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CLASSIC PLAYS: 1960-1969

Classic Plays: 1960

1960: CANDIDA - G.B.Shaw (Wyndhams)
Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray [16pp; photos] £2

1960: THE PROPOSAL - Chekhov & MISS JULIE - Strindberg (Lyric, Hammersmith)
Diane Cilento [20pp; interesting articles and photos] £3

1960: EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR - Ben Jonson (Theatre Royal, Stratford East)
Theatre Workshop: Charles Stanley, Sean Lynch, Victor Spinetti, Michael McKevitt, Bob Grant, Brian Murphy, Roy Kinnear, Claire Isbister, Ann Beach; dir:Joan Littlewood, des:John Bury [8pp; cast, credits, programme notes etc.; horizontal fold, else VG] (£4) SOLD

1960: JULIUS CAESAR (Queen's Theatre)
National Youth Theatre: John Shrapnel (aged 17), Simon Ward (aged 18), David Weston (aged 21), Neil Stacy (aged 19), Martin Jarvis (aged 18), Giles Block (aged 17), Ian McShane (aged 17), Hywel Bennett (aged 16), David Ross (aged 16), Robin Ellis (aged 18) and many more; dir:Michael Croft [16pp; photos of the 1960 'Hamlet'; this 'Julius Caesar' was the famous modern-dress production; VG] £5

1960: HENRY V (Mermaid)
Edgar Wreford, William Peacock, Gary Watson, Terence Edmond, David Dodimead, Ruchard Butler, Anton Diffring, Ronald Pember, Dan Meaden, Aubrey Woods, Deirdre White, Philip Grout, Michael Ritterman, Blake Butler, Michael Griffiths, John Dane, Roy Purcell, Harry Gwyn-Davies, John Bay, Suzanne Fuller, dir:Julius Gellner [36pp, 4.75x8; cast list, credits, extensive illustrated articles, cast biographies w.photos etc.; a stylish little programme; VG] £4

Classic Plays: 1961

1961: MACBETH (Ipswich Theatre)
Frank Middlemass, Tobi Weinberg, Ian Thompson, Artro Morris, Christopher Hancock, Michael Spice; dir:Geoffrey Edwards [12pp; cast, credits etc.; punch holes, marks on front cover, else VG] £1

1961: THE RIVALS - Sheridan (Pembroke Theatre, Croydon)
Sylvia Sims, Fenella Fielding, Fay Compton, Laurence Hardy [12pp] (£3) SOLD

1961: THE GENTLEMAN DANCING MASTER - Wycherley (Pembroke Theatre, Croydon)
Athene Seyler, Valentine Dyall, Alan MacNaughtan, Hazel Penwarden; dir:James Gillhouley, music:John Dalby [12pp; cast, biographies; rumpled, small tear to front cover, else VG] £2

1961: 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE - Ford (Mermaid)
Edward de Souza, Zena Walker, John Woodvine, Jerry Verno, Patience Collier, Stephen Thorne, David William; dir:David Thompson [32pp; extensive articles, cast photos and biographies etc.; VG] £4

1961 (Feb): JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN - Ibsen (Mermaid)
Bernard Miles, Josephine Wilson, Freda Jackson, James Bolam; dir:Julius Gellner [36pp, 5x8; biographies, photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1961 (Jun): THE TEMPEST (Vanbrugh Theatre)
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art: Michael Jones, Michael Jackson, Judi Bloom, Joan Taylor, Robert Carson, David Warner (as Stephano), Ian McShane; dir:John Fernald [12pp, 7x9.75; minor marks, small tear on back cover, else VG; uncommon] £4

1961: HAMLET (Strand/20 Jun 1961)
Jeremy Brett, Helen Cherry, Robert Eddison, Joseph O'Connor [16pp; cast photos; some ink annotations] (£2) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1962

1962 (Feb): KREUTZER SONATA - Tolstoy adapt. Lovell and Watt (Pembroke Theatre, Croydon)
Roderick Lovell, Hannah Watt, dir:Ellen Pollock [12pp; light horizontal crease, else VG] £3

