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CLASSIC PLAYS: 1990-1999

Classic Plays: 1990

1990: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, JULIUS CAESAR, THE FANTASTICKS (Open Air, Regent's Park) Season Brochure
Karl Johnson, Susan Tracy, Pip Donaghy, Martin Clunes, Patrick O'Connell, Mark Addy, Anthony O'Donnell, Tilly Blackwood, Des McAleer, Ian Talbot, Doug Smith, John Hart Dyke, Rosie Timpson, Roy Hudd, Basil Hoskins; dir:Lindsay Posner, Caroline Smith, Ian Talbot [40pp; cast, biogs, rehearsal photos, company photo, photos of past productions notes etc.; minor marks else VG] £4

1990: JULIUS CAESAR (Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham)
Compass Theatre Production: Tim Pigott-Smith, Peter Blythe, John Duttine, Terence Longdon, Pamela Miles, Renu Setna; dir:Michael Joyce [32pp; cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] (£3) SOLD

1990: TASSO - Goethe/Robert David Macdonald (UK Tour)
Actors Touring Company: Peter Kenvyn, Madlena Nedeva, Helen Schlesinger, Ian Hughes, Thomas Lockyer; dir:Ceri Sherlock [single sheet 16.5x23.7, folded to form six pages; cast, credits, notes, biographies, illustrations etc.] £2

1990: THE WILD DUCK - Ibsen (Phoenix)
Peter Hall Company: Alex Jennings, Nichola McAuliffe, Alan Dobie, David Threlfall, Lionel Jeffries, Frances Cuka, Terence Rigby; dir:Peter Hall [28pp; biogs, photos, articles; attractive programme; VG] £4

1990: SALOME - Wilde (Phoenix)
Stephen Berkoff, Katharine Schlesinger [24pp; 10+ photos, interesting articles; vertical crease] £3

1990: THE ILLUSION - Corneille (Old Vic)
Sian Thomas, Duncan Bell, Rosalind Knight; dir:Richard Jones [28pp, 5.5x11.75; large format; lots of photos, biographies, illustrations, articles - a full programme] £4

1990: VOLPONE (Almeida)
Ian McDiarmid, Denis Lawson, Philip Locke, Cyril Shaps, Darlene Johnson, Marc Warren; dir:Nicholas Hytner [8pp, 5.5x11.75; cast, notes, biogs etc.; minor marks else VG] £2

1990: MISS JULIE (Greenwich Theatre)
Lesley Manville, Janine Duvitski, Barry Lynch; dir:Tom Cairns [32pp, 5.5x11.75; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; minor marks on back, else VG] £3

1990: THE MISER (Tour)
Oxford Stage Company: Roy Marsden, Maggie Wells, Roger Hyams, John Baxter, Sarah Harper, Paul Ryan, Eric Mallett; dir:Mike Alfreds [6pp triple-fold, 5.5x11.75; cast photos and biogs, notes etc.; VG] £2

1990: THREE SISTERS - Chekhov/McGuinness (Royal Court)
Sorcha Cusack, Niamh Cusack, Sinead Cusack, Cyril Cusack, Barry Lynch, Patricia Hayes, Nicky Henson, Lesley Manville; dir:Adrian Noble [20pp, 8.25x11.75; Gate Theatre, Dublin production; production photos, illustrated articles, cast biogs etc.; VG] £5

1990: THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (Holland Park Open Air Theatre)
Nicholas Smith, Debbie Arnold, Neil Mullarkey, Amanda Boxer, Mark Greenstreet, Colin Starkey; dir:Peter Benedict [16pp; cast biogs etc.; VG] £2

1990: THE WINTER'S TALE (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
Sean Baker, Mark Drewry, Barbara Marten, Claire Hackett, Ellie Haddington, Adrian Lester, Myra McFadyen, Michael Turner; dir:Phyllida Lloyd [24pp; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1990: THE TEMPEST (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
David Horovitch, Emil Wolk, Dan Hildebrand, Emily Raymond, Roger Swaine, James Clyde, John Bardon; dir:Braham Murray [24pp; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

Classic Plays: 1991

1991: THE ARTIFICE - Susannah Centilivre (Orange Tree)
Frank Moorey, Dale Rapley, Timothy Watson, Brian Hickey, David Timson, Amanda Royle, Janine Wood, Auriol Smith, Caroline John; dir:Sam Walters [28pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled else VG] £2

1991: THE MYSTERIE OF MARIA MARTEN - Chris Bond (Warehouse Theatre)
Terence Beesley, Cathryn Bradshaw, Eithne Hannigan, Bob Mason, Nicky Croydon [20pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1991: BRAND - Ibsen (Aldwych)
Roy Marsden, Kim Thomson, Michael Mueller, Ewan Hooper [28pp; cast photos and biographies, production photos, illustrated articles; VG] (£4) SOLD

1991: ALL FOR LOVE - Dryden (Almeida)
Diana Rigg, James Laurenson, Alan MacNaughtan, Bernard Horsfall, Pauline Jameson, Angela Down; dir:Jonathan Kent [12pp, 5.5x11.6; cast, credits, biographies, articles etc.] £4

