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CLASSIC PLAYS: 1930-1939

Classic Plays: 1930

1930: RICHARD III (New Theatre)
Baliol Holloway, Nancy Price, John Laurie, Gerald Lawrence, A.Corney Grain; music:Holst & Vaughan-Williams [20pp; photos] (£5) SOLD

1930: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER- Goldsmith (Lyric, Hammersmith)
Eric Portman, Nigel Playfair, Lydia Sherwood, John Clements [10pp; excellent stylish programme in decorative cover] £5

1930: DANDY DICK- Pinero (Lyric, Hammersmith)
Nigel Playfair, Marie Lohr [10pp; excellent stylish programmein decorative cover] £5

Classic Plays: 1931

1931: HAMLET (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Godfrey Tearle, Malcolm Keen, Irene Vanbrugh, Margaretta Scott [8pp; 7.25x9.75; light annotations] (£10) SOLD

1931: THE DUENNA - Sheridan (Lyric, Hamersmith)
Leo Sheffield, Scott Russell, Phyllis Evens, des:Sheringham [12pp; 5.5x8.5; inner pages smaller than outer cover, title details on separate label stuck to the outer cover] £5

1931: REIGEN - Arthur Schnitzler (Gate Theatre Studio)
Viola Lyel, Carol Rees, John Gatrell, Iris Baker, Michael MacOwan, Roland Gillett; dir:Peter Godfrey [4pp; cast, scenes, note on Schnitzler etc.; slight foxing, minor edge damage, rumpled, but uncommon] £2

1931: THE RED ROVER'S REVENGE (Gate Theatre Studio)
W.E.C.Jenkins, Peter Godfrey, Michael MacOwan, John Gatrell, Walter Fitzgerald, Harold Young, Antony Eustrel, Viola Lyel, Irene Freeman [4pp; cast, scenes; attractive programme printed in red and black; slightly rumpled, minor foxing, light bends, else VG] £3

Classic Plays: 1932

1932: TWELFTH NIGHT programme (New)
Jean Forbes-Robertson, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Arthur Wontner, Robert Atkins, Clare Harris, John Laurie, Norman Forbes; dir:Robert Atkins [famous black and white production; 24pp; 7 small photos of cast as themselves] (£9) SOLD

1932: TWELFTH NIGHT programme (New)
Jean Forbes-Robertson, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Arthur Wontner, Robert Atkins, Clare Harris, John Laurie, Norman Forbes; dir:Robert Atkins [famous black and white production; 20pp; 7 small portraits of cast in character ; minor marks] £5

1932: TWELFTH NIGHT photo booklet (New)
Jean Forbes-Robertson, dir:R.Atkins [famous black & white production; 16pp; photo book w.7 full-page in-character photos and copious extracts from reviews; minor marks on cover] (£12) SOLD

1932: JULIUS CAESAR (His Majesty's)
Godfrey Tearle, Baliol Holloway, Lyn Harding, Oscar Asche, James Dale, Lily Brayton, Dorothy Green, Abraham Sofaer, Valentine Dyall; dir:Asche [24pp; 7 full-page portraits; staples rusted, else VG] (£5) SOLD

1932 (Sunday 22 May): LOVE FOR LOVE (Faculty of Arts)
Faculty of Drama: Esmond Knight, Anthony Eustrel, Harold Young, Rodney Millington, George Benson, Hedley Briggs, Tony Sympson, Betty Hardy, Charlotte Leigh, Frances Clare,; dir:Norman Marshall [4pp; cast list etc.; minor creases, else VG; most uncommon programme for this unique Sunday performance] £3

Classic Plays: 1933

1933: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Open-Air Theatre, Regent's Park)
Robert Atkins, John Laurie, Basil Gill, Margeretta Scott, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Jessica Tandy, Leslie French; dir:Robert Atkins [12pp; cast, credits, note about the theatre, map etc.; light folds] (£3) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1934