1962 (Oct): EASTWARD HO! - Jonson, Chapman & Marston (Mermaid)
Sydney Bromley, Stephen Moore, Sheila Reid, Cardew Robinson, Margot Lister, Aubrey Morris, Juan Moreno; dir:Josephine Wilson, Denys Palmer [32pp, 4.75x8; illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1962 (Nov): THE WITCH OF EDMONTON (Mermaid)
Ruby Head, Melvyn Hayes, William Lucas, Edward Jewesbury, Erik Chitty, Timothy Bateson, Ronald Herdman, Juan Moreno; dir:Bernard Miles [32pp, 4.75x8; illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1962: THE SEAGULL - Anton Chekhov (Trinity Gardens, Oxford)
Marcia Plumpton, Tom Bewley, John Petre, Susan Pleat, David Hutchinson, Penelope Kay, Marylyn Robertson, Phil Kenning, Robin Shaw, Graham Huntley, David Barlow; dir:David Bradby [8pp, 5.25x8.25; cast list, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1962: JULIUS CAESAR in modern dress (Sadler's Wells)
National Youth Theatre: Jeremy Rowe, Simon Ward, Michael Cadman, Christopher Bowyer, Peter Donaldson, Neil Stacy, Alan Allkins, Giles Block, Geoffrey Hutchings, Martin Jarvis, John Nightingale, Martin Potter, Hywel Bennett, Robin Ellis, Mary Grimes, Diana Rasbach, Ann Penfold, Sean McCarthy, Ken Cranham, Ian McBride, Norman Eschle and many others; dir:Michael Croft [28pp, 8.1x10; 7 production photos, articles on The Alleyn Mob (w.3 photos), The Berlin Trip (w.5 photos), How the Youth Theatre Works (w.photo) etc.; minor marks, top 3" of front cover torn away, else VG; very uncommon] £4

1962: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Royal Court)
Colin Blakely, Lynn Redgrave (aged 18), Corin Redgrave (aged 22), Ronnie Barker, Nicol Williamson (aged 23), David Warner (aged 20), James Bolam (aged 22), Rita Tushingham (aged 20), Samantha Eggar (aged 22), Alfred Lynch (aged 28); dir:Tony Richardson [20pp; marks and crease on cover but most unusual] (£5) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1963

1963: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Library Theatre, Manchester)
Robert Eddison, Georgine Anderson, Sebastian Breaks, Bernard Holley, Angela Down, Thomasine Heiner; dir:Oliver Neville [12pp; cast, scenes, credits etc.; VG] £3

1963 (Jun): MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Open Air, Regent's Park)
Ann Morrish, Denis Quilley, David King, Jill Dixon, John Justin, Edgar Wreford, Bernard Lloyd, Sebastian Breaks, Michael Blakemore, James Ottaway, Richard Kane; dir:David William [20pp, 4.9x7.25; cast, notes, biographies; VG] £4

1963 (Aug): RICHARD III (Scala Theatre)
National Youth Theatre: Neil Stacy (as Richard), Hywel Bennett (as Richmond), Jeremy Rowe, Giles Block, Nigel Terry, Ken Cranham, Simon Ward, Bill Kenwright, Ann Penfold; dir:Michael Croft [48pp, 5.2x8; substantial illustrated articles, photos, message from Ralph Richardson - a packed programme; VG] £4

1963 (Jul): THE PROVOK'D WIFE - Vanburgh (Vaudeville Theatre)
Prospect: Eileen Atkins, Ann Bell, June Brown, Dinsdale Landen, Trevor Martin, John Warner, Antony Brown, Edward Hardwicke; dir:Toby Robertson [12pp, 6.5x8.9; VG] £4

1963: HENRY THE FIFTH (Richmond Theatre)
Michael Atkinson, Roy Hudd (Pistol), Carol Austin; dir:Alexander Dore, des:John Piper [8pp; cast, credits etc.; VG] (£2) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1964

1964: TWELFTH NIGHT (Oxford Playhouse)
Oxford University Dramatic Society: Annabel Leventon, Michael Johnson, Oliver Davies [AKA Oliver Ford Davies] (as Antonio), Paul Collins, Michael Emrys-Jones, David Aukin (as Malvolio), Doug Fisher, Janet Watts, Ann James; dir:Michael Rudman [16pp, 5.5x8.4; cast, credits etc.; VG] £4

