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Plays: 1960

1960: THE SHIFTING HEART - Richard Beynon (Palace Court Theatre, Bournemouth) Brian Tully, Janet Whiteside, Conrad Monk, Peggy Aitchison, Michael Cotterill, Sally Layng, Dennis Scott, Vyvian Hall; dir:Nancy Poultney [8pp; cast list, synopsis of scenes, credits; horizontal bend, else VG] £3

1960: THE MORE THE MERRIER - Ronald Millar (Strand) Anna Neagle, Jane Baxter, John Robinson, Tracey Lloyd, Gordon Tanner, Beatrice Varley, dir:Harold French [12pp; biographies w.photos; VG] £2

1960: SETTLED OUT OF COURT - William Saroyan and Henry Cecil (Strand) Nigel Patrick, Maxine Audley, Charles Heslop, Eric Pohlmann, John Stratton, Philip Guard, Mary Hignett, Linda Gardner, Russell Waters, Peter Stephens, dir:Nigel Patrick [16pp; biographies with photos; date written on cover, else VG] £3

1960 (May): THE MOUSETRAP - Agatha Christie (Ambassadors) Anthony Oliver, Anna Barry [12pp; production photos] £2

1960: THE CARETAKER - Pinter (Duchess) Alan Bates, Peter Woodthorpe, Donald Pleasence [8pp] £4

1960: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD - Synge (St.Martin's) Siobhan McKenna, Donal Donnelly, Kate Binchy; dir:Shelah Richards [20pp; 5 photos; VG] £4

1960: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (Piccadilly) Siobhan McKenna, Donal Donnelly, Eithne Dunne, Brian O'Higgins, dir:Shelah Richards [12pp; 5 large cast photos; VG] £4

1960: NAKED ISLAND - Russell Braddon (Arts Theatre Club) John Neville, Charles Kay, Fulton Mackay, Burt Kwouk [slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1960: THE HOSTAGE - Brendan Behan (Wyndham's) Howard Goorney, Eileen Kennally, Nigel Davenport, Brian Murphy, Ann Beach, Alfred Lynch; dir:Joan Littlewood, des:Sean Kenny [6 photos; VG] £4

1960: ONE MORE RIVER - Beverley Cross (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) David Blake, George Pensotti, Alan Howard, Charles Kay, Bryan Bailey [dedication by George Pensotti; minor marks, else VG] £3

1960: TOMORROW - WITH PICTURES! - Anthony Creighton & Bernard Miller (Duke of York's) Irene Dailey, Conrad Phillips, James Patterson, James Villiers, Brian Hayes, Phyllis Montefiore, Max Kohlhaas [8pp; minor marks, else VG] £3

1960: THE WESKER TRILOGY: Chicken Soup With Barley, Roots, I'm Talking About Jerusalem - Arnold Wesker (Royal Court) Kathleen Michael, Frank Finlay, Alan Howard, Mark Eden, Charles Kay, John Colin, Cherry Morris, Ruth Meyers, Michael Phillips, David Saire, Patsy Byrne, Joan Plowright, Gwen Nelson, Anthony Hall, Terry Palmer, Jessie Robins; dir:John Dexter, des:Jocelyn Herbert [28pp; cast lists, 5 rehearsal and production photos, notes; light vertical bend, else VG] £5

1960: A PASSAGE TO INDIA - Rau/Forster (Comedy) Dilys Hamlett, Zia Mohyeddin, Norman Wooland, Sama Swaminathan [16pp; VG] £4

1960 (24 Oct): AND SUDDENLY IT'S SPRING - Jack Popplewell (Northampton Repertory Theatre) Caroline Maud, Sarah Wilson, Nicholas Courtney, Davyd Harries; dir:Alan Brown [12pp, 5.5x8.75; minor marks, punch-holes, folds, else VG] £1

1960 (21 Nov): A TASTE OF HONEY - Shelagh Delaney (Northampton Repertory Theatre) Sarah Wilson, Maureen Dormer, Alan Brown, Aleksander Browne, Nigel Goodwin; dir:Inigo Monk [12pp, 5.5x8.75; minor marks, punch-holes, folds, else VG] £1

1960: THE AMOROUS PRAWN (Saville) Evelyn Laye, Stanley Baxter, Walter Fitzgerald, Hugh McDermott, Ernest Clark, Harry Landis, Derek Nimmo; directed by Murray Macdonald, assistant director:Peter Barkworth [12pp; biographies; minor marks, else VG] £4

1960: FIVE FINGER EXERCISE (Colonial Theatre, Boston) Jessica Tandy, Roland Culver, Michael Bryant, Pinkie Johnstone, Brian Bedford; dir:John Gielgud [24pp w.free cast list insert; VG] £4

1960: THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR (Vaudeville) Pamela Brown, Brenda Bruce, Michael Gough, Terence Stamp, Anne Lawson, David Langton; dir:John Dexter [12pp; cast and company photos; VG] £4

1960: THE GAZEBO (Savoy) Ian Carmichael, Moira Lister, Michael Goodliffe[12pp; 4 large cast photos; VG] £4

1960: TOYS IN THE ATTIC - Lillian Hellman (Piccadilly) Wendy Hiller, Diana Wynyard, Coral Browne, Ian Bannen, Judith Stott; dir:John Dexter [12pp; 5 large cast photos; very light crease, else VG] £3

1960 (May): THE WRONG SIDE OF THE PARK - Mortimer (St.Martin's) Robert Stephens, Margaret Leighton, Richard Johnson, Wendy Craig; dir:Peter Hall [24pp; 4.8x7.25; photos] £3

1960 (Feb): THE WRONG SIDE OF THE PARK - Mortimer (Cambridge) Robert Stephens, Margaret Leighton, Richard Johnson, Wendy Craig, Joyce Carey; dir:Peter Hall [12pp, 6.75x9.25; photos; minor marks, else VG] £4

1960: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR (Apollo) Micheal Mac Liammoir, dir:Hilton Edwards [12pp; extensive biography of Micheal Mac Liammoir w.photo; minor marks, else VG] £3

Plays: 1961

1961: GUILTY PARTY - Ross/Singer (St.Martin's/17 Aug 1961) Donald Sinden, Hugh Sinclair, Michael Bates [24pp; photos] £2

1961: CHIN-CHIN - Billetdoux/Hall (Wyndham's) Anthony Quayle, Celia Johnson [16pp; photos] £2

1961: THE AFFAIR - Millar/Snow (Strand/21 Sep 1961) Alec Clunes, Dorothy Alison, Alan Dobie [20pp; 14 photos] £2

1961: THE AFFAIR - Millar/Snow (Strand/21 Sep 1961) John Clements, Dorothy Alison, Alan Dobie [16pp; 14 photos] £2

1961: CIDER WITH ROSIE - Laurie Lee (Garrick) William Squire, Daphne Anderson; dir+des:James Roose Evans [16pp; VG] £3

1961: THE BIRD OF TIME - Peter Mayne (Savoy) Gladys Cooper, Diana Wynyard, Clive Morton, Jean Marsh [16pp; minor marks, else VG] £3

1961: THE CONNECTION: A Play With Jazz - Jack Gelber (Duke of York's) Stanley Daniels, David Saire; original music by Freddie Redd [8pp; minor marks, else VG] £2

