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Musicals: 1960
1960: FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE - Bart (Garrick)
Miriam Karlin, James Booth, Wallas Eaton, Glynn Edwards, Barbara Windsor, Toni Palmer, Yootha Joyce, George Sewell; p:Joan Littlewood, des:John Bury [20pp; 8 photos; cellotape on cover, but uncommon] (£4) SOLD
1960: MR.BURKE M.P. - Gerald Frow (Mermaid)
Timothy West, Ronald Pember, Philip Grout, Daniel Thorndike, John Turner, Peter Clegg, The Vipers; dir:Sally Miles [48pp;
cast list, credits, 14 biographies (w.photos), amusing articles (including one by Bernard Levin); VG] £4
1960: HOORAY FOR DAISY - Slade/Reynolds (Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith)
Edward Hardwicke, Angus Mackay, Norman Jones, Bernard Dickerson, Anna Dawson, Dorothy Reynolds [16pp; photo] (£3) SOLD
1960 (Jan): THE CROOKED MILE - Greenwell (Cambridge Theatre)
Elisabeth Welch, Jack MacGowran, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Millicent Martin, Anton Rodgers, Norman Warwick, [16pp, 6.5x9.25; cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, 7 excellent photos; date written on cover, minor marks, else VG] £4
1960 (Apr): WEST SIDE STORY - Bernstein/Sondheim (Her Majesty's)
Marlys Watters, Don McKay, Ken Le Roy, George Chakiris, Mary Preston, Riggs O'Hara, Lindsay Dolan, Virginia Mason [20pp; 2 large photos and cover] (£4) SOLD
1960 (Jul): WEST SIDE STORY - Bernstein/Sondheim (Her Majesty's)
Don McKay, Ken Le Roy, George Chakiris, Mary Preston, Roberta D'Esti, Riggs O'Hara, Lindsay Dolan, Virginia Mason [16pp; 4 photos; VG] (£4) SOLD
1960 (Dec): WEST SIDE STORY - Bernstein/Sondheim (Her Majesty's)
Don McKay, Ken Le Roy, George Chakiris, Mary Preston, Roberta D'Esti, Virginia Mason, Leo Kharibian [16pp, 6.75x9.25; 4 photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] (£4) SOLD
1960 (Aug): MY FAIR LADY (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Ann Rogers, Alec Clunes, James Hayter, Zena Dare, Hugh Paddick [20pp, 6.75x9.5; cast, list of scenes and musical numbers, 6 photos etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD
Musicals: 1961
1961: FINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED T'BE - Bart (Garrick)
Avis Bunnage, Victor Spinetti, Wallas Eaton, Glynn Edwards, Barbara Windsor, Toni Palmer, Yootha Joyce, George Sewell; p:Joan Littlewood, des:John Bury [20pp; 7 photos] (£5) SOLD
1961: SALAD DAYS - Slade/Reynolds (Kings Theatre, Southsea)
Sheila Chester, Derek Holmes, Gerard Clifton, Pat Heywood [8pp; minor marks inside] (£1) SOLD
1961 (Jan): OLIVER - Bart (New)
Ron Moody, Georgia Brown, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Hope Jackman, Danny Sewell, Keith Hamshere, Martin Horsey, Barry Humphries (as Mr Sowerberry); dir:Peter Coe [16pp; minor marks, else VG] £3
1961: THE MUSIC MAN - Willson (Adelphi)
Van Johnson, Patricia Lambert, Nan Munro, Olwen Griffiths; dir:Robert Merriman [24pp; 2 photos] £4
1961: BELLE or The Ballad of Dr.Crippen - Norman/Mankowitz (Strand)
George Benson, Rose Hill, Virginia Vernon, Nicolette Roeg, Jerry Desmonde, Davy Kaye; dir:Val May [20pp, 5.5x8.5;
cast list, list of musical numbers, 10 cast and production team photos; attractive programme; VG ] £4
1961: WILDEST DREAMS - Slade/Reynolds (Vaudeville)
Anna Dawson, John Baddeley, Angus Mackay, Rosamund Burne, Edward Hardwicke [12pp; 6 photos] £3
1961: STOP THE WORLD - I WANT TO GET OFF - Bricusse/Newley (Queen's)
Anthony Newley, Anna Quayle, Marti Webb, Virginia Mason; dir:Anthony Newley, setting and lighting:Sean Kenny [16pp, 6.75x9.4; cast list, list of musical numbers, 3 photos; VG] (£4) SOLD
1961: BYE BYE BIRDIE - Strouse (Her Majesty's/15 Jun 1961)
Chita Rivera, Peter Marshall, Angela Baddeley [16pp; 3 photos] (£4) SOLD
1961: WEST SIDE STORY - Bernstein/Sondheim (Her Majesty's)
Ben Gerard, Roberta D'Esti, Mary Preston, Ken Le Roy, Lindsay Dolan, Matt Zimmerman [12pp; 2 production photos; rumpled] (£3) SOLD
