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CLASSIC PLAYS: 1970-1979
Classic Plays: 1970
1970: SAINT JOAN - G.B.Shaw (Mermaid)
Angela Pleasence [16pp; minor mark on cover] £1
1970: THE ALCHEMIST - Jonson (Ashcroft Theatre)
Cambridge Theatre Company: James Bolam, John Nettleton, Jan Waters, Matthew Long, Oliver Ford-Davies, Miles Anderson; dir:Richard Cottrell [16pp; cast, credits, notes etc.] £3
1970: HEDDA GABLER - Ibsen (Lincoln Theatre Royal)
Lincoln Theatre Company: Joanna Tope, Brian Protheroe, Neil McLauchlan; dir:Clare Venables [16pp; cast, credits, photo, notes etc.] £2
1970: THE TICKET OF LEAVE MAN - Taylor (Lincoln Theatre Royal)
Lincoln Theatre Company: Howard Lloyd Lewis, Ron Hackett, Neil McLauchlan, Derek Fuke, Alison Steadman, Martin Duncan, Brian Protheroe, Clare Venables; dir:Philip Hedley, Clare Venables [16pp; cast, credits, notes etc.] £2
1970: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Birmingham Repertory Theatre)
Peter Whitbread, Petronella Ford, John Baddeley; dir:Michael Simpson [16pp; cast, credits, photos, biographies etc.] £2
1970: AN ITALIAN STRAW HAT - Labiche/Michel (Lincoln Theatre Royal)
Lincoln Theatre Company: Brian Protheroe, Ron Hackett, Rhys McConnochie, Derek Fuke, Rob Hackett, Martin Duncan, Jill Spurrier; dir:David Bradford, choreography: Jean Boht [16pp; cast, credits, articles etc.] £2
1970: AS YOU LIKE IT (Theatre Royal, Bristol)
Bristol Old Vic Company: Elizabeth Counsell, Nicholas Pennell, Bernard Hepton, John Rowe, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jeremy Irons, Michael Rothwell, Philip Lowrie, Simon Cadell; dir:Val May [16pp; cast, scenes etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
1970: THE DREAM PLAY - Strindberg (Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm)
Georg Arlin, Malin Ek, Ake Lagergren, and large company; dir:Ingmar Bergman [52pp, 5.2x8.3; programme in English; commentary, extensive notes, comments on previous productions and performances, illustrations, 50+ excellent photographs etc.; VG] £5
1970: RATTEL - Livings, and AN ITALIAN STRAW HAT - Labiche/Michel (Oxford Playhouse)
Lincoln Theatre Company: Brian Protheroe, Ron Hackett, Rhys McConnochie, Joanna Tope, Derek Fuke, Rob Hackett, Martin Duncan, Jill Spurrier; dir:Philip Hedley, David Bradford, choreography: Jean Boht [16pp; cast, credits, biographies, notes etc.] £3
1970: ANDROMAQUE - Racine (Oxford Playhouse)
Lucette Andrieu, Marcel Crouzet, David Marks, Nicole Gore, Guillaume Robichez, Alain Barthelemey; dir:Merlin Thomas [20pp; 4 cast photos, notes etc.; VG] £3
1970: EDWARD II and RICHARD II (Piccadilly) Souvenir Brochure
Prospect Productions: Ian McKellen, Timothy West, David Calder, Robert Eddison, Charmian Eyre, Diane Fletcher, Lucy Fleming, Stephen Greif, Paul Hardwick, Nigel Havers, Michael Howarth, James Laurenson, Trevor Martin, Richard Morant, Jeremy Nicholas, Terence Wilton etc. [24pp large-size (11.5x8.25) souvenir programme; 30+ cast and production photos (some in colour), cast and company biographies, colour costume designs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £6
1970: HAMLET (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead)
Michael York, Douglas Rain, Stephanie Bidmead, Deborah Grant, James Ottaway, Ian Ogilvy, Nicolas Chagrin, David Weston, John Gower; dir:Joseph O'Conor [20pp, 5.5x8.5; biographies w.photos, articles etc.; a few minor marks, else VG] (£4) SOLD
Classic Plays: 1971
1971: ROMEO AND JULIET (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park)