1961: ALTONA - J.P.Sartre (Royal Court) Claire Bloom, Basil Sydney, Kenneth Haig, Diane Cilento, Nigel Stock, Julian Glover; dir:John Berry, des:Sean Kenny [20pp; cast photos; tiny tear on back cover, else VG] £4

1961: HEARTBREAK HOUSE (Wyndham's) Roger Livesey, Dulcie Gray, Michael Dension, Judy Campbell, Perlita Neilson, Barry Sinclair, Joan Young, Donald Eccles, Ken Wynne, George Benson; dir:Frank Hauser [16pp; minor marks, else VG] £4

1961: LADY CHATTERLEY (Arts Theatre Club) Jeanne Moody, Walter Brown, Tom Criddle, Jack Lambert, Caroline Blakiston, Joan Young; dir:Alan Cooke [8pp; date on cover, else VG] £4

1961: THE ANDERSONVILLE TRIAL - Saul Levitt (Mermaid) William Sylvester, Maurice Denham, William Squire, John Woodvine, Edward de Souza, Stephen Thorne, , [40pp; articles, illustrations etc.; VG] £4

1961: THE BISHOP'S BONFIRE - Sean O'Casey (Mermaid) Annette Crosbie, Hugh Sullivan, Howard Goorney, Paul Farrell, Terry Scully, Joe Lynch; dir:Frank Dunlop [32pp; notes etc.; VG] £4

1961: A WHISTLE IN THE DARK - Thomas Murphy (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) Michael Craig, Patrick Magee, Derren Nesbitt, Dudley Sutton [8pp; minor marks, else VG] £2

1961: BONNE SOUPE - Felicien Marceau (Comedy) Coral Browne, Peter Illing, Nigel Davenport, Peter Bowles, Erica Rogers; dir:Eleanor Fazan [16pp; photos; minor marks, else VG] £3

1961: PROGRESS TO THE PARK (Saville) Billie Whitelaw, Tom Bell, Patrick Magee, Brian McDermott, Bee Duffell, Michael Coles, Norman Rossington [20pp; 5 photos; minor marks, else VG] £3

1961: GOODNIGHT MRS.PUFFIN - Lovegrove (Duchess/18 Sep 1961) Irene Handl, Jack Allen [16pp; 6.5x9; photos] £3

1961: THE MIRACLE WORKER - William Gibson (Royalty Theatre) Anna Massey, Janina Faye, Dilys Hamlett, Derek Fowlds, Ann Wilton, Pearl Prescod, Peter Bathhurst, David Waller, John Robinson; dir:Peter Coe [24pp, 6.6x9.1; seating plan, sketches of the theatre, cast list, credits, biographies with large photos, notes etc.; VG] £4

1961: THE BRIDE COMES BACK - Millar (Vaudeville) Ciceley Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert [12pp; 6.5x8.75; photos; rumpled] £2

1961: ONE FOR THE POT - Cooney/Hilton (Whitehall/2 Aug 1961) Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn, Basil Lord, Terry Scott, Larry Noble; dir:Henry Kendall [16pp teapot-shaped programme!; 17 photos, noted, biographies etc.; slight edge damage, else VG; unusual!] £5

Plays: 1962

1962: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - Robert Bolt (Ipswich Theatre) Ipswich Theatre Company: John Carlisle, Brendan Barry, Timothy Carlton, Antony Webb, Jean Challis, Brigid Panet, Alan Gray, Frank Smith, Carl Oatley, Ian Thompson, James Ward; dir:Robert Chetwyn [12pp; cast list, notes, credits; tiny corner bite, writing on cover, else VG] £3

1962 (Jul): TWO PLAYS FOR ENGLAND: The Blood of the Bambergs and Under Plain Cover - John Osborne (Royal Court) English Stage Company: James Cossins, Glyn Owen, Graham Crowden, Anton Rodgers, Avril Elgar, Vivian Pickles, Alan Bennett, Billy Russell, Ann Beach; dir:John Dexter/Jonathan Miller [20pp, 4.75x7.25; biographies, credits etc.; VG] £4

1962: BRECHT ON BRECHT - Tabori (Royal Court) English Stage Company: Lotte Lenya, Barry Foster, Norman Rossington, George Devine [20pp] £3

1962: THE AFFAIR - Ronald Millar/Snow (Strand) Alec Clunes, Dorothy Alison, Alan Dobie [20pp, 14 photos; minor marks, else VG] £2

1962: TWO STARS FOR COMFORT - John Mortimer (Garrick) Trevor Howard, Isabel Dean, Esmond Knight, Anthony Valentine, Hazel Hughes, Peter Sallis; dir:Michael Elliott [20pp; 6 photos; minor marks, else VG] £3

1962: BILLY LIAR (Golders Green Hippodrome) Kenneth Farrington, Frank Pettitt, Eileen Dale [12pp; minor marks, else VG] £2

1962: PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT - Tennessee Williams (Royal Court) English Stage Company: Bernard Braden, Collin Wilcox, Carmen Munroe, Neil McCallum; dir:Roger Graef [slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1962: PURPLE DUST - Sean O'Casey (Mermaid) James Grout, Russell Hunter, Ronald Fraser, Peter Bowles, June Tobin, Annette Crosbie, Phyllida Law, Ronald Hines; dir:Peter Duguid [32pp; articles, VG] £4

1962: ROCKETS IN URSA MAJOR - Fred Hoyle (Mermaid) Sean Scully, Nicholas Selby, Peter Cellier, Mike Gambon, John Pickles, Philip Morant, Denise Coffey, Ronald Herdman, John Woodvine; dir:Peter Duguid [32pp; articles, illustrations; VG] £4

1962: THE TULIP TREE - Hunter (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Celia Johnson, John Clements, Lynn Redgrave; dir:Glen Byam Shaw [12pp; 6 photos, biographies; VG] £2

1962: BILLY LIAR (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton) Trevor Bannister, Frank Pettitt, Eileen Dale [12pp; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1962: MY PLACE - Elaine Dundy (Comedy) Diane Cilento, Dandy Nichols, Barry Foster, Annette Crosbie, Barbara Hicks, Betty Hare, Harry Towb; dir:John Dexter [16pp; 4 photos; minor marks, else VG] £3

1962: WOULD ANYONE WHO SAW THE ACCIDENT... - Terence Brady/Michael Bogdin, and THE DUMB WAITER - Harold Pinter (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) Terence Brady, Bruce Myers, David O'Clee, Michael Bogdin, Roger Ordish, Ralph Bates, Carl Bontoft [12pp; minor pencil marks, else VG] £3

1962: SAY NOTHING - James Hanley (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) John Sharp, Margot Boyd, Denys Graham, Joan Haythorne; dir:John Gibson [minor pencil marks, else VG] £2

1962: PLAY WITH A TIGER - Doris Lessing (Comedy) Siobhan McKenna, William Russell, Maureen Pryor, Godfrey Quigley, Anne Lawson, Alex Viespi; dir:Ted Kotcheff [16pp; 3 photos; date on cover, minor marks, else VG] £3

1962 (June): CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING - Wesker (Vaudeville/12 Jun 1962) Frank Finlay, Corin Redgrave, George Innes, John Hurt, Colin Farrell, John Bull, Ronald Lacey, Peter Kelly; dir:John Dexter [16pp; 6.5x8.75; 13 excellent photos] £3

