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Revue: 1930s

1926: R.S.V.P. - Archibald de Bear, Norman O'Neill (Vaudeville)
Robert Hale, Joyce Barbour, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Cyril Ritchard, Mimi Crawford, J.H.Roberts, Quentin Tod, Annie Kasmir [28pp, 5.5x8.5; "A revue in three parts, including Alice in Lumberland and Worse-than-any-Mary"; 7 photos; staple rusty, else VG] £4

1929: THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT - Jeans/Furber (Adelphi)
Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Helen Burnell, Irene Russell, Bobbie Comber, Robert Naylor, Ivor McLaren; written by Ronald Jeans, Douglas Furber, Ivor Novello, Vivian Ellis, Arthur Schwartz etc. [28pp, 5.5x8.5; 6 photos; centre pages loose, else VG] (£4) SOLD

1932: WORDS AND MUSIC - Coward (Adelphi)
Ivy St.Helier, John Mills, Joyce Barbour, Romney Brent [32pp; 9 photos; includes 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'; centre pages tatty] (£4) SOLD

1932: OVER THE PAGE - Titheradge (Alhambra)
Violet Loraine, June, Billy Merson, George Gee [16pp; repaired tear on back cover] (£4) SOLD

1935: STREAMLINE - Herbert/Ellis (Palace)
Florence Desmond, Roy Russell, Charles Heslop, Naunton Wayne, Tilly Losch, Nora Howard , La Jana, June Hart, Sepha Treble, Iris March, William Stephens, Moya Nugent, Esmond Knight, Larry Adler, Kyra Nijinsky, 'Mr.Cochran's Young Ladies'; designed by Doris Zinkeisen, Cecil Beaton, Rex Whistler [44pp, 5.5x8.5; 7 cast photos; very full details of the sketches; show featured "Perseverance, a comic Opera by Silbert and Gullivan"; packed "Magazine" programme; staples rusty, cover slightly faded, otherwise excellent condition] (£6) SOLD

1935: THIS WORLD OF OURS (Gate Theatre Studio)
Hermione Gingold, Charlotte Leigh, Hedley Briggs, Tony Forwood, Michael Anthony, Googie Withers, Peter Borrett, Rosalind Iden; dir:Norman Marshall, des:Hedley Briggs; written and composed by Ronald Hill, Diana Morgan, Robert MacDermot, Geoffrey Wright, Herbert Farjeon, Holt Marvell, Walter Leigh, Robert Hamer [8pp, 7.25x10.75; on sturdy paper, with attractive cover; VG] (£6) SOLD

1936: THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR... - Ronald Hill (Gate Theatre Studio)
Charlotte Leigh, Hermione Gingold, Catherine Edridge, Rosalind Iden (as "Rosalind Idene"), Ian Jarvis, Max Kirby, John Chitty, John Hunter; dir:Norman Marshall, des:Hedley Briggs [8pp, 7.1x10.5; additional material by Herbert Farjeon, Walter Leigh, Diana Morgan, John Weir, William Walker, Charles Hatton, Graham McInnes, Mark Langley; cover grubby, minor marks inside, rumpled, else good] (£4) SOLD

1937 (Mch): AND ON WE GO - Furber/Carter/Rogers (Streatham Hill Theatre)
Marie Lohr, Charles Heslop, June Knight, Alan Lawrence, David Hutcheson, James Hayter, Cecil Stock, Graham Payn; dir:Robert Nesbitt [24pp, 5.5x8.5; "Miss June Knight's modern gowns designed and executed by Norman Hartnell"; slight staining from staples, else VG] (£4) SOLD

1937 (7+21 Mch): LEFT THEATRE REVUE (Collins' Music Hall)
Donald Bissett, John Rae, Prudence Blaikie, Alfred Atkins, Peter Moseley, Eve Lynett, Kenneth Evans, Barbara Nixon, Duncan Guthrie; dir: Margaret Yarde and Barbara Nixon [12pp, 6x8; cast, credits, list of sketches (including "Blimp's Parade" by Montagu Slater, with music by Benjamin Britten); advertisements for 'Left Review' etc., application to join 'Left Theatre Ltd', "What You Can Do", early information about the Musicians' Union; somewhat tatty with horizontal fold, but how many of these have survived?] (£5) SOLD