1991: GHOSTS (Tour)
Temba Theatre Company: Madlena Nedeva, Francis Johnson, Max Harvey; dir:Alby James [6pp triple-fold; cast photos and biogs etc.; minor marks else VG] £2

1991: TARTUFFE - Moliere (Playhouse)
Peter Hall Company: Paul Eddington, Felicity Kendal, John Sessions; dir:Peter Hall [6.4x11.7, 24pp; 18 production photos; light vertical bend, else VG] £3

1991: TWELFTH NIGHT (Playhouse)
Peter Hall Company: Maria Miles, Sara Crowe, Dinsdale Landen, Martin Jarvis, Eric Porter, David Ryall, Richard Garnett, Diane Bull; dir:Peter Hall [6.4x11.7, 24pp; 15 production photos; VG] (£4) SOLD

1991: UNCLE VANYA (Tour)
Renaissance Theatre Company: Richard Briers, Peter Egan, Sian Thomas, Annabel Arden, Patrick Godfrey; dir:Peter Egan and Kenneth Branagh [20pp, 11.75x8.25; production and company photos, cast biogs, illustrated articles etc.; horizontal crease, minor marks else VG] (£3) SOLD

1991: THE MISER (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
Tom Courtenay, Polly James, William Armstrong, Margo Gunn, Alex Hardy, Lucinda Galloway, Roger Swaine, Colin Procktor; dir:Braham Murray [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs etc.; VG] £4

Classic Plays: 1992

1992: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Torch Theatre, Milford Haven)
Alister Cameron, Elizabeth Downes, Colin Mayes, Peter Reeves; dir:Kit Thacker [28pp; cast, credits, biographies, photos, articles etc.] £2

1992: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Palace Theatre, Watford)
Lee Cornes, Oliver Parker, Helena Bonham-Carter, Barry Jackson; dir:Lou Stein [20pp; cast photos and biogs etc.; minor marks on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1992: HIS MAJESTY - Harley Granville Barker (Orange Tree)
Sam Dastor, Caroline John, Brian Hickey, David Timson, Frank Moorey, Brian Cookson, Vincent Brimble [32pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1992: THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY (Tour)
Cambridge Theatre Company: Martin Marquez, Nigel Whitmey, John Abbott, Debora Weston, Vincenzo Nicoli; dir:Mike Alfreds [20pp, 8.25x5.75; cast and rehearsal photos, biogs etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1992: THE LEAGUE OF YOUTH - Henrik Ibsen (Guildhall School)
Aidan Tierney, Damian Lewis, Caroline Trowbridge, David Roylance, Rohit Gokani, Nicholas Boulton, Adam Barker; dir:Derek Martinus [8pp; cast, credits etc.; light horizontal bend, else VG] (£2) SOLD

1992: GAMBLERS - Gogol (Tricycle)
Mark Rylance, Tony Bluto, John Labanowski, Phil Daniels; dir:Dalia Ibelhauptaite [28pp; cast photos and biogs, notes etc.; w.press-clipping review; VG] £3

1992: AS YOU LIKE IT (Lyric Hammersmith)
Cheek By Jowl: Adrian Lester, Patrick Toomey, Richard Henders, David Hobbs, Tom Hollander, Peter Needham, Joe Dixon, Mike Afford, Mark Benton, Sam Graham, Richard Cant; dir:Declan Donnellan [10pp, 7.75x16.5 (a tall programme); 10+ excellent production photos, notes, cast photo and biogs, Cheek By Jowl info etc.; w.colourful flyer; folded in two, date on cover, else VG; notable production] (£4) SOLD

1992: TRELAWNY OF THE WELLS (Comedy)
Michael Hordern, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Connery, Peter Bayliss, Margaret Courtenay, Edward Duke, Kelly Hunter, Joe Melia, Oliver Parker, Ronnie Stevens, Sarah Brightman; dir:Toby Robertson [24pp; cast and production photos, biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1992: CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Robert Lindsay, Richard O'Callaghan, Julian Curry, Rebecca Charles, James Staddon, Dilys Hamlett, Rob Jarvis, Gary Cady, Guy Masterson, David Shaw Parker; dir:Elijah Moshinsky [44pp; 12 colour production photos, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; tiny tear to cover, else VG] £4

1992 (May-Jun): THE RECRUITING OFFICER - Farquhar (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
Derek Griffiths, Greg Wise, Tim Wallers, Haydn Gwynne, Ewan Hooper, Emil Wolk, Tim Swinton; dir:Braham Murray [24pp, 8.25x11.75; biographies, photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1992: LOVE'S LABOURS LOST (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
Stephen Tomkinson, Linus Roache, Ray Fearon, Meredith Davies, Bernard Bresslaw, David Ross, Peter Hugo-Daly, Suzan Sylvester, John Bennett; dir:James Macdonald [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs etc.; marks on biog pages, else VG] £2

1992: TWELFTH NIGHT and MACBETH (Richmond Theatre)
English Shakespeare Company: Michael Pennington, Jenny Quayle, Derek Smith, James Hayes, Colin Farrell, Alan Cody, Michael Mueller, Allie Byrne, Timothy Davies; dir: Michael Bogdanov, Michael Pennington [40pp, 8.25x11.75; illustrated articles, cast and production photos, biogs etc.; VG] £4

