stevens, Jack Shepherd, Matthew Long, Moira Redmond, Sheila Reid, Margery Mason, Annette Badland, Caroline Blakiston, Marian Diamond; dir:David Giles [24pp; notes, company photos and biographies, 7 photos of previous Cambridge Theatre Company productions; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1973 (Oct): THE WAY OF THE WORLD - Congreve, THE WOOD DEMON - Chekhov/Hingley (Opera House, Manchester)
Actors' Company: Ian McKellen, Caroline Blakiston, Robert Eddison, Marian Diamond, Robin Ellis, Paola Dionisotti, Tenniel Evans, Sharon Duce, Matthew Long, Margery Mason, Sheila Reid, Juan Moreno, John Tordoff, Edward Petherbridge, John Woodvine; dir:David William, David Giles [8pp; cast, credits, biographies; light vertical crease, else VG] £4
1974: KING LEAR (Wimbledon)
Actors Company: Ian McKellen (as Edgar), Robert Eddison, Edward Petherbridge, John Woodvine, Ronald Radd, Matthew Long, dir:David William [20pp; photos] £SOLD
1974: RULING THE ROOST (Wimbledon)
Actors Company: Ian McKellen (as Page Boy), John Woodvine, Sheila Reid, Caroline Blakiston, Paola Dionisotti, dir:Cottrell [20pp; photos] £SOLD
1975: ASHES David Rudkin (Gardner Centre Theatre, Brighton)
Ian McKellen, Gemma Jones, Paul Shelley, Ann Mitchell [12pp; cast photos and biographies; minor marks else VG] (£2) SOLD
1979: BENT - Sherman (Royal Court)
Ian McKellen, Tom Bell, Jeff Rawle, Simon Shepherd, Ken Shorter, Richard Gale; dir:Robert Chetwyn [8pp quadruple-fold, 5.9x9.75; cast, biographies, credits; slightly grubby, else VG] £4
1982: EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR (Barbican)
Ian McKellen, Jim Broadbent, Jeremy Dimmick, Patrick Stewart, David Suchet, Thelma Whiteley; dir:Trevor Nunn; London Symphony Orchestra c:Andre Previn [32pp; cast photos and biographies, illustrated articles; minor marks on cover, else VG] £4
1983: SHORT LIST - Michael Rudman (Hampstead Theatre)
Ian McKellen, Barbara Flynn, Maxine Audley, Susan Engel, Bernard Hill, Glyn Owen, Philip Voss; dir:Mike Ockrent [20pp; cast, biographies etc.; VG] £2
1983: COWARDICE - Sean Mathias (Ambassadors)
Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Nigel Davenport; dir:Anthony Page [20pp; 10 cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4
1986 (31 Aug): ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Olivier) Souvenir Brochure
Souvenir Programme for Ian McKellen's One-Man Show. This spectacular souvenir consists of a long biographical essay by McKellen, profusely illustrated with 18 splendid photographs (many unusual) and line-drawings (incl. The Macbeths with Judi Dench). This fascinating booklet is an account of Ian McKellen's acting career, told in his own words - and with captions in his own handwriting. It contains no advertisements, so all 32 pages are packed with information and interest. This is a beautifully produced souvenir, printed on quality heavy-weight paper. [32pp, 8.25x11.75; with single-page Press Release from the production company ShowPeople Limited; very minor marks, else VG] £5
1988: HENCEFORWARD - Ayckbourn (Richmond Theatre)
Ian McKellen, Jane Asher, Serena Evans, Robin Herford, Michael Simkins [24pp; cast photos and biographies, illustrated articles] £3
1988: HENCEFORWARD - Ayckbourn (Vaudeville)
Ian McKellen, Jane Asher, Serena Evans, Michael Simkins [28pp; 10 cast and production photos] £4
1988: ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Playhouse)
Ian McKellen [12pp; photo and biography; VG] £4
2003: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (NT) Flyer
Ian McKellen, Penny Downie, Alan Cox, Stephen Moore, John Woodvine [4pp, 3.9x8.25; 6 colour photos; VG] (£3) SOLD
2003: DANCE OF DEATH (Lyric)