1964: HENRY V (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park)
Dinsdale Landen, John Wyse, John Castle, Frank Moorey, Richard Kane, Wolfe Morris, Peter Whitbread, Andrew Downie, Margaret Courtenay, Edward Atienza, Amanda Reiss; dir:David William [20pp; cast, notes, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1964: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Library Theatre, Manchester)
Robert Eddison, Georgine Anderson, Michael Meacham, Dan MacDonald, Thomasine Heiner, Pat Keen, Kendrick Owen, Bernard Holley, Antony Linford; dir:Oliver Neville [16pp; cast, scenes, biographies etc.; VG] £3

1964: THE BACCHAE - Euripides/Cavander (Mermaid)
Barrie Ingham, Joss Ackland, John Woodvine, John Wyse, Stephen Moore, Jerry Verno, Josephine Wilson; dir:Bernard Miles, music:Alexander Goehr, sets:David Myerscough Jones, costumes:Ariane Gastambide [32pp; cast, credits, illustrated articles etc.; ticket stapled to cover (20 Feb '64); VG] £4

1964: 400 SHAKESPEARE AT THE MERMAID - 1964 Season Brochure (Mermaid)
Brochure for 'A Season of Elizabethan and Jacobean plays, performed in celebration of the Shakespeare Quatercentenary'; the plays performed were MACBETH, THE CANKER AND THE ROSE, THE MAID'S TRAGEDY, and THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY, directed by Julius Gellner, Bernard Miles and David William; brochure contains photos of the company; reviews of 'The Shoemaker's Holiday' w.photos; numerous illustrated articles, including 'Aristotle's Rules of the Tragic Drama', Edward Gordon Craig on 'Macbeth'; and notes on Beaumont and Fletcher, Shakespeare and a Nightgown, Thomas Dekker, and the Fight Sequences etc. etc. [40pp, 5x8; VG] £5

1964: TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD - G.B.Shaw (Garrick)
Alastair Sim, James Bolam, George Cole [16pp; photos; some creasing, else VG] £2

1964: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR (Gate Theatre Tour)
Micheal Mac Liammoir [6pp triple-fold; order of events, photo and biography of Mac Liammoir, programme notes etc.; VG] £3

1964 (Mch): HEDDA GABLER - Ibsen (St.Martin's)
Joan Greenwood, George Cole, Andre Morell, Jean Anderson, Gillian Raine, Maurice Good; dir:Minos Volanakis [24pp; biographies, illustrated articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

1964 (Mch): THE SCHOOLMISTRESS - Pinero (Golders Green Hippodrome)
Nigel Patrick, Charles Heslop, Megs Jenkins; dir:John Fernald [12pp; biographies, photos, articles etc.; w.newsclipping review; VG] (£4) SOLD

1964 (Sep): AMLETO - HAMLET (Old Vic)
The National Theatre presents the Compagnia PROCLEMER-ALBERTAZZI in AMLETO, with Giorgio Albertazzi, Anna Proclemer, Massimo Girotti, Annamaria Guarnieri, Mario Scaccia; dir:Franco Zeffirelli [36pp, 8x11; cast list, notes about the Proclemer-Albertazzi Company, biographies and photographs of the protagonists, 23+ PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS, note by the translator, Franco Zeffirelli on Hamlet, open letter to Olivier from Giorgio Albertazzi; corners curled, minor marks, else VG] £5