1992: AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
Brenda Blethyn, Tom Chadbon, Robert Glenister, Emily Morgan, Jeffry Wickham, Una Stubbs; dir:James Maxwell [24pp, 8.25x11.75; illustrated articles, cast photos and biogs etc.; slight vertical bend, VG] £4

1992: THE WAY OF THE WORLD (Lyric Hammersmith)
Jeremy Northam, Barbara Flynn, Tom Hollander, Crispin Redman, Emma Piper, Eleanor David, Chris Langham, Sheila Hancock, Gary Olsen; dir:Peter Gill [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs etc.; minor marks else VG] (£4) SOLD

1992: MEDEA - Euripides (Almeida)
Diana Rigg, Tim Woodward, Joseph O'Conor; dir:Jonathan Kent [16pp; 5.5x11.75; cast list, notes, photos, biographies etc.] (£4) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1993

1993: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, ROMEO AND JULIET, A CONNECTICUT YANKEE - Rodgers and Hart (Open Air, Regent's Park) Season Brochure
New Shakespeare Company: Geordie Johnson, Cathy Tyson, Clive Carter, Guy Burgess, Catherine Terry, Ian Talbot, Zubin Varla, Rebecca Callard, Rupert Wickham, Connor Byrne, Janie Dee, Christopher Biggins, Basil Hoskins, Susanna Page; dir:Toby Robertson, Judi Dench, Ian Talbot [40pp; cast, biogs, notes, 14 rehearsal photos, photos of past productions etc.; VG] £4

1993: THE GOOD NATUR'D MAN - Oliver Goldsmith (Orange Tree)
Will Knightley, Claire Rushbrook; dir:Anthony Cornish [32pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1993: THE ARTIFICE - Susannah Centlivre (Orange Tree)
Amanda Royle, Janine Wood, Frank Moorey, David Timson, Brian Hickey; dir:Sam Walters [28pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1993: MEDEA (Wyndham's)
Diana Rigg, Tim Woodward, John Turner, Robert Demeger, Nuala Willis, Janet Henfrey, John Southworth; dir:Jonathan Kent [40pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1993 (Oct): SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER - Goldsmith (Queen's)
Peter Hall Company: Donald Sinden, Miriam Margolyes, David Essex, Emily Morgan, Tom Beard, Leon Sinden; dir:Peter Hall [48pp, 6.75x9,75; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, 10+ excellent rehearsal photos, illustrated articles; VG] (£4) SOLD

1993 (July): MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Queen's)
Mark Rylance, Janet McTeer, David Morrissey, Rachel Joyce, Jack Ellis, Mark Hadfield, Gerard Kelly; dir:Matthew Warchus [40pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, 11 production photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1993: AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Globe)
Peter Hall Company: Martin Shaw, David Yelland, Hannah Gordon, Michael Denison, Anna Carteret, Dulcie Gray; dir:Peter Hall [48pp; 7 production photos, cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1993: DR.FAUSTUS - Marlowe (Greenwich)
Jonathan Cullen, Hugh Ross; dir:Philip Franks [32pp, 5.5x11.6; cast, credits, biogs, photos, articles etc.] £3

1993: LYSISTRATA - Aristophanes (Old Vic)
Peter Hall Company: Geraldine James, Serena Evans, Diane Bull, John Kane, Timothy Davies [32pp, 5.5x11.75; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1993: A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Dickens/David H Bell (Ford's Theatre, Washington, USA)
Ron Parady, Tim Hartman, Helen Hedman, Stephen F.Schmidt, Ben Ruemke, John Leslie Wolfe, Mark Aldrich, Jennifer Piech [28pp, 6x9; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1993: CHATSKY - Griboyedov trans.Anthony Burgess (Almeida)
Dinsdale Landen, Jonathan Cullen, Jemma Redgrave, Minnie Driver, Colin Firth, Bob Goody, Sarah Crowden, Murray Melvin, Rosalind Knight, John Tordoff; dir:Jonathan Kent [24pp, 5.5x11.75; cast biogs, 16 rehearsal photos, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1993: KING LEAR (Royal Court)
Tom Wilkinson, Philip Jackson, Hugh Ross, Iain Glen, Adrian Dunbar, Andy Serkis, Lia Williams, Saskia Reeves, Cara Kelly, Peter-Hugo Daly, Jason Watkins; dir:Max Stafford-Clark [20pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1993: THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES (Almeida)
Emma Fielding, Ian McDiarmid, Bernard Gallagher, Linal Haft, Carol Macredy, Damian Lewis, Richard Addison; dir:Jonathan Kent [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast biogs, 9 rehearsal photos etc.; VG] £4

Classic Plays: 1994

1994: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, HAMLET, THE CARD (Open Air, Regent's Park) Season Brochure
New Shakespeare Company: Paul Freeman, Estelle Kohler, Robert Lang, David Collings, Jenna Russell, Guy Burgess, Rupert Holliday-Evans, Rebecca Egan, Cameron Blakely, Tim Stern, Simon Harrison, Pamela Miles, Damian Lewis, Kenneth Gilbert, Richard Addison, Jonathan Broxholme, Peter Duncan, Julie Jupp, Hayley Mills, John Turner; dir:Deborah Paige, Tim Pigott-Smith, Ian Talbot [44pp; cast, biogs, company photo, photos of past productions etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