Ian McKellen, Frances de la Tour, Owen Teale; dir:Sean Mathias [20pp, 8.5x11.75; extensive illustrated articles (with much colour photography); slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
2006: THE CUT - Mark Ravenhill (Donmar)
Ian McKellen, Deborah Findlay, Emma Beattie, Tom Burke, Jimmy Akingbola, Bindu de Stoppani; dir:Michael Grandage [28pp, 5.5x11.75; photos, biographies, flyer; VG] £4
HELEN MIRREN (b.1946)
1963 (Sep): HAMLET (Scala Theatre)
National Youth Theatre: Simon Ward (as Hamlet), Jeremy Rowe, Giles Block, Neil Stacy, Michael Cadman, Hywel Bennett, Bill Kenwright (as 1st Sailor), Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Elizabeth Sladen; dir:Michael Croft [48pp, 5.2x8; substantial illustrated articles, photos, message from Ralph Richardson - a packed programme; VG] (£5) SOLD
1965: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Old Vic)
National Youth Theatre: Helen Mirren, John Nightingale, Timothy Meats, Malcolm Storry, Barrie Rutter, Nigel Jeffcoat, Michael Kitchen, Alan Bennett; dir:Michael Croft, music:Antony Hopkins [40pp; cast, rehearsal photos, article on Michael Croft's 1954 production of Antony and Cleopatra (including interviews with John Stride, Colin Farrell etc.), 9 production photos from past productions (including Simon Ward's Hamlet), message from Ralph Richardson, brief history of NYT, extensive articles etc.; VG] £5
1981 (Apr-May): THE DUCHESS OF MALFI - Webster (The Roundhouse)
Royal Exchange Theatre Company: Helen Mirren, Bob Hoskins, Julian Curry, Mike Gwilym, Robert Reynolds, Sorcha Cusack, Diana Hardcastle, Peter Postlethwaite, Albie Woodington; dir:Adrian Noble [16pp, 8.25x11.75; 16 biographies w.photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD
1984: EXTREMITIES - William Mastrosimone (Duchess)
Helen Mirren, Kevin McNally, Marty Cruickshank [24pp; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies; VG] (£3) SOLD
1987: MADAME BOVARY - Edna O'Brien (Palace Theatre, Watford)
Helen Mirren, Michael Byrne, David Horovitch, Brian Deacon; dir:Lou Stein [24pp; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated article; VG] (£3) SOLD
1989: TWO-WAY MIRROR - Arthur Miller (Young Vic)
Helen Mirren, Bob Peck [12pp, 8.25x11.75; rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] (£3) SOLD
1994: A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY - Turgenev (Albery)
Helen Mirren, John Hurt, Joseph Fiennes, John Standing, Gawn Grainger, Gillian Raine, Polly Adams, Peter Sproule, Trevor Ray; dir:Bill Bryden [44pp; 30+ photos, lots in colour; biographies, articles; smart programme; very slightly knocked, else VG] £5
1999: COLLECTED STORIES - Donald Margulies (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Helen Mirren, Anne-Marie Duff; dir:Howard Davies [44pp; 15+ photos (many in colour), biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
2000: ORPHEUS DESCENDING - Tennessee Williams (Donmar)
Helen Mirren, Sandra Dickinson, Tom Hunsinger, Saskia Reeves, Janet Henfrey, Julia Swift, Richard Durden, William Hootkins, Martin Potter; dir:Nicholas Hytner [32pp; cast photos, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £4
LAURENCE OLIVIER (1907-1989)
1934: QUEEN OF SCOTS - Daviot (New)
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Laurence Olivier, William Devlin, Felix Aylmer, Margaret Webster, James Mason, George Howe, Glen Byam Shaw, George Devine, Ian Fleming; dir:John Gielgud [16pp, 5.4x8.4; one photo; rumpled, but uncommon ] (£4) SOLD
1934: THEATRE ROYAL - Ferber/Kaufman (Lyric)
Marie Tempest, Madge Titheradge, Laurence Olivier, George Zucco; dir:Noel Coward [20pp; cast list, 3 full-page photographic portraits; stapled rusted away, somewhat tatty; a reading copy] £2
1937: MACBETH (New Theatre)
Laurence Olivier, Judith Anderson, Niall MacGinnis, Andrew Cruickshank, James Ottaway; dir:Michael Saint-Denis, music:Darius Milhaud [20pp; cast, credits, 2 photos; adhesions on back, tatty - a reading copy] (£2) SOLD