1964: STRATFORD FESTIVAL CANADA 1964 (Stratford, Ontario) Souvenir Brochure
Souvenir Brochure for the 12th Stratford Ontario Season, June 15th to October 3rd 1964. The productions were RICHARD II (Walter Hutt, Tony Van Bridge, Leo Cicero, Eric House, Patrick Boxill - 4 photos, and full-page colour costume rendering), LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME (Douglas Rain, Martha Henry, William Needles, Mervyn Blake, Len Cariou - 4 photos, and full-page colour costume rendering), KING LEAR (John Colicos, Bruno Gerussi, Frances Hyland, Diana Maddox, Hugh Webster - 5 photos, and 2 colour costume renderings), and THE COUNTRY WIFE (Helen Burns w.photo, costume renderings and full-page design sketch); also included are photos of the actors Eric Christmas, Joseph Shaw and Mary Savidge, Amelia Hall, Max Helpmann, Ted Hodgeman and Lewis Gordon, Len Birman, Claude Bede, Garrick Hagon, Al Kozlik, Edwin Stephenson, Joseph Rutten, Vanya Franck, Suzanne Grossman, and Jackie Burroughs; and photos of the designers, composers etc. Stuart Burge, Desmond Heeley, Robert Prevost, Leslie Hurry, John Cook, Gabriel Charpentier, Louis Applebaum, Gordon Ridout, Jean Gascon, Alan Lund, Tanya Moiseiwitsch, Robert Fairfield, Tom Patterson, Victor C.Polley, John Hayes, and Patrick Crean; a full-colour photograph of the theatre and company, an introduction by Michael Langham (w.photo); a feature on the Stratford company's 1964 visit to Chichester (w.4 photos); details of the Afternoon Concert series; a feature on the 1964 Opera Productions: THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD (with a full-page colour costume rendering for A Yeoman) and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, and 14 photographs of the leading singers; list of the 1964 Festival Company etc. [56pp, 8.5x11; this lavish Souvenir of the 1964 Season is uncommon; very slightly rumpled, else VG] (£7) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1965

1965: KING LEAR (Oxford Playhouse)
Oxford University Dramatic Society: Clive Mitchell, Simon Brett, David Wood, Alison Skilbeck, Dick Alford, Tom Bewley, Gerald Donaldson, Susan Solomon, Pauline Burton, Sheila Dawson; dir: Peter Bayley [16pp; biographies, photos, articles; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1965: MAN AND SUPERMAN - G.B.Shaw (New Arts)
Alan Badel, Sian Phillips, Zena Walker, Marie Lohr [8pp] £2

1965 (Jan): RICHARD II (Nottingham Playhouse)
John Neville, Michael Craig, Gemma Jones, Ronald Magill, Christopher Hancock, John Tordoff, Ursula Smith; dir:John Neville and Michael Rudman [16pp, 5.5x8.6; VG] £3

1965: OEDIPUS TYRANNUS - Sophocles (Arts Theatre, Cambridge)
The Cambridge University Greek Play: Malcolm Hardman, Clare Ballantyne, Roger Vignoles, Peter Burtt-Jones; dir:George Rylands/Alan Ker, music:Philip Radcliffe [16pp, 7x9.25; cast, credits, articles etc.; ticket stapled to cover; VG] £4

1965: AS YOU LIKE IT (Open Air, Regent's Park)
Ann Morrish, Gary Raymond, Phyllida Law, Edward Atienza, John Justin, Andrew Downie, Alfred Burke; dir:Harold Lang, des:Peter Rice, music:Elisabeth Lutyens [20pp; cast, credits, articles, biographies etc.; ticket stapled to cover (19 July '65); VG] (£3) SOLD

1965: AN IDEAL HUSBAND - Oscar Wilde (Strand)
Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ursula Jeans, Roger Livesey, Margaret Lockwood, Richard Todd, Gillian Raine, Perlita Neilson; dir:James Roose-Evans [16pp; 9 biographies w.photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

Classic Plays: 1966

1966 (Apr): THE MISER and THE IMAGINARY INVALID - Moliere/Loding (Mermaid)
Duncan Macrae, Bernard Miles, Patsy Rowlands, Daniel Thorndike, Russell Hunter; dir:Julius Gellner [32pp, 5x8; attractive programme, containing notes, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1966: THE THUNDERBOLT - Arthur W.Pinero (Arts Theatre)
Carl Bernard, Sheila Keith, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Martin Boddey, Arthur Brough; dir:Jordan Lawrence [8pp; cast, scenes, notes etc.; VG] £2