Hugh Ross, Marilyn Taylerson, Patricia Kneale, Christopher Good, Peter Godfrey, Maureen Pryor, Gregory Floy, Anthony Andrews, Brett Usher, Nigel Jeffcoat; dir:Richard Digby Day [20pp, 4.75x7.25; cast, credits, biographies, photo, notes etc.; slight foxing] £4
1971: THE CRITIC AS ARTIST - Wilde adapt.Marowitz (Open Space Theatre)
Timothy West, Peter Davies; dir:Charles Marowitz [6pp triple-fold; credits etc.; VG] £2
1971: THE DUCHESS OF MALFI (Royal Court)
Judy Parfitt, Victor Henry, Oliver Cotton, Brian Protheroe, Gareth Thomas, Henry Woolf; dir:Peter Gill [6pp triple-fold; unusual "hand-written" programme; VG] £4
1971: HAMLET (Fortune Theatre)
Oxford and Cambridge Theatre Company: Hugh Thomas, Jonathan James-Moore, Cristobel Gairdner, Clare Howard, Mike Baker, Charles Sturridge (as Rosencrantz), Andrew Hilton, James Barraclough; dir:Jonathan Miller [20pp; credits etc.; VG] £4
1971: CHARLEY'S AUNT (Apollo)
Tom Courtenay, Wolfe Morris, Dily Hamlett, James Cossins, Celia Bannerman, David Horovitch, Gareth Forwood, Joanna McCallum, Emily Richard; dir:Braham Murray [28pp; cast, 6 production photos, biographies etc.; VG] £4
1971: THE LADY FROM THE SEA - Ibsen (Greenwich Theatre)
John Thaw, Fulton Mackay, Ann Lynn, Robert Powell [6pp triple-fold; 5.5x11.75; minor mark on cover] £2
1971: OXFORD PLAYHOUSE 1956-1971 Souvenir (Oxford Playhouse)
Dirk Bogarde, Sean Connery, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Roger Livesey, Sybil Thorndike, Alan Badel etc. etc. [36pp; nearly 50 production photographs from 1956 to 1971; a fascinating and substantial souvenir of this well-respected company; cover grubby, contents fine] £SOLD
1971: MACBETH (Greenwich Theatre)
Alan Dobie, Hildegard Neil; dir:Ewan Hooper [6pp triple fold; 5.5x11.5] (£1) SOLD
1971: HAMLET (Cambridge Theatre) Nottingham Playhouse Co.
Alan Bates, Douglas Wilmer, Celia Johnson, Angela Scoular [12pp; photos] (£5) SOLD
Classic Plays: 1972
1972 (Aug): HAMLET (Bankside Globe Playhouse)
Keith Michell, Donald Houston, Helen Cherry, Carolyn Seymour, Gary Raymond, David Gwillim, Peter Ellis, Ron Moody, Peter Davidson, Ralph Nossek; dir:Peter Coe [10pp, 7.1x8.5; cast, credits etc.; VG] £4
1972 (July): THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLDAY (Bankside Globe Playhouse)
Crucible Theatre Company: Douglas Campbell, Oliver Smith, John Byron, Ann Casson, James Tomlinson, Rowland Davies, Susan Wooldridge [10pp; cast, scenes etc.; minor marks else VG] £2
1972: HEDDA GABLER (Royal Court)
Jill Bennett, Ronald Hines, Denholm Elliott, Brian Cox; dir:Anthony Page [24pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4
1972 (Jun): LOVE'S LABOURS LOST and KING LEAR (Aldwych)
Prospect Theatre Company: Timothy West, Timothy Dalton, Trevor Martin, Michael Graham Cox, Vivienne Martin, Prunella Scales, Henry Moxon, Jill Dixon, Sheila Ballantine, Ronnie Stevens, James Snell, John Bailey, Mark Jones; dir:Toby Robertson [28pp, 5.25x9; biographies, photos, articles, notes etc.; VG] (£5) SOLD
1972: VENICE PRESERVED - Otway, and TARTUFFE - Moliere (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh)
Glasgow Citizens' Theatre Company: Colin Haigh, Rupert Frazer, Angela Chadfield, Jeremy Blake, David Yelland, Mike Gwilym, Celia Foxe, David Hayman, Jill Spurrier; dir:Robert David McDonald, Giles Havergal [16pp; cast, credits, biographies, notes, photos etc.] (£4) SOLD
1972: SOUVENIR CASEBOOK FOR THE PROSPECT THEATRE COMPANY SEASON (Tour)
