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CLASSIC PLAYS: 1980-1989
Classic Plays: 1980
1980 (June): A FLEA IN HER EAR - Feydeau/Mortimer (Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead)
Christopher Ryan, Jonathan Hackett, Janette Legge, Anna Calder-Marshall, David Burke, Jonathan Elsom, Michael Cashman; dir:Mark Cullingford, Edward Hardwicke [24pp; cast, credits, 14 biographies w.photos, articles; VG] £3
1980 (Mch): THE SEAGULL - Chekhov (Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon)
Barbara Jefford, Sam Dale, Bernard Lloyd, Janet Maw, Robert Flemyng, Richard Mayes; dir:Patrick Lau [20pp; cast, credits, photos, biographies w.photos, articles; VG] £3
1980: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Theatre Royal, Bristol)
Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company: Robert O'Mahoney, Clive Wood, Clive Wouters, Mark Buffery, Meg Davies, Nickolas Grace, Louise Jameson, Daniel Day-Lewis (as Philostrate); dir:Richard Cottrell [20pp; cast, illustrated articles, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £3
1980: MACBETH (Arts Theatre, Cambridge)
Cambridge Theatre Company: Brian Cox, Gemma Jones, Edward Jewesbury, Paul Whitworth, Kenny Ireland, Iain Mitchell, James Aubrey, Emma Williams; dir:Jonathan Lynn [28pp; cast, biographies, company photo, illustrated articles etc.; mark on front cover, else VG] £2
1980: DR.FAUSTUS - Marlowe (Fortune)
James Aubrey, Patrick Magee, Garry Cooper; dir:Christopher Fettes [24pp; 5 large production photos; VG] £2
1980: THE STREETS OF LONDON - Boucicault (Her Majesty's)
William Squire, Royce Mills, Helen Cherry, Susannah Fellows, Patsy Byrne; dir:Diane Cilento [32pp; photos; VG] £4
1980: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Old Vic/24 Sept 1980)
Old Vic Company: Timothy West, Maureen O'Brien, Michael Cochrane, Christopher Fulford, Bernard Archard [36pp; w.newspaper review clipping] £4
1980: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Wilde (Old Vic/14 Oct 1980)
Old Vic Company: Richard Easton, David Downer, Margaretta Scott, James Bree, Polly Adams, Isabelle Amyes, Joyce Grant; dir:Frank Hauser [36pp, 5.25x9; illustrated articles, biographies w.photos etc.; VG] £4
1980: TRELAWNY OF THE 'WELLS' - Arthur Wing Pinero (Old Vic/16 Dec 1980)
Old Vic Company: Robert Lindsay, Bill Fraser, Belinda Sinclair, Lynne Miller, June Ritchie, Neil McCaul, Ken Wynne, David Shaughnessy; dir:Timothy West [36pp, 5.25x9; production history w.7 period photos, biogs etc.; VG] £4
1980: JULIUS CAESAR (Riverside Studios)
Robert Flemyng, John Shrapnel, Michael Byrne, Phil Daniels, David Horovitch, Gillian Barge, Paul Bentall, Jack Klaff, Peter Wight, Anthony Head; dir:Peter Gill [20pp; cast photos and biographies, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £2
1980: RICHARD III (The Roundhouse) Souvenir Brochure
Rustaveli Company of Georgia, USSR: Ramaz Chkhikvadze and many others; dir:Robert Sturua [16pp, 8.25x11.75; cast, credits, articles, synopsis, text of selected extracts, 6 large photos etc.] £5
1980 (16 December): TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS (Old Vic) Royal Gala Souvenir Brochure
Old Vic Company: Gala Performance in the Presence of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother w.Robert Lindsay, Bill Fraser, Belinda Sinclair, Lynne Miller, June Ritchie, Neil McCaul, Ken Wynne, David Shaughnessy; dir:Timothy West [68pp, 8.25x11.75; illustrated articles, photographs, 5 production photos, cast photos and biographies, company cartoons etc.; VG] £5
1980: MACBETH (Old Vic/3 Sept 1980)
