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CLASSIC PLAYS: 2000 on

Classic Plays: 2000

2000: JULIUS CAESAR (Young Vic)
Young Vic Theatre Company: Dorian Healy, Marcus DAmico, Lloyd Owen, Robert Cavanah, Jaye Griffiths; dir:David Lan [20pp, 9x9; cast, credits, biographies, photos, articles etc.] £3

2000: A BUSY DAY - Fanny Burney (Lyric)
Stephanie Beacham, Sara Crowe, John McCallum, Ben Moor, Robert Demeger, Richard Kane; dir:Jonathan Church [44pp; cast photos and biogs, extensive beautifully illustrated articles etc.; a very attractive programme; VG] £5

2000: MISS JULIE (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Maxine Peake, Christopher Eccleston, Aisling OSullivan; dir:Michael Boyd [44pp; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

2000: THE TEMPEST (Almeida)
Ian McDiarmid, Ifan Meredith, Malcolm Storry, Adrian Scarborough, Roger Swaine, Anna Livia Ryan, Aidan Gillen; dir:Jonathan Kent [32pp, 8.25x11.75; cast and rehearsal photos and biogs, illustrated articles, 3-page article on A Decade of the Almeida w.28 production photos etc.; VG] £4

2000: THE TEMPEST (Shakespeare's Globe, Bankside)
Vanessa Redgrave, Kananu Kirimi, Geraldine Alexander, Jasper Britton, Martin Turner, Terry McGinty, Sam Parks, Will Kenn, Steffan Rhodri; dir:Lenka Udovicki [36pp; smart programme; extensive illustrated articles, cast biographies etc.; VG] £5

2000: TWO NOBLE KINSMEN - Shakespeare and John Fletcher (Shakespeare's Globe, Bankside)
Martin Turner, Yolanda Vazquez, Geraldine Alexander, Jasper Britton, Will Keen, Kate Fleetwood, Kananu Kirimi, Terry McGinty, Steffan Rhodri; dir:Tim Carroll [36pp; smart programme; extensive illustrated articles, cast biogs etc.; minor marks, else VG] £3

2000: HAMLET (Shakespeare's Globe, Bankside)
Mark Rylance, Tim Woodward, Joanna McCallum, Penny Layden, James Hayes, Tim Preece, Mark Lockyer, Geoffrey Beevers, Roger Gartland; dir:Giles Block [36pp; smart programme; extensive illustrated articles, cast biogs etc.; VG] £5

2000: THE ANTIPODES - Richard Brome (Shakespeare's Globe, Bankside)
Tim Preece, Geoffrey Beevers, Joanna McCallum, James Hayes, Harry Gostelow, Penny Layden, Tim Woodward, Roger Gartland, Mark Lockyer, Chris Tranchell, Mark Rylance; dir:Gerald Freedman [36pp; smart programme; extensive illustrated articles, cast biogs etc.; VG] £4

2000: HARD TIMES - Charles Dickens, adapted by Stephen Jeffreys (The Watermill, West Berkshire Playhouse)
Andrew Bridgmont, John Elmes, Michael Matus, Eleanor Moriarty, Christopher Naylor, Phillipa Waller; dir:Guy Rettallack [24pp, 7x9.75; cast list, biographies (w.photos), cast list, extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

2000: RICHARD II and CORIOLANUS (Gainsborough Studios) Souvenir Brochure
Ralph Fiennes, David Burke, Oliver Ford Davies, Linus Roache, Emilia Fox, Barbara Jefford, Angela Down, Stephen Campbell Moore, Roger Swaine, Bernard Gallagher, Alan David, Robert Swann, John Bennett, Ian Barritt; dir:Jonathan Kent [56pp, 8.25x11.75; packed souvenir brochure, w.cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; minor scribbled marks on several pages, VG] £4

Classic Plays: 2001

2001: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Savoy)
Patricia Routledge, Alistair Petrie, Essie Davis, Theo Fraser Steele, Sarah Kants, Jonathan Elsom, Beverley Dunn; dir:Christopher Morahan [32pp, 6.3x9.5; extensive illustrated articles, cast biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

2001: THE SEAGULL (Kings Theatre, Edinburgh)
Burgtheater, Vienna: Jutta Lampe, August Diehl, Gert Voss, Johanna Wokalek; dir:Luc Bondy [52pp; 6 production photos, cast biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2001: GHOSTS (Comedy)
Francesa Annis, Martin Hutson, Anthony Andrews, Robin Soans; dir:Robin Phillips [28pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

2001: A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM (Albery)
Michael Siberry, Jemma Redgrave, Dawn French, Selina Cadell, Stephen Campbell Moore, Julian Forsyth, Will Keen, Gillian Kearney, Paul Rider; dir:Matthew Francis [32pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2001: KING LEAR (Shakespeare's Globe, Bankside)
Julian Glover, Geoffrey Whitehead, Patricia Kerrigan, Felicity Dean, Tonia Chauvet, Paul Brennen, Michael Gould, Bruce Alexander, John McEnery, Harry Gostelow, Michael Fenner; dir:Barry Kyle [36pp; smart programme; extensive illustrated articles, cast biogs etc.; VG] £5