1966: LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (Phoenix)
Coral Browne, Wilfrid Hyde White, Isabel Jeans, Ronald Lewis, Juliet Mills, Corin Redgrave; dir:Anthony Quayle, des:Cecil Beaton [24pp; cast, scenes, article about Oscar Wilde, 12+ cast and production photos, biographies etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

1966: THE WINTER'S TALE (Cambridge Theatre)
Laurence Harvey, Jane Asher, Diana Churchill, Jim Dale, Esmond Knight, Moira Redmond, Tom Baker; dir:Frank Dunlop [6.75x9.6; 16pp; photos etc.; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1966: DR.FAUSTUS (Oxford University Theatre) Souvenir Programme
Oxford University Dramatic Society: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Andreas Teuber, Richard Durden-Smith, Maria Aitken (as Good Angel), David Wood, Hugh Williams, Andrew Hilton, Bruce Alexander; dir:Nevill Coghill, "Miss Elizabeth Taylor's dresses designed by Irene Sharaff" [16pp, 7.5x10.6; cast list, scenes, credits, photo of Burton and Taylor, photos of past OUDS productions, production designs, staff photos and biographies, programme notes etc.; minor marks, slightly rumpled else VG; uncommon] (£5) SOLD

1966: AN IDEAL HUSBAND - Wilde (Strand)
Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ursula Jeans, Roger Livesey, Margaret Lockwood, Richard Todd [16pp; photos] (£3) SOLD

1966 (Feb): MACBETH (Theatre Royal, Brighton)
Prospect Production: Peter Jeffrey, Patricia Healey, David Barcroft, Trevor Bowen, David Swift, Julian Curry, Jeffry Wickham, Dennis Edwards, James Aubrey; dir:Toby Robertson [20pp; cast, credits, biographies, notes etc.; plus 4pp flyer; VG] (£3) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1967

1967: NYT SEASON BROCHURE (Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre etc.)
National Youth Theatre: 19 photographs, including 12 production photos, featuring Andrew Murray, Norman Eshley in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, Helen Mirren, John Nightingale, Clive Emsley, Tim Meats in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, Tim Dalton, Barrie Rutter, Tony May in LITTLE MALCOLM, Gareth Armstrong, Michael Trevor Adams, Ian Clegg, Nicola Barlow, Richard Knott in BARTHOLOMEW FAIR; message from Ralph Richardson (President), How The NYT Began by David Wright, list of productions so far, notes on the 1967 season, articles about the NYT etc.; inserted is a 4pp programme for ZIGGER ZAGGER (Peter Terson), with a cast list including Nigel Humphries, Simon Cadell, Gareth Thomas, Anthony Phipps, Francis Matthew, Martyn John, Nigel Jeffcoat, Jennifer Galloway, Loftus Burton, Hugh Coldwell, Ian Redford, Stephen Boxer, Martin Chamberlain, Russell Dixon, Stephen Hewitt, Peter Hall, Peter Jones, Michael Roberts, Charles Sturridge and many more [32pp, 8x5.3; very unusual; staples slightly rusty, else VG] (£7) SOLD

1967: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Palace Theatre, Watford)
William Simons, Guy Slater, Christopher Gable, Aileen Raymond, Gerald Taylor, Anna Wing, Ellen Sheean, Ros Drinkwater, Peter Cleall, Michael Fleming, Elizabeth Berger, Ian Ribbens; dir:Giles Havergal [12pp, 5x8.5; cast, credits, notes etc.; VG] £4

1967: AS YOU LIKE IT (Vaudeville)
Birmingham Repertory Theatre production: Brian Cox, Deborah Stanford, Tim Dalton, Alison Key, Colin Farrell, Oliver Ford-Davies, Paul Chapman, Ann Penfold; dir:Peter Dews [Brian Cox's London debut; 12pp, 6.5x8.5; cast, notes, two production photos, credits, biographies etc.; VG] £4

1967: THE SOLDIER'S FORTUNE - Otway (Royal Court)
Sheila Hancock, Charles Thomas, Elizabeth Bell, Arthur Lowe, Bridget Turner, John Nettles, Peter John, Bernard Gallagher; dir:Peter Gill [24pp; cast, credits, extensive articles etc.; ticket stapled to cover (26 Jan '67); VG] (£4) SOLD