Old Vic Company: Peter O'Toole, Frances Tomelty, Brian Blessed, Clive Wood, Dudley Sutton; dir:Brian Forbes [36pp, 5.25x9; illustrated articles, biogs etc.; the famous disastrous production] (£6) SOLD
1980: HAMLET (Royal Court)
Jonathan Pryce, Michael Elphick, Jill Bennett, Harriet Walter, Christopher Logue; dir:Richard Eyre [16pp; cast, credits, biographies, articles, illustrations etc.] (£5) SOLD
Classic Plays: 1981
1981: BRITTANICUS (Lyric Studio)
Jonathan Kent, Siobhan McKenna, Alan MacNaughtan, Garry Cooper; dir:Christopher Fettes [6pp triple-fold; cast, biographies, credits, notes, etc.; VG] £2
1981: THE RELAPSE (Vanbrugh)
Old Vic Company: John Nettles, Maureen O'Brien, Richard Kay (for Barry Woolgar), Jonathan Coy, Simon Butteriss, Celia Foxe, Stephanie Cole; dir:Michael Simpson [28pp, 5.75x8.25; illustrated articles, biogs etc.; VG] £4
1981: ST.JOAN - G.B.Shaw (Arts Theatre, Cambridge)
Cambridge Theatre Company: Julie Covington, Ronnie Letham, Ian Hogg, Fulton Mackay, David Bamber; dir:Nancy Meckler [28pp, 5.75x8.25; VG] £4
1981: KING LEAR (Theatre Royal, Bristol)
Bristol Old Vic: Graham Crowden, Peter Copley, Malcolm Rennie, Ian Mackenzie, Peter Woodward, Patrick Malahide, Philip Lowrie [20pp; cast, biogs, illustrated articles, credits etc.; VG] £3
1981: HAMLET (Theatre Royal, Stratford East)
Frank Grimes, Del Henney, Colette O'Neil, Cora Kinnaird, Tim Woodward, Bob Hornery, Trevor Martin, Bob Todd; dir:Lindsay Anderson [16pp; cast, biogs, rehearsal and company photos, programme notes etc.; minor marks else VG] £4
1981: ST. MARK'S GOSPEL (Globe)
Alec McCowen [32pp; illustrated articles, 15 excellent photos of Alec McCowen in various productions, credits etc.; VG] £4
1981: SHAKESPEARE'S ROME: JULIUS CAESAR and ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Mermaid)
Timothy Dalton, Carmen du Sautoy, Colin Bennett, Andrew Branch, Gilbert Wynne, Morgan Sheppard; dir:Bernard Miles, Ron Pember [32pp; rehearsal photos, articles, cast list, biographies, notes on The Mermaid] (£4) SOLD
1981: EASTWARD HO! - Jonson (Mermaid)
Richard O'Brien, Anita Dobson, Mark Rylance, Clive Merrison, Bill Homewood; Musical adaptation dir: Robert Chetwyn, music: Nick Bicat, lyrics: Howard Schuman [32pp; cast, credits, list of musical numbers, biographies, 7 excellent rehearsal photos etc.; smart programme; VG] £5
1981: THE SOLDIER'S FORTUNE (Lyric Hammersmith)
Cambridge Theatre Company: Peter Woodward, James Aubrey, Hugh Paddick, Dilys Watling, Brian Murphy; dir:Sheila Hancock [24pp; cast, biogs, programme notes etc.; VG] £4
1981 (May): HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO DECLARE? - M.A.Hennequin and P.Veber adapt.Cogo-Fawcett/Murray (Roundhouse)
Royal Exchange Theatre Company: Dilys Hamlett, Noel Howlett, Derek Griffiths, Brian Cox, Susan Littler; dir:Braham Murray [16pp, 8.25x11.75; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] (£4) SOLD
1981: THE MISANTHROPE (Roundhouse)
Royal Exchange Theatre Company: Tom Courtenay, Christopher Gable, Tim McInnerny, Geoffrey Bateman, Cecilia Richards, Janet Ellis; dir:Caspar Wrede [16pp, 8.25x11.75; cast, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
Classic Plays: 1982
1982: THE THREE SISTERS (Vanbrugh Theatre)
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art production: Sean Bean (spelled here as Shaun), James Wilby, Janet McTeer, Alison Steele, Leslie DoQui, Denica Fairman, Jenny Farnon, Gwynn Beech Davies, Trevor Blythe, Gerrard McArthur; dir:Helena Kaut-Howson [single sheet (8.25x11.7) folded in four; cast, credits, notes on previous students of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; article about the Vanbrugh Theatre Club; slightly rumpled, else VG; most unusual programme for this student production, featuring several stars of the future] £5