1994: SHUNKAN (Sadler's Wells)
Traditional Theatres of Japan: A mixed programme of Noh, Bunraku, and Kabuki [32pp; photos, biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £2

1994: MILL ON THE FLOSS - George Eliot adapt.Helen Edmundson (Tricycle)
Shared Experience: Simeon Andrews, Shirley Henderson, Michael Matus, Buddug Morgan, Ian Puleston-Davies, Simon Robson, Clara Salaman, Helen Schlesinger; dir:Nancy Meckler and Polly Teale [36pp; cast photo, biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1994: THE CASE OF REBELLIOUS SUSAN - Henry Arthur Jones (Orange Tree)
Malcolm Sinclair, David Neal, Sarah-Jane Fenton, Philip York, Will Knightley, Sian Reeves [36pp; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1994: A BUSY DAY - Fanny Burney (King's Head)
Brendan Hooper, James Clarkson, Richard Stemp, Ian Kelly, Geoffrey Collins, Helen Weir, Brenda Peters [24pp; cast biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £2

1994: AUGUST a version of UNCLE VANYA by Julian Mitchell (Theatr Clwyd)
Anthony Hopkins, Gawn Grainger, Leslie Phillips, Hugh Lloyd; dir:Anthony Hopkins [32pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1994: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Victor Hugo, adapt.Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Niall Ashdown, Susannah Elliott, Martin Gent, Malcolm Ridley, Rory Tapsell, Kate Wilton; dir:Phelim McDermott [pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £2

1994: ERASMUS MONTANUS - Holberg/Forsyth (Greenwich Studio Theatre)
Mark Feakins, Eddie Marsan, Halcro Johnson, Kate Crutchley; dir:Margarete Forsyth [28pp; cast, credits, biographies, illustrated articles etc.] £2

1994: UNCLE SILAS - Le Fanu/Alfreds (Tour)
Cambridge Theatre Company: Anne Marie Duff, Terence Wilton, Sam Cox, Carolyn Jones; dir:Mike Alfreds [20pp, 5.8x8.3; extensive notes on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, cast list, photos and biographies etc.; VG] £4

1994: HAMLET (Gielgud)
Peter Hall Company: Stephen Dillane, Michael Pennington, Donald Sinden, Gwen Taylor, Gina Bellman, Martin Chamberlain, Christian Burgess, Alan Dobie, Tom Beard, Ian Jeffs [44pp; cast photos and biogs, 9 rehearsal photos, illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1994: THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE - Colman/Garrick (Queen's)
Nigel Hawthorne, Susan Engel, Deborah Findley, Jonathan Cullen, Christopher Benjamin, Cyril Shaps, Finty Williams [48pp; cast and production photos, biographies, articles; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

1994: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Lyric Hammersmith)
Benedick Bates, Maria Aitken, Bette Bourne, Tim Pigott-Smith, Joanna Riding [40pp; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1994: A DOLL'S HOUSE (Tour)
English Touring Theatre: Kelly Hunter, Pip Donaghy, Sean Baker; dir:Stephen Unwin [16pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1994: THE KITCHEN - Arnold Wesker (Royal Court)
Lorraine Ashbourne, Christopher Fulford, Dimitri Andreas, Annette Badland, Sam Beazley, Ewan Hooper, Teddy Kempner, Dermot Kerrigan, Timothy Kightly; dir:Stephen Daldry [20pp, 8.25x11.75; cast biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1994: THE TEMPEST (Birmingham Rep)
Jeffery Kissoon, Richard McCabe, Rakie Ayola, Ginny Holder, Daniel Isaacs, Tony Armatrading, Geoffrey Freshwater; dir:Bill Alexander [36pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs, 20 rehearsal photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1994: EVERYBODY'S SHAKESPEARE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (Barbican and Pit) Souvenir Brochure
ROMEO AND JULIET (Dusseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Germany) Matthias Leja, Caroline Ebner, dir:Karin Beier; THE TALE OF LEAR (Suzuki Company of Toga, Japan) Uichiro Fueda, dir:Tadashi Suzuki; THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Goodman Theatre, Chicago, USA) Paul Butler, Elaine Tse, Geno Silva, dir:Peter Sellars; ROMEO AND JULIET (Itim Theatre Ensemble and Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv, Israel) Ben-Azar Noam, dir:Rina Yerushalmi; A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Film Actors' Studio, Tbilis, Georgia) Zaza Mikashavidze, Eka Kakhiani, George Margvelashvili, dir:Mikhail Tumanishvili [48pp, 8.25x11.75; elaborate programme, with cast lists, notes, interesting articles and 35+ photos; VG] £6