1962: HAROLD - Raucher (Cort Theatre, NY) Anthony Perkins; dir:Blyden [44pp; Playbill Vol.6 No.48; articles, biographies etc.] £3

1962: THE BEAUTY PART - Perelman (Music Box, NY) Bert Lahr, Alice Ghostley, Larry Hagman, Charlotte Rae [48pp; Playbill Vol.6 No.52; articles, biographies etc.] £3

1962: WAR AND PEACE - Tolstoy adapt.Neumann/Piscator/Prufer (Phoenix) Bristol Old Vic Company: Derek Smith, Paul Eddington, John Franklyn Robbins, Rhoda Lewis, Elizabeth Shepherd, Peter O'Shaughnessy, Ewan Hooper, David Burke, Antony Tuckey, Milton Johns; dir:Val May [12pp, 6.5x9; 8 cast photos, notes; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1962: PHOTO FINISH - Ustinov (Saville/23 Apr 1962) Paul Rogers, Diana Wynyard, Cyril Luckham; dir:Peter Ustinov/Nicholas Garland [16pp; 6 production photos; VG] £4

1962: SIGNPOST TO MURDER - Doyle (Cambridge) Margaret Lockwood, Derek Farr; dir:Hugh Goldie [12pp; 6 photos; VG] £3

1962: GOODNIGHT MRS.PUFFIN - Arthur Lovegrove (Duchess) Irene Handl, Jack Allen, Cicely Hullett, Pamela Barrie; dir:Alexander Dore [16pp, 6.5x9; cast photos; VG] £3

Plays: 1963

1963: STEPHEN D. - James Joyce/Hugh Leonard (St.Martin's) Norman Rodway, Ruth Durley, Brian Scully, Tony Hayes, Kevin Flood, Dominic Roche, Geoffrey Gilbert, Joseph O'Conor, T.P.McKenna; dir:Jim Fitzgerald [24pp; cast photos and biographies; light vertical crease, else VG] £2

1963: WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD - E.M.Forster/Elizabeth Hart (St.Martin's) Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Violet Farebrother, Nan Munro, Keith Baxter [24pp; cast photos and biographies; VG] £2

1963: SCHWEYK IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR - Brecht (Mermaid) Dudley Jones (as Hitler), Roger Jerome (as Himmler), Walter Daly (as Goebbels), Harold Innocent (as Goering), Gerald English, Peter Blythe, Joan Heal, Bernard Miles (as Schweyk), John Cater, Bill Fraser, Stephen Moore, Pat Heywood; dir:Frank Dunlop [32pp, 5x8; extensive illustrated articles, photos; VG] £4

1963: BREAKING POINT (Golders Green Hippodrome) John Gregson, Robert Beatty, Paul Massie, Robert Ayres; dir:John Barron [12pp; slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1963: THE RAPE OF THE BELT (Library Theatre, Manchester) Zoe Hicks, Robert Eddison, Angela Down; dir:Oliver Neville [marks on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £2

1963: A SEVERED HEAD (Criterion) Heather Chasen, Bernard Horsfall, Peter Reeves, Irene Hamilton, Ann Saker; dir:Val May [16pp; cast photos; VG] £4

1963: NEXT TIME I'LL SING TO YOU (Criterion) Barry Foster, Liz Fraser, Peter McEnery, Denys Graham, Victor Winding [16pp; cast and production photos; VG] £3

1963: HUGHIE AND OTHERS - Eugene O'Neill (Theatre Royal, Bath) Burgess Meredith, Nan Martin, Jack MacGowran; dir:Fred Sadoff [12pp; date on cover, somewhat rumpled, else VG] £3

1963: RATTLE OF A SIMPLE MAN - Charles Dyer (Golders Green Hippodrome) Sheila Hancock, John Colin, Daniel Moynihan [12pp; slightly tatty, date on cover, else VG] £2

1963: ROCKETS IN URSA MAJOR - Fred Hoyle (Mermaid) Mike Gambon, Denise Coffey, John Woodvine [32pp; 8+ illustrated articles; ticket stapled to cover (15 Jan '63); VG] £3

1963: HANG DOWN YOUR HEAD AND DIE (Comedy) Oxford University Experimental Theatre Club: Michael Palin, Robert Hewison, Dick Durden-Smith, Terry Jones, David Wood, Juliet Akroyd; dir:Braham Murray [16pp; production photos; VG] £5

1963: WHAT GOES UP... (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) Theatre Workshop: Ivor Danvers, Bernice Adams, Brian Hewlett, Peter Reeves, Anna Sharkey; dir:Peter Cotes [12pp; minor marks, else VG] £3

1963-1965: THIRTEEN PROGRAMMES (Questors Theatre, London)
THE COMICAL LOVERS (Cibber), BRAND (Ibsen), HINDLE WAKES (Houghton), NEIGHBOURS (Saunders) and NO QUARTER (Bermange), THE OTHER PLACE (Rodney Ackland), SWEENEY TODD (Pitt), QUOAT-QUOAT (Audiberti), THE COUNTRY WIFE (Wycherley), THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK (T.S.Eliot), LET'S GET A DIVORCE (Sardou), MAJOR BARBARA (Shaw), BIG SOFT NELLIE (Livings), THE WINTER'S TALE (Shakespeare) [13 programmes; cast lists, synopses of scenes, credits, programme notes, advance booking, future productions etc.; all 5.5" x 8.5", mostly 12pp each; in excellent condition; many with tickets stapled to top corner] £5

1963: FROST AT MIDNIGHT - Andre Obey (Hampstead Theatre Club) Jimmy Gardner, Raf de la Torre, Peter Gale, Derek Lanyon, Declan Mulholland, Robert Bernal, Roger Hammond, Patricia Connoly, Vincent Harding; dir:Jean-Pierre Voos [16pp; VG] £3

1963: HOW ARE YOU, JOHNNIE? - Philip King (Vaudeville) Ian McShane, Nigel Stock, Derek Fowlds, Hilda Fenemore, Lucinda Curtis, Philip Newman, dir:Guy Vaesen [12pp; four cast photos; VG] £4

1963: DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS - O'Neill (Circle in the Square, NY) George C.Scott, Colleen Dewhurst, Rip Torn; dir:Quintero [8pp] £3

1963: LORD PENGO - Behrman (Royale, NY) Charles Boyer, Agnes Moorehead, Brian Bedford [56pp; Playbill Vol.1 No.2; articles, biographies etc.] £3

1963: PRIVATE LIVES (Duke of York's) Edward de Sousa, Rosemary Martin, Sarah Harter, Roger Booth, Janie Booth; dir:James Roose-Evans [16pp, 6.75x9.25; 4 photos; VG] £3

1963 (17 Dec): THE WINGS OF THE DOVE - Taylor (Lyric) Souvenir of 75th Anniversary of the Opening of the Lyric Theatre, issued 17th December 1963; the current production featured Susannah York, James Donald, Wendy Hiller, Elspeth March, Gene Anderson, Owen Holder; dir:Frith Banbury, and the programme for this play has 6 cast biographies w.photos, and 4 production photos; the souvenir also contains 11 photos of previous productions, featuring Marie Tempest, Haydn Coffin, Ada Reeve, Sir C.Aubrey Smith, Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Sir John Martin Harvey, Lewis Waller, Leslie Howard, Tallulah Bankhead, Fay Compton, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Emlyn Williams, Michael Newell, Vivien Leigh, Ronald Lewis etc., and a History of the Lyric Theatre [20pp, 6.75x9.25; minor marks, else VG] £5