1950: VENUS OBSERVED - Fry (St.James's)
Laurence Olivier, Rachel Kempson, Denholm Elliott [8pp; w.7 portraits] £3
1951: CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA - Shaw (St.James's)
Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Esmond Knight, Edmund Purdom, Clifford Williams, Cy Grant, Peter Cushing, Elspeth March, Maxine Audley, Jill Bennett, Henry Oscar, Richard Goolden, Niall MacGinnis, Wilfrid Hyde White, Robert Helpmann; dir:Michael Benthall [8pp; VG] £5
1951: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA - Shakespeare (St.James's)
Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Robert Helpmann, Norman Wooland, Desmond Llewellyn, Maxine Audley, Peter Cushing, Wilfrid Hyde White, Jill Bennett, Robert Helpmann, Richard Goolden, Niall MacGinnis, Esmond Knight, Clifford Williams, Edmund Purdom, Cy Grant, Timothy Bateson [8pp; VG] £5
1957 (April): THE ENTERTAINER - Osborne (Royal Court)
Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Tutin, Richard Pasco, Brenda de Banzie, dir:Tony Richardson [16pp; 7 photos] £5
1957 (September): THE ENTERTAINER - Osborne (Palace)
Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Richard Pasco, Brenda de Banzie, Albert Chevalier, Robert Stephens, dir:Tony Richardson [12pp; 7 photos; tatty] £3
1960: RHINOCEROS - Ionesco (Royal Court)
English Stage Company: Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Alan Webb, Michael Bates, Miles Malleson, Peter Sallis; dir:Orson Welles [24pp; with sketches by Ionesco] £4
1960: RHINOCEROS - Ionesco (Strand)
English Stage Company: Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Michael Gough, Michael Bates, Miles Malleson, Peter Sallis; dir:Orson Welles [16pp; with sketches by Ionesco] (£4) SOLD
1962: SEMI-DETACHED - Turner (Saville)
Laurence Olivier, Eileen Atkins, John Thaw, James Bolam, Mona Washbourne [16pp; 6.5x9; 6 excellent photos; minor edge damage, somewhat tatty] £3
1965: OTHELLO (BHE Films) Film Souvenir
Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman, Frank Finlay, Derek Jacobi, Robert Lang, Kenneth MacKintosh, Anthony Nicholls, Sheila Reid, Edward Hardwicke, William Hobbs, Christopher Timothy, Michael Gambon, John McEnery; dir:Stuart Burge, John Dexter [16pp, 8.6x11.25; 20+ photos (many in colour), articles, synopsis, Olivier on 'Othello', biographies of the leading players, cast list, credits; nominated for 4 Oscars; slightly rumpled, minor marks. else VG] £5
PETER O'TOOLE (b.1932)
1959 (Jan): THE LONG THE SHORT AND THE TALL - Willis Hall (Royal Court)
English Stage Company: Peter O'Toole, Robert Shaw, Edward Judd, Ronald Fraser, Alfred Lynch, Bryan Pringle; dir:Lindsay Anderson [24pp; biographies, photos] £4
1959: THE LONG THE SHORT AND THE TALL - Willis Hall (New)
English Stage Company: Peter O'Toole, Robert Shaw, Edward Judd, Ronald Fraser, Alfred Lynch, Bryan Pringle; dir:Lindsay Anderson [16pp; 5 photos; VG] £4
1963: BAAL - Brecht (Phoenix)
Peter O'Toole, Harry Andrews, Gemma Jones, dir:William Gaskill [12pp; 6.75x9.5; 5 production photos] £4
1965: RIDE A COCK HORSE - Mercer (Piccadilly)
Peter O'Toole, Barbara Jefford, Sian Phillips, Wendy Craig [16pp; 5 photos] £4
1969 (Oct): MAN AND SUPERMAN - Shaw (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin)
Peter O'Toole, Susannah York, John Hurt, Donal McCann, Nigel Stock, Mary Wimbush; dir:Nat Brenner [20pp, 4.2x8.75; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, article; VG] (£4) SOLD
1971: WAITING FOR GODOT (Nottingham Playhouse)
Peter O'Toole, Donal McCann, Frank Middlemass, Niall Tobin [16pp; biographies; somewhat tatty] £2
1973: THE APPLE CART (Bristol Old Vic)