1982: TWELFTH NIGHT (Donmar)
Emily Richard, John Fraser, Gary Raymond, Edward Petherbridge, Edward Hardwicke, Suzan Farmer [11.5x16.5, single sheet, twice folded; cast, biogs etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2
1982: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS and THE ADMIRABLE BASHVILLE (Open Air, Regent's Park) Season Brochure
Kate O'Mara, Christopher Neame, James Cairncross, Douglas Hodge, Berwick Kaler, Joan Davies, Christopher Biggins, William Relton, Emily Richard, Peter Woodward, Oscar James, Helen Ryan, Janet Spencer-Turner [28pp; cast, biogs etc.; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
1982 (Oct): THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Wilde (Buxton Opera House)
Tynewear Theatre Company: Irene Sutcliffe, Philip Bowen, Tim Brierley, Charles Simon; dir:Kim Grant [12pp; cast, credits, biographies, articles; vertical crease, else VG] £3
1982: HAMLET (Donmar Warehouse)
Anton Lesser, John Shrapnel, Susan Engel, Kathryn Pogson, Alan MacNaughtan, Iain Mitchell, Ken Stott, Philip Locke, Paul Curran, Ian McNeice, John Grillo; dir:Jonathan Miller [12pp, single sheet, folded three times; biographies, cast list etc.; VG] £4
1982: HAMLET (Piccadilly)
Anton Lesser, John Shrapnel, Susan Engel, Kathryn Pogson, Alan MacNaughtan, Iain Mitchell, Ken Stott, Philip Locke, Paul Curran, Ian McNeice, John Grillo; dir:Jonathan Miller [24pp, 5.25x8.5; 6 production photos, biographies, cast list etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1982: THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS - Goldini/Duncan/Ultz (Richmond Theatre)
Cambridge Theatre Company: Patrick Mower, Bob Goody, Elizabeth Estensen, Anita Dobson, Steven Beard, Billy Hartman, Geoffrey Freshwater, Ian Bartholomew, Darlene Johnson; dir:Martin Duncan, Ultz; music+lyrics:Martin Duncan [24pp; cast, credits, list of scenes and songs, biographies etc.] £3
1982 (Aug): SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER - Goldsmith (Lyric Hammersmith)
Anthony Sharp, Betty Marsden, Ron Cook, Tracey Ullman, Nigel Terry, Hugh Fraser, Richard Caldicot; dir:William Gaskill [24pp; cast, credits, biographies, illustrated articles; minor ink marks, else VG] £4
1982 (Feb): EDWARD II - Brecht/Smith/Manheim (Round House)
Foco Novo Theatre Company: David Dixon, Billy McColl, Beth Morris, Ian Hogg, Matthew Scurfield, Karl Howman; dir:Roland Rees [8pp, 8.25x11.75; cast, credits, biographies, article; light horizontal fold, else VG] £3
Classic Plays: 1983
1983: THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL - Sheridan (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Donald Sinden, Beryl Reid, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Judy Buxton, Sebastian Shaw, Bill Fraser, Patrick Godfrey, James Griffiths, Anthony Hyde, Michael Siberry, Christopher Godwin; dir:John Barton [24pp; cast, credits, biographies, 8 production photos etc.; VG] £4
1983 (Mch): MISS JULIE - Strindberg (Duke of York's)
Cheryl Campbell, Stephen Rea, Veronica Roberts; dir:Clare Davidson [24pp, 5.25x8.5; VG] £4
1983: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT - Dostoevsky/Lyubimov/Kariakin (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)
Nicholas Farrell, Paola Dionisotti, Michael Pennington, Christopher Guinee, Peter Kelly, Bill Paterson, Sheila Reid, Mia Soteriou, Gary Waldhorn; dir:Yuri Lyubimov [28pp; cast, credits, biographies, 7 photos etc.] £4