1937: ALL CLEAR (Queen's)
Beatrice Lillie, Bobby Howes, Fred Emney, Adele Dixon, Robert Eddison; dir:Harold French [20pp, 5.5x8.5; includes Noel Coward's "I've been to a marvellous party" and "Weary of it all"; 4 full-page photos of the stars; VG] (£4) SOLD

1937 (Dec): IT'S IN THE BAG - Rubens/Landeau (Saville)
Gene Sheldon, Benny Ross, Maxine Stone, Doris Hare, Elisabeth Welch, Sepha Treble; costumes and decor designed by Erte [32pp, 5.5x8.5; 6 photos; VG] £4

1937: MEMBERS ONLY - Geoffrey Wright, Robert MacDermot, John Adrian Ross, Nicholas Phipps (Gate Theatre Studio)
Charles Hawtrey, Hermione Gingold, Richard Haydn, Kenneth Carten, Nicholas Phipps, Nadine March, Ann Morrison, Billy Milton, Reginald Beckwith, Gabrielle Brune; dir:Norman Marshall & Geoffrey Wright, des:William Chappell [8pp, 7.1x11; additional material by Diana Morgan, Walter Leigh, Ronald Hill, John Weir, Reginald Beckwith, Harold Plumptre, Arthur Marshall; light vertical crease, VG] £5

1939: BLACK AND BLUE (London Hippodrome)
George Black's Intimate Rag w.Frances Day, Vic Oliver, Max Wall, Hedli Anderson, Eleanore Knight; dir:Robert Nesbitt and Roy Rich, chor:Wendy Toye [20pp, 5.5x8.4; 4 excellent full page photos; uncommon; excellent condition] (£5) SOLD

Revue: 1940s

1940: FUNNY SIDE UP - Lupino (His Majesty's)
Stanley Lupino, Florence Desmond [20pp; photos] (£4) SOLD

1941: RISE ABOVE IT - Leslie Julian Jones (Comedy)
Hermione Baddeley, Hermione Gingold, Wilfred Hyde-White, Henry Kendall, Walter Crisham, Carole Lynne, Natasha Sokolova [8pp, 5.6x4.4; VG] (£3) SOLD

1942: BIG TOP - Farjeon (His Majesty's)
Beatrice Lillie, Cyril Ritchard, Fred Emney [4pp; slightly tatty] (£2) SOLD

1943: SWEET AND LOW - Pemberton/Dubens (Ambassador's)
Hermione Gingold, Walter Crisham [8pp; 5x3.75] (£4) SOLD

1944: SWEET AND LOW 2nd Edition - Pemberton/Dubens (Ambassador's)
Hermione Gingold, Henry Kendall, Bonar Colleano [8pp; 5x3.75] £4

1944: SWEET AND LOW 2nd Edition - Pemberton/Dubens (Ambassador's)
Hermione Gingold, Henry Kendall, George Carden [8pp; 5x3.75] £4

1945: LESLIE HENSON'S GAIETIES (Saville)
Hermione Baddeley, Leslie Henson, Walter Crisham, Avril Angers, Prudence Hyman, Carroll Gibbons and his Orchestra, Terence Delany, Decima Knight, Guy Fane, Gerry Fitzgerald, Joan Alexis, Molly Gay, Freddie Carpenter's Gaiety Girls [4pp; small tear in front cover, minor marks, else VG - uncommon] £3

1945: SIGH NO MORE - Coward (Piccadilly)
Cyril Ritchard, Madge Elliott, Joyce Grenfell, Graham Payn, Mantovani and his orchestra [4pp, 5x8; full cast list; rumpled] £3