1963: THE WINGS OF THE DOVE - Taylor (Lyric) Susannah York, James Donald, Wendy Hiller, Elspeth March, Gene Anderson, Owen Holder; dir:Frith Banbury [12pp, 6.75x9.25; 6 cast biographies w.photos, 4 production photos; minor marks, light creases, else VG] £3

1963: USTED PUEDE SER UN ASESINO - Alfonso Paso (Teatro Moneda, Santiago) Compania de Comediantes Americo Vargas - Pury Durante: Victor Meiggs, Americo Vargas, Pury Durante, Isabel Gorrono, Monica Mauro, Jorge Nunez, Jorge Lanza, Enrique Madina, Crisy Arias, Maggy Smith; dir:Americo Vargas [6pp, 6.75x11.5 triple-fold; cast list, notes (in Spanish); minor marks, else VG] £3

Plays: 1964

1964: THE DEEP BLUE SEA - Terence Rattigan (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) Vivienne Drummond, John Turner, Andre Van Gyseghem, Richard Simpson, Barry Justice, Julia McCarthy, John Porter Davison, Vanessa Hill; dir:Trevor Nunn [12pp, 5x7.4; synopsis of scenes, credits etc.; VG] £4

1964: HOSTILE WITNESS - Jack Roffey (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Michael Dennison, Charles Leno, Peter Furnell, Miranda Connell, Richard Hurndall, Trevor Reid, Geoffrey Lumsden, Edward Waddy, Brian Oulton, Hugh Cross, Malcolm Russell, Ronald Adam, Philip Lennard, Dulcie Bowman; dir:Anthony Sharp [16pp; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies, photo of Michael Dennison, credits; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1964: PAST IMPERFECT - Hugh and Margaret Williams (St.Martin's) Hugh Williams, Susan Hampshire, Graham Armitage, Roy Marsden; dir:Nigel Patrick [24pp; cast photos and biographies; VG] £2

1964: ENTERTAINING MR.SLOANE - Orton (New Arts/6 May 1964) Madge Ryan, Dudley Sutton, Charles Lamb, Peter Vaughan; dir:Patrick Dromgoole [16pp, photos; VG] £4

1964: ENTERTAINING MR.SLOANE - Orton (Wyndham's) Madge Ryan, Dudley Sutton, Charles Lamb, Peter Vaughan; dir:Patrick Dromgoole [16pp, photos; VG] £4

1964: THE DOLL'S HOUSE (Tour) Theatre West: Anna Hoffman, David Quilter, Nigel Hawthorne, Thelma Holt [8pp; "7th March 1964" on cover, else VG] £2

1964: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Albee (Piccadilly) Uta Hagen, Arthur Hill [16pp; photos; VG] £4

1964: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Albee (Piccadilly) Uta Hagen/Constance Cummings, Arthur Hill/Jerome Kilty [16pp; photos; slight crease, else VG] £3

1964: CHASE ME COMRADE! - Cooney (Whitehall) Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn, Basil Lord, Sheila Mercier, Kerry Gardner; dir:Wallace Douglas [16pp; 40+ photos; VG] £4

1964 (3 Nov): TROUBLE WITH FATHER - Roger MacDougall (Northampton Repertory Theatre) David Tomlinson, Kenneth Gilbert, Angela Down, Eileen Page, Nigel Lambert; dir:David Tomlinson [12pp, 5.5x8.75; minor marks, else VG] £2

1964: THE ROSES ARE REAL - Patrick Paterson (Vaudeville) Micheal Mac Liammoir, Mary Kerridge, Thorley Waters, Hilton Edwards; dir:Hilton Edwards [5 photos; date on cover, slightly tatty] £2

1964: SON OF OBLOMOV - Aragno/Goncharov (Comedy) Spike Milligan, Joan Greenwood, Bill Owen, Valentine Dyall, Peter Eyre; dir:Frank Dunlop [16pp, 6.5x9.25; cast photos and biographies; VG] £4

1964: SON OF OBLOMOV - Aragno/Goncharov (Comedy) Spike Milligan, Ilona Rogers, Bill Owen, Valentine Dyall, Peter Eyre; dir:Frank Dunlop [16pp, 6.5x9.25; cast photos and biographies; else VG] £3

1964: 12 ANGRY MEN - Rose (Queen's) Leo Genn, Walter Fitzgerald, Robert Urquhart, Arnold Ridley [12pp; 7x9.5; photos] £3

1964: POOR BITOS - Anouilh (Duke of York's) Peter Woodthorpe, Donald Pickering, David Beale, Martin Jarvis [16pp; photos] £3

1964: POOR BITOS - Anouilh (Duke of York's) Donald Pleaseance, Charles Gray, Ronald Lewis, Martin Jarvis [16pp; photos] £3

1964: A THOUSAND CLOWNS - Herb Gardner (Comedy) James Booth, Andree Melly, Roy Kinnear, Sydney Tafler, John Cater, Chris Barrington [16pp, 7x9.5; cast photos; minor marks, else VG] £3

1964: MOTHER'S BOY - Sewell Stokes (Globe) David Tomlinson, Peggy Mount, Ann Bell [12pp, 7x9.5; cast photos; w.flyer; minor marks, else VG] £3

1964: WAITING FOR GODOT (Royal Court) English Stage Company: Alfred Lynch, Nicol Williamson, Jack MacGowran, Paul Curran, Kirk Martin; dir:Anthony Page [16pp, 7x9.5; biographies, rehearsal photos; minor marks, minor tear to cover, else VG] £4

1964: THE EASTER MAN - Evan Hunter (Globe) Ian McShane, Robin Hawdon, Karin Fernald, Suzan Farmer; dir:John Harrison [12pp, 7x9.5; photos; minor marks, else VG] £3

1964: CALIGULA - Camus (Phoenix) Kenneth Haigh, Michael Gwynn, Georgina Ward, Andrew Ray, Victor Maddern, Jeffry Wickham, Barry Jackson; dir:Peter Coe [8pp, 7x9.5; cast photos; minor marks, else VG] £4

1964: BLACK NATIVITY - Langston Hughes (Vaudeville) Marion Williams, Brother Joe May, Ann Bolden; dir:Vinnette Carroll [12pp, 6.5x8.5; cast photos and biographies, running order, list of musical numbers; VG] £3

1964: THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN (Her Majesty's) Anthony Quayle, Coral Browne, Anna Massey, Jack Gwillim, Richard Leech, Mary Law, Jill Melford, Anne Stevenson, Corin Redgrave, Llewellyn Rees, Terence Bayler, Gillian Lind, John Irvine; dir:Glen Byam Shaw, des:Motley [12pp, 7x9.5; cast photos and biographies; light horizontal bend, else VG] £3