Peter O'Toole, Judy Parfitt, David Ryall, Nigel Stock, John Warner, Timothy Kightley, June Barrie, Thelma Whiteley, Edward Hardwicke [20pp; biographies, articles; rumpled] £2
1973: PLUNDER (Bristol Old Vic)
Peter O'Toole, Nigel Stock, Sara Kestelman, Marie Kean, Edward Hardwicke, Penelope Wilton, Timothy Kightley, June Barrie, David Ryall; dir:Nat Brenner [20pp; biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £2
1980: MACBETH (Old Vic)
Peter O'Toole, Frances Tomelty, Brian Blessed, dir:Brian Forbes [36pp; substantial; the famous disastrous production] £6
1982: MAN AND SUPERMAN (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Peter O'Toole, Lisa Harrow, James Grout, Michael Byrne, John Moulder-Brown, Robert Beatty, Joyce Carey; dir:Patrick Dromgoole [28pp; 8 production photos, biographies; VG] £4
1986: THE APPLE CART (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Peter O'Toole, Susannah York, Paul Rogers, Michael Denison, Marius Goring, David Waller, Geoffrey Keen, David King, Dora Bryan, Moira Lister, Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Braden; dir:Val May [28pp; cast photos and biographies; w.flyer; VG] £4
1989: JEFFREY BERNARD IS UNWELL - Keith Waterhouse (Apollo)
Peter O'Toole, Timothy Ackroyd, Sarah Berger, Annabel Leventon, Royce Mills; dir:Ned Sherrin [44pp; 40+ cast and production photos, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1991: JEFFREY BERNARD IS UNWELL - Keith Waterhouse (Shaftesbury)
Peter O'Toole; dir:Ned Sherrin [44pp; 40+ photos] (£4) SOLD
1992 (Nov): OUR SONG - Keith Waterhouse (Apollo)
Peter O'Toole, Tara FitzGerald, Lucy Fleming; dir:Ned Sherrin [48pp; 35+ excellent photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
MICHAEL REDGRAVE (1908 - 1985)
1943: A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY - Turgenev/Williams (St.James')
Michael Redgrave, Nora Swinburne, Ronald Squire; dir:Emlyn Williams [4pp; cast, credits etc.; tatty wartime programme; VG] £1
1943: A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY - Turgenev/Williams (St.James')
Michael Redgrave, Valerie Taylor, Ronald Squire; dir:Emlyn Williams [4pp; cast, credits etc.; tatty wartime programme; VG] £1
1944: UNCLE HARRY - Job (Garrick)
Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Ena Burrill, Beatrix Lehmann [6pp;3.3x8] £4
1947: MACBETH (Theatre Royal, Newcastle)
Michael Redgrave, Ena Burrill, Michael Goodliffe, Douglas Wilmer, John Blatchley, Leslie Sands, Paul Hardwick, Rupert Davies, Clement McCallin; dir:Norris Houghton [8pp; cast credits etc.; VG] (£3) SOLD
1947: MACBETH (Aldwych)
Michael Redgrave, Ena Burrill, Michael Goodliffe, Douglas Wilmer, John Blatchley, Leslie Sands, Paul Hardwick, Rupert Davies, Clement McCallin; dir:Norris Houghton [4pp; rumpled, but unusual] £4
1949: THE FATHER - Strindberg (Embassy)
Michael Redgrave, Richard Bebb, Freda Jackson [6pp triplefold, 3.5x8; cast, credits; VG] £2
1949: THE FATHER - Strindberg (Duchess)
Michael Redgrave, Nigel Arkwright, Freda Jackson [8pp; cast, credit etc.; VG] £2
1952: WINTER JOURNEY - Odets (St.James's)
Michael Redgrave, Googie Withers, Sam Wanamaker, Arthur Hill, Hazel Penwarden [8pp] £4
1955: TIGER AT THE GATES - Giraudoux (Opera House, Manchester)
Michael Redgrave, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Hannen, Robert Shaw, John Laurie, Catherine Lacey, Diane Cilento; dir:Harold Clurman [12pp; cast, credits etc.; VG] (£3) SOLD
1955: TIGER AT THE GATES - Giraudoux (Apollo)
Michael Redgrave, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Hannen, Robert Shaw [8pp; photo] (£4) SOLD
1958: A TOUCH OF THE SUN - N.C.Hunter (Saville)
Michael Redgrave, Diana Wynyard, Vanessa Redgrave (aged 21), Ronald Squire, Louise Allbritton; dir:Frith Banbury [12pp; cast, credits] £4
1959: THE ASPERN PAPERS - H.James/Redgrave (Queen's)