1945: FINE FEATHERS - Robert Nesbitt (Prince of Wales)
Jack Buchanan, Ethel Revnell, Billy Nelson, Max Kirby, Douglas Wakefield, Don Kenito, Marqueez; dir:Val Parnell [6pp, 3.6x8.4; list of numbers, casting etc.; minor marks, slightly rumpled] £3

1946: HERE COME THE BOYS - Kester/Sherwin/Purcell (Saville)
Bobby Howes, Jack Hulbert [4pp] (£3) SOLD

1946: SWEETEST AND LOWEST - Pemberton/Dubens (Ambassador's)
Hermione Gingold, Henry Kendall, George Carden [8pp; slightly rumpled] £4

1946: BETTER LATE - Leslie Julian Jones (Garrick)
Beatrice Lillie, Joan Swinstead, George Benson, Walter Crisham, Virginia Winter, Norman Hackforth; dir:Norman Marshall [6pp triple-fold, 3.4x8] (£3) SOLD

1946: THE SHEPHARD SHOW (Princes)
Richard Hearne, Eddie Gray, Douglas Byng, Marie Burke, Arthur Riscoe, Margo Johns, Eric Anderson, Margherita Stanley, Irving Davies, Gavin Gordon, John Blore and His B.B.C.Orchestra; dir:Wendy Toye [8pp, 5.25x8.1; minor marks, else VG] £3

1947 (Sep): TUPPENCE COLOURED - Lister (Lyric)
Joyce Grenfell, Elisabeth Welch, Max Adrian [6pp; rumpled] (£3) SOLD

1947 (Dec): TUPPENCE COLOURED - Lister (Globe)
Joyce Grenfell, Elisabeth Welch, Max Adrian, Daphne Oxenford, [8pp; VG] £3

1947: ONE, TWO, THREE! (Duke of York's)
Sonnie Hale, Binnie Hale, Charles Heslop, Anthony Hayes, Maud Long, Marie Sellar [8pp; minor marks, else VG] (£2) SOLD

1947?: VARIETY (Coliseum)
Henry Hall and his Orchestra, Ali Bey The Great Arabian Wizard, Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, Peter Cavanagh, Billy Russell, Betty Driver [8pp; light vertical fold, else VG] (£4) SOLD

1948: MAID TO MEASURE - Stafford (Cambridge Theatre)
Jessie Matthews [4pp] £3

1948: A LA CARTE - Melville/Zwar (Savoy)
Hermione Baddeley, Henry Kendall [8pp; horizontal fold, else VG] £3

1948: SUGAR AND SPICE Treford/Jones/Hackforth/Mann (St.Martin's)
Ethel Revnell, Bill Owen [8pp] (£2) SOLD

1948: FOUR, FIVE, SIX Hackforth/Spoliansky (Duke of York's)
Binnie Hale, Bobby Howes [8pp; rumpled, else VG] £2

1948: OUT OF THE BLUE first edition (Cosy Nook Theatre, Newquay)
Clive Dunn, Stella Moray, Patrick Colbert, Ronnie Hill, Betty Broughton, Mary Dale, Cyril Ornadel, Jeffrey Piddock; dir:Ronnie Hill [6pp; minor edge damage, punch holes - but how many of these have survived??] (£3) SOLD

1948: WHAT GOES ON? - Ronnie Hill/Peter Dion Titherage (Players' Theatre)
Joan Sterndale Bennett, Ian Carmichael, Eleanor Summerfield, Cyril Wells; dir:Ronnie Hill [4pp; folds, else VG] (£3) SOLD

1949: SAUCE TARTARE - Parsons/Fase/Brooks (Cambridge)
Joan Heal, Ronald Frankau, Claude Hulbert, Jessie Matthews [8pp] (£3) SOLD