Classic Plays: 1995

1995: RICHARD III, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, THE MUSIC MAN (Open Air, Regent's Park) Season Brochure
New Shakespeare Company: Jasper Britton, Graham McTavish, Brian Protheroe, Natascha McElhone, Simon Treves, Nick Holder, Peter de Jersey, Harriet Thorpe, Toyah Willcox, Georgina Sowerby, Christopher Hollis, Peter Russell, Robert Lang, Christopher Staines, Brian Cox, John Challis, Liz Robertson, Anny Tobin, Veronica Clifford; dir:Brian Cox, John Doyle, Ian Talbot [44pp; cast, biogs, rehearsal and company photos, photos of past productions etc.; VG] £4

1995: UNCLE VANYA (Tricycle)
Stephen Rea, Enda Oates, Zara Turner, Kim Thomson, Denys Hawthorne, P.G.Stephens; dir:Peter Gill [28pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1995: GEORGE DANDIN - Moliere/Bolt (UK Tour)
Red Shift Theatre Company: Malcolm Ridley, Jeff Bellamy, Sally Giles, Simon Hunt; dir:Jonathan Holloway [single sheet 11.75x16.25, folded in four; cast, credits, biographies, notes, costume designs etc.] £2

1995: MACBETH (Lyric Hammersmith)
English Touring Theatre: Paul Higgins, Hilary Lyon, Ben Porter, Christopher McHallem, Geoffrey Church; dir:Stephen Unwin [20pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £3

1995: THE MASTER BUILDER - Ibsen (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Peter Hall Company: Alan Bates, Gemma Jones, Victoria Hamilton, John Normington [44pp; superb colour photography, articles, biographies, articles etc.; very stylish programme] £5

1995: MILL ON THE FLOSS (Lyric Hammersmith)
Shared Experience: Simeon Andrews, Jonathan Cake, Simon Cox, Catherine Cusack, Anne-Marie Duff, Michael Matus, Clara Salaman, Helen Schlesinger; dir:Nancy Meckler and Polly Teale [28pp; photos, biogs etc.; VG] £3

1995: TWELFTH NIGHT (Nottingham Playhouse)
Rebecca Egan, Tony Armatrading, Stephen Mangan, Alexandra Mathie, Helen Ryan, Campbell Morrison, Christopher Good, Richard Durden; dir:David Pountney [40pp, 5.5x11.75; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles, interesting comments hand-written on cast page etc.; VG] £3

1995: MACBETH (Greenwich Theatre)
Mark Rylance, Jane Horrocks, Craig Pinder, Albie Woodington, Tim Barlow [36pp, 5.5x11.75; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1995: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Old Vic)
Roger Allam, Philip Franks, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Abigail Cruttenden, Patrick Godfrey, Jacqueline Defferary, Rosalind Knight; dir:Terry Hands [32pp, 5.5x11.75; cast photos and biogs, 6 production photos, 15 pages of illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1995 (Jan): THE DANCE OF DEATH - Strindberg/Meyer (Almeida)
John Neville, Gemma Jones; dir:Peter Stormare [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast, credits, biographies, rehearsal photos, illustrated articles, 9 photos of past Almeida productions; smart programme; VG] £5

1995 (Oct): VENICE PRESERVED (Almeida)
John Woodvine, David Bark-Jones, Ray Fearon, Alice Krige, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Richard Mayes, Frank Moorey, John Quayle; dir:Ian McDiarmid [32pp; cast biogs, 15 rehearsal photos, illustrated articles etc.; one staple missing, slightly discoloured, else VG] £4

Classic Plays: 1996

1996: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, THE TEMPEST, PAINT YOUR WAGON - Lerner and Loewe (Open Air, Regent's Park) Season Brochure
New Shakespeare Company: Peter Forbes, David Cardy, Philip Fox, Gavin Muir, Paula Wilcox, Debra Beaumont, Christopher Biggins, John Berlyne, Judith Paris, Liz Izen, Denis Quilley, Chook Sibtain, Gavin Muir, Tony Selby, Claire Carrie; dir:Ian Talbot, Patrick Garland [44pp; cast, biogs, illustrated articles, photos of past productions etc.; VG] £4

1996: A DOLL'S HOUSE - Ibsen (The Playhouse)
Janet McTeer, Owen Teale, John Carlisle; dir:Anthony Page [36pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, 12 production photos, illustrated articles; VG] £4

1996: HEDDA GABLER (Tour)
English Touring Theatre: Alexandra Gilbreath, Crispin Letts, David Killick, Jonathan Philips, Ann Firbank, Carol Starks; dir:Stephen Unwin [20pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Haymarket)
Peter Hall Company: Martin Shaw, Anna Carteret, Penny Downie, David Yelland, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Victoria Asted, Peter Gordon, Kate Gielgud [52pp; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; newsclipping review tipped in; minor marks, else VG] £4

1996: HAMLET (Norwich Playhouse)
Jamie Glover, Julian Glover, Michael Gardiner, Isla Blair, Geoffrey Whitehead, Stephen Mangan, Flora Montgomery, Christopher Simon; dir:Julian Glover [28pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: SARASINE (Lyric Hammersmith)
Sara Kestelman, Bette Bourne, Beverley Klein, Francois Testory; dir:Neil Bartlett [32pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrations, articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: HAMLET (Greenwich Theatre)
Michael Maloney, George Irving, Dinah Stabb, Clifford Rose, Zoe Waites, Ben Porter, Richard Freeman, John Welch; dir:Philip Franks [32pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: KING LEAR (Sothwark Playhouse)
Oliver Cotton, Katherine Shannon, Sandra James-Young, Chas Bryer, Tom Radcliffe, Jim Bywater; dir:Jack Shepherd [6pp triple-fold; cast biogs, credits etc.; VG] £2