1983: MEDEA (Riverside Studios)
Yvonne Bryceland, Terence Wilton, David Calder; dir:Barney Simon [10pp quintuple-fold; cast, biogs, notes etc.; VG] £2
1983: THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL - Sheridan (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Souvenir Brochure
Donald Sinden, Beryl Reid, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Judy Buxton, Sebastian Shaw, Bill Fraser, Patrick Godfrey, James Griffiths, Anthony Hyde, Michael Siberry, Christopher Godwin; dir:John Barton [16pp, 8.25x11.6; Impressive Souvenir Brochure for this all-star production; 19 production photos (many in colour), cast, credits, biographies w.photos etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
Classic Plays: 1984
1984: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Wolsey, Ipswich)
Jenny Logan, Alan Moore, John Southworth, Peter Whitbread, Christopher Birch; dir:Antony Tuckey [24pp; cast, biogs etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2
1984: CYRANO DE BERGERAC - Rostand/Horlock (Salisbury Playhouse)
Keith Drinkel, Kate Dunn, Sean Aita, Brian Ralph; dir:David Horlock [24pp; biographies, photos, notes etc.; newspaper clipping (w.photograph) tipped in; VG] £4
1984 (Sep): THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE - Garrick/Colman (Albery)
Compass Theatre Company: Anthony Quayle, Roy Kinnear, Joyce Redman, John Quentin, Belinda Lang, Andrew Hawkins, Fiona McArthur; dir:Anthony Quayle [24pp, 5.25x8.5; biographies, photos, articles etc.; VG] £4
1984: GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Old Vic)
Roy Dotrice, Sheila Burrell, Leon Greene, Tony Jay, Charles Lewsen, Lynn Clayton, Collin Johnson, Ian McCurrach, Ken Wynne; dir:Peter Coe [28pp; cast, biogs, illustrated articles etc.; attractive programme; VG] £4
1984: PAMELA (Tour)
Shared Experience: Ian Reddington, Charon Bourke, Sian Thomas, Robin Hooper, John Baxter; dir:Giles Havergal [4pp, 8.25x11.75; cast, illustrated articles; VG] £2
1984: ROMEO AND JULIET (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
John Skitt, Katharine Schlesinger, Martin Duncan, Michael Irving, Adam Kotz; dir:Euan Smith [12pp, 8.4x11.75; cast, credits, biographies, illustrations etc.; attractive programme; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
Classic Plays: 1985
1985: THE MAN OF MODE - Etherege (Tour)
Cheek By Jowl: David Gillespie, Saskia Reeves, Martin Turner, William Chubb, Paul Sykes; dir:Declan Donnellan [single sheet 16.75x23.25, folded in three; cast, credits, biographies, notes, photos etc.; horizontal bend, else VG] £2
1985: THE ALCHEMIST (Lyric Hammersmith)
Stephen Moore, Gavin Richards, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Paul Bown, Daniel Peacock, Terence Longdon, Griff Rhys Jones, John Sessions [20pp; cast, biogs, 7 rehearsal photos etc.; VG] £4
1985: LITTLE EYOLF - Ibsen/Meyer (Lyric, Hammersmith)
Diana Rigg, Cheryl Campbell, Ronald Pickup, Anne Dyson, Paul Moriarty; dir:Clare Davidson [24pp; cast, credits, biographies, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4
1985: HAMLET (Salisbury Playhouse)
Dominic Letts, Keith Drinkel, Maria Heidler, Madeline Adams, Alex Johnston; dir:David Horlock [20pp; biographies, photos, articles etc.; VG] £3
1985: EMMA - Austen/Horlock (Salisbury Playhouse)
Helen Gemmell, Alex Johnston, Richard Cordery, Maria Heidler; dir:David Horlock [24pp; biographies, photos, articles etc.; VG] £3
1985: DANCE OF DEATH - Strindberg/Whitehead (Riverside Studios)
Alan Bates, Frances de la Tour, Michael Byrne; dir:Keith Hack [16pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, articles; VG] £4