1949: FOLIES-BERGERE REVUE - Michel Gyarmathy (London Hippodrome)
Dick Henderson, Junr., Franklin Bennett, Bob Beaumont, Raymond Girerd and Vocal Ensemble, Moskani, Eddie Vitch, Helen Crerar, Rixio, Marilyn Hightower, Vivian et Tassi, Michael Bentine ("L'Enfant Terrible"); dir:Dick Hurran [8pp; minor marks, else VG] (£3) SOLD

Revue: 1950s

1950?: IN TEMPO - Myers/Harris (Boltons Theatre)
Ronald Stevens, Dilys Lay, Roma Milne, Stanley Beard, Honor Shepherd [4pp, 5x8; minor marks, else VG] £2

1951: SEE YOU LATER - Sandy Wilson (Watergate)
Dulcie Gray, Christopher Hewett [4pp; 4.75x6] (£2) SOLD

1951 (Aug): THE LYRIC REVUE (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)
Dora Bryan, Graham Payn, Ian Carmichael, Joan Heal; dir:Chappell [6pp triple-fold; rumpled, spine partially split] £1

1951 (Sep): THE LYRIC REVUE - Chappell (Globe)
Dora Bryan, Graham Payn, Ian Carmichael, Joan Heal, Roberta Huby [8pp; slightly tatty] £3

1951: THE LYRIC REVUE - Chappell (Globe)
Dora Bryan, Graham Payn, Ian Carmichael, Joan Heal, Diana Decker [8pp; rumpled] £3

1952 (Jun): THE LYRIC REVUE - Chappell (Globe)
Dora Bryan, Graham Payn, Ian Carmichael, Joan Heal, Diana Decker [8pp; rumpled] £3

1952: SEE YOU AGAIN - Sandy Wilson (Watergate)
Joan Sterndale Bennett [4pp; 4.75x6] (£2) SOLD

1952: THE GLOBE REVUE - Chappell (Globe)
Dora Bryan, Graham Payn, Joan Heal, Ian Carmichael; dir:Chappell [8pp] £3

1952: BELLS OF ST.MARTIN'S (St.Martin's Theatre)
Douglas Byng, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims, Roma Milne, Richard Waring; dir:W.Lyon-Shaw [12pp; VG] (£3) SOLD

1952: PENNY PLAIN (St.Martin's)
Joyce Grenfell, Elisabeth Welch, Max Adrian, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Rose Hill, Moyra Fraser, Julian Orchard, Jimmy Thompson; dir:Laurier Lister [8pp; written by Alan Melville, Simon Phipps, Paul Dehn, Herbert Farjeon; music by Richard Addinsell, Donald Swann, Charles Zwar, Clifton Parker, Sandy Wilson; lyrics by Joyce Grenfell, Michael Flanders; decor by Hutchinson Scott, Osbert Lancaster, Ronald Searle etc.; VG] £6

1952: PARIS TO PICCADILLY (Prince of Wales)
Norman Wisdom, Barbour Brothers, Baby Scruggs, Medlock and Marlowe, the Four Hurricanes, Paul Mattei, Renée Strange, Eddie Leslie, Patterson and Jackson, Aida Baki, Mini Gerrard, Tony Hulley, Paddy Lyndon, Bill Barbour, Bobby Tranter, Camille, The Folies Lovelies [12pp; photos; lightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1953: AT THE LYRIC - Chappell (Lyric Hammersmith)
Hermione Baddeley, Dora Bryan, Ian Carmichael [8pp] £4

1953: AIRS ON A SHOESTRING - Lister (Royal Court)
Max Adrian, Moyra Fraser, Betty Marsden, Denis Quilley [12pp] £3

1953: HIGH SPIRITS - Chappell (London Hippodrome)
Cyril Ritchard, Diana Churchill [8pp] £4

1953: PARIS TO PICCADILLY A New Folies Bergere Revue (Prince of Wales)
David Hughes, Leslie Randall, Archie Robbins, Baby Scruggs, Mimi Gerrard, Medlock & Marlowe, Eddie Vitch, Renee Strange, Paul Mattei, Four Hurricanes, Aida Baki, Patterson & Jackson; staged by Dick Hurran [12pp; 12 photos; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