1996: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Almeida)
Norman Rodway, Angela Thorne, Angela Down, Robert Swann, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Peter Bayliss, Ken Jones, Leonard Fenton; dir:Jonathan Miller [28pp, 8.25x11.75; stylish large-format programme; 10+ photos] £5

1996: THE ALCHEMIST (Birmingham Rep)
Simon Callow, Tim Pigott-Smith, Josie Lawrence, Geoffrey Freshwater, Andrew Jarvis; dir:Bill Alexander [52pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs, 25+ rehearsal photos, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: THE BEAUX STRATAGEM (Bristol Old Vic)
Warren Kimmel, Tristan Sturrock, Terry Taplin, Peter Nicholas, Colin Prockter; dir:Ian Hastings [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1996: CYRANO DE BERGERAC and HAPPY DAYS (Almeida)
Tom Mannion, Kenneth Glenaan, Fiona Bell, Rob Pickavance, Rosaleen Linehan, Barry McGovern; dir:Gerry Mulgrew (Cyrano), Karel Reisz (Happy Days) [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast biogs, photos etc.; VG] £4

Classic Plays: 1997

1997: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, KISS ME KATE, WATERSHIP DOWN (Open Air, Regent's Park) Season Brochure
New Shakespeare Company: Rob Edwards, Debby Bishop, Claire Carrie, Chook Sibtain, Michael Higgs, Issy van Randwyck, John Griffiths, Ian Talbot, Adam Sims, Paul Thornley, John Padden, Serena Evans, Frances Cuka, Nigel Planer, Jonathan Elsom, Gavin Muir, Andrew C.Wadsworth, Louise Gold; dir:Rachel Kavanaugh, Helena Kaut-Howson, Ian Talbot, Caroline Smith [44pp, 6.25x11.4; cast photos and biogs, rehearsal photos, photos of past productions etc.; VG] £4

1997: CANDIDE (Gate)
John Shrapnel, Justin Salinger, Andrew Melville, Rose Keegan, Janet Henfrey; dir:David Farr [12pp; cast list, biogs, article etc.; minor marks else VG] £2

1997: LEONCE AND LENA - Buchner (Gate)
Christopher Staines, Sarah Theresa Belcher, Laurence Harvey, Janet Henfrey, Stuart Robb; dir:David Farr [12pp; cast list, biogs, article etc.; minor marks, vertical fold else VG] £1

1997: THE MAGISTRATE - Pinero (Savoy)
Chichester Festival Production: Ian Richardson, Graham Crowden, Abigail McKern; dir:Nicholas Broadhurst [32pp; superb colour photography throughout; costume designs, articles etc.] £5

1997: THE CHERRY ORCHARD - Chekhov (Edinburgh Festival Theatre)
Salzburg Festival Production: Jutta Lampe, Daniel Friedrich, Dorte Lyssewski, Peter Simonischek, Dorothee Hartinger, Sven-Eric Bechtolf; dir:Peter Stein [48pp; cast, credits, biographies, synopsis, articles, excellent photos etc.] £4

1997: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh)
Nottingham Playhouse production: Jim Hooper, Paul Brennen, Lisé Stevenson, Danny Sapani, Oscar Pearce; dir:Stephane Braunschweig [52pp; cast, credits, synopsis, notes, biographies w.photos, articles; VG] £3

1997 (June): THE WOOD DEMON - Chekhov (The Playhouse)
Abigail Cruttenden, Adam Godley, Emma Handy, Cal Macaninch, Brian Protheroe, John Turner, Philip Voss, Tom Ward; dir:Anthony Clark [36pp, 6x9; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles, costume sketches; minor marks, else VG] £3

1997: A CHASTE MAID IN CHEAPSIDE - Middleton (Shakespeare's Globe)
Rory Edwards, Ben Walden, John McEnery, Eve Matheson, Mark Rylance, Vincent Brimble; dir:Malcolm McKay [32pp, 6.5x9.5; cast, credits, biographies, articles; VG] £4

1997: HENRY V (Shakespeare's Globe)
Mark Rylance, John McEnery, Vincent Brimble, Rory Edwards, Ben Walden, Toby Cockerell; dir:Richard Olivier [28pp, 6.5x9.5; cast, credits, biographies, articles; VG] £4

1997: THE WINTER'S TALE (Shakespeare's Globe)
Mark Lewis Jones, Belinda Davison, Anna Livia-Ryan, Joy Richardson, Nicholas Le Prevost, Andrew Bridgmont, Michael Gould, Jonathan Slinger, Patrick Godfrey [28pp, 6.5x9.5; cast, credits, biographies, articles; VG] £4

1997: MRS.WARREN'S PROFESSION - Shaw (Richmond Theatre)
Penelope Keith, Carolyn Backhouse, Charles Kay, Denis Lill, Robert Hands; dir:Alan Strachan [48pp, 6.75x9.6; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, copious illustrated articles; VG] £4