Michael Redgrave, Beatrix Lehmann, Flora Robson [12pp] £4
1960: THE TIGER AND THE HORSE - Bolt (Queen's)
Michael Redgrave, Catherine Lacey, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Dobie [12pp; 6 photos] £5
1965: A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY - Turgenev/E.Williams (Cambridge)
Michael Redgrave, Ingrid Bergman, Fay Compton, Jeremy Brett, Emlyn Williams, Joanna Dunham, Peter Pratt [16pp; 6.75x9.5; 6 cast photos] £4
1971: THE OLD BOYS - Trevor (Mermaid)
Michael Redgrave, Peter Copley, Margaret Courtenay, Bernard Hepton, Norman Shelley, Sylvia Coleridge; dir:Alan Strachan [16pp; cast photos; VG] (£3) SOLD
VANESSA REDGRAVE (b.1937)
1960: LOOK ON TEMPESTS - Joan Henry (Comedy)
Vanessa Redgrave, Gladys Cooper, Ian Hunter, Brewster Mason, Basil Henson [12pp; cast, credits; photo not included; VG] £3
1961: THE LADY FROM THE SEA (Queen's) Card Flyer
Vanessa Redgrave, Margaret Leighton, Andrew Cruickshank, John Neville, Michael Gwynn, Richard Pasco, Esmond Knight; dir:Glen Byam Shaw [4x6; light crease] £2
1961: THE LADY FROM THE SEA (Queen's)
Vanessa Redgrave (as Boletta), Margaret Leighton, Andrew Cruickshank, John Neville, Michael Gwynn; dir:Glen Byam Shaw [12pp; photos] £5
1966 (June): THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE - Allen/Spark (Wyndham's)
Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Hussey, Dorothy Reynolds, Andrew Crawford, William Squire; dir:Peter Wood [12pp, 5x7.25; 4 photos, biographies; ticket stapled to cover] £3
1966 (Oct): THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE - Allen/Spark (Wyndham's)
Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Hussey, Dorothy Reynolds, Andrew Crawford, William Squire [40pp, 6x9; 4 photos, biographies etc.; VG] £5
1972: THE THREEPENNY OPERA - Brecht/Weill/MacDiarmid (Prince of Wales)
Vanessa Redgrave, Joe Melia, Ronald Radd, Annie Ross, Barbara Windsor, Diana Quick, Miriam Margolyes, Hermione Baddeley, Lon Satton, Arthur Mullard, Henry Woolf; dir:Tony Richardson [28pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, list of musical numbers etc.; VG] £4
1972: TWELFTH NIGHT (Shaw Theatre)
Dolphin Theatre Company: Vanessa Redgrave, Nyree Dawn Porter, Ann Beach, John Turner, Norman Eshley, Lewis Jones, David Neville, Brian Stirner, Windsor Davies, Jonathan Cecil, Peter Jeffrey, Gareth Armstrong, Oscar Quitak, Robert Swales; dir:Michael Bakewell [unusual programme: five 8x8 sheets in an envelope; cast list, cast biographies, credits, events during the ten months since the Shaw Theatre opened, progress report, NYT Appeal by Ralph Richardson, director's note; VG] £4
1973: DESIGN FOR LIVING - Noel Coward (Phoenix)
Vanessa Redgrave, Jeremy Brett, John Stride, Peter Bayliss, Connie Booth; dir:Michael Blakemore [24pp; cast, credits, biographies, production photos; VG] £4
1979: THE LADY FROM THE SEA - Ibsen (New Round House) Royal Exchange
Vanessa Redgrave (as Ellida), Graham Crowden, Terence Stamp [24pp, 8.25x11.5; photos; substantial programme; with contemporary newspaper clipping review] £5
1984: THE ASPERN PAPERS - H.James/M.Redgrave (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve, Wendy Hiller [32pp; 10+ production photos; VG] £5
1985: THE SEAGULL - Chekhov (Queens)
Vanessa Redgrave, Jonathan Pryce, Natasha Richardson, John Lynch, Alfred Burke; dir:Charles Sturridge [44pp; photos, biographies, articles; signed by Natasha Richardson and John Lynch; VG] £5
1986 (Oct): GHOSTS - Ibsen (Young Vic)
Young Vic Production: Vanessa Redgrave, Adrian Dunbar, Tom Wilkinson; dir:David Thacker [8pp, 8.25x11.75; biographies w.photos, notes etc.; VG] £3
1986 (Dec): GHOSTS - Ibsen (Wyndham's)