1954 (March): AT THE LYRIC - Chappell (Lyric Hammersmith)
Hermione Baddeley, Dora Bryan, Ian Carmichael [8pp] £SOLD

1954 (May): AT THE LYRIC - Chappell (Lyric Hammersmith)
Hermione Baddeley, Dora Bryan, Ian Carmichael [8pp; minor marks] £3

1954: INTIMACY AT 8.30 - Myer/Grahame/Clinie etc (Criterion)
Joan Heal, Joan Sims, Ron Moody, Ronnie Stevens, Dilys Lay [8pp] £3

1954 (17 Feb): AIRS ON A SHOESTRING - Lister (Royal Court)
Max Adrian, Moyra Fraser, Betty Marsden, Denis Quilley [8pp; date written on cover] £3

1954: PAY THE PIPER - Lister (Saville)
Elsie & Doris Waters, Elisabeth Welch, Ian Wallace [12pp; colour pictorial cover] (£3) SOLD

1954: OUT OF THE BLUE - Bricusse (Phoenix) 1954 Cambridge Footlights Revue
Jonathan Miller (aged 20), Leslie Bricusse, Frederic Raphael etc. [8pp; 7.25x9.5; w.14 photos of the very young cast!; cover lightly marked, contents fine; highly unusual programme] £11

1954: YOU'LL BE LUCKY (Adelphi)
Al Read (Right Monkey), Sally Barnes, Lauri Lupino Lane, George Truzzi, Peter Gilmore; dir:Alec Shanks and Joan Davis [12pp; VG] (£4) SOLD

1954: THE TALK OF THE TOWN (Adelphi)
Jimmy Edwards, Tony Hancock, Joan Turner; dir:Alec Shanks, Joan Davis [12pp, 4.75x7.25; VG] £5

1955: BETWEEN THE LINES (Scala) 1955 Cambridge Footlights Revue
Jonathan Miller (aged 21), Alan Vening, Roddy McKelvie, Trevor Williams, Brian Marber, Peter Woodthorpe, Rory McEwen, John Pardoe, Julian Jebb etc. [12pp; 7.25x9.5; w.16 photos of the very young cast!; minor marks on cover, light vertical fold, contents fine; another highly unusual programme] £11

1955: AIRS ON A SHOESTRING - Lister (Royal Court)
Max Adrian, Moyra Fraser, Rose Hill [12pp] (£3) SOLD

1955: THE PUNCH REVUE - Hope (Duke of York's)
Paul Daneman, Alfie Bass, Binnie Hale [16pp; 8.75x11.25; 11 photos, articles, 6 Searle cartoons; very nice full programme; edges damaged, but unusual] £5

1955: FROM HERE AND THERE - Lister (Royal Court)
Max Adrian, June Whitfield, Betty Marsden[12pp] (£3) SOLD

1955: THE TALK OF THE TOWN (Adelphi)
Jimmy Edwards, Tony Hancock, Dave King; dir:Alec Shanks, Joan Davis [12pp, 4.75x7.25; punch holes, cellotape on cover, else VG] £2

1955: INTIMACY AT 8.30 - Myer/Grahame/Clinie etc (Criterion)
Pip Hinton, Hugh Paddick, Ronnie Stevens, Ron Moody, Joan Heal, Joan Sims, Eleanor Fazan [8pp; date on cover, else VG] £3

1955: THE GANG SHOW 1955 (Golders Green Hippodrome)
The All-Scout Revue; written and produced by Ralph Reader; full list of the 131 boys performing (Norman Allen, Celt Andrews, Douglas Arnold ... Leslie Witcomb, Ron Woodman, Don Worts etc.); lists of sketches and musical numbers, credits, advertisements etc. [12pp, 5x7; VG] (£3) SOLD

1956: CRANKS - Cranko/Addison (St.Martin's)
Anthony Newley, Annie Ross [8pp] (£4) SOLD