2001: CYMBELINE (Shakespeare's Globe, Bankside)
Mark Rylance, John Ramm, Jane Arnfield, Richard Hope, Fergus ODonnell, Abigail Thaw; dir:Mike Alfreds [40pp; smart programme; extensive illustrated articles, cast biogs etc.; VG] £4

2001: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (abridged) (Criterion)
Reduced Shakespeare Company: Kyle Dadd, Gary Fannin, Rick Bland, John Schwab, Adam Long, Matthew Hendrickson, David Letwin; dir:Adam Long [24pp, 8.75x9.8; All 37 plays in 97 minutes; colour photography and humorous illustrated articles throughout, cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4

2001: A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, LOVES LABOURS LOST, WHERES CHARLEY?, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, PINOCCHIO IN THE PARK (Open Air, Regents Park) Season Brochure
Martin Turner, Rebecca Johnson, Gary Wilmot, Rebecca Callard, Gideon Turner, Benedict Cumberbatch, Candida Benson, Timothy Kightley, Richard Frame, Adrian Schiller, Christopher Godwin, Cameron Blakely, Alistair Robins, Karen Evans, Lottie Mayor, Philip York, Mary Lincoln, Joshua Dallas, Giles Taylor, Sara Hillier, Catrin Darnell; dir:Alan Strachan, Rachel Kavanagh, Ian Talbot [44pp, 6.5x11.5; cast photos and biogs, rehearsal photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2001: LULU - Frank Wedekind (Almeida)
Anna Friel, Alan Howard, James Hillier, Oliver Milburn, Tom Georgeson, Johanna ter Steege, Peter Sullivan; dir:Jonathan Kent [44pp, 8.25x11.75; a substantial programme; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £5

2001: PLATONOV (Almeida at Kings Cross)
Aiden Gillen, Adrian Scarborough, Helen McCrory, David Ross, Bernard Kay, Arthur Cox, Jeffry Wickham, Jodhi May, Bruce Purchase, Sam Beazley; dir:Jonathan Kent [40pp, 8.25x11.75; a substantial programme; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; minor marks, else VG] £4

2001 (Feb): MEDEA - Euripides, translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael (Queens)
Fiona Shaw, Moya Brady, Emma Dewhurst, Kate Fleetwood, Gillia Hanna, Joyce Henderson, Robert Hines, Gabrielle Lloyd, Pauline Lynch, Siobhan McCarthy, Struan Rodger, Jonathan Slinger, Leo Wringer, Jonathan Cake; dir:Deborah Warner [68pp, large size magazine programme, 8.25x11.75; striking colour photography throughout; packed with information and interest; VG] £7

Classic Plays: 2002

2002: THE THREE SISTERS - Chekhov (Orange Tree)
Anna Hewson, Cate Debenham-Taylor, Octavia Walters, Stuart Fox, David Antrobus, Louise Bolton, Richard Rees; dir:Sam Walters [28pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; minor marks else VG] £2

2002: THREE SISTERS TWO - Reza De Wet (Orange Tree)
Anna Carteret, Belinda Lang, Kim Thomson, Jeffry Wickham, Colin Hurley, Maggie Wells, Timothy Watson; dir:Auriol Smith [28pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2002: THE ALCHEMIST (Riverside Studios)
PresentMoment: Arthur Caulfield, Don Gilet, Deni Francis, Richard Rycroft; dir:Joss Bennathan [6pp triple-fold, 5.5x11.75; cast list, credits, biographies w.photos, articles; minor marks, else VG] £2

2002: ROMEO AND JULIET, AS YOU LIKE IT, OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR - Chilton, and MERLIN THE MAGNIFICENT - Paterson (Open Air, Regents Park) Season Brochure
New Shakespeare Company: Alan Westaway, Laura Main, John Hodgkinson, Carol Macready, Benedict Cumberbatch, Liza Sadovy, Michael Medwin, Timothy Kightley, Michael Sadler, Rebecca Johnson, Caitlin Mottram, John Conroy, Christopher Godwin, Abigail Langham, Adam Levy, Tam Mutu; dir:Dominic Hill, Rachel Kavanagh, Ian Talbot, Tony Graham [40pp; cast lists, credits, 24 biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, rehearsal photos; minor marks, else VG] (£4) SOLD

2002: MACBETH (Albery)
Sean Bean, Samantha Bond, Julian Glover, Adrian Schiller, Barnaby Kay, Mark Bazeley; dir:Edward Hall [40pp; 10+ colour rehearsal photos, cast biogs, illustrated articles etc.; smart programme; VG] £4

2002: UNCLE VANYA - Chekhov/Friel, and TWELFTH NIGHT (Donmar)
Simon Russell Beale, Helen McCrory, Emily Watson, Mark Strong, Selina Cadell, David Bradley, Luke Jardine, Paul Jesson, Cherry Morris, Anthony ODonnell, Gary Powell, Gyuri Sarossy; dir:Sam Mendes [32pp, 8.25x11.75; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; slight vertical bend, else VG] £5

2002: RICHARD III (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
Kenneth Branagh, Danny Webb, Robert Demeger, Barbara Jefford, Michael Jenn, Richard Durden, Avril Elgar, Gerard Horan, Claire Price, Phyllis Logan, Robert East, Gideon Turner, William Rycroft; dir:Michael Grandage [52pp, 8.25x1.75; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; minor marks on cast page, else VG] (£3) SOLD