Young Vic Production: Vanessa Redgrave, Vivian Munn, Tom Wilkinson; dir:David Thacker [28pp, 6x8.5; biographies, cast and production photos, articles etc.; "One of the filthiest things ever written in Scandinavia" - Ludwig Josephson; slightly rumpled] £4
1986: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Ken Bones, Gerald James, Margot Leicester, Kika Markham, Bunny May, Robert O'Mahoney, Sylvester McCoy; dir:Toby Robertson, Christopher Selbie [40pp; 30+ cast and production photos, biographies; VG] £4
1988: A TOUCH OF THE POET (Young Vic)
Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Malcolm Tierney, John McEnery, Amanda Boxer, James Berwick, Rudi Davies; dir:David Thacker [12pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos, biographies; VG] (£3) SOLD
1988: A TOUCH OF THE POET (Comedy)
Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Malcolm Tierney, John McEnery, Amanda Boxer, James Berwick, Rudi Davies; dir:David Thacker [20pp; cast and production photos, biographies; VG] (£4) SOLD
1988: ORPHEUS DESCENDING - Tennessee Williams (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Vanessa Redgrave, Paul Freeman, Julie Covington, Jean-Marc Barr, Margery Mason, Miriam Margolyes, Carol Gillies; dir:Peter Hall [36pp; 20+ photos; minor marks on cover, contents VG] £4
1989: A MADHOUSE IN GOA - Martin Sherman (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)
Vanessa Redgrave, Rupert Graves, Larry Lamb, Arthur Dignam; dir:Robert Allan Ackerman [16pp; 15+ cast and rehearsal photos, biographies; VG] £4
1990: THREE SISTERS (Queen's)
Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Jemma Redgrave, Phoebe Nicholls, Jeremy Northam, Stuart Wilson, Aden Gillett, Graham Crowden; dir:Robert Sturua [48pp; 20+ photos; VG] (£4) SOLD
1991: WHEN SHE DANCED - Sherman (Globe)
Vanessa Redgrave, Frances de la Tour, Michael Sheen [48pp; 17 photos; light vertical fold] £4
1992: HEARTBREAK HOUSE (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Vanessa Redgrave, Paul Scofield, Felicity Kendal, Daniel Massey, Imogen Stubbs, David Calder, Oliver Ford Davies, Joe Melia, Shaun Scott; dir:Trevor Nunn [44pp; 20+ production and cast photos, biographies; very smart programme; VG] £5
1994: BRECHT IN EXILE (Bridge Lane Theatre)
Vanessa Redgrave, Ekkenhard Schall, Rade Serbedzija; dir:Lenka Udivicki [14pp, 8.25x11.75; list of items, texts; VG] £3
1994: THE FLAG and BRECHT IN HOLLYWOOD (Bridge Lane Theatre)
Vanessa Redgrave, Corin Redgrave, Kika Markham, John McEnery, Oliver Milburn, Malcolm Tierney, Ekkenhard Schall, Rade Serbedzija [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, illustrated articles, credits, texts; VG] £4
2002: LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Peter Hall Company: Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Jack Davenport, John McCallum, Googie Withers, David Yelland [52pp; 25+ cast and rehearsal photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4
RALPH RICHARDSON (1902 - 1983)
1936: THE AMAZING DR.CLITTERHOUSE - Barre Lyndon (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Ralph Richardson, Joan Marion, Meriel Forbes, Ralph Michael; dir:Claud Gurney [16pp; cast, credits, 12 cast photos etc.; VG] £4
1936: PROMISE - Bernstein (Shaftesbury)
Ralph Richardson, Madge Titheradge, Edna Best, Ann Todd [24pp; 6 photos] (£4) SOLD
1939: JOHNSON OVER JORDAN - Priestley (New)
Ralph Richardson, Edna Best, Victoria Hopper, Albert Chevalier, dir:Basil Dean, music: Benjamin Britten [24pp; 2 photos; date on cover else VG] £5
1949: THE HEIRESS - Goetz (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, James Donald, Donald Sinden; dir:John Gielgud [4pp; VG] £4
1950: HOME AT SEVEN - Sherriff (Wyndham's)
Ralph Richardson, Marian Spencer, Meriel Forbes [8pp] £3
1951: THREE SISTERS (Aldwych)
Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Celia Johnson, Eric Porter [8pp] £5