Prospect Theatre Company: LOVE'S LABOURS LOST and KING LEAR with Timothy West, John Shrapnel, Trevor Martin, Michael Graham Cox, Caroline Blakiston, Diane Fletcher, Henry Moxon, Fiona Walker, Ronnie Stevens, James Snell, John Bailey, Sheila Ballantine, Timothy Dalton, Jill Dixon, Mark Jones, Vivienne Martin, Prunella Scales, David Rintoul; dir:Toby Robertson [a most unusual souvenir, consisting of a slipcase containing 1). a 12-page Souvenir Programme for KING LEAR (Edinburgh Festival 1971) w.cast list, production notes, illustrated articles, 8 photos of previous productions, notes etc.; 2). 1971 30"x 20" Poster for both plays with 8 production photos of KING LEAR 1971 on the back; and 3). 6-page folder for LOVE'S LABOURS LOST 1972, with 10 production photos, and a VINYL DISC OF AN ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING OF 3 HIT SONGS; slipcase very slightly grubby, else VG] (£15) SOLD
1972: THE RIVALS - Sheridan (Sadler's Wells)
Maxine Audley, Anthony Sharp, Philip Bond, Anne Rutter, David Jason (as Acres); dir:Malcolm Taylor [24pp, 5.25x9; cast, credits, biographies w.photos; VG] (£4) SOLD
Classic Plays: 1973
1973: A DOLL'S HOUSE - Ibsen (Criterion)
Claire Bloom, Colin Blakely, Anton Rodgers, Peter Woodthorpe; dir:Patrick Garland [24pp; cast, credits, photos, biographies etc.] £4
1973: THE CORNISH MYSTERY CYCLE (Northcott Theatre, Exeter)
Desmond Adams, Brian Capron, Derek Fuke, Paul Jesson, Janette Legge, Maggie Wells, Geraldine Wright, Jane Howell (as Mrs.Noah), Chris Winnera, John Dove; dir:Kevin Robinson [12pp, 8.4x11.75; cast, credits, photos, extensive articles etc.] £4
Classic Plays: 1974
1974: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (Oxford Playhouse)
Oxford Playhouse Company: Richard O'Sullivan, Brian Murphy, Richard Wilson, Patrick O'Connell, Andre Van Gyseghem, John Fraser, Peter Baldwin, Norman Warwick; dir:Gordon McDougall [20pp; cast, scenes, notes, company photograph etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2
1974: TARTUFFE - Moliere (Assembly Hall, Edinburgh)
Actors' Company: Windsor Davies, Charles Kay, Sheila Burrell, Sheila Reid, Paola Dionisotti, Robert Eddison, Edward Petherbridge, Robin Ellis, Mark McManus; dir:Peter James [12pp, 4x10; cast, credits, notes, biographies etc.] £3
1974: THE BACCHAE - Euripides/Arrowsmith, and A PANTOMIME - Petherbridge (Assembly Hall, Edinburgh)
Actors' Company: Mark McManus, Robin Ellis, Edward Petherbridge, Robert Eddison, Paola Dionisotti, Sharon Duce, Sheila Reid, Windsor Davies, Charles Kay, Sheila Burrell; dir:Edward Petherbridge [12pp, 4x10; cast, credits, notes, biographies etc.] (£3) SOLD
1974: GHOSTS - Ibsen (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh)
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company: Edith MacArthur, Ron Bain, James Cairncross, Leonard Maguire, Susan Carpenter; dir:Stephen MacDonald [16pp; cast, credits, photo, notes etc.] £3
1974: HAMLET (Greenwich Theatre)
Peter Eyre, Robert Stephens, Irene Worth, Nicola Pagett, Anthony Nicholls, George Howe, Antony Brown, Philip Lowrie, Nicky Henson, Michael Tudor Barnes, Jonathan Cecil, Graham Seed, Nicholas le Prevost; dir:Jonathan Miller [16pp, 8.25x11.75; biographies, photos, costume renderings, articles etc.; pronounced horizontal crease, else VG] £4
1974: PYGMALION - Shaw (Albery)
Diana Rigg, Alec McCowen, Bob Hoskins, Jack May, Ellen Pollock, Simon MacCorkindale; dir:John Dexter [28pp; cast, credits, photo, notes etc.] (£4) SOLD
Classic Plays: 1975
1975: EMLYN WILLIAMS AS CHARLES DICKENS - Dickens/Williams (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Emlyn Williams [16pp; photos] £2
1975 (Mch): ROMEO AND JULIET (Bristol Little Theatre)