1934 (Tuesday August 7th): ROMEO AND JULIET (Open Air, Regent's Park) Press Invitation
Griffith Jones, Margaretta Scott, Eric Dance, Henry Baynton, Leslie French, Hubert Gregg, Terence De Marney, Ben Greet, Sydney Bromley, Michael Martin-Harvey, Laura Smithson; and among the "Citizens of Verona": Greer Garson; dir:Robert Atkins, music:Edward German, Master of the Greensward: Ben Greet [4pp; cast, credits etc.; creased, minor tear, but very uncommon] £4

1934: THE COUNTRY WIFE - Wycherley (Ambassador's)
George Grossmith, Lesley Wareing, John Laurie (as Sparkish), Edmund Willard; dir:B.Holloway [24pp; production photo; stylish magazine programme] £5

1934: AS YOU LIKE IT (Open Air, Regent's Park)
Jack Hawkins, Anna Neagle, John Drinkwater, Leslie French, Nigel Playfair, Robert Eddison, Margaretta Scott, dir:Robert Atkins [12pp; 7.5x9.75; attractive coloured cover; small tear to 2nd page] £3

1934: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Open Air, Regent's Park)
Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Pamela Stanley, Ion Swinley, John Laurie (as Lysander), Andrew Leigh, Robert Atkins, Valentine Rooke, Margaretta Scott, Eileen Beldon, Leslie French; and among the "Attendants to Hippolyta": Greer Garson; dir:Robert Atkins , Master of the Greensward: Ben Greet [12pp, 7.5x9.75; attractive programme from the second season of the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park; cast, credits etc.; attractive coloured cover; VG] £4

1934 (4th July): THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Water Tower Garden, Canterbury)
Ben Greet and The Ben Greet Players, Thea Holme, Stanley Drewitt, George R. Hagan, Wilfred Babbage, Alan Wheatley, Powell Lloyd etc., dir:Ben Greet [single glossy sheet, printed one side; 7.4x9.9; has been lightly folded in four, else v.good; with photo of Ben Greet; most unusual] (£5) SOLD

1934: THE CHERRY ORCHARD - Anton Chekhov, trans.Hubert M.Butler (Cripplegate Theatre)
Ministry of Labour Dramatic Society: Rita Gallally, Harold Dwyer, Clarice Collins, Winifred Maher, Percy Nash, David Brain, Patrick Moriarty; dir:Blake Greenwood [12pp; cast, scenes, producer's note, 14-piece orchestra list, programme of music etc.; most unusual programme for this early amateur production of Chekhov (or "Tchekov"); very light crease, else VG] (£4) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1935

1935 (Feb): LADY PRECIOUS STREAM - S.I.Hsiung (Little Theatre, John Street)
The People's National Theatre: Carol Coombe, Louise Hampton, Fabia Drake, Wilfred Fletcher, Roger Livesey, Charles Lefeaux; dir:Nancy Price and S.I.Hsiung [20pp; cast, scenes, credits; 6 photographic portraits etc.; VG] £5

1935 (Apr): LADY PRECIOUS STREAM - S.I.Hsiung (Little Theatre, John Street)
The People's National Theatre: Carol Coombe, Louise Hampton, Edith Sharpe, Esme Percy, Roger Livesey, Charles Lefeaux; dir:Nancy Price and S.I.Hsiung [20pp; cast, scenes, credits; 5 photographic portraits etc.; VG] £5

1935 (Nov): LADY PRECIOUS STREAM - S.I.Hsiung (Little Theatre, John Street)
The People's National Theatre: Carol Coombe, Mabel Constanduros, Viola Lyel, Esme Percy, Clifford Bartlett, Andrew Leigh; dir:Nancy Price and S.I.Hsiung [24pp Magazine Programme; cast, scenes, credits; 4 photographic portraits etc.; rumpled, else VG] £3

1935 (Mch): THE ALCHEMIST (Embassy)
Hugh Miller, Barry O'Neill, Iris Hoey, Leslie French, Richard Goolden, Bruce Winston, Brember Wills, Hubert Gregg, Horace Sequeira; dir:Olga Katzin [16pp; cast, scenes, credits, music etc.; VG] £4