1967: BEWARE OF THE DOG - Chekhov/Arout (St.Martin's)
John Neville, Ann Bell; dir:Noel Willman [32pp; cast, credits, photos, biographies, articles etc.; ticket stapled to cover (6 June '67); VG] £2

1967 (Sep): ROMEO AND JULIET (Adeline Genee Theatre, East Grinstead)
National Youth Theatre: Michael Adams, Veronica Sowerby, Patrick Curran, Robert Swales, Penelope Kirkman, Hazel Clyne; dir:Paul Hill [32pp, 6x9; slightly rumpled, else VG] (£2) SOLD

1967: TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (Theatre Royal, Bristol)
Bristol Old Vic Company: Nigel Terry, Frank Barrie, Angela Down, Anna Carteret, Russell Hunter, Peter Whitbread, David Calder, Neil Cunningham; dir:Stuart Burge [16pp; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1967: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE and THE KNACK - Ann Jellicoe (Northcott Theatre, Exeter)
Tony Church, Caroline John, Peter Copley, Michael Byrne, Jonathan Elsom, Davyd Harries, Hayward Morse [20pp; Opening Production of this new theatre; cast, credits, photos of the building of the theatre and its finished interior, notes by Tony Church (the theatre director), cast photos and biographies etc.; punch holes, tea stain on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG; uncommon] £4

1967: INTRIGUES AND AMOURS - based on Vanbrugh's 'Provoked Wife' (Theatre Royal, Stratford East)
Bob Grant, Gaye Brown, Brian Murphy, Stephen Lewis; dir:Joan Littlewood [4pp; cast, credits etc.; ticket stapled to cover (8 June '67); plus flyer; uncommon; VG] (£4) SOLD

1961-1967: PROSPECT PRODUCTIONS Souvenir Brochure
A survey of the Prospect Theatre Company during the years 1961-1967. Photographic features on Whiteman and Sammy, Irene, Big Soft Nellie, The Prisoner, The Wit To Woo, Look Back in Anger, Domino, The Birdwatcher, The Ginger Man, The Provok'd Wife, The Soldier's Fortune, You Never Can Tell, The Confederacy, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Square and A Door Must Be Open or Shut, The Applecart, Howards End, The Man of Mode, Getting Married, Macbeth, Thieves' Carnival, "Madam" said Dr.Johnson ..., The Gamecock, The Tempest, A Murder of No Importance, The Constant Couple, The Cherry Orchard, A Room With A View, Misalliance, and The Birthday Party. Casts include Brian Blessed, Prunella Scales, Maurice Kaufman, Dinsdale Landen, Zoe Hicks, Pinkie Johnstone, James Booth, Dudley Foster, Roy Kinnear, Bob Grant, June Barry, Andrew Crawford, John Shrapnel, Jonathan Cecil, Roger Hammond, Caroline Blakiston, John Stratton, Sylvia Coleridge, John Bown, George Selway, Trevor Martin, Eileen Atkins, June Brown, Edward Hardwicke, Barry Warren, Neil Stacy, Ann Firbank, Jeffry Wickham, Michael Meacham, Robert Eddison, Hy Hazell, Trevor Baxter, Robin Hawdon, Roy Marsden, Clive Swift, Marius Goring, John Law, John Wyse, Donald Layne-Smith, Ian Fleming, Alan MacNaughtan, June Jago, Barbara Murray, Eleanor Bron, Zena Walker, Michael Gwynn, Michael Culver, Sheila Gish, James Aubrey, Basil Hoskins, Ronnie Stevens, Sheila Ballantine, Gabrielle Drake, Clive Francis, Peter Jeffrey, Julian Curry, Timothy West, Julian Glover, Martin Potter, Valerie Taylor, Sylvia Syms, Isla Blair, Viola Keats, Marty Cruickshank, James Cairncross, Robert Hardy, Charles Kay, Eileen Beldon, Lila Kedrova, Patrick Wymark, John Byron, Bridget Turner, Edward Atienza, Michael Elphick, Richard Morant, Fiona Walker, Jean Anderson, Basil Dignam, Mona Washbourne, Tim Preece and many others; plays directed by Adrian Brine, Bryan Stonehouse, Vida Hope, John Tydeman, Clive Perry, Colin Graham, Toby Robertson, Richard Cottrell, Peter Dews, Eric Jones [c108pp, 10.5x8; 80 production photos, reviews etc.; most uncommon; VG] (£8) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1968