Bristol Old Vic Company: John Nolan, Paula Wilcox, June Barrie, Malcolm Sinclair, Jeremy Sinden, George Raistrick, Christopher Scoular, Mark Buffery, Hazel McBride; dir:David Horlock [16pp; cast, credits, biographies; minor marks, else VG] £2
1975: HENRY IV Pts.I & II and HENRY V (Tour) Souvenir Brochure
Prospect Theatre Company: Timothy Dalton, Paul Hardwick, Edgar Wreford, Tim Hardy, Sylvia Coleridge, Peter Penry-Jones, Russell Dixon, Ken Bones, John Warner; dir:Kenny McBain [20pp, 11.75x8.25; cast lists, History of Prospect (w.9 photos and illustrations), illustrated articles, rehearsal photos, cast biographies w.photos, credits, theatre information; light vertical crease, else VG] (£5) SOLD
1975: THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE - Colman/Garrick (Savoy)
Alastair Sim, Ron Moody, Dandy Nichols; dir:Ian McKellen [24pp; production photos] (£4) SOLD
Classic Plays: 1976
1976: TARTUFFE - Moliere/Thompson (Greenwich)
Leonard Rossiter, Ewan Hooper, Betty Hardy, Neil Daglish, Denys Hawthorne, Freda Dowie, Scott Antony, Richard Mayes, Patrick Hannaway; dir:David Thompson [20pp; biographies, illustrations, articles etc.; VG] £3
1976: THE ARTFUL WIDOW - Goldini/Davies/Sparks (Greenwich)
Diane Cilento, Frank Barrie, Richard Kane, Timothy Carlton, Michael Deacon, John Kane, Richard Mayes; dir:Ian Watt Smith [20pp; biographies, illustrations, articles etc.; VG] £2
1976: THE SEAGULL - Chekhov (Derby Playhouse)
Alan Bates, Sheila Ballantine, Richard O'Callaghan, Georgina Hale, Robert Flemyng, Doreen Mantle, Denis Holmes; dir:Mark Woolgar [20pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos; minor stain on cover, else VG] £3
1976: OTHELLO (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park)
Robert Stephens, Edward Fox, Lorna Heilbron, Clive Arrindell, Ursula Mohan; dir:Mervyn Willis [16pp; cast, credits, biographies, photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1976: RICHARD III (St.George's)
Alan Badel, Joseph O'Conor, Philip Voss, Lynn Farleigh, Rosemary Leach, Margaret Wolfit, Malcolm Ranson, Ann Casson, Ronnie Stevens; dir:Douglas Campbell [24pp, 8.25x8.25; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, costume designs, illustrated articles etc.; w.tickets; VG] £4
1976: HEDDA GABLER - Ibsen/Osborne (The Rep, Dundee)
Jan Wilson, Peter Laird, Robert Robertson, Benny Young; dir:Stephen MacDonald [16pp; cast, credits, notes, biographies etc.; w.two newsclippings] £2
1976 (Apr): HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS - Coyne, LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET - Hazlewood (Bristol Little Theatre)
Bristol Old Vic Company: Robert O'Mahoney, Sally Mates, Graham Callan, Caroline Langrishe, Miles Anderson, Ronald Russell; dir:John David [16pp; cast, credits, article; VG] £2
1976 (Feb): ANATOL - Schnitzler/Marcus (The Open Space)
Derek Godfrey, Nicholas Selby, Prunella Scales; dir:Charles Marowitz [duplicated 4pp sheet; cast, credits, notes; rumpled, else VG] £1
1976: THE WHITE DEVIL - John Webster (Old Vic)
Glenda Jackson, Jonathan Pryce, Jack Shepherd, Frances de la Tour, Patrick Magee, John Kane, James Villiers, Miriam Margolyes; dir:Michael Lindsay-Hogg [4pp, 5.8x8.25] (£4) SOLD
Classic Plays: 1977
1977: 28-PAGE SOUVENIR BROCHURE FOR 'PROSPECT' AT THE OLD VIC (Old Vic)
Prospect Theatre Company: Glossy Souvenir Brochure for Prospect, newly based at the Old Vic