1964-1966: NORTHAMPTON REPERTORY THEATRE - 35 PROGRAMMES
Thirty-five programmes for plays produced between 1964 and 1966 at the Northampton Repertory Theatre. The plays represented are 1964: 28 Jan/FREE AS AIR - Julian Slade, 18 Feb/THE CORN IS GREEN - Emlyn Williams, 3 Mch/THE PRIVATE EAR and THE PUBLIC EYE - Peter Shaffer, 17 Mch/COME BLOW YOUR HORN - Neil Simon, 6 May/KING JOHN - William Shakespeare, 18 May/DON'T TELL FATHER - Harold Brooke and Kay Bannerman, 16 Jun/RATTLE OF A SIMPLE MAN - Charles Dyer, 1 Aug/THIS HAPPY HOME - Michael Brett, 18 Aug/MURDER ON ARRIVAL - George Batson, 1 Sep/FRESH FIELDS - Ivor Novello, 15 Sep/ALL IN GOOD TIME - Bill Naughton, 29 Sep/FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE - Arthur Watkyn, 3 Nov/TROUBLE WITH FATHER - Roger MacDougall, 17 Nov/YOU TOO CAN HAVE A BODY - Fred Robinson, 1 Dec/GREAT EXPECTATIONS - Dickens adapt.Guinness; 1965: 3 Feb/THE BOY FRIEND - Sandy Wilson, 23 Mch/SPIDER'S WEB - Agatha Christie, 6 Apr/THE RELUCTANT PEER - William Douglas Home, 19 Apr/HOUSEMASTER - Ian Hay, 11 May/ALFIE - Bill Naughton, 25 May/CANDIDA - George Bernard Shaw, 7 Jun/THE LITTLE HUT - Andrew Roussin, 17 Aug/BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY - Dorothy L.Sayers and M.St.Clare Byrne, 30 Aug/ROAR LIKE A DOVE - Lesley Storm, 14 Sep/DEATH OF A SALESMAN - Arthur Miller w.John Justin, 28 Sep/ONE FOR THE POT - Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton, 26 Oct/THE HOSTAGE - Brendan Behan, 7 Dec/OLD-TIME MUSIC HALL; 1966: 3 Feb/LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS - Henry Fielding, Bernard Miles, Laurie Johnson, Lionel Bart, 1 Mch/THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLDAY - Thomas Dekker, 29 Mch/POOR BITOS - Jean Anouilh, 11 Apr/PRIVATE LIVES - Noel Coward, 3 May/OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR - Charles Chilton, 30 May/WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Edward Albee, 13 Sep/THE HOME FRONT - Arthur Watkyn; actors taking part include Jonathan Adams, Sally Ford, Derek Pollitt, Janet Henfrey, Nigel Lambert, Mark Elwes, John Downing, Beth Harris, Kim Grant, Ursula Smith, Giles Phibbs, Sandra Payne, Simon Prebble, Mark Cullingham, Kenneth Gilbert, Gillian Brown, Judy Child, Eileen Page, Antony Brown, Nicholas Courtney, Vanessa Forsyth, Rosemarie Sheridan, Marcia Warren, Aileen Raymond, Ian Ogilvy, Angela Down, Alfred Hurstfield, Alec Lightfoot, Judy Dickinson, David Tomlinson, Alan Gerrard, Antony Linford, John Flint, Branwen Iwan, Sandra Michaels, James Sparrow, Martin Scott, John Ringrose, Michael Elwick, Paul Darrow, Peter Mair, Hugh Janes, Pauline Letts, Peter Badger, Douglas Gibson, Bernard Sutton, Peter Miles-Johnson, Nina Marriott, Janet Milner, Michael Candler, Ronald Owen, Colin Stepney, Patrick Monckton, James Watts, Ian Mackenzie, Jane Cunningham, Jane Hamden, John Justin, Bill Johnston, John Wright, Peter Kelly, Raymond Duparc, Roger Lloyd Pack, James Sport, Dudley Jones, Robert Howes, Michael Cotterill, Lisa Daniely, June Watts, Paul Mead, Ron Welling, Norman Jones, Diana Oxford, Nigel Hawthorne, Malcolm Terris, Anthony Pedley, Anne Pichon, Alexandra Knowles; the plays were directed by Keith Andrews, Kim Grant, Brian Howard, Alan Vaughan Williams, and Willard Stoker [35 programmes, mostly 12pp, 5.75x8.75; slightly rumpled, some with folds, 16 with punch holes, minor marks, else VG] £20

Plays: 1965

1965: THARK - Travers (Garrick) Peter Cushing, Kathleen Harrison, Alec McCowen, Ambrosine Phillpotts; dir:Cooney [16pp; photos; VG] £3

1965: TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD (Strand) Dora Bryan, George Cole, Kenneth Haigh, June Ritchie, Athene Seyler, Alastair Sim, Laurence Hardy, Anthony Oliver, Terry Scully, James Bolam; dir:Frank Dunlop [16pp; 10 cast biographies w.photos, notes etc.; minor marks, else VG] £4

1965: TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD (Garrick) Liz Fraser, George Cole, June Ritchie, Alastair Sim, Laurence Hardy, Anthony Oliver, James Bolam, T.P.McKenna, Nan Munro; dir:Frank Dunlop [16pp; 10 cast biographies w.photos, notes etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £4

1965: OH DAD, POOR DAD - Kopit (Piccadilly) Hermione Gingold, Murray Melvin [16pp; photographic cover; photos; creasing] £3

1965: EAST LYNNE - Mrs.Henry Wood (Richmond Theatre) Junius Vavasour, Edgar K.Bruce, Stanley Beard, Robert Jennings, Carolyn Pertwee, Damaris Hayman, Alan Downer, Ingrid Hafner; dir:Junius Vavasour [minor marks, else VG] £2

1965: THE GAME AS PLAYED - Leon Griffiths (New Arts) Denholm Elliott, George Murcell, Bryan Pringle, Bettina Dickson, Vernon Dobtcheff, Michael Martin [8pp; rumpled, minor marks] £2

1965: MAN AND SUPERMAN (New Arts) Alan Badel, Sian Phillips, Zena Walker, John Robinson, Marie Lohr, Patrick McAlinney, Martin Jarvis, Marda Vanne, Edward Bishop, Judy Wilson, Clive Swift; dir:Philip Wiseman [minor corner damage, light horizontal fold, else VG] £3

1965: THE SLEEPERS DEN - Peter Gill (Theatre Upstairs) Eileen Atkins, Madoline Thomas, Kimberley Iles, John Rees, Anthony Douse, Margaret John; dir:Peter Gill [two brown-paper sheets 8x13 stapled together; VG; uncommon] £3

1965: ALIBI FOR A JUDGE - Douglas/Cecil (Savoy) Andrew Cruickshank, Amanda Grinling, John Arnatt, Colin Gordon; dir:Hugh Goldie [16pp, 6.6x8.6; 4 photos, biographies; VG] £4

1965 (26 Oct): THE HOSTAGE - Brendan Behan (Northampton Repertory Theatre) Marcia Warren, John Wright, James Watts, Frank Cousins, Michael Elwick; dir:Alan Vaughan-Williams [12pp, 5.5x8.75; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £1

1965: GENERATION - Goodhart (Wilber Theatre, NY) Henry Fonda; dir:Saks [52pp; Playbill Vol.II No.9; articles, biographies etc.] £4

1965: SON OF OBLOMOV - Aragno/Goncharov (Comedy) Spike Milligan, Ilona Rogers, Bill Owen, Valentine Dyall, Peter Eyre; dir:Frank Dunlop [16pp, 6.5x9.25; cast photos and biographies; minor edge damage, date on cover, else VG] £3

1965: SAY WHO YOU ARE - Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall (Her Majesty's) Ian Carmichael, Patrick Cargill, Dilys Laye, Jan Holden [12pp; large photos w.cast biographies; VG] £3