2002: KING LEAR (Almeida)
Oliver Ford-Davies, David Ryall, Paul Jesson, James Frain, Tom Hollander, Suzanne Burden, Lizzy McInnerny, Nancy Carroll, Anthony ODonnell, Paul Shelley, David Robb, Sam Beazley; dir:Jonathan Kent [32pp, 8.25x1.75; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; w.flyer; VG] (£4) SOLD

2002: YIIMIMANGALISO - THE MYSTERIES (Queens)
Wiltons Music Hall Production: large cast; dir:Mark Dornford-May, mus:Charles Hazlewood, choreog:Joel Mthethwa [20pp, 8.25x1.75 magazine programme; excellent colour production and rehearsal photos, illustrated articles, cast biogs etc.; VG] £4

Classic Plays: 2003

2003: PERICLES (Lyric Hammersmith)
Bette Bourne, Will Keen, Michael Gould, Pascale Burgess, Roger Watkins, Bruce Alexander, Adjoa Andoh, Sarah Malin, Angela Down; dir:Neil Bartlett [48pp; very smart programme; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2003: THE GAME HUNTER - Feydeau/Cottrell (Orange Tree, Richmond)
Amanda Royle, Stuart Fox, Philip York, Jake Thornton, Janet Spencer-Turner, Robert Benfield, Brian Miller; dir:Sam Walters [28pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £3

2003: THE WAY OF THE WORLD (Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre)
Sydney Theatre Company: Miriam Margolyes, Damian de Montemas, Genevieve OReilly, Marta Dusseldorp, Sean OShea, John Batchelor; dir:Gale Edwards [40pp; 15 rehearsal photos, costume designs, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

2003: MADAME BOVARY - Flaubert adapt.Fay Weldon (Lyric Hammersmith)
Shared Experience: Amanda Drew, Maxwell Hutcheon, Joanna Scanlan, Adrian Schiller, Simon Thorp; dir:Polly Teale [36pp; rehearsal photos, cast biogs, illustrated articles etc.; minor marks else VG] £3

2003: A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Rupert Graves, Samantha Bond, Prunella Scales, Joanne Pearce, Caroline Blakiston, Rachel Stirling, Peter Cellier, John Normington, Ralph Nossek, Elizabeth Garvie; dir:Adrian Noble [44pp; smart programme; rehearsal photos, extensive illustrated articles, cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £5

2003: RICHARD III (Shakespeare's Globe)
Kathryn Hunter, Linda Bassett, Louise Bush, Penelope Dimond, Amanda Harris, Liza Hayden, Anna Healy, Liz Kettle, Meredith MacNeill, Jules Melvin, Ann Ogbomo, Yolanda Vazquez; dir:Barry Kyle [48pp, 6.5x9.5; cast biographies, very extensive illustrated articles etc.; a smart programme; VG] £4

2003: A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, HIGH SOCIETY - Cole Porter, and GRANNY AND THE GORILLA (Open Air, Regents Park) Season Brochure
New Shakespeare Company: John Hodgkinson, Phillipa Peak, Claire Redcliffe, Nick Fletcher, Nicholas Burns, Victoria Woodward, Walter van Dyk, Dale Rapley, Issy van Randwyck, Joseph Alessi, James Conroy, Peter Forbes, Jamie Beamish, Cornelius Clarke, Gerard Carey, Paddy Ward, John Conroy, John Stacey, Ian Talbot, Annette McLaughlin, Brigit Forsyth, Brian Green, Hal Fowler; dir:Michael Pennington, Rachel Kavanagh, Ian Talbot, Tony Graham [40pp; cast lists, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, costume designs, rehearsal photos; minor marks, else VG] £4

2003: THE SEAGULL (King's Theatre, Edinburgh)
Elliot Cowan, Charlotte Emerson, Tom Georgeson, Iain Glen, Paul Jesson, Jodhi May, Dearbhla Molloy, Cillian Murphy, Michael Pennington, Fiona Shaw; dir:Peter Stein [56pp, 5.75x8.25; photos, cast biographies w.photos, interview with Peter Stein, articles etc.; smart programme; VG] £5

2003: DESIGN FOR LIVING - Coward, BETRAYAL - Pinter, THE FIGHT FOR BARBARA - D.H.Lawrence, AS YOU LIKE IT - Shakespeare, CUCKOOS - Manfridi trans.Teevan (Theatre Royal, Bath) Season Brochure
Peter Hall Company: Janie Dee, Hugo Speer, Aden Gillett, William Chubb, Rebecca Hall, Jason Hughes, Anne Penfold, Joseph Millson, Eric Sykes, Rebecca Callard, Michael Siberry, David Yelland, Philip Voss, Mark Rice-Oxley, Jessica Turner; dir:Peter Hall and Thea Sharrock [68pp, 6.75x9.75; substantial programme; cast lists, credits, cast biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £6

2003: THREE SISTERS Chekhov adapt.Christopher Hampton (Playhouse)
Kate Burton, Madeleine Worrall, David Burke, Tobias Menzies, Tom Beard, Susannah Harker, Margery Mason, Paul Copley, Robert Bathurst, Stephen Ballantyne, James Fleet, Susannah Wise; dir:Michael Blakemore [36pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