1997: JANE EYRE - Bronte/Teale (Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich and Tour)
Shared Experience: Monica Dolan, James Clyde, Joan Blackham, Antony Byrne, Hannah Miles, Pooky Quesnel, Philip Rham, Octavia Walters; dir:Polly Teale [20pp; cast, credits, biographies, illustrated articles; VG] £3

1997: UMABATHA - The Zulu Macbeth (Shakespeare's Globe)
Thabani Patrick Tshanini, Dieketseng Mnisi; written and directed by Welcome Msomi [16pp, 4x11.75; photo, cast list, credits etc.; VG] £3

1997: THE PROVOK'D WIFE - Vanbrugh (Old Vic)
Peter Hall Company: Michael Pennington, Alan Dobie, Victoria Hamilton, Clare Swinburne, Alison Steadman, Janine Duvitski, Andrew Woodall, Tim McInnerny; dir:Lindsay Posner [32pp; large format (5.5x11.75); lots of photos, illustrations, articles; a full programme] (£4) SOLD

1997: THE SEAGULL - Anton Chekhov, trans.Tom Stoppard (Old Vic)
Peter Hall Company: Felicity Kendal, Dominic West, Victoria Hamilton, Michael Pennington, Peter Blythe, Anna Carteret, Janine Duvitski, David Yelland, Greg Hicks; dir:Peter Hall [36pp, 5.5x11.6; extensive illustrated articles, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; VG] £4

1997: TREASURE ISLAND (Lyric Hammersmith)
Tom Georgeson, Edward Kingham, William Rycroft, Sarah Brignall, Andrew Fielding, Martin Gent, Matt Rawle, Tristan Sharps; dir:Neil Bartlett [40pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles about pirates etc.; VG] £4

1997: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (Almeida)
Tom Hollander, Brian Murphy, Ian McDiarmid, Peter Kelly, Moray Hunter, Tom Watson, Brian Pettifer; dir:Jonathan Kent [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast biogs, 20+ rehearsal photos, articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

1997: PYGMALION - G.B.Shaw (Albery)
Roy Marsden, Carli Norris, Michael Elphick; dir:Ray Cooney [36pp; photos, including production shots; biographies, articles etc.] (£4) SOLD

1997: THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES - Moliere (Piccadilly)
Peter Hall Company: Peter Bowles, Carmen Silvera, Henry McGee, Eric Sykes; dir:Peter Hall [36pp; 6x9; photos, including production shots; glossy] (£4) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1998

1998: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES - Jule Styne, THE JUNGLE BOOK (Open Air, Regent's Park) Season Brochure
New Shakespeare Company: Daniel Flynn, Nicola Duffett, Rebecca Johnson, Damien Matthews, Timothy Watson, Helen Grace, Ian Talbot, Adam Sims, Robert Hands, Jeffery Dench, Michael Elwyn, Martin Turner, Timothy Watson, Andy Mace, Gary Raymond, Tony Whittle, Harry Burton, Clive Rowe, Sara Crowe; dir:Rachel Kavanaugh, Alan Strachan, Ian Talbot [44pp, 6.25x11.5; cast biogs and photos, company and rehearsal photos, notes etc.; VG] £4

1998: A WIFE WITHOUT A SMILE - Pinero, SPERM WARS - Lewis (Orange Tree, Richmond)
David Timson, Sarah Tansey, Emma Gregory, Tricia Kelly, Paul Kemp, Amanda Royle, Jeremy Crutchley, Stuart Fox; dir:Dominic Hill, Sam Walters [32pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, illustrated articles; VG] £2

1998: RICHARD III (Pleasance)
Eddie Marsan, Ben Walden, Michael Matus, Margaret Robertson, David Weston, Luisa Bradshaw-White, Ruth Platt; dir:Guy Retallack [16pp; cast biogs, rehearsal photos etc.; w.press release and flyer; vertical bend, else VG] £3

1998: THE ROBBERS (Die Räuber) - Friedrich Schiller (King's Theatre, Edinburgh)
Citizens' Theatre Company: Benedick Bates, Giles Havergal, Sophie Ward, Paul Albertson, Robert David MacDonald, Murray Melvin; dir:Philip Prowse [52pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1998: LIFE IS A DREAM - Pedro Calderon de la Barca (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh)
Jeffery Kissoon, George Anton, Sylvester Morand, Nicholas Bailey, Hilary Maclean, Olwen Fouere, Sylvester McCoy; dir:Calixto Bieito [52pp; cast photos and biogs, synopsis, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1998: UNCLE VANYA Chekhov adapt.Brian Friel (Gate Theatre, Dublin)
John Kavanagh, Niall Buggy, Donna Dent, Susannah Harker, T.P.McKenna; dir:Ben Barnes [32pp; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1998: THE MISANTHROPE (Piccadilly)
Peter Hall Company: Michael Pennington, Elaine Page, Peter Bowles, David Yelland, Rebecca Saire, Crispin Bonham-Carter, John Elmes, Anna Carteret [36pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1998: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Shakespeare's Globe)
Kathryn Pogson, Norbert Kentrup, Jack Shepherd, Mark Rylance, Lilo Baur; dir:Richard Olivier [28pp; cast, credits, biographies, illustrations etc.; a very smart programme] £4