1961: THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Palace)
Jean Bayless, Roger Dann, Constance Shacklock, Eunice Gayson, Harold Kasket, Olive Gilbert [16pp, 6.75x9.4; cast, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, 6 cast photos and biographies etc.; date written on cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] (£4) SOLD
Musicals: 1962
1962: IRMA LA DOUCE - Margaret Monnot (Streatham Hill Theatre)
Richard Curnock, Mary Preston, Allan Barnes, Raymond Witch, Bryon O'Leary, Frank Olegario, David Ritch, Wally Thomas, Gerard Hely, Michael Barrington, William Thorburn, dir:Peter Brook [12pp; cast list, credits, list of musical numbers etc.; VG] £3
1962: BLITZ! - Bart (Adelphi/8 May 1962)
Amelia Bayntun, Bob Grant, Toni Palmer, dir:Lionel Bart [24pp; 7 photos; VG] £5
1962: LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE - Rick Besoyan (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton)
Patricia Routledge, Bernard Cribbins, Joyce Blair, Terence Cooper, Gita Denise, Erik Chitty [12pp; cast, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers etc.; w.newsclipping review; minor marks else VG] £2
1962: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Sondheim (Alvin Theatre, New York)
Zero Mostel, Raymond Walburn, John Carradine [36pp (Playbill Vol.6 No.27); slightly rumpled] £4
1962: LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS - Laurie Johnson, Lionel Bart (Her Majesty's)
Hy Hazell, Bernard Miles, Joss Ackland, Laurie Payne, Peter Gilmore, Sally Smith, William Stephens, Richard Goolden; dir:Richard Wordsworth [16pp, 6.7x9.4; large souvenir programme; cast, songs, 8 production photos, articles etc.; uncommon; light bend, else VG] £5
1962: SAIL AWAY - Coward (Savoy)
Elaine Stritch, dir:Noel Coward [16pp; 4 photos, tatty covers] (£2) SOLD
1962: VANITY FAIR - Julian Slade (Queen's)
Sybil Thorndike, Frances Cuka, Joyce Carey [12pp; 7 cast photos; unusual - lasted only 70 performances!; light vertical crease] (£5) SOLD
1962: MY FAIR LADY (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) Souvenir Brochure
Tonia Lee, Charles Stapley, James Hayter, Zena Dare, Tom Chatto, Linda Gray, Betty Woolfe, Margaret Halstan, Leonard Weir, Gavin Gordon, Lennard Pearce, Wally Thomas, Elaine Garreau; dir: Moss Hart [24pp, 8.75x11; 5 large cast photos (with biographies), 16 superb production photos, photos and biographies of Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Moss Hart, Herman Levin, Oliver Smith, Cecil Beaton, and Hanya Holm; uncommon; VG] £6
1962: MY FAIR LADY (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Tonia Lee, Charles Stapley, James Hayter, Zena Dare, Tom Chatto [20pp, 6.75x9.5; cast, list of scenes and musical numbers, 6 photos, biographies etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] (£3) SOLD
Musicals: 1963
1963 (Jul): OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR - Chilton (Wyndham's)
Murray Melvin, George Sewell, Victor Spinetti, Brian Murphy, Avis Bunnage; dir:Joan Littlewood [20pp; cast list, list of musical numbers, extensive notes; VG] £4
1963: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Sondheim (Alvin Theatre, New York)
Zero Mostel, Raymond Walburn, John Carradine [36pp (Playbill Vol.1 No.19)] £5
1963: LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS - Laurie Johnson, Lionel Bart (Her Majesty's)
Sally Smith, Joss Ackland, Hy Hazell, Peter Gilmore, Laurie Payne, David Lloyd Meredith; dir:Richard Wordsworth [16pp, 6.7x9.5; 11 cast and production photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
1963: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Sondheim (Strand/23 Oct 1963)
Frankie Howerd, Kenneth Connor, Jon Pertwee, Robertson Hare, "Monsewer" Eddie Gray, Isla Blair, Linda Gray, John Rye, Leon Greene; dir:George Abbott [24pp, 5.5x8.5; biographies w.9 cast photos; VG] £5