1965: PRESENT LAUGHTER (Queen's) Nigel Patrick, Phyllis Calvert, Maxine Audley, Avice Landon, Richard Briers, Graham Payn; dir:Nigel Patrick [12pp, 6.75x9.25; 5 cast photos; minor marks, rumpled, else VG] £2

1965: PRESENT LAUGHTER (Queen's) Nigel Patrick, Phyllis Calvert, Maxine Audley, Avice Landon, Richard Briers (as Roland Maule), Graham Payn; dir:Nigel Patrick [12pp, 6.75x9.25 w.photographic cover; 5 cast photos; minor marks, else VG] £3

1965: THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE (Duke of York's) Beryl Reid, Eileen Atkins, Lally Bowers, Margaret Courtenay [12pp, 7x9.4; cast photos w.biographies, notes etc.; VG] £4

1965: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Albee (Globe) Constance Cummings, Ray McAnally, Richard Easton, Pinkie Johnstone [12pp, 7.1x9.6; 3 photos; lightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1965: A LITTLE WINTER LOVE - Alun Owen (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) Stage Sixty: Rachel Herbert, Paul Maxwell, Kenneth Farrington, David McKail, Roger Hammond, Celia Hewitt, Petra Markham; dir:Garry O'Connor [20pp, 5.5x11.5; notes, biographies, photos; minor marks, else VG] £2

1965: A PATRIOT FOR ME - John Osborne (Royal Court) Maxmillian Schell, John Castle, Frederick Jaeger, Clive Morton, Timothy Carlton, Edward Fox, Sandor Eles, Laurel Mather, Jennifer Jayne, Desmond Perry, George Murcell, Sebastian Shaw, Jill Bennett, Ferdy Mayne, John Forbes (AKA John Copley), Anthony Roye (for George Devine), Douglas Sheldon, Thick Wilson, Hal Hamilton, Lew Luton, Domy Reiter, Peter John, Franco Derosa, Robert Kidd, Vernon Dobtcheff, Tim Pearce, Richard Morgan, Virginia Wetherell; dir:Anthony Page [20pp, 6.75x9.75; full cast list, synopsis of scenes, extensive illustrated programme notes, large photos of John Osborne and Maxmillian Schell; includes a substitution slip: Owing to the indisposition of Mr.GEORGE DEVINE, the part of Baron von Epp will be taken at this performance by Mr. ANTHONY ROYE; this dates the programme precisely to the last two weeks of the run, 9 to 21 August, as George Devine was taken ill after the performance on Saturday 7th August (and died five months later); VG] (£6) SOLD

Plays: 1966

1966: HOW'S THE WORLD TREATING YOU? - Milner (Wyndham's) Patricia Routledge, Thelma Whiteley, Peter Bayliss; dir:Philip Grout [12pp; biographies; ticket stapled to cover (1 Apr '66); VG] £3

1966: ANY WEDNESDAY - Muriel Resnik (Wyndham's) Dennis Price, Amanda Barrie, John Fraser, Moira Lister [16pp; cast photos; VG] £4

1966: PRESENT LAUGHTER - Coward (Connaught Theatre, Worthing) John Hart Dyke, Vivienne Burgess, Julian Curry; dir:Brian E.Cook [8pp; review stapled to cover; cellotape inside, else VG] £2

1966: THE LADY'S NOT FOR BURNING - Christopher Fry (Oxford Playhouse) Simon Ward, Barbara Jefford, John Turner, Philip Voss, Hugh Paddick [16pp; w.ticket; minor marks, else VG] £3

1966: AMPHITRYON 38 - Giraudoux (Oxford Playhouse) Simon Ward, Barbara Jefford, John Turner, Philip Voss, Pamela Lane, Leon Eagles [16pp; minor marks, else VG] £3

1966: AFTER THE RAIN - John Bowen (Hampstead Theatre Club) Alec McCowen, Alan MacNaughtan, Anthony Oliver, Valerie White, Robert James, Douglas Sheldon, Maureen Pryor [20pp; cast photos; minor creases, else VG] £3

1966: THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE - Marcus (St.Martin's) Beryl Reid, Eileen Atkins, Lally Bowers, Margaret Courtenay; dir:Val May [20pp; photos; VG] £4

1966: THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE - Marcus (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Hermione Baddeley, Margaret Courtenay, Andree Melly; dir:Val May [20pp; photos; VG] £4

1966: THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE - Marcus (St.Martin's) Hermione Baddeley, Andree Melly, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Margaret Courtenay; dir:Val May [40pp, 6x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, biographies w.photos, credits etc.; minor marks on cover, else VG] £4

1966: THE BALLAD OF THE FALSE BARMAN - Colin Spencer (Hampstead Theatre Club) Katherine Barker, Robert Bernal, Anne Berry, Caroline Blakiston, James Bree, Murray Brown, Penelope Keith, Antony Linford, Rod McLennan, Michael Pennington, Josephine Tewson; dir:Robin Phillips [20pp; cast photos; minor marks, else VG] £4

1966: BAREFOOT IN THE PARK - Simon (Piccadilly) Daniel Massey; dir:Richard Benjamin [16pp; photos] £3

1966: THE BIRDWATCHER - Feydeau (Hampstead Theatre Club) Prunella Scales, Michael Bates [12pp] £2

1966: MAN AND SUPERMAN (Vaudeville) Alan Badel, Sian Phillips, Zena Walker, John Robinson, Marie Lohr, Patrick McAlinney, Martin Jarvis, Marda Vanne, Judy Wilson, Clive Swift; dir:Philip Wiseman [12pp; 2 production photos; VG] £5

1966: THE ODD COUPLE - Simon (Queen's) Jack Klugman, Victor Spinetti [24pp; production photos] £3

1966: WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE MY MOTHER? - Hampton (Comedy) Victor Henry, Gwen Watford, Julian Holloway, Lucy Fleming [16pp; 6.5x9.25; photos] £2

1966: THE LION IN WINTER - Goldman (Colonial Theatre, NY) Robert Preston, Rosemary Harris; dir:Willman [48pp; Playbill Vol.III No.2; biographies, articles etc.] £4

1966: THERE'S A GIRL IN MY SOUP - Frisby (Globe) Donald Sinden, Jon Pertwee, Clive Francis, Jill Melford [24pp; 14 photos; VG] £4

1966: SAY WHO YOU ARE - Waterhouse/Hall (Her Majesty's) Ian Carmichael, Patrick Cargill, Dilys Laye, Jan Holden [12pp, 6.5x9.25; photos; ticket stapled to cover (8 Jan '66); VG] £3

1966: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Edward Albee (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) Kathleen Michael, Charles Tingwell, Eric Woofe, Ann Penfold; dir:David Buxton [16pp, 7x9; cast list, notes, biographies (w.photos), rehearsal photo; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

Plays: 1967

1967: BOX AND COX - Morton and THE BELLS - Lewis (Derby Playhouse) Harry Beety, Pauline Jefferson, Gerald Tarrant, Marius Goring, Nicholas Smith, Mary Laine [12pp; VG] £3

1967: THE FIGHT FOR BARBARA - D.H.Lawrence (Mermaid) Adrienne Corri, Stephen Moore [32pp; interesting articles, photos] £3

1967: AN EVENING WITH MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE (Hampstead Theatre Club) Malcolm Muggeridge, Eleanor Bron, James Rosse-Evans, Norman Shelley [20pp; photo, notes; date written on cover, else VG] £3