2003: THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Tour)
Oxford Stage Company: Geraldine James, Trevor Fox, Mairead McKinley, Brian Protheroe, Jemma Powell, Abigail McKern; dir:Dominic Dromgoole [24pp; rehearsal photos, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2003: THE LADY FROM THE SEA - Ibsen/Gems (Almeida)
Natasha Richardson, Eoin McCarthy, Geoffrey Hutchings, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tim McInnerny, Claudie Blakley, John Bowe; dir:Trevor Nunn [40pp, 8.25x11.75; large size glossy brochure; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

2003: PERICLES (National/Olivier)
HoriPro Company: Masaaki Uchino, Yuko Tanaka, Masachika Ichimura, Kayoko Shiraishi, Tetsuro Sagawa; dir:Yukio Ninagawa [16pp; photos, cast list, biographies, synopsis, articles] (£4) SOLD

Classic Plays: 2004

2004: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Theatre Royal, Brighton)
Wendy Craig, Adam James, Andrew Havill, Hattie Ladbury, Josephine Tewson, Olivia Darnley, Frank Middlemass; dir:Christopher Luscombe [36pp, 6.9x9.8; extensive illustrated articles, cast biographies w.photos etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

2004: DON JUAN - Moliere, trans. Neil Bartlett (Lyric, Hammersmith)
Paul Ritter, James Wilby, Felicity Dean, Giles Havergal, James Bellorini, Giles Fagan, Kirsty Bushell, Patti Clare, Gregory Cox ; dir:Neil Bartlett [92pp paper-back book, 5x8.25; cast list, introduction, biographies, complete text of the play; VG] (£5) SOLD

2004: HAMLET (Barbican)
Michael Maloney, Peter Egan, Frances Tomelty, Robert Demeger, Adam Dodd, Laura Rees, Jim Hooper, Brendan OHea, Tristram Wymark; dir:Yukio Ninagawa [36pp; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; w.flyer; VG] £4

2004: THE CHERRY ORCHARD - Chekhov/Columbus (Steppenwolf, Chicago)
Steppenwolf Company; Amy Morton, Yasen Peyankov, Elizabeth Rich, Chaon Cross, Francis Guinan, Ned Noyes, Leonard Kraft; dir:Tina Landau [48pp, 5.4x8.5; biographies, photos, articles etc.; VG] £4

2004: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Shakespeare's Globe)
Mark Rylance, Liam Brennan, Michael Bertenshaw, Alex Hassell, Colin Hurley, Sophie Thompson, Hilary Tones; dir:John Dove [60pp, 6.5x9.5; cast biographies, very extensive illustrated articles etc.; a smart programme; VG] £4

2004: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Shakespeare's Globe)
Penelope Beaumont, Mariah Gale, Yolanda Vazquez, Belinda Davison, Josie Lawrence, Ann Ogbomo, Sarah Woodward; dir:Tamara Harvey [60pp, 6.5x9.5; cast biographies, very extensive illustrated articles etc.; a smart programme; VG] £4

2004: ROMEO AND JULIET (Shakespeare's Globe)
Tom Burke, Kananu Kirimi, John McEnery, Joel Trill, Callum Coates, James Garnon, Bill Stewart, Melanie Jessop, Bette Bourne, Rhys Meredith; dir:Tim Carroll [60pp, 6.5x9.5; cast biographies, very extensive illustrated articles etc.; a smart programme; VG] £4

2004: HENRY IV PART I, A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, CAMELOT (Open Air, Regents Park) Season Brochure
Christopher Godwin, Jordan Frieda, Terence Wilton, Oliver Beamish, Annette McLaughlin, Christopher Benjamin, Ellen OGrady, Daniel Flynn, Ben Hicks, Sophie Bould, Russ Abbot, Matt Rawle, Keith Dunphy, Lauren Ward, Mark Hilton, Raymond Bowers; dir:Alan Strachan, Ian Talbot [36pp; cast photos and biogs, rehearsal photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2004: MAN AND SUPERMAN, DON JUAN, GALILEOS DAUGHTER - Timberlake Wertenbaker, and BLITHE SPIRIT (Theatre Royal, Bath) Season Brochure
Peter Hall Company: Will Keen, James Laurenson, Rebecca Hall, Anna Carteret, Gyuri Sarossy, Mark Hadfield, William Chubb, Julian Glover, Sophie Winkleman, Guy Lankester, Peter Gordon, Penelope Keith, Aden Gillett, Joanna Riding; dir:Peter Hall, Thea Sharrock [60pp; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £6

2004: HAMLET (Old Vic)
Ben Whishaw/Al Weaver, Tom Mannion, Imogen Stubbs, Nicholas Jones, Rory Kinnear, Samantha Whittaker, Jonathan Annan, James Simmons; dir:Trevor Nunn [36pp; 25 colour rehearsal photos, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; minor marks else VG] (£4) SOLD

2004: ANDROMACHE - Racine (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh)
Schaubuhne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin: Jutta Lampe, Yvon Jansen, Mark Waschke, Ronald Kukulies, Andre Szymanski; dir:Luk Perceval [48pp; cast list, notes, photos, synopsis, biographies (w.photos); VG] £4