1968: PERICLES (ADC Theatre, Cambridge)
Amateur Dramatic Club: Andrew Hilton, Mike Avory, Clive Hartwell, Nick Clarke, Mike Jones, John Bates, John Burgess, Iain Wright, David Pynn, Edward Hill, Richard Morris, Jeremy Harris, Martin Read, Edwin Shirley, Susan Clifford, Linda Haydon, Virginia Pulmann, Nicky Graves, Kay M'Cartney, Priscilla Chadwick, Darien Angadi, David Frost, Mick Squire; dir:Dennis Marks [32pp, 6.25x7.5; cast, credits, articles, photos etc.; VG] £4

1968: TWELFTH NIGHT (Royal Court)
Kika Markham, Patrick Mower, Malcolm Tierney, John Steiner, John Normington, Vickery Turner, Jack Shepherd, Malcolm McDowell, Dennis Waterman, Paul Greenwood, Tom Chadbon, Edward Peel, Fionnuala Flanagan, Peter Sproule, Judy Liebert, Harry Meacher; dir:Jane Howell, des:Patrick Procktor, music:Derek Oldfield [24pp; unusually illustrated with 11 striking line-drawings; VG] £4

1968: HADRIAN VII - Rolf (Mermaid)
Alec McCowen, Margaret Courtenay, Alan MacNaughtan; dir:Peter Dews [32pp; extensive articles; minor marks else VG] £3

1968: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Wilde (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Isabel Jeans, Daniel Massey, John Standing, Flora Robson, Pauline Collins, Robert Eddison, Helen Weir [20pp, 5.5x8.4; excellent cast; cast photos and biographies; VG] £4

1968 (May): THE IMAGINARY INVALID - Moliere/Wood (Vaudeville)
Richard Wordsworth, Eileen Gourlay, Trader Faulkner, Ian Trigger; dir:Janos Nyiri [16pp, 6.6x8.6; notes, biographies w.photos; punch holes, date written on cover, else VG] £3

1968: ROMEO AND JULIET (Birmingham Repertory Theatre)
Anthony Corlan, Anna Calder-Marshall, Brian Cox, Hayward Morse, Oliver Ford-Davies, Alison Key, Michael Gambon (as "Mike Gambon"), Jeremy Mason, Keith Drinkel, Jane Freeman, Paul Henry, Jeffrey Holland; dir:Peter Dews [16pp, 7x9; cast, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photo, notes, credits; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

Classic Plays: 1969

1969: CYRANO DE BERGERAC - Rostand (Comedie-Francaise, Paris)
Jean Piat, Serge Maillart, Myriam Colombi, Francoise Chaumette; dir:Jacques Charon, des:Jacques Dupont [44pp, 5.1x6.9x; 29+ photos; spine slightly split, else VG] £4

1969: HAMLET (Round House)
Free Theatre Production: Nicol Williamson, Gordon Jackson, Anthony Hopkins, Judy Parfitt, Mark Dignam, Michael Pennington, Marianne Faithfull, Roger Lloyd Pack, Ben Aris, Roger Livesey, Michael Elphick; dir:Tony Richardson [4pp; cast, scenes etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] (£4) SOLD

1969: RABELAIS - Rabelais/Barrault (Old Vic)
Compagnie Renaud-Barrault: Jean-Louis Barrault, Jean-Pierre Bernard, Louis Fremont [8pp; cast, credits, synopsis, photographic cover etc.; VG] £2

1969 (May): SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER - Goldsmith (Garrick)
Tom Courtenay, Juliet Mills, James Cossins, Rosalind Knight, Trevor Peacock, Ciaran Madden, Nigel Terry; dir:Braham Murray [28pp, 6x9; biographies w.photos; VG] £4

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