25 excellent production photos from previous shows: Eileen Atkins, Ann Bell in THE PROVOK'D WIFE, Timothy West in THE TEMPEST, Lila Kedrova, Patrick Wymark in THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Ian McKellen in EDWARD II and RICHARD II, Ronnie Stevens, Timothy West in LOVE'S LABOURS LOST, Harold Innocent, Jan Waters in PERICLES, Brian Cox, Jonathan Hyde in PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, John Turner in WAR MUSIC, Timothy Dalton in HENRY V, Derek Jacobi, Isla Blair in TWELFTH NIGHT, Dorothy Tutin, Derek Jacobi in A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN, Derek Jacobi, Sharon Gurney in IVANOV, VENICE PRESERV'D, Timothy West in KING LEAR, Eileen Atkins, Emrys James, Robert Eddison in SAINT JOAN, Derek Jacobi in HAMLET, Alec McCowen, Dorothy Tutin in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, Barbara Jefford, John Turner in ALL FOR LOVE, Timothy West in WAR MUSIC, Barbara Jefford in HAMLET; History of Prospect, list of leading actors, UK and International Tours etc. [28pp, 8.25x11.75; VG] (£8) SOLD
1977: PROSPECT AT THE OLD VIC (Old Vic) Repertoire Leaflet
Prospect Theatre Company: Informative leaflet for Prospect's November-December Old Vic Season; the plays performed were WAR MUSIC, ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, HAMLET, and ALL FOR LOVE; 18 small production photos; casts included Derek Jacobi, Dorothy Tutin, Robert Eddison, Barbara Jefford, Alec McCowen, Timothy West, John Turner, Suzanne Bertish, John Rowe; the directors were Toby Robertson and Frank Hauser [8pp quadruple-fold; photos, brief cast details, commentaries, booking information, performance schedule; uncommon; VG] (£4) SOLD
1977: HEDDA GABLER - Ibsen (Duke of York's)
Janet Suzman, Ian Bannen, John Shrapnel, Jonathan Kent [16pp; photos] £3
1977: LOVE'S LABOURS LOST and HENRY THE FIFTH (Open Air, Regent's Park)
Clive Arrindell, Christopher Good, Ian Talbot, Celia Imrie, Louise Purnell, Stephen Hoye, Graham Callan, Granville Saxton, Richard Goolden, Ian Bartholomew, Esmond Knight, Nigel Jeffcoat; dir:David Conville [24pp; cast, credits, notes, costume designs, biographies, 1977 schedule etc.] £4
1977 (Mch): MACBETH (Derby Playhouse)
Antony Webb, Moira Redmond, David Hobbs, Peter Barnes, Barry Woolgar, Garrick Hagon; dir:Mark Woolgar [20pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos; VG] £3
1977: THE FATHER - Strindberg (Greenwich)
Patrick Allen, Vivien Merchant, Bill Wallis; dir:Keith Hack [24pp; biographies, illustrations, articles etc.; VG] £3
1977 (Sep): THE BIRDWATCHER - Feydeau/Cottrell (Bristol Old Vic)
Bristol Old Vic Company: Mary Miller, Peter John, Paul Seed, Jenny Galloway, Stuart Fox, Phillip Manikum, June Barrie, Ian Price; dir:Michael Joyce [20pp; cast, credits, illustrated articles; VG] £3
1977: WAR MUSIC- Homer/Logue (Old Vic)
Prospect Theatre Company: Timothy West, Rupert Frazer, John Turner, Michael Howarth, Philip York, William Louther, Terence Wilton, Andrew Seear, Barbara Jefford, David Shaughnessy, Alice Stopczynski etc. [36pp; many striking photographs; substantial programme] £5
1977: SAINT JOAN - G.B.Shaw (Old Vic)
Prospect Theatre Company: Eileen Atkins, Ronnie Stevens, Robert Eddison [36pp; photos, illustrations, historical items; substantial programme] £4
1977: SAINT JOAN - G.B.Shaw (Old Vic)
Prospect Theatre Company: Eileen Atkins, Charles Kay, Robert Eddison, Geoffrey Palmer, Emrys James [36pp; photos, illustrations, historical items; substantial programme, w.cast list insert; VG] £4
1977: ALL FOR LOVE - Dryden (Old Vic)