2004: CELESTINA - Fernando de Rojas, trans.John Clifford (King's Theatre, Edinburgh)
Birmingham Repertory Theatre: Kathryn Hunter, Christopher Fox, Laura Rogers, Neil McKinven, Daniel Cerqueira, Souad Faress, Aicha Kossoko, Sarah Paul, David Acton, Nick Aaron; dir:Calixto Bieto [60pp; cast list, extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

2004: AS YOU LIKE IT (Rose of Kingston)
Peter Hall Company: Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Michael Siberry, James Laurenson, Philip Voss, Rebecca Callard [32pp, 8.25x11.75; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles etc.; plus 6-page colour flyer, 2-page newspaper article about the Rose of Kingston, 5-page Press Release and invitation; VG] £6

2004: OTHELLO (International Tour)
Cheek by Jowl: Nonso Anozie, Jonny Phillips, Caroline Martin, Jaye Griffiths, David Hobbs, Ryan Kiggell; dir:Declan Donnellan [22pp, 9.4x8.7; cast, credits, biographies, 15+ photos, illustrated articles; VG] (£4) SOLD

2004: HECUBA - Euripides, version by Frank McGuinness (Donmar)
Clare Higgins, Eddie Redmayne, Susan Engel, Kate Fleetwood, Nicholas Day, Alfred Burke, Eve Polycarpou, Tim Pigott-Smith, Finbar Lynch; dir:Jonathan Kent [32pp, 5.5x11.75; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

Classic Plays: 2005

2005: JULIUS CAESAR (Barbican)
Ralph Fiennes, John Shrapnel, Anton Lesser, Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw, David Collings, Daniel Weyman, Jim Hooper, Struan Rodger, Clifford Rose, Sean Baker, Rohan Siva; dir:Deborah Warner [68pp, 8.25x5.75; stylish landscape programme, packed with interest; much colour photography, rehearsal photos, synopsis, production history, extensive biographies w.photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £5

2005: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
Claire Price, Samuel West, Nicholas Jones, Georgina Rich, Daniel Betts, Nicholas Burns, Frances Cuka, Paul Barnill, David Shaw-Parker, Julia Dearden, Laurence Mitchell; dir:Josie Rourke [48pp; stylish programme; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

2005: JULIUS CAESAR (Lyric Hammersmith)
Zubin Varla, Gary Oliver, Clifford Samuel, Christopher Saul, Adrian Schiller, Patrick Romer, Rachel Pickup; dir:David Farr [36pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; minor marks on cast page, staples slightly misplaced, else VG] £3

2005: TWELFTH NIGHT, CYMBELINE, H.M.S.PINAFORE (Open Air, Regents Park) Season Brochure
Mariah Gale, Daniel Flynn, Desmond Barrit, James Loye, Sirine Saba, Martin Jarvis, Terence Wilton, Simon Day, Julian Curry, Rupert Young, Dominic Marsh, Dominic Colchester, Giles Taylor, Martin Chamberlain, Emma Pallant, Scarlett Strallen, Gary Wilmot, Lesley Nicol, Simon Thomas, Hal Fowler; dir: Timothy Sheader, Rachel Kavanaugh, Ian Talbot [40pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2005: PRIVATE LIVES, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, YOU NEVER CAN TELL, WAITING FOR GODOT (Theatre Royal, Bath) Season Brochure
Peter Hall Company: Michael Siberry, Greta Scacchi, Olivia Darnley, Charles Edwards, Janet Greaves, Aden Gillett, Janie Dee, Dan Stevens, Philip Voss, Ifan Meredith, Sam Kelly, Edward Fox, Diana Quick, Sinead Matthews, Ryan Kiggell, Matthew Dunphy, Nancy Carroll, Ken Bones, William Chubb, Michael Mears, James Laurenson, Alan Dobie, Richard Dormer, Terence Rigby; dir:Thea Sharrock, Peter Hall [64pp; substantial programme; cast lists, credits, cast biographies w.photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; lots of photos etc.; centre pages loose, else VG] £5

2005: AS YOU LIKE IT (Wyndhams)
Dominic West, Helen McCrory, David Killick, Andrew Woodall, Sienna Miller, Sean Hughes, Clive Rowe, Reece Shearsmith, Ben Turner; dir:David Lan [40pp; cast photos and biogs, colour rehearsal photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

2005: NATHAN THE WISE - Lessing trans.Edward Kemp (Hampstead)
Michael Pennington, Anna Carteret, Sam Troughton, Vincent Ebrahim, Shelley King; dir:Anthony Clark [32pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; w.two newsclipping reviews; VG] £4

2005: THE SHAUGHRAUN (Albery)
Don Wycherley, Fiona OShaughnessy, Frank Grimes, Anita Reeves, Stephen Brennan, Peter Daly; dir:John McColgan [44pp; cast photos and biogs, extensive colour photography, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2005: THE WILD DUCK - Ibsen trans.David Eldridge (Donmar)
Ben Daniels, Susan Brown, Peter Eyre, William Gaunt, Paul Hilton, Michelle Fairley, Nicholas Le Prevost; dir:Michael Grandage [32pp, 5.5x11.75; cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4

2005: MARY STUART - Schiller trans.Peter Oswald (Donmar)
Janet McTeer, Harriet Walter, Barbara Jefford, James Fleet, Rory Kinnear, David Horovitch, Tam Dean Burn, David Burke, Guy Henry; dir:Phyllida Lloyd [28pp, 5.5x11.75; cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4