1998: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Playhouse)
Matthew Macfadyen, Saskia Reeves, Stephen Mangan, Bohdan Poraj, Paul Goodwin, Justin Salinger, Raad Rawi, Sarita Choudhury, Derek Hutchinson, Sam Beasley; dir:Declan Donnellan [16pp, 9.5x8.75; rehearsal and company photos, cast biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

1998: ROMEO AND JULIET (Greenwich Theatre)
Nicholas Irons, Kate Fleetwood, Julian Forsyth; dir:Rupert Goold [28pp, 5.5x11.6; cast, credits, biographies, notes, 20 photos etc.; a full programme; VG] £4

1998: HAMLET (Barbican)
The Ninagawa Company: Hiroyuki Sanada, Tetsuro Sagawa, Mariko Kaga, Takako Matsu; dir:Yukio Ninagawa [20pp, 8.25x11.75; production photos, illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1998: THE POSSESSED (Barbican)
Maly Drama Theatre of St.Petersburg: Pyotr Semak, Tatyana Shestakova, Sergei Bekhterev, Sergei Vlasov; dir:Lev Dodin [24pp, 8.25x11.75; illustrated articles, synopsis etc.; minor marks else VG] £3

1998: MACBETH (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
David Threlfall, Frances Barber, John Hannah, Ian Hastings, Wyllie Longmore, Andy Serkis; dir:Braham Murray [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1998 (Oct): ORESTEIA - Aeschylus (Barbican)
National Theatre of Craiova: Maia Morgenstern, Ilie Gheorghe, Angel Rababoc, Adrian Andone, Anca Dragomir, Mirela Cioaba, Adriana Moca, Valer Deliakeza; dir:Silviu Purcarete [24pp, 8.25x11.75; cast, credits, photos, illustrated articles, interview with Silviu Purcarete etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

Classic Plays: 1999

1999: JANE EYRE - Bronte/Teale (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Shared Experience: Penny Layden, Sean Murray, Joan Blackham, Michael Matus, Hannah Miles, Harriet Ashcroft, Philip Rham, Octavia Walters; dir:Polly Teale [32pp; cast, credits, biographies w.photos, 20 rehearsal photos, illustrated articles; smart programme; VG] £4

1999: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Bankside Globe)
Vincenzo Nicoli, Marcello Magni, Jules Melvin, Yolanda Vazquez, Harry Gostelow; dir:Kathryn Hunter [36pp; cast photo, biogs, illustrated articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1999: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Bankside Globe)
Paul Shelley, Mark Rylance (as Cleopatra), John McEnery, Ben Walden, Danny Sapani (as Charmian), Mark Lewis Jones, Toby Cockerell (as Octavia); dir:Giles Block [36pp, 6.5x9.5; smart programme with extensive notes on The Globe, Shakespeare, the play etc., cast list, biographies; VG] (£4) SOLD

1999: MACBETH (Queen's)
Rufus Sewell, Sally Dexter, Martin Marquez, Declan Conlan, Peter Bayliss, Simon Chandler; dir:John Crowley [36pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1999: HAMLET (Bristol Old Vic)
Colin Tierney, Rupert Frazer, Julie Legrand, Nancy Carroll, Adrian Irvine, Jerome Willis, Bill Wallis, Bohdan Poraj; dir:Gemma Bodinetz [36pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £4

1999: ANTIGONE - Sophocles (Old Vic)
Tara Fitzgerald, Jonathan Hyde, Anna Calder-Marshall, Zubin Varla; dir:Declan Donnellan [28pp; production and cast photos, biogs, illustrated articles etc.; VG] £4

1999: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (abridged) (National Tour)
Rick Bland, Christian Malcolm, Michael O'Connor, John Schwab; dir:Adam Long [8pp, 4.1x11.7; a witty, full-colour Souvenir Brochure for the Jan-July 1999 tour; biographies, photos, illustrations, articles etc.; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1999: KING LEAR (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
Tom Courtenay, Ian Bartholomew, David Tennant, David Ross, Adam James, Helen Schlesinger, Ashley Jensen, Gillian Kearney, David Craig, Peter Geddis, Andrew Hawkins, Terence Wilton; dir:Gregory Hersov [48pp; cast photos and biogs, extensive illustrated articles etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

1999: THE JEW OF MALTA - Marlowe (Almeida)
Ian McDiarmid, Polly Hemingway, Poppy Miller, Robert Demeger, Rob Swinton, David Yelland, William Rycroft, Nitzan Sharron, Angela Morant, Sidney Livingstone, Adam Levy; dir:Michael Grandage [28pp; cast photos and biogs, illustrated articles etc.; very minor marks else VG] £4

1999: VASSA - Gorky (Almeida)
Sheila Hancock, Richard O'Callaghan, David Tennant, Debra Gillett, Adrian Scarborough, Ron Cook, Aisling O'Sullivan; dir:Howard Davies [28pp, 8.25x11.75; cast, credits, biographies, articles, 10+ photos etc.; large-size, packed programme] (£4) SOLD

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