1967: THE BALLAD OF THE FALSE BARMAN - Spencer (Hampstead Theatre Club) Michael Pennington, Penelope Keith, Caroline Blakiston [20pp; date on cover, else VG] £2

1967: THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford) Sian Phillips, Patrick Barr, Kevin Colson, Elspeth March; dir:Philip Wiseman, des:Stefanos Lazaridis [20pp; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1967: J.B. - Archibald MacLeish (Liverpool Playhouse) John Downing, Peter Miles-Johnson, Nicholas McArdle, Anthea Holloway [16pp; 12 small cast photos; minor marks, else VG] £3

1967: THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW - D.H.Lawrence (Royal Court) Anne Dyson, Victor Henry, Gabrielle Daye, Judy Parfitt, Mike Pratt; dir:Peter Gill [24pp; extensive illustrated articles; VG] £4

1967: FALLEN ANGELS - Coward (Vaudeville) Joan Greenwood, Constance Cummings [12pp; photos; scribbles on title page] £1

1967: GETTING MARRIED (Strand) Ian Carmichael, Alec Clunes, Roland Culver, Raymond Huntley, David Hutcheson, Esmond Knight, Moira Lister, Perlita Neilson, Margaret Rawlings, Googie Withers, Joanna Wake, Timothy Carlton; dir:Frank Dunlop [32pp; cast photos; VG] £4

1967: MRS.WILSON'S DIARY - Ingrams/Wells (Criterion) Myvanwy Jenn, Bill Wallis, Howard Goorney, Nigel Hawthorne, Bob Grant; dir:Joan Littlewood [24pp; 5 caricatures; VG] £5

1967: MRS.WILSON'S DIARY - Ingrams/Wells (Criterion) Myvanwy Jenn, Bill Wallis, Stephen Lewis, Peter Reeves, Sandra Caron, Bob Grant, Howard Goorney, Carl Forgione, Kevin Smith, Johnny Lyons, Grumpy; dir:Joan Littlewood [36pp, 6x9; 5+ caricatures; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1967: HALFWAY UP THE TREE - Ustinov (Queen's) Robert Morley, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Pinkie Johnstone, Mark Dignam, Jonathan Cecil; dir:John Gielgud [24pp; production photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1967: UPROAR IN THE HOUSE - Marriott/Foot (Garrick) Brian Rix, Elspet Gray, Derek Farr, Leo Franklyn [32pp; photos, including production shots] £3

1967: LOOT - Orton (Criterion) Michael Bates, Sheila Ballantine, Kenneth Cranham, Simon Ward; dir:Marowitz [32pp; 3 cast photos; VG] £4

1967: RELATIVELY SPEAKING - Ayckbourn (Duke of York's) Celia Johnson, Michael Hordern, Richard Briers [16pp; photos; date written on cover, else VG] £3

1967: HOWARD'S END - Forster/Sieveking/Cottrell (New) Gwen Watford, Gemma Jones, Joyce Carey, Andrew Ray [32pp; photos] £3

1967: THE JUDGE - Mortimer (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Patrick Wymark, Patience Collier, Michael Pennington, Ernest Clark; dir:Stuart Burge [20pp; photos; VG] £3

1967: BROTHER AND SISTER - Bolt (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Flora Robson, Nigel Stock; dir:Noel Willman [20pp; VG] £3

1967: ROOTS - Wesker (Royal Court) Thelma Whiteley, Trevor Peacock, Bridget Turner; dir:Jane Howell [20pp; illustrated articles; light vertical fold, else VG] £4

1967: A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG - Nichols (Comedy) Joe Melia, Zena Walker, John Carson, Phyllida Law, Joan Hickson; dir:Michael Blakemore [32pp; photos; with attractive full colour flyer; VG] £5

1967: AFTER THE RAIN - Bowen (Duchess) Alec McCowen, Valerie White, Maureen Pryor, Alan MacNaughtan [20pp; photos; with ticket stapled to cover (17 Jan '67); VG] £3

1967: ON APPROVAL - Lonsdale (St.Martin's) Michael Denison, Dulcie Grey, Robert Flemyng, Polly Adams [36pp; photos; VG] £3

1967: LA VISITE DE LA VIELLE DAME - Durrenmatt (Comedie de l'Est on Tour) Valentine Tessier, Hubert Gignoux; dir:Gignoux [24pp, 6.25x9; biographies, photos, articles etc.; plus 32pp illustrated brochure, with tour details, company history etc.; VG] £4

Plays: 1968

1968: SPITTING IMAGE - Colin Spencer (Duke of York's) Julian Holloway, Derek Fowlds, Susan Williamson, Frank Middlemass, Lally Bowers, Michael Irving; dir:James Roose-Evans [16pp; cast list, eight biographies w.photos, credits; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1968 (Nov): SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH - Tennessee Williams (Palace Theatre, Watford) Christopher Gable, Vivien Merchant, Hayne Ryan, Roy Stephens, John Savident, Kenneth Cranham, Bessie Love, Lans Traverse, Gavin Hardy, Betty McDowall; dir:Giles Havergal, des:Philip Prowse [12pp; cast list, synopsis of scenes, credits, biographies, notes; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1968: RELATIVELY SPEAKING - Ayckbourn (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Evelyn Laye, Raymond Francis, John Carlisle, Anne Lawson; dir:Donald Sinden [20pp; cast biographies, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1968: ENTER A FREE MAN - Tom Stoppard (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Michael Hordern, Megs Jenkins, Vanessa Forsyth, Roland Curram, Maria Charles, Liam Gaffney, Roy Holder, Kenneth McClellan; dir:Frith Banbury [20pp; cast biographies, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1968: THE DUEL - Jack Holton Dell, from the novel by Anton Chekhov (Theatre Royal, Brighton) Michael Bryant, James Hayter, Kevin Moore, Elspeth March, Janet Hannington, Nyree Dawn Porter, John J. Carney, Bruce Walker, Lewis Fiander, Peter Wyngarde, Anthony Watkins; dir:Norman Marshall [20pp; cast biographies, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1968: HADRIAN VII - Peter Luke (Mermaid) Douglas Rain, Jessica Dunning, Oliver Ford-Davies, Donald Eccles, Peggy Aitchison, Patrick McAlinney [32pp; interesting articles, notes and photos; minor marks, else VG] £4

1968: HADRIAN VII - Peter Luke (Mermaid) Alec McCowen, Margaret Courtenay, Alan MacNaughtan, Donald Eccles, Peggy Aitchison, Patrick McAlinney [32pp; cast photos; minor marks, else VG] £4

1968: PYGMALION - Bernard Shaw (Colchester Theatre) Keith Grenville, Barbara Barnett, Damien Thomas, Kenneth Bryers, Vyvian Hall, Monica Stewart; dir:David Buxton [8pp; cast photos; minor marks, else VG] £2

1968: THE SECRETARY BIRD - William Douglas Hume (Savoy) Kenneth More, Jane Downs, Terence Longden, Katherine Parr, Judith Arthy [16pp; 10 cast and production photos; VG] £4

1968: THE PROMISE - Aleksei Arbuzov (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) Tina Packer, Paul Moriarty, Sean Barrett [16pp; minor marks, else VG] £2