1953: THE WHITE CARNATION - Sherriff (Globe)
Ralph Richardson, Harcourt Williams, Meg Maxwell, Frances Clare; dir:Noel Willman [8pp; cast, credits etc VG] (£3) SOLD
1953: A DAY BY THE SEA - Hunter (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Ralph Richardson, Sybil Thorndike, John Gielgud, Irene Worth, dir:Gielgud [4pp] £4
1953: THE WHITE CARNATION - R.C.Sherriff (Globe)
Ralph Richardson, Frances Clare, Lockwood West, Meriel Forbes, Harcourt Williams; dir:Noel Willman [8pp; biographies; VG] £3
1956: TIMON OF ATHENS (Old Vic)
Old Vic Company: Ralph Richardson, Derek Godfrey, Harry Innocent, Richard Gale, Dudley Jones, Derek Francis, James Booth, Margaret Whiting, Gabriel Woolf; dir:Michael Benthall [8pp; 3 cast photos, credits; VG] £4
1957: FLOWERING CHERRY - Bolt (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Brewster Mason [8pp; 2 photos] £4
1959: THE COMPLAISANT LOVER - Greene (Opera House, Manchester)
Ralph Richardson, Paul Scofield, Phyllis Calvert, Lockwood West, Helen Lowry, Polly Adams, Hugh James, Gerald Flood, Oliver Burt; dir:John Gielgud [12pp, 5.75x9; cast, credits etc.; VG] £4
1959: THE COMPLAISANT LOVER - Greene (Globe)
Ralph Richardson, Paul Scofield, Phyllis Calvert, Lockwood West, Helen Lowry, Polly Adams, Hugh Janes, Gerald Flood, Oliver Burt; dir:John Gielgud [8pp; cast, credits etc.; VG] £3
1960: THE COMPLAISANT LOVER - Greene (Globe)
Ralph Richardson, Alan Dobie, Phyllis Calvert, Lockwood West, Helen Lowry, Polly Adams, Hugh Janes, Gerald Flood, Ernst Ulman; dir:John Gielgud [8pp; cast, credits etc.; VG] £3
1962: THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL - Sheridan (Theatre Royal, Haymarket/5 Apr 1962)
Ralph Richardson, Margaret Rutherford, John Neville, Daniel Massey, Peter Barkworth, Malcolm Keen, Benjamin Whitrow, Anna Massey, Meriel Forbes; dir:John Gielgud [12pp; 8 excellent photos, biographies, articles; a bit tatty] £3
1966: YOU NEVER CAN TELL - Shaw (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Ralph Richardson, Jack Gwillim, Judy Campbell, Keith Baxter; dir:Glen Byam Shaw [20pp; cast, credits, 6 large cast photos; VG] £4
1966: THE RIVALS - Sheridan (Theatre Royal, Brighton)
Ralph Richardson, Margaret Rutherford, Daniel Massey, Keith Baxter, Angela Thorne; dir:Glen Byam Shaw [20pp; photos, biographies etc.; VG] £3
1966: THE RIVALS (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Ralph Richardson, Margaret Rutherford, Daniel Massey, Keith Baxter, Angela Thorne; dir:Glen Byam Shaw [20pp, 7 photos; some minor marks on cast page, else VG] (£5) SOLD
1967: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Ralph Richardson, Angela Thorne, Jack Gwillim [20pp; cast photos] £5
1967: SON ET LUMIERE IN ST.PAUL'S (St.Paul's Cathedral)
Ralph Richardson, Alec Guinness, John Neville [24pp, 6.5x9; many excellent illustrated articles, cast, credits, biographies w.photos, synopsis, notes; VG] £4
1969: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW - Orton (Queen's)
Ralph Richardson, Stanley Baxter, Coral Browne [24pp; photos] £SOLD
1971: WEST OF SUEZ - Osborne (Royal Court)
Ralph Richardson, Nigel Hawthorne, Jill Bennett, Penelope Wilton, Sheila Ballantine, Geoffrey Palmer, Stephen Moore, Willoughby Gray, Nicholas Selby, Bessie Love [32pp; photos, biographies; VG] £4
1972: LLOYD GEORGE KNEW MY FATHER - Home (Savoy)
Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, Simon Cadell; dir:Robin Midgley [24pp; photos, biographies etc; VG] £4
1982: THE UNDERSTANDING - Angela Huth (Strand)
Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaretta Scott, Sylvestra Le Touzel [24pp; cast photos, biographies; VG] (£3) SOLD
Gielgud - Jacobi
Lawrence - Richardson
Scofield -
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