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CLASSIC PLAYS: 1900-1929

Classic Plays: 1900s

1902 (5-11 Feb): TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (New Theatre, Oxford)
Oxford University Dramatic Society: Gilliat, Kenworthy-Browne, MacGregor, Liddle, Viscount Tiverton [8pp; a remarkable survivor!] (£9) SOLD

1906: AS YOU LIKE IT (St.James's)
Lilian Braithwaite (Rosalind), Henry Ainley (Orlando), William Mollison (Jacques), Lettice Fairfax (Celia) [12pp; cast list, scenes, programme of music, credits, photographic portraits of William Mollison, Lilian Braithwaite, Lettice Fairfax, May Harvey, Durward Lely (manager), and William Mollison as Lachlan Campbell etc.; somewhat tatty - minor edge damage and light vertical fold, else VG: a survivor!] (£3) SOLD

1908: HENRY V (Lyric)
Lewis Waller, Madge Titherage [24pp; 5x7.25; consists of cast list and essay on the play by Sidney Lee] £7

Classic Plays: 1910s

1910 (10 Feb): THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Oscar Wilde (King's Theatre, Southsea)
George Alexander, Allan Aynesworth, Helen Rous, Stella Patrick Campbell, Rosalie Toller, Alice Beet [6pp triple-fold programme for a special matinee: Personal Visit of Mr.George Alexander and complete company from the St.James' Theatre, London; ticket prices, cast list, scenes; George Alexander and Allan Aynesworth were in the original 1895 cast; a little tatty round the edges, but very unusual] (£4) SOLD

1914: THE DYNASTS - Thomas Hardy (Kingsway Theatre)
Henry Ainley, Esme Beringer, Carrie Haase, Nicholas Hannen, Rutland Barrington, Sydney Valentine, Murray Carrington, Allan Jeayes and large cast [14pp, 5x6.25, printed in red and black on heavyweight paper; "abridged for the stage and produced by Harley Granville Barker: Part First - Trafalgar, Part Second - The Peninsula, Part Third - Waterloo"; with texts of the special prologue and epilogue written for this production by Hardy, decoration by Norman Wilkinson, songs set to folk airs selected and adapted by Cecil Sharp, Kingsway Theatre Seating Plan; minor marks, else VG; very attractive programme, and uncommon] (£6) SOLD

1912: TWELFTH NIGHT(Savoy)
Lillah McCarthy, Henry Ainley, Evelyn Millard, Leon Quartermaine, dir:Granville Barker [8pp; famous influential production; some annotations on cast list; "seen Thurs. afternoon Feb. 20. 1912. with Dorothy" written on cover] (£9) SOLD

1913: MERCHANT OF VENICE (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliott, Basil Gill, Robert Atkins [4pp; 8.75x11.25; "His last appearances in London"; large size programme, with decorative cover in red - Click for larger scan] (£12) SOLD

1915: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, and MACBETH (Grand Theatre, Croydon)
Mr.F.R.Benson & Shakespearean Co: Frank Benson, A.E.George, H.O.Nicolson, Henry Baynton, Basil Rathbone (as Page, Bassanio and Malcolm), Mrs. F.R.Benson, Florence Glossop-Harris [4pp; cast lists, scenes, credits etc.; uncommon; a little rumpled and lightly creased, else VG] (£6) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1920s

1923: HASSAN- Flecker (His Majesty's)
Henry Ainley, Esme Percy, Fay Compton +many well-known names, dir:Basil Dean, music: Frederick Delius [20pp; staples rusted and cover detached, otherwise very good] (£6) SOLD

1923: THE RUSSIAN BLUEBIRD THEATRE from Moscow (New Scala Theatre)
The King Called For His Drummer, Cupid, The Lady and The Moor, Vanka-Tanka, Catherine The Great etc. etc.; M.Dmitrieff, Mme.Arenzwari, M.Hadshi, M.Victor Henkin, M.Ucrainsky, Mdlle.Sasoneva, M.Lucatshevitsh, M.Preobrajentsky, M.Libidins; under the Artistic Direction of J.Yuzhny [20pp, 5.5x8.5; full details of the programme, articles etc.; fascinating theatre doodles on back cover, else VG] (£4) SOLD

1925: THE DUENNA - Sheridan (Lyric, Hammersmith)
Nigel Playfair, Sydney Russell, Elsa Lanchester, Beatrix Lehmann [8pp; excellent stylish programme in decorative cover] (£5) SOLD

1925: THE RIVALS - Sheridan (Lyric, Hammersmith)
Claude Rains, Nigel Playfair, Miles Malleson, Isabel Jeans, Angela Baddeley, Dorothy Green [10pp; excellent stylish programme in decorative cover] £5

1925 (30 Nov - 5 Dec): PERSONAL VISIT OF SIR FRANK BENSON AND HIS COMPANY (Opera House, Coventry) Flyer
Frank Benson, Robert Donat, Norman Claridge, Geo.R.Hagan, Genevieve Townsend [4pp; full-page photograph of Benson, tribute to Benson by James Agate, company list, eight-play repertoire for the week (amazing - a different play every night and two matinees!); light creases, else VG] (£4) SOLD

1926: THE WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN - Moliere (Lyric, Hammersmith)
Nigel Playfair, Miles Malleson, Richard Goolden, Syney Fairbrother, Carleton Hobbs [10pp; excellent stylish programme in decorative cover; small bite out of cover] £4

1927: DRACULA - Hamilton Deane, from Bram Stoker's novel (Grand Theatre, Leeds)
Hamilton Deane and his Company, Direct From His Record London Season In the most Sensational Play of Modern Times: W.E.Holloway, Hamilton Deane, Frederic Tomlin, Freida Hearn, Ivan Butler, A.Edward Sproston, Jack Howarth, Kilda Macleod, Betty Murgatroyd, Dora Patrick [8pp, 5.5x8.5; cast list, programme of music, coming attractions; VG] (£4) SOLD

CLASSIC PLAYS pre1900 1900-29 1930-39 1940-49
1950-59 1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000 on

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