1968: CANTERBURY TALES - Starkie/Coghill (Phoenix) Trevor Baxter, Michael Logan, Nancy Nevinson, Daniel Thorndike, Wynne Clarke, Kenneth J. Warren, Billy Boyle, George Raistrick; dir:Vlado Habunek [24pp; cast photos; minor marks, else VG] £4

1968: LITTLE BOXES John Bowen (Duchess) David Cook, Sylvia Coleridge, Anna Cropper, Peter Howell, June Jago, Elizabeth MacLennan, Frank Middlemass, Larry Noble, Maureen Pryor; dir:Philip Grout [28pp; cast photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

1968: FORTUNE AND MEN'S EYES - John Herbert (Comedy) Al Mancini, Peter Marinker, Louis Negin, Robert Howay, George Margo, Carl Oatley; dir:Charles Marowitz [32pp; cast photos; minor marks, else VG] £4

1968: BRIEF LIVES - Aubrey/Garland (Criterion) Roy Dotrice [28pp; photos] £2

1968: RING ROUND THE MOON - Anouilh (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) John Standing, Isabel Jeans, Robert Eddison, Angela Thorne, Moyra Fraser, Kenneth Fortescue, Daphne Newton, Bill Fraser, John Warner, Maureen O'Brien, Flora Robson; dir:Noel Willman [20pp, 5.5x8.5; cast biographies w.photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1968: JIMMY SHINE - Schisgal (Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NY) Dustin Hoffman [76pp; Playbill Vol.5 No.11; interview with Hoffman; photos, articles etc.] £4

1968: DEAR OCTOPUS - Smith (Strand) Cicely Courtneidge, Richard Todd, Lally Bowers, Joyce Carey, Ursula Howells, Perlita Neilson, Valerie White, Jack Hulbert; dir:Frith Banbury [28pp; cast biographies with photos; VG] £4

1968: MONTSERRAT - Hellman/Robles (Vanbrugh Theatre Club) RADA Production, w.Hugh Ross, David Bradley, Desmond McNamara, Richard Beckinsale; dir:Heinz Bernard [4pp; VG] £3

1968: NOT NOW DARLING - Cooney/Chapman (Strand) Donald Sinden, Bernard Cribbins, Brian Wilde [24pp; photos; VG] £4

Plays: 1969

1969: AARON THY BROTHER - Conor Farrington (Peacock at The Abbey Theatre, Dublin) Martin Dempsey, Seamus Newham, Kathleen Barrington, Leslie Lalor, Mark Mulholland, Pat Laffan, Edward Byrne, Joe Dowling, Robert Carlile; dir:Brid Ni Shuilleabhain [8pp; minor marks, else VG] £4

1969: THE DISORDERLY WOMEN - John Bowen (Stables Theatre Club) Maureen Lipman, Richard Howard, Carla Challenor, Robert Morris, Andre van Gyseghem, Maureen Pryor, William Roache, John Fraser [8pp; brief cast biographies, rehearsal photo; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1969: THE BOOTLEG GENTLEMAN adapted from 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' by Michael Bogdanov (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford) Bill Wallis, Lewis Fiander, Maggie Jones, Rita Merkelis, John Rye, Debbie Bowen, Bob Hornery, Michael da Costa; dir:Michael Bogdanov [20pp; extensive notes; minor marks, else VG] £3

1969: DEAD SILENCE! - Doyle (Whitehall) Alfred Marks, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Emrys Jones [16pp; photos] £2

1969: HIS HERS & THEIRS (Apollo) Gladys Cooper, Roland Culver, Faith Brook, Simon Williams, Jacqueline Maude, Belinda Carroll [24pp; cast photos, set design; minor marks, else VG] £4

1969: THE PRICE - Arthur Miller (Duke of York's) Alan White, Beth Harris, Robert MacLeod, David Bauer; dir:Arthur Miller [16pp; cast photos; minor marks, else VG] £3

1969: THE PRICE - Arthur Miller (Duke of York's) Albert Salmi, Kate Reid, Harold Gray, Shepperd Strudwick; dir:Arthur Miller [16pp; two production photos, cast photos and biographies; VG] £4

1969: LOVERS - Brian Friel (Fortune) Park Theatre Company: Joe Lynch, Fidelma Murphy, Eamon Morissey, Anna Manahan, Ruth Durley; dir:Hilton Edwards [24pp; cast photos; VG] £3

1969: THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE - Alun Owen (Fortune) Park Theatre Company: Gemma Jones, Carmen Munroe, David Battley, Alan Lake; dir:Donald McWhinnie [24pp; cast photos; minor marks, else VG] £3

1969: NOT NOW DARLING (Strand) Donald Sinden, Bernard Cribbins, Jill Melford, Mary Kenton, Brian Wilde, Carmel McSharry; dir:Patrick Cargill [24pp; cast photos; minor marks, else VG] £4

1969: BRIEF LIVES (Criterion) Roy Dotrice; dir:Patrick Garland [24pp; photos etc.; VG] £3

1969: THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI - Brecht (Saville) Leonard Rossiter, Christopher Benjamin, Sheila Ballantine, Stephen Churchett; dir:Michael Blakemore [24pp; photos; VG] £4

1969: THE BLACK THEATRE OF PRAGUE (Sadler's Wells) dir:Jiri Srnec [16pp; plus informative flyer; VG] £1

1969: LOOT - Orton (Oxford Playhouse) Lincoln Theatre Company production, w.John Halstead, Brian Tree, Derek Fuke, Ronald Hackett, Joanna Tope, Martin Duncan; dir:Philip Hedley [20pp; photos, notes, biographies; VG] £2

1969: HADRIAN VII - Luke (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Douglas Rain, Peggy Aitchison, Donald Eccles, John Gay, Oliver Ford-Davies, Patrick McAlinney; dir:Peter Dews [16pp; 14 photos, article on Rolfe; VG] £4

1969: HADRIAN VII - Luke (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) Paul Daneman, Peggy Aitchison, Donald Eccles, John Gay, Henry Knowles, Patrick McAlinney, Madeleine Newbury, Norman Wooland; dir:Peter Dews [16pp; cast photos, article; VG] £4

1969: CONDUCT UNBECOMING - Barry England (Queen's) Maxine Audley, Paul Jones, Jeremy Clyde, Michael Barrington, Donald Pickering, Peter Howell, Jonathan Elsom, Peter Bland, Martin Friend, Tony Steedman, Rowland Davies, Gareth Hunt; dir:Val May [24pp, 6x8.9; biographies w.photos, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1969: THE BOYS IN THE BAND - Crowley (Wyndham's) Kenneth Nelson, Leonard Frey, Robert La Tourneaux; dir:Robert Moore [24pp, 6x9; biographies, photos etc.; VG] £4

1969: THE BOYS IN THE BAND - Crowley (Wyndham's) Douglas Lambert, John Carlisle, John Hamill; dir:Robert Moore [24pp, 6x9; biographies, photos etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1969: MARTIN LUTHER KING - Ewan Hooper (Greenwich)
Bari Jonson, Esmond Knight, Nina Baden-Semper, Romy Baskerville, Paul Chapman, Frank Cousins, Harcourt Curacao, Jumoke Debayo, Allan Green, Derek Griffiths, Mark Heath, Robert Lister, Pippa Rowe, Bill Stewart; dir:Alan Vaughan Williams [6pp triplefold, 5.4x11.75; biographies, credits, programme note etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3

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