1985: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - Austen/Pownall (Leicester Haymarket)
Tessa Peake-Jones, James Warwick, Peter Sallis, Pauline Yates, Amanda Harris, Ian Gelder, Sean Chapman, Julia Deakin, Irene Sutcliffe; dir:Bill Pryde [28pp, 7.1x9; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, rehearsal photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4
1985: MACBETH (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
Brian Protheroe, Margot Leicester, Martin Duncan, Neil Morrissey; dir:Mike Kay [32pp; cast, credits, biographies, photos, notes etc.; substantial programme] £3
1985 (Feb): HAMLET (Young Vic)
Matthew Marsh, Jonathan Burn, Heather Canning, Natasha Richardson, Michael Cronin, Andrew Secombe; dir:David Thacker [8pp, 8.25x11.75; biographies, credits etc.; date stamped on cover, else VG] £3
Classic Plays: 1986
1986: THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM - Farquhar (Lyric, Hammersmith)
Paul Freeman, David Rintoul, Anna Carteret, Paula Wilcox, Ken Stott, Nicolas Chagrin; dir:Peter James [24pp; biographies, photos of the 1927 Lyric Hammersmith production] £3
1986: WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN - Thomas Middleton, Howard Barker (Royal Court)
Simon Russell Beale, Gary Oldman, Maggie Steed, Stevan Rimkus, Elizabeth Bradley, Peter Sproule, Nigel Davenport, David Harewood; dir:William Gaskill [single duplicated A4 sheet; cast, credits etc.; VG] (£1) SOLD
1986: ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Lewis Carroll, adapt.John Wells (Lyric, Hammersmith)
Lesley Manville, Marilyn Cutts, Richard Pescud, Nuala Willis, Teddy Kempner, Joan Davis, Charles Lewsen, David Oakley, Michael Mears, John Hall, Patrick Clancy, Terence Hillyer, Harold Innocent; dir:Ian Forrest, music:Carl Davis [32pp, 5.75x8.25; cast, credits, illustrated articles, costume designs, biographies with photos etc.; VG] £4
1986: MEDEA - Euripides (Theatr Clwyd)
Eileen Atkins, Leon Herbert, Anne Dyson, Christopher Burgess, Clifton Jones, Paul Barber; dir:Toby Robertson [16pp; cast photos and biographies, rehearsal photos etc.; VG] £3
1986: MEDEA - Euripides/Brooks (Young Vic)
Theatr Clwyd production: Eileen Atkins, Leon Herbert, Margaret John; dir:Toby Robertson [8pp, 8.25x11.75; cast, credits, rehearsal photos, biographies; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
1986: AN ITALIAN STRAW HAT - Labiche (Shaftesbury) Souvenir Brochure
Theatre of Comedy: Tom Conti, Clive Dunn, Stratford Johns, Janine Duvitski, Mark Hadfield, Sheila Keith, Edward Lyon, Deborah Norton, Simon Butteriss, John Dalby, Amanda Royle, Chris Samsworth, Derek Smee, David Warwick, Norman Warwick [24pp, 8.5x11.75; 12+ colour production photos, charming colour illustrations, colour photos of previous 'Theatre of Comedy' productions, cast biogs etc.; VG] £5
1986: THE HYPOCHONDRIAC (Leicester Haymarket)
Kevin McMonagle, Kathryn Hunter, Kate O'Connell, Jon Strickland, Ben Daniels; dir:Nancy Meckler [8pp;, 8.25x11.75 cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3
1986: HAMLET (Tour)
Actors Touring Company: Simon Binns, Clive Kneller, Pippa Sparkes, Irene Macdougall, Paddy Fletcher, Simon Tyrrell; dir:Mark Brickman [6pp, 5.6x12.25 (opens to form 12x16 poster), and 6pp insert (5.5x11.75) w.illustrated articles; cast, biographies etc.; minor marks else VG] £3
Classic Plays: 1987
1987: HENRY IV parts I and II, and HENRY V (Old Vic)