1963: THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE - Rodgers/Hart (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane/7 Nov 1963)
Bob Monkhouse, Maggie Fitzgibbon, Ronnie Corbett, Denis Quilley, Lynn Kennington, Paula Hendrix, Pat Turner, Sonny Farrar [16pp, 6.75x9.5; biographies w.8 cast photos, synopsis of scenes and musical numbers etc.; very light vertical bend, else VG] £5
1963: ALL IN LOVE - Urbont and Geller (Mayfair Theatre)
Ronnie Barker, Peter Gilmore, Gwen Nelson, James Fox, Mary Millar, Peter Pratt, Annie Ross, Alan Dudley, Margo Cunningham, Rita Cameron; dir:Douglas Squires [4pp; a tatty duplicated programme - but a most unusual item! A star-studded cast in this musical adaptation of Sheridan's 'The Rivals'; cast list, list of musical numbers, credits etc.] (£4) SOLD
1963 (Nov): THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Rodgers and Hammerstein (Palace Theatre)
Sonia Rees, Roger Dann, Constance Shacklock, Eunice Gayson, Harold Kasket, Olive Gilbert; dir:Jerome Whyte [16pp, 6.75x9.4; large programme; cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, photos of the leading players; VG] £5
Musicals: 1964
1964: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Sondheim (Strand/23 Oct 1963)
Frankie Howerd, Kenneth Connor, Jon Pertwee, Robertson Hare, "Monsewer" Eddie Gray, Isla Blair, Linda Gray, John Rye, Leon Greene; dir:George Abbott [24pp, 5.3x8.4; biographies w.9 cast photos; very light horizontal bend, else VG] £5
1964: SALAD DAYS - Slade/Reynolds (New Lyric, Hammersmith)
Belinda Carroll, Philip Blaine, Trevor Griffiths, Barry Howard, John Inman, Patrick Duggan [16pp; cast, biographies etc.; VG] £3
1964: HALF A SIXPENCE - Heneker (Cambridge)
Tommy Steele [16pp] (£4) SOLD
1964: SHE LOVES ME - Bock/Harnick (Lyric/29 Apr 1964)
Anne Rogers, Gary Raymond, Rita Moreno, Gary Miller, Peter Sallis; dir:Harold Prince [16pp; 8 cast photos; attractive decorative programme; light horizontal fold, else VG] £4
1964: CAMELOT - Lerner & Loewe (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Laurence Harvey, Elizabeth Larner, Miles Malleson, Cardew Robinson, Moyra Fraser, Barry Kent, Nicky Henson, John Scarborough; dir:Robert Helpmann [20pp, 6.75x9.5; synopsis of scenes and musical numbers, biographies with photos etc.; VG] £4
1964: CAMELOT - Lerner & Loewe (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) Souvenir Brochure
Laurence Harvey, Elizabeth Larner, Miles Malleson, Cardew Robinson, Moyra Fraser, Barry Kent, Nicky Henson; dir:Robert Helpmann [20pp, 8.5x10.75; cast biographies w.large photos, synopsis, 16 production photos (10 in colour), colour costume designs etc.; VG] £6
1964: MAGGIE MAY - Bart (Adelphi)
Rachel Roberts, Kenneth Haig, Barry Humphries (Dame Edna!) [20pp; photos] (£4) SOLD
1964: NO STRINGS - Richard Rodgers (Her Majesty's)
Art Lund, Beverly Todd, Hy Hazel, Marti Stevens, Ferdy Mayne, David Holliday, Erica Rogers, Geoffrey Hutchings: dir:Joe Layton [16pp, 6.75x9.3; cast list, list of musical numbers, 8 photos; VG] (£4) SOLD
Musicals: 1965
1965: MAGGIE MAY - Lionel Bart/Alun Owen (Adelphi)
Georgia Brown, Kenneth Haig, Andrew Keir, Barry Humphries, Margo Cunningham, Janet Webb, Billy Boyle, Julia McKenzie; dir:Ted Kotcheff, des:Sean Kenny [20pp; cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, 8 photos; VG] £5
1965: THE ROSE AND THE RING - Dalby (Yvonne Arnaud)
Thelma Ruby, Peter Woodthorpe, Denise Hirst [20pp] £3
1965: ROBERT AND ELIZABETH - Grainger (Lyric)
John Clements, Kevin Colson, June Bronhill [16pp; 9 photos; neglected but excellent musical; slight split at spine] £4
1965: TWANG - Lionel Bart (Shaftesbury)
James Booth, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw, Ronnie Corbett, Bob Grant, Ben Aris, Tudor Davies, Lesley Judd; dir:Bert Shevelove, des:Oliver Messel [16pp, 6.5x9.5; cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, 8 cast photos; rumpled, with adhesion marks on back, else VG - only ran about 4 weeks and hence uncommon] (£7) SOLD