2005: MARY STUART - Schiller trans.Peter Oswald (Apollo)
Janet McTeer, Harriet Walter, June Watson, Michael Simkins, Rory Kinnear, David Horovitch, Tam Dean Burn, Paul Jesson, Guy Henry; dir:Phyllida Lloyd [52pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2005: HAMLET (Peacock Theatre, Dublin, and Lyric Theatre, Belfast)
Abbey-Lyric Joint Production: Patrick OKane, Mark Lambert, Eleanor Methven, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Michael Harding, Patrick Moy, Vincent Higgins, Ian McElhinney; dir:Conall Morrison [12pp, 7x11.75; cast, credits, biographies etc.; VG] £4

2005: HEDDA GABLER - Ibsen (Almeida)
Eve Best, Benedict Cumberbatch, Iain Glen, Gillian Raine, Jamie Sives, Lisa Dillon, Sarah Flind; dir:Richard Eyre [32pp, 8.25x11.75; substantial programme; cast biogs and large photos, articles, notes on recent Almeida productions etc.; centre pages loose from one staple, else VG] £4

2005: MACBETH (Almeida)
Simon Russell Beale, Emma Fielding, Silas Carson, Paul Higgins, Tom Burke, Sara Powell, Billy Carter, John Rogan, William Gaunt, Ann Firbank, Jane Thorne, Janet Whiteside; dir:John Caird [40pp, 8.25x11.75; substantial programme; rehearsal photos, cast biogs, articles etc.; minor marks, else VG] (£4) SOLD

2005: THE HYPOCHONDRIAC - Moliere trans.Richard Bean (Almeida)
Henry Goodman, Lyndsey Marshal, Carey Mulligan, Ronni Ancona, Gyuri Sarossy, Kris Marshall, David Killick, John Marquez, Stephen Boxer, Steven Beard, Simon Gregor; dir:Lindsay Posner [36pp, 8.25x11.75; substantial programme; rehearsal photos, cast biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

Classic Plays: 2006

2006: ROMEO AND JULIET (New Wimbledon Theatre)
Birmingham Repertory Theatre production: Jamie Doyle, Anjali Jay, Gabriel Fleary, Gus Gallagher, Gerald Harper, Wendy Morgan, Su Pollard, Mary Ryder, Simon Scott, Alex Waldmann, Daniel Williams; dir:Bill Bryden [40pp, 6.75x9.8; illustrated articles, cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4

2006: TARTUFFE - Moliere, translated by Ranjit Bolt (The Watermill, West Berkshire)
Des McAleer, Adrian Schiller, Marty Cruickshank, Patricia Gannon, Catherine Kanter, John McAndrew, Sophie Roberts, Matthew Spencer; dir:Jonathan Munby [32pp, 6.75x9.6; illustrated articles, colour rehearsal photos, cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £3

2006: TARTUFFE - Moliere, translated by Ranjit Bolt (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford)
The Watermill West Berkshire production: Des McAleer, Adrian Schiller, Marty Cruickshank, Patricia Gannon, Catherine Kanter, John McAndrew, Sophie Roberts, Matthew Spencer; dir:Jonathan Munby [40pp, 6.75x9.8; extensive illustrated articles, colour rehearsal photos, cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4

2006: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, THE BOY FRIEND (Open Air, Regents Park) Season Brochure
Dominic Marsh, David Partridge, Timothy Kightley, Sirine Saba, Sheridan Smith, Andrew Melville, James Wallace, Leo Conville, John Hodgkinson, Gerard Carey, Thomas Aldridge, Stuart Nurse, Michael Medwin, Billie-Claire Wright, Summer Strallen, David Burrows, Steven Pacey, Claire Carrie, Selina Chilton, Haley Flaherty, Rachel Jerram, Martin McCarthy, Matt Dempsey, Anna Nicholas, Michael Rouse, Ian Talbot, Jennifer Piercey, Anthony Pedley; dir:Rachel Kavanaugh, Ian Talbot [40pp, 6.7x9.6; cast photos and biogs, rehearsal photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2006: A TALE OF TWO CITIES - Dickens adapt.Matthew Francis (Guildhall School)
Jack Berkeley, Jessica Parfitt, Richard Kidd, James Sobol, Joel Sams, Amy McAllister, Rohit Bagai, Augustina Seymour, Joseph Grieves, Frances Ashman, Owain Arthur; dir:Katharine Rogers [20pp; cast photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

2006 (5 May-8 October): CORIOLANUS, ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, TITUS ANDRONICUS, UNDER THE BLACK FLAG - Simon Bent, and IN EXTREMIS - Howard Brenton (Shakespeare's Globe) Season Brochure
Introduction by the Artistic Director, Dominic Dromgoole; credits and commentary on each play in the season; actors include Jonathan Cake, Robin Soans, and Frances Barber; directors include Dominic Dromgoole, Lucy Bailey, Roxana Silbert, Christopher Luscombe, John Dove; many photographs (most in colour) and illustrations; also includes booking information, a seating plan, performance schedule, details of special events, exhibitions and tours etc. etc. [28pp, 5.5x8.25; VG] £4