English Shakespeare Company: Michael Pennington, John Woodvine, Martin Clunes, Gareth Thomas, John Price, June Watson, Jenny Quayle, Colin Farrell, Michael Cronin; dir:Michael Bogdanov [36pp; photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4
1987: THE HYPOCHONDRIAC (Lyric Hammersmith)
Tom Courtenay, Kathryn Hunter, Brian Glover, Jonathan Cecil; dir:Nancy Meckler [32pp; cast, biogs, rehearsal photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4
1987: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Whitehall)
Dame Hilda Bracket, Doctor Evadne Hinge, Simon Dutton, Robin Kermode, Kate O'Sullivan, Tara Ward, Chubby Oates, Fred Evans; dir:Lou Stein [28pp; cast, biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4
1987: THREE SISTERS - Chekhov/Frayn (Albery)
Sara Kestelman, Francesca Annis, Ian Ogilvy, Hywel Bennett, Katharine Schlesinger; dir:Elijah Moshinsky [36pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, introduction by Michael Frayn, excellent articles and photos etc.] £4
1987: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Royalty)
Wendy Hiller, Clive Francis, Denis Lawson, Gabrielle Drake, Phyllida Law, Harold Innocent; dir:Donald Sinden [44pp; photos, articles; slightly rumpled] £3
1987: MACBETH and MEDEA (Lyttelton and Olivier)
Ninagawa Company from Tokyo: Masane Tsukayama, Komaki Kuihara, Tokusaburo Arashi; dir:Yukio Ninagawa [30pp; cast, programme notes, photos etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD
1987: HAMLET and MISS JULIE (Lyttelton)
Royal Dramatic Theatre Company from Stockholm:
Peter Stormare, Borje Ahlstedt, Gunnel Lindblom, Pernilla Ostergren, Marie Goranzon; dir:Ingmar Bergman [30pp; cast, programme notes, photos etc.; VG] £4
1987: DON CARLOS (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
Michael Grandage, Reece Dinsdale, Virginia Greig, Melinda McGraw, Ian McDiarmid, Adrian Ross-Magenty, James Maxwell; dir:Nicholas Hytner [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; minor marks else VG] £4
1987: TWELFTH NIGHT (Birmingham Rep Studio and Tour)
Renaissance Theatre Company: Frances Barber, Richard Briers, Christopher Ravenscroft, James Saxon, Abigail McKern, James Simmons, Anton Lesser, Caroline Langrishe, Shaun Prendergast; dir:Kenneth Branagh [14pp, 8.25x11.75; unusual "Advent Calendar" style programme, with 11 opening windows on front cover; 16 rehearsal photos, programme notes, cast biographies etc.; VG] (£5) SOLD
1987: OEDIPUS THE KING and OEDIPUS AT COLONUS - Sophocles (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
David Threlfall, Eleanor Bron, Michael N.Harbour, Christopher Good; dir:Caspar Wrede [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4
1987: YOU NEVER CAN TELL - Shaw (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Michael Hordern, Irene Worth [28pp; 20+ photos] (£5) SOLD
Classic Plays: 1988
1988: THE RELAPSE (Mermaid)
British Actors Theatre Company: Kate O'Mara, Roy Marsden, Raymond Mason, Michael Thomas, Richard Heffer, Peter Adamson, Laura Cox [24pp; cast photos and biogs, rehearsal photos etc.; VG] £4
1988: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE - Henrik Ibsen adapt.Arthur Miller (Playhouse)
Tom Wilkinson, Margot Leicester, Tom Mannion, Clive Swift, Jemma Redgrave [28pp; cast biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4
1988 (Oct): HEDDA GABLER - Ibsen/Nunn (Hampstead Theatre)
Lindsay Duncan, Clive Francis, Jonathan Coy; dir:John Dove [28pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles; VG] £4
1988: NANA - Zola/Wymark (Mermaid)
Shared Experience: Belinda Davison, Sheila Burrell, Peter Sproule; dir:Jane Gibson and Sue Lefton [24pp, 5.75x8.25; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles; VG] £3