1965: Souvenir for HELLO, DOLLY! - Herman (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Mary Martin, dir:Gower Champion [20pp; 9x12; 38 photos; excellent pictorial souvenir; slightly rumpled, cover grubby, small stain on back, but contents fine] £SOLD
Musicals: 1966
1966: FUNNY GIRL - Styne (Prince of Wales)
Barbra Streisand, Michael Craig, dir:Kanin [36pp; superb colour cover of Streisand, very slightly marked] (£5) SOLD
1966: COME SPY WITH ME - Bryan Blackburn (Whitehall)
Danny La Rue, Barbara Windsor, Gary Miller, Richard Wattis; dir:Ned Sherrin [16pp, 6.5x8.5; cast list, list of musical numbers, cast photos; VG] £4
1966 (Oct): JORROCKS - Heneker (New Theatre)
Joss Ackland, Paul Eddington, Willoughby Goddard, Thelma Ruby, Richard Stilgoe, Gay Soper; dir:Val May [36pp, 6x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, biographies with photos; VG] (£4) SOLD
Musicals: 1967
1967: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM RANDOM - Hunter/Dalby (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford)
John Fraser, Jane Downs, Russell Hunter, Rose Hill, George Benson, Carl Oatley; dir:Laurier Lister [20pp, 5.5x8.6; cast list, biographies; VG] £4
1967: SWEET CHARITY - Coleman (Prince of Wales)
Juliet Prowse, dir:Fosse [32pp (Playbill Vol.2 No.12); photo] (£4) SOLD
1967: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Bock/Stein (Her Majesty's) Original London Cast
Topol, Miriam Karlin, dir:Jerome Robbins [24pp; photos] £4
1967: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN - Gesner/Schulz (Theatre 80 St.Marks, New York)
Gary Burghoff, Bill Hinnant [4pp] £3
1967: THE FOUR MUSKETEERS - Johnson (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Harry Secombe, Elizabeth Larner, Kenneth Connor [24pp; 15 cast photos; lightly creased] £4
1967: THE DESERT SONG - Sigmund Romberg (Palace Theatre)
John Hanson, Patricia Michael, Tony Hughes, Raymond Duparc; dir:Joan Davis [16pp, 6x9; synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, biographies (w.large photos of John Hanson and Patricia Michael); vertical bend, else VG] £3
1967: THE BOYFRIEND - Wilson (Comedy)
Cheryl Kennedy, Tony Adams, Ann Beach, Marion Grimaldi, Royce Mills [32pp (Playbill Vol.2 No.12); cast photos; substitution slip] £3
1967: THE BOYFRIEND - Wilson (Comedy)
Cheryl Kennedy, Tony Adams, Louise Dunn, Marion Grimaldi, Jan Colet [24pp (Playbill Vol.3 No.1); cast photos; w.colourful flyer and ticket stapled to cover (28 Dec '67)] £3
1967: MAME - Herman (Winter Garden, New York)
Angela Lansbury [72pp (Playbill Vol.4 No.10); full programme; some small marks and tiny tear to back cover] £4
Musicals: 1968
1968: SWEET CHARITY - Simon/Coleman (Prince of Wales)
Gretchen Wyler, Rod McLennan, John Keston, Paula Kelly, Josephine Blake; dir:Bob Fosse [24pp; photo; VG] £4
1968: MR. AND MRS. - Taylor (Palace Theatre)
John Neville, Honor Blackman, Hylda Baker, Alan Breeze; dir:Ross Taylor [20pp, 6x9; cast list, list of musical numbers, 10 biographies w.photos; VG] (£4) SOLD
1968: LADY BE GOOD - Gershwin (Saville Theatre)
Aimi Macdonald, Lionel Blair, Joe Baker, Norman Warwick; dir:Hugh Goldie [24pp, 7.9x9; cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, biographies w.photos; VG] (£4) SOLD
1968: THE EDUCATION OF HYMAN CAPLAN - Zavin/Nassau/Brand/Rosten (Alvin Theatre, NY)
Tom Bosely, Barbara Minkus, Nathaniel Frey, Gary Krawford; dir:George Abbott [64pp (Playbill Vol.5 No.4); full programme] £5
1968: MAN OF LA MANCHA - Dale Wasserman, Mitch Leigh (Piccadilly Theatre)
Emile Belcourt, Ruth Silvestre, Bernard Spear, Olive Gilbert, Edward Atienza; dir:Albert Marre [32pp, 6x9; cast list, list of musical numbers, biographies with photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1968: HAIR - MacDermot (Biltmore Theatre, New York)