Prospect Theatre Company: Barbara Jefford, John Turner, John Nettleton, Robert Eddison, Oz Clarke, Andrew Seear, Michael Thomas, Zoe Hicks, Michael Howarth, Daphne Rogers; dir:Frank Hauser [36pp; biographies, 5 photographs, articles, illustrations; substantial programme] £5
1977: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER - Goldsmith (Theatre Royal, Windsor)
Michael Denison, Pauline Jameson, Ian Talbot, Elizabeth Counsell, Robert East, Jonathan Elsom, John Counsell; dir:David Conville [24pp; cast, credits, biographies, photos etc.] £3
1977: SHAKESPEARE AT ST.GEORGE'S (St.George's) Souvenir Brochure
24-page Souvenir Brochure for the 1977 Shakespeare at St.George's season; the plays performed were THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, HAMLET, and THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR; brochure contains 8 illustrated articles, a history of St.George's (w.photos), 27 cast biographies w.photos; also a cast-list insert and ticket for THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, with George Murcell, Anna Carteret, John Tordoff, Ronnie Stevens, David Horovitch, Steven Beard, Kevin Stoney, Andrew Branch, Elvi Hale, Lynn Dearth; dir:Joseph O'Conor [24pp, 11.5x8.25; minor bend, else VG] £5
Classic Plays: 1978
1978: THE SPANISH TRAGEDY - Kyd (Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow)
John Sommerville, Richard Rees, Celia Foxe, Robin Hooper, Paul Barber, Aaron Harris; dir:Robert David MacDonald [single sheet 10x15, folded twice; poster on one side, cast and credits on the other; in original folds] £2
1978: AN IDEAL HUSBAND - Wilde (Greenwich)
Anna Carteret, Frank Barrie, Robert Swann, Michael Tudor Barnes, Ewan Hooper, Lucinda Gane, Barbara Atkinson, Susan Porrett, Michelle Newell; dir:Robert Kidd [28pp; biographies, illustrations, articles etc.; VG] £3
1978: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and THE MAN OF DESTINY and THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS - Shaw (Open Air, Regent's Park)
Ian Talbot, Granville Saxton, Rula Lenska, Clive Carter, Elizabeth Estensen, Anthony Sharp, Zelah Clarke, David Whitworth, Maria Aitken, Helen Weir; dir:David Conville, Richard Digby-Day, Christopher Biggins [24pp; cast, credits, photo, notes, biographies, 1978 schedule etc.] £4
1978: LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN - Wilde (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford)
Jessie Matthews, Wilfrid Hyde White, Moira Lister, Ian Hendry, Jenny Quayle, Michael Cochrane; dir:Val May [20pp; cast, credits, biographies, notes, photos etc.] £3
1978: AN IDEAL HUSBAND - Wilde (Churchill Theatre, Bromley)
Sylvia Sims, Renee Asherson, Lewis Jones, Edward de Souza; dir:Patrick Lau [20pp; cast, credits, biographies, photos, notes etc.] £3
1978: KING OEDIPUS - Sophocles/Yeats (Vanbrugh Theatre)
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art: George Fisher, Clare Dow, Suzanne Burden, Michael Simkins, Tim Spall; dir:Geoff Bullen [single-sheet folded in four, 11.5x16.5; cast, credits; VG] £2
1978: THE ALCHEMIST (Nottingham Playhouse)
Ken Campbell, Nick Le Prevost, Anita Dobson, Jack Galloway, Arthur Kohn, Ralph Nossek; dir:Richard Eyre [8pp quadruple-fold; cast, notes, credits etc.; VG] £2
1978: TWELFTH NIGHT (Old Vic)
Prospect Theatre Company: Eileen Atkins, Michael Denison, Louise Purnell, Robert Eddison [36pp; photos; substantial; with news clipping] £5
1978: KING LEAR (Old Vic)
Prospect Theatre Company: Anthony Quayle [40pp; photos; substantial; slightly tatty] £4
1978: THE RIVALS - Sheridan (Old Vic)