2006: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Shakespeare's Globe)
Andrew Havill, Simon Wilson, Sam Alexander, Eliot Giuralarocca, Richard OCallaghan, Sarah Woodward, Laura Rees, Thomas Padden, Darlene Johnson; dir:Christopher Luscombe [56pp; smart programme; very extensive illustrated articles, cast biogs etc.; VG] £5

2006: CORIOLANUS (Shakespeare's Globe)
Jonathan Cake, Mo Sesay, Joseph Marcell, Ciaran McIntyre, Robin Soans, Trevor Martin, Margot Leicester; dir:Dominic Dromgoole [44pp; smart programme; very extensive illustrated articles, cast biogs etc.; minor marks, else VG] £5

2006: TITUS ANDRONICUS (Shakespeare's Globe)
Douglas Hodge, Patrick Moy, Simon Wilson, Richard O'Callaghan, Laura Rees, Thomas Padden, Geraldine Alexander, Richard Riddell, Sam Alexander, Shaun Parkes; dir:Lucy Bailey [44pp; smart programme; very extensive illustrated articles, cast biographies etc.; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

2006: MEASURE FOR MEASURE, MISS JULIE - Strindberg adapt.Frank McGuinness, HABEAS CORPUS - Alan Bennett, LOOK BACK IN ANGER, WAITING FOR GODOT (Theatre Royal, Bath) Season Brochure
Peter Hall Company: Richard Dormer, James Laurenson, Andrea Riseborough, Barry Stanton, Michael Mears, Annette Badland, Teddy Kempner, Ben Turner, Susie Trayling, Paul Bentall, Caitlin Mottram, Malcolm Ridley, Pauline Turner, James Fleet, Joanna McCallum, Edward Bennett, Alan Dobie, Terence Rigby; dir:Peter Hall, Rachel ORiordan, Peter Gill [68pp; substantial programme; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £6

2006: FAUSTUS - Marlowe adapt.Rupert Goold and Ben Power (Hampstead)
Scott Handy, Jake Maskall, Sophie Hunter, Mark Lockyer, Stephen Noonan; dir:Rupert Goold [32pp; rehearsal photos, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2006: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (King's Theatre, Edinburgh)
Henry Pettigrew, Paul Jesson, Simon Armstrong, Annabel Scholey, Richard Clothier, Adam Levy, Ian Hogg, John Franklyn-Robbins, David Yelland, John Kane, Ian Hughes, Julian Lewis Jones, Vincent Regan, Oliver Kieran-Jones, Jeffry Wickham, Kate Miles, Rachel Pickup, Charlotte Moore; dir:Peter Stein [68pp; cast list, synopsis, rehearsal photos, cast photos and biographies, extensive illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

2006: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (King's Theatre, Edinburgh)
Henry Pettigrew, Paul Jesson, Simon Armstrong, Annabel Scholey, Richard Clothier, Adam Levy, Ian Hogg, John Franklyn-Robbins, David Yelland, John Kane, Ian Hughes, Julian Lewis Jones, Vincent Regan, Oliver Kieran-Jones, Jeffry Wickham, Kate Miles, Rachel Pickup, Charlotte Moore; dir:Peter Stein [8pp quadruple-fold, 4x11.75; cast list, programme note, ticket prices etc.; VG] £3

2006: PHAEDRA - Racine adapt.Frank McGuinness (Donmar)
Clare Higgins, Ben Meyjes, Linda Bassett, Janet Whiteside, Michael Feast; dir:Tom Cairns [32pp, 5.5x11.75; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2006: ENEMIES - Maxim Gorky adapt.David Hare (Almeida)
Sean Chapman, Amanda Root, Jack Davenport, Amanda Drew, Patrick Godfrey, Graham Turner, Edward Peel, Sean Gilder, Stephen Noonan; dir:Michael Attenborough [36pp, 8.25x11.75; substantial programme; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; minor marks, very minor imperfection on back cover, else VG] £3

2006: THE DUCHESS OF MALFI - John Webster (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Imogen Stubbs, Sebastian Harcombe, Philip Cumbus, James Albrecht, Guy Williams, Timothy Walker, Oliver Birch, David Caves, Jane Bertish, Melanie Jessop; dir:Philip Franks [32pp, 8.25x11.75; illustrated articles, colour rehearsal photos, cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4

Classic Plays: 2007

2007: THE SOLDIERS FORTUNE (Young Vic)
David Bamber, Ann-Marie Duff, Ray Fearon, Oliver Ford Davies; dir:David Lan [32pp; colour rehearsal photos, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

2007: MACBETH, A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, LADY BE GOOD, THE BOY FRIEND (Open Air, Regents Park) Season Brochure
Antony Byrne, Sarah Woodward, Mark Meadows, Peter Duncan, Hattie Ladbury, Sam Alexander, Chris Emmett, Tobias Beer, Olivia Darnley, Ian Talbot, Norman Bowman, Christian Edwards, Chris Ellis-Stanton, Kate Nelson, Giles Taylor, Paul Grunert, Thomas Padden, Steve Watts, Rachel Jerram, Anna Nicholas, Claire Carrie, Joseph Pitcher, David McGranaghan, Richard Reynard, Margaret Tyzack; dir:Edward Kemp, Christopher Luscombe, Ian Talbot [44pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; cover partially detached, else VG] (£4) SOLD