Diane Keaton and cast [64pp (Playbill Vol.5 Issue 5); full programme] £4
1968: CANTERBURY TALES - Coghill/Starkie/Hill/Hawkins (Phoenix)
Trevor Baxter, Nicky Henson, Daniel Thorndike, George Raistrick, Wynne Clark, Kenneth J.Warren, George Benson, Billy Boyle, Gay Soper; dir:Vlado Habunek [24pp; cast photos; VG] £4
1968: CANTERBURY TALES (Phoenix) Souvenir Brochure
Jessie Evans, Kenneth J. Warren, George Benson, Nicky Henson, Billy Boyle, Pamela Charles, Michael Logan, Kevin Brennan, Gay Soper, Daniel Thorndike, John Rutland, Trevor Baxter, James Ottaway, Nancy Nevinson, George Raistrick
[28pp, 9x12; excellent souvenir programme, containing 3 full page costume designs, 12+ production photos, extracts from the text, 10 lyrics, 15 character photos, 9 production team photos w.biographies, articles, reviews etc.; slightly rumpled, one edge bumped, minor foxing, else VG] £5
1968: HAIR - Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (Shaftesbury)
Paul Nicholas, Oliver Tobias, Annabel Leventon, Tim Curry, Michael Feast, Lucy Fenwick, Marsha Hunt, Diane Langton, Elaine Paige [24pp, 6x9; cast list, list of musical numbers, orchestra list, cast biographies; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
1968: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Bock (Her Majesty's)
Alfie Bass, Avis Bunnage [28pp; photos] (£4) SOLD
1968: HELLO, DOLLY! Black version - Herman (St.James Theater, New York)
Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway [64pp (Playbill Vol.5 Issue 5); full programme; excellent photographic cover] £SOLD
Musicals: 1969
1969: LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS (Mermaid)
Russell Hunter, Veronica Clifford, Colin Bell, Morris Sweden, Anna Dawson, Michael McGovern [40pp; cast, list of musical numbers, extensive illustrated articles; also contains the programme for ANYTHING YOU SAY WILL BE TWISTED by Ken Campbell; VG] (£4) SOLD
1969: CHARLIE GIRL (Adelphi)
Evelyn Laye, Gerry Marsden, Derek Nimmo, Ursula Smith [16pp; cast, list of scenes and musical numbers, cast photos and biographies etc.; VG] £3
1969: DAMES AT SEA - Wise (Duchess)
Joyce Blair, Blayne Barrington [24pp; photos] (£4) SOLD
1969: ANYTHING GOES - Cole Porter (Saville)
James Kenney, Marian Montgomery, Michael Segal, Valerie Verdon [28pp; photos] £4
1969: MAME - Herman (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Ginger Rogers, Margaret Courtenay, Ann Beach, Barry Kent, Guy Spaull, Burt Kwouk, Tony Adams, Brian Jackson, Gary Warren, Julia McKenzie, Gerald Davis; dir:Gene Saks [24pp; large photo of Miss Rogers, biographies etc.] (£5) SOLD
1969: CANTERBURY TALES (Phoenix)
Trevor Baxter, Nicky Henson, Daniel Thorndike, George Raistrick, Wynne Clark, Kenneth J.Warren, George Benson, Billy Boyle, Gay Soper; dir:Vlado Habunek [20pp, 5.25x9; cast, list of musical numbers, cast biographies etc.; VG] £4
1969: CANTERBURY TALES (Phoenix)
Trevor Baxter, Nicky Henson, Daniel Thorndike, George Raistrick, Wynne Clark, Kenneth J.Warren, George Benson, Billy Boyle, Gay Soper; dir:Vlado Habunek [24pp; cast, list of musical numbers, cast photos and biographies etc.; VG] £4
1969: PROMISES PROMISES - Bacharach/Simon (Prince of Wales)
Bob Sherman, Betty Buckley, Paul Maxwell, Bernard Spear, Julia McKenzie, Carole Todd, Cristina Avery [24pp; biographies etc.] (£4) SOLD
1969: ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - Gardiner/Carroll (Lincoln Theatre Royal)
Yvonne Edgell, Jennifer Lilleystone, Alison Steadman, Martin Duncan, Brian Protheroe, John Halstead, Rhys McConnochie, Howard Lloyd Lewis; dir:Philip Hedley [16pp; cast photos] (£2) SOLD
1969: AS DOROTHY PARKER ONCE SAID - Sandy Wilson/Dorothy Parker (Fortune)
Libby Morris, David Ellen, Marcella Markham, Paul Maxwell, Virginia Stride; dir:Bill Hays [24pp; biographies, photos, articles etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
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