Prospect Theatre Company: Anthony Quayle, Margaret Courtenay, Isla Blair, Christopher Neame, James Aubrey, Matthew Guinness, Enn Reitel, Kevin Whateley; dir:Anthony Quayle and Ian Judge [36pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, articles; VG] £4
1978?: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Old Vic)
Prospect Theatre Company: Barbara Jefford, John Turner [36pp; photos, pictorial history of the Old Vic; substantial programme] £5
1978: THE THREEPENNY OPERA - Brecht/Weill (Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow)
Patrick Hannaway, Ciaran Hinds, Fidelis Morgan, Robert Gwilym, Daniel Webb, Sian Thomas, Angela Chadfield, David Gann, Daffyd Burne-Jones, Giles Havergal, Stewart Laing, Gerry McGonagle; dir:Philip Prowse [single sheet 10x15, folded twice; poster on one side, cast and credits on the other; in original folds] (£3) SOLD
1978: THE CHANGELING - Middleton/Rowley (Riverside Studios)
Brian Cox, Robert Lindsay, Emma Piper, Polly Hemingway, David Ryall, David Troughton, David Rintoul, Sharon Duce; dir:Peter Gill [16pp; cast, credits, biographies, notes, 23 sketches of the cast and production team etc.; an attractive and informative programme; w.ticket (15 Sep '78)] (£4) SOLD
Classic Plays: 1979
1979: LOVE FOR LOVE (Theatre Royal, Bristol)
Bristol Old Vic: Miles Anderson, Lynette Davies, Richard Mayes, Robert O'Mahoney, June Barrie, Sheila Ballantine, Amanda Redman; dir:Adrian Noble [20pp; cast, biographies, credits, illustrated article etc.; VG] £3
1979: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE - Ibsen (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh)
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company: John Turner, Jan Wilson, Jane Paton, Tom Criddle, Sebastian Breaks; dir:Mark Piper [16pp; cast, credits, biographies, notes etc.] £3
1979: ROMEO AND JULIET (Old Vic)
Old Vic Company: Ian Richardson, Barbara Jefford, Ronnie Stevens, Michael Thomas, Janet Maw, Steven Beard, Mark Buffery, Art Malik, Hugh Sullivan, Ralph Michael, Maroussia Frank, Trevor Martin; dir:Toby Robertson and Christopher Selbie [32pp; biographies, notes, articles, photos; w.ticket for first preview (14 Aug); VG] £4
1979: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (Old Vic)
Old Vic Company: Ian Richardson, John Cording, Hugh Sullivan, Trevor Martin, Ralph Michael, Ronnie Stevens, Steven Beard, Barbara Jefford, Maroussia Frank, Michael Thomas; dir:Toby Robertson and Christopher Selbie [36pp; cast, illustrated articles, biographies, rehearsal photo, credits etc.; punch holes, else VG] £4
1979: THE LONDON CUCKOLDS - Ravenscroft (Royal Court)
Alan Dobie, Kenneth Cranham, Barry Stanton, Deborah Norton, Michael Elphick, Stephanie Beacham, Brian Protheroe, James Saxon; dir:Stuart Burge [12pp; cast, credits, biographies, notes etc.; attractive programme; w.ticket (27 Feb '79)] (£3) SOLD
1979: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT - Dostoyevsky/Brown (Lyceum Little Theatre, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh)
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company: Philip Franks, Maureen Beattie, Matthew Francis, James Cairncross, Patrick Malahide; dir:Stephen MacDonald [16pp; cast, credits, biographies, notes etc.] (£3) SOLD
1979: THE TEMPEST (Lyceum Little Theatre, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh)
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company: Stephen MacDonald, Matthew Francis, Maureen Beattie, Philip Franks, John Grieve, James Cairncross; dir:Mark Piper [16pp; cast, credits, biographies, notes etc.] (£3) SOLD
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