1935: JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN (Grafton Theatre)
Clephan Bell, Muriel Taylor, Zillah Carter, James Lytton, Peter Hoar; dir:Noel Iliff [12pp; cast, scenes, notes etc.; rusty staples, else VG] £2

1935: HENRY IV PT.1 (His Majesty's Theatre)
George Robey, Lady Tree, John Drinkwater, Edmund Willard, Henry Oscar, John Laurie, Lewis Casson; dir:R.Atkins [24pp, 10 photos; very nice programme] (£6) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1936

1936: OEDIPUS REX - Sophocles (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Martin Harvey, Miriam Lewes, Baliol Holloway, des:Max Rheinhardt [4pp; 7.5x10; famous Rheinhardt production; lightly creased] (£6) SOLD

1936: HAMLET (Westminster Theatre)
Christopher Oldham, Torin Thatcher, Gillian Scaife, Hermione Hannen, John Moody, Anthony Quayle (Horatio), Mark Dignam, Cecil Trouncer, Eric Wynn Owen; dir:Michael Macowan, des:Peter Goffin [12pp, 7.25x9.7; cast, credits, articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

1936: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - Austen/Jerome (St.James's)
Celia Johnson, Athole Stewart, Hugh Williams, Barbara Everest, Dorothy Hyson, Anthony Quayle, Viola Lyel, Eva Moore; dir:Gilbert Miller, des:Rex Whistler [24pp, 5.5x8.5; attractive programme, w.list of incidental music, 5 photos etc.; rusty staples, centre pages loose, else VG] £4

1936 (Nov): LADY PRECIOUS STREAM - S.I.Hsiung (Little Theatre, John Street)
The People's National Theatre: Joyce Redman, Amy Dalby, Betty Anderson, Andrew Leigh, Jack Livesey, John Garside; dir:Nancy Price and S.I.Hsiung [24pp Magazine Programme; cast, scenes, credits; staples rusted away, "24 November 1936" on cover, else VG] £2

1936: THE WILD DUCK - Henrik Ibsen, trans.R.Farquharson Sharp (Westminster Theatre)
Marius Goring, Cecil Trouncer, Reyner Barton, Alan Napier, Susan Richards, Ruth Wynn Owen, Mark Dignam; dir:Michael MacOwan, des:Peter Goffin [4pp; cast, scenes, programme notes etc.; staples rusted away, else VG] £2

Classic Plays: 1937

1937: THE WINTER'S TALE (Open Air, Regent's Park)
Jack Hawkins, Phyllis Neilson Terry, Fay Compton, Ion Swinley, Leslie French; dir:Robert Atkins [12pp, 7.25x9.75; programme from the Fifth Season of the Opera Air Theatre, Regent's Park; VG] £4

1937: UNCLE VANYA - Chekhov (Westminster Theatre)
Harcourt Williams, Cecil Trouncer, Lydia Sherwood, Mark Dignam, Alexis France, Inez Bensusan; dir:Michael Macowan, decor & costumes:Peter Goffin [12pp, 7.25x9.7; cast, credits, article etc.; staples rusted away, else VG] £4

Classic Plays: 1938

1938: TWELFTH NIGHT (Open-Air Theatre, Regent's Park)
Jean Forbes Robertson, Philip Merivale, Roy Byford, David Tree, Gladys Cooper, Buena Bent, Sydney Bromley; dir:Robert Atkins [12pp, 7.3x9.7; cast, credits, note about the theatre etc.; VG] £4

1938: THE RIVALS (Holborn Empire)
Roy Byford, Buena Bent, Lesley Wareing, Mary Hignett, John Laurie, Norman Wooland, George Benson, Sydney Bromley, Hugh Burden, Cherry Cottrell; dir:Baliol Holloway [8pp; cast, scenes, notes and news, cast biographies etc.; rumpled, slightly grubby, else VG] £3

Classic Plays: 1939
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