1988: THE SNEEZE - Chekhov adapt.Michael Frayn (Aldwych)
Rowan Atkinson, Timothy West, Cheryl Campbell; dir:Ronald Eyre [32pp; cast photos and biogs, 8 production photos, charming illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4
1988: UNCLE VANYA - Chekhov/Frayn (Vaudeville)
Michael Gambon, Jonathan Pryce, Greta Scacchi, Imelda Staunton, Rachel Kempson; dir:Michael Blakemore [32pp; cast, credits, biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4
1988: JULIUS CAESAR (Bristol New Vic and Tour)
David Yip, Leo Wringer, Peter Straker, Ram John Holder, Dhirendra; dir:Roger Rees [6pp triple-fold, 5.5x11.75; cast, biogs, company photo, costume designs etc.; VG] £2
1988: TOO CLEVER BY HALF - Ostrovsky/Ackland (Old Vic)
Alex Jennings, Linda Marlowe, Aden Gillett, Rosalind Knight; dir:Richard Jones [28pp, 5.5x11.75; large format; lots of photos, biographies, illustrations, articles - a full programme; VG] £4
1988: BUSSY D'AMBOIS - Chapman (Old Vic)
David Threlfall; dir:Jonathan Miller [28pp, 5.5x11.75; large format; lots of photos, biographies, illustrations, articles - a full programme; minor marks else VG] £3
1988: ANDROMACHE- Racine (Old Vic)
Janet Suzman, Kevin McNally, Penelope Wilton, Peter Eyre; dir:Jonathan
Miller [28pp, 5.5x11.75; large format; lots of photos, biographies, illustrations, articles - a full programme] £4
1988: THE THREE MUSKETEERS Dumas adapt.David Pownall (Theatre Royal, Bristol)
Bristol Old Vic: Jason Connery, Bill Wallis, Sian Webber, Trevor Cooper, Nigel Cooke, Malcolm Sinclair; dir:Paul Unwin [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; date stamped on cover, else VG] £4
1988 (Aug): RENAISSANCE SHAKESPEARE AT THE PHOENIX (Phoenix) Souvenir Brochure
Renaissance Theatre Company: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING dir:Judi Dench, AS YOU LIKE IT dir:Geraldine McEwan, HAMLET dir:Derek Jacobi with Kenneth Branagh, Samantha Bond, Richard Easton, Edward Jewesbury, David Lloyd Meredith, Dearbhla Molloy, David Parfitt, Shaun Prendergast, Sophie Thompson, Jay Villiers, Jimmy Yuill [16-page Souvenir Brochure, 9.75x11.6, with 12-page 9.2x11.75 insert; company biographies (w.photos), biographies of the three directors (w.photos), 26 excellent production photos, credits etc.; minor marks, edge crumpled, else VG] £6
1988: THE TEMPEST (Old Vic)
Max Von Sydow, Aden Gillett, Rudolph Walker, Alexei Sayle, Peter Bayliss, Cyril Nri; dir:Jonathan Miller [32pp, 5.5x11.75; large format; lots of photos, biographies, illustrations, articles - a full programme; very slightly rumpled, else VG] (£4) SOLD
Classic Plays: 1989
1989: AN IDEAL HUSBAND - Wilde (Westminster Theatre)
Delia Lindsay, Moira Redmond, Jeremy Sinden, David Stoll, Sean Aita, Liz Bagley, Emma Watson; dir:Patrick Sandford [24pp, 5.8x8.25; biographies w.photos, 4 production photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4
1989 (May-Jun): SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER - Goldsmith (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
George Raistrick, Janet Henfrey, Geoffrey Church, Caroline Holdaway, Ian Fitzgibbon; dir:Paul Whitworth [40pp, 7.75x7.75; biographies, photos, illustrations, articles etc.; VG] £4
1989 (Mch): IVANOV - Chekhov/Harwood (Richmond Theatre)
Alan Bates, Peter Sallis, Nicky Henson, Felicity Kendal, Frank Thornton, Sheila Steafel, Robert Gwilym, Philip Franks; dir:Elijah Moshinsky [28pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1989: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Strand)