2007: THE COUNTRY WIFE (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Toby Stephens, Patricia Hodge, David Haig, Fiona Glascott, Jo Stone-Fewings, Janet Brown, David Shaw-Parker, Timothy Bateson, Nicholas Day, Lucy Tregear, Liz Crowther, John Hopkins, Tristan Beint; dir:Jonathan Kent [40pp, 6.6x9.8; 16 rehearsal photos, cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; minor marks, else VG] £4

2007: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW and TWELFTH NIGHT (Old Vic)
Propeller: Bob Barrett, Jason Baughan, Tony Bell, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, Alasdair Craig, Joe Flynn, Chris Myles, Simon Scardifield, Jack Tarlton, Dominic Tighe, Jon Trenchard, Tam Williams; dir:Edward Hall [32pp, 8x10.9 packed magazine programme; rehearsal photos, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; w.press tickets; minor marks else VG] £5

Classic Plays: 2008

2008: ROMEO AND JULIET (Middle Temple Hall)
Santiago Cabrera, Juliet Rylance, Will Kemp, Michael Brown, Martin Turner, Ifan Meredith, Ann Mitchell, Max Bennett, Nicolas Tennant; dir:Tamara Harvey [20pp; cast list, synopsis, illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

Classic Plays: 2009

2009: KING LEAR (Young Vic)
Pete Postlethwaite, Caroline Faber, Charlotte Randle, Amanda Hale, John Shrapnel, Jonjo O'Neill, Tobias Menzies, Nigel Cooke, Forbes Masson; dir:Rupert Goold [28pp, 5x7.5; cast list, programme notes, colour production photos, biographies w.photos; VG] £4

2009: OTHELLO (Trafalgar Studios)
Lenny Henry, Conrad Nelson, Matt Connor, Richard Standing, Jessica Harris, Sara Poyzer; dir:Barry Rutter [40pp; cast list, colour production photos, biographies w.photos; VG] (£4) SOLD

2009: HAMLET (Wyndham's)
Jude Law, Kevin R McNally, Penelope Wilton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ron Cook, David Burke, Matt Ryan, Alex Waldmann, Peter Eyre; dir:Michael Grandage [52pp, 6.5x9.5; cast list, interview with Jude Law, rehearsal photos, articles, biographies w.photos, etc.; VG] (£6) SOLD

2009: THE WINTER'S TALE and THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Old Vic)
The Bridge Project: Simon Russell Beale, Michael Braun, Selina Cadell, Morven Christie, Sinead Cusack, Richard Easton, Rebecca Hall, Josh Hamilton, Ethan Hawke, Paul Jesson, Aaron Krohn, Dakin Matthews, Mark Nelson, Charlotte Parry, Jessica Pollert Smith, Gary Powell, Tobias Segal, Hannah Stokeley; dir:Sam Mendes [52pp, 8x11 packed magazine programme; cast list, credits, production and rehearsal photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] (£6) SOLD

Classic Plays: 2010

2010: AN IDEAL HUSBAND - Wilde (Vaudeville)
Samantha Bond, Elliott Cowan, Alexander Hanson, Rachael Stirling, Caroline Blakiston, Fiona Button, Charles Kay; dir:Lindsay Posner [52pp, 6.7x9.5; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

2010: FAUST - Goethe (Young Vic)
Vesturport and Reykjavik City Theatre production: Thorsteinn Gunnarsson/Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson/Thorsteinn Gunnarsson, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Nina Dogg Filipusdottir, Unnur Osp Stefansdottir, Runar Freyr Gislason, Hanna Maria Karlsdottir, Johannes Niels Sigurdsson, Svava Bjorg Orlygsdottir; dir:Gisli Orn Gardarsson [32pp, 5x7.5 on heavyweight paper; cast list, illustrated articles, 15+ colour production photos, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4

2010: KING LEAR (Donmar)
Derek Jacobi, Paul Jesson, Michael Hadley, Alec Newman, Gina McKee, Justine Mitchell, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Tom Beard, Gideon Turner, Stefano Braschi, Ashley Zhangazha, Gwilym Lee, Amit Shah, Ron Cook, Harry Attwell, Derek Hutchinson; dir:Michael Grandage [36pp, 5.5x11.75; cast list, illustrated articles, production photos, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £5

2010: A FLEA IN HER EAR - Feydeau, translated by John Mortimer (Old Vic)
Tom Hollander, Di Botcher, Jonathan Cake, Oliver Cotton, Lisa Dillon, Freddie Fox, Lloyd Hutchinson, Tim McMullan, John Marquez, Maggie Service, Fiona Glascott; dir:Richard Eyre [48pp, 8x11 packed magazine programme; cast list, credits, rehearsal photos, costume designs, biographies, rehearsal diary, illustrated articles etc.; VG] (£5) SOLD

2010: AS YOU LIKE IT and THE TEMPEST (Old Vic)
The Bridge Project: Ashlie Atkinson, Jenni Barber, Michelle Beck, Edward Bennett, Christian Camargo, Ron Cephas Jones, Stephen Dillane, Alvin Epstein, Richard Hansell, Aaron Krohn, Jonathan Lincoln Fried, Anthony O'Donnell, Juliet Rylance, Thomas Sadoski, Michael Thomas, Ross Waiton; dir:Sam Mendes [52pp, 8x11 packed magazine programme; cast list, credits, production photos, biographies, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £6

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