Alan Bates, Felicity Kendal, Frank Thornton, Nicky Henson, Robert Gwilym, Philip Franks, Peter Sallis, Sheila Steafel; dir:Elijah Moshinsky [36pp, 6x8.5; cast photos and biogs, programme notes; VG] £4
1989: THE GRAPES OF WRATH - John Steinbeck (Lyttelton)
Steppenwolf Theatre Company from Chicago: Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney, Alan Wilder, Robert Breuler, Lois Smith, Lucina Paquet, Nathan Davis, Laura McMahon, Luke Goodrich, Jeff Perry, James Noah, Sally Murphy, Mark W Deakins, Jim True, Rick Snyder; dir:Frank Galati [32pp; cast list, credits, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4
1989 (July): THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR - Gogol, and THREE SISTERS - Chekhov (Old Vic)
Katona Jozsef Theatre from Hungary: Janos Ban, Jozsef Horvath, Peter Blasko, Juli Basti, Laszlo Sinko, Erika Bodnar, Agi Szirtes, Tamas Vegvari; dir:Tamas Ascher (Inspector), Gabor Zsambeki (3 Sisters) [28pp, 5.5x11.75; biographies, photos, articles etc.; VG] £5
1989: THE LIAR - Corneille (Old Vic)
Alex Jennings, Desmond Barrit, Simon Dormandy, Christine Kavanagh; dir:Jonathan Miller [32pp, 5.5x11.75; large format; lots of photos, biographies, illustrations, articles - a full programme] £4
1989: A FLEA IN HER EAR - Feydeau (Old Vic)
Roger Lloyd Pack, Jim Broadbent, David Ross, Linda Marlowe, Rosalind Knight, Steven Beard; dir:Richard Jones [32pp, 5.5x11.75; large format; lots of photos, biographies, illustrations, articles - a full programme] £4
1989: KING LEAR (Old Vic)
Eric Porter, Paul Rogers, Peter Eyre, Gemma Jones, Frances de la Tour, Clive Russell, Jasper Britton, Ian Hogg, Peter Bayliss; dir:Jonathan Miller [32pp, 5.5x11.75; large format; lots of photos, biographies, illustrations, articles - a full programme] £4
1989: AS YOU LIKE IT (Old Vic)
Fiona Shaw, Adam Kotz, Karl Johnson, James Fleet, Helen Cooper, John McEnery, Ronald Hines, Simon Roberts; dir:Tim Albery [32pp, 5.5x11.75; large format; lots of photos, biographies, illustrations, articles - a full programme] £4
1989: HAMLET (Leicester Haymarket Theatre)
Daniel Webb, Andrew Jarvis, Anne White, Veronica Smart, James Nesbitt; dir:Yuri Lyubimov [28pp, 8.25x11.75; company and rehearsal photos, biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD
1989: THE PARASOL - Chekhov adapt.Frank Dunai (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
Simon Cadell, Maggie O'Neill, Geoffrey Beevers, Kevin Elyot, Peter Copley; dir:Tim Luscombe [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4
1989: A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Dickens/Pember (Manchester Opera House)
Ted Richards, Peter Honri, Mark Feakins; dir:Ron Pember [16pp; 8.25x11.75; a full Souvenir Programme, with photos, line drawings, interesting articles etc.] £4
1989: THE WARS OF THE ROSES (Old Vic) Souvenir Brochure
English Shakespeare Company: Michael Pennington, Francesca Ryan, Clyde Pollitt, Michael Cronin, Colin Farrell, Ann Penfold, Philip Bowen, June Watson, Ian Burford, Andrew Jarvis, Hugh Sullivan, Sion Probert, Barry Stanton, Robert Hands, Roger Booth, John Dougall; dir:Michael Bogdanov [36pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs, 15+ rehearsal photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
1989: FAUST Parts One and Two - Goethe (Lyric Hammersmith) Souvenir Brochure
Simon Callow, Peter Lindford, Jack Ellis, Alyson Spiro, Andy Serkis, Paul Brightwell; dir:David Freeman [32pp, 8.25x11.7, w.illustrated articles, 17 excellent rehearsal photos; two 8.25x11.7 cast inserts w.photos and synopses; smart programme; VG] £5
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