1956: FRESH AIRS - Lister (Comedy)
Max Adrian, Moyra Fraser, Rose Hill [12pp] £3

1956: FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY - Myers (Apollo)
Thelma Ruby, Hugh Paddick, Dilys Laye, Barry Took, Jimmy Thompson [8pp] £3

1956: LA PLUME DE MA TANTE - Dhery (Garrick)
Robert Dhery, Colette Brosset; dir:Alec Shanks [16pp; VG] £2

1956 (Jul): LA PLUME DE MA TANTE - Dhery (Garrick)
Roger Caccia, Colette Brosset; dir:Alec Shanks [16pp; VG] (£2) SOLD

1957: AT THE DROP OF A HAT - Flanders/Swann (Fortune)
Michael Flanders, Donald Swann [4pp] £4

1958: FOR ADULTS ONLY - Myers/Grahame (Fortune)
Miriam Karlin, Hugh Paddick, Ron Moody, Barry Took, Patricia Lancaster, Richard Waring [12pp; company photos and biographies; VG] £3

1958: AH! QUELLE FOLLIE (Winter Garden Theatre)
Veronica Bell, Colette Fleuriot, Dolly Pick, staged by Michel Gyarmarthy [12pp; large photos of Veronica Bell and Colette Fleuriot; VG] £3

1958: LIVING FOR PLEASURE - Macrae/Addinsell (Garrick)
Dora Bryan, Daniel Massey, George Rose, Janie Marden, Patience Collier, Lynda Baron; dir:William Chappell [16pp; VG] £4

1959: PIECES OF EIGHT - Peter Cook (Apollo)
Kenneth Williams, Fenella Fielding [8pp] £SOLD

1959: ONE TO ANOTHER A New Lyric Revue (Lyric Hammersmith)
Beryl Reid, Patrick Wymark, Sheila Hancock, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Joe Melia; dir:Eleanor Fazan [16pp; by John Cranko, Bamber Gascoigne, Joseph Horovitz, John Mortimer, Dorothy Parker, Harold Pinter, Humphrey Searle, N.F.Simpson etc.; VG] (£4) SOLD

Revue: 1960s

1960: NEW CRANKS - Cranko (Lyric Hammersmith)
Bernard Cribbins, Gillian Lynne [20pp; w.running-order insert, and 3 press clippings] £4

1960: AT THE DROP OF A HAT - Flanders/Swann (John Golden Theatre, New York)
Michael Flanders, Donald Swann [48pp (Playbill)] (£5) SOLD

1960 (Apr): THE BILLY BARNES REVUE - Barnes (Lyric Hammersmith)
Joyce Jameson, Ann Guilbert, Patti Regan, Jackie Joseph, Ronnie Stevens, Ted Rogers, Terence Cooper, Richard Owens; dir:Bob Rodgers [20pp; VG] £3

1960 (Aug): THE ART OF LIVING - Norman/Heneker/More (Golders Green Hippodrome)
Hiram Sherman, Barbara Evans, Edward Woodward, Graham Stark, Carole Shelley; dir:Laurier Lister [12pp, w.running order insert (amended in hand), Press review and ticket; VG] £4

1960 (Oct): ... AND ANOTHER THING - Dicks/Rudge (Fortune)
Bernard Cribbins, Anna Quayle, Joyce Blair, Lionel Blair, Donald Hewlett, Anton Rodgers; dir:Charles Ross [8pp; additional material by Alan Melville, Charles Zwar, Lionel Bart, Barry Cryer; slightly rumpled, else VG] (£4) SOLD

1960: DON'T SHOOT, WE'RE ENGLISH - Michael Bentine (Cambridge)
Michael Bentine, Dick Emery, Clive Dunn, Frank Thornton; dir:Paddy Stone [12pp, 6.6x9.25; biographies w.photos, uncommon; rumpled, date written on cover, else VG] £4

1961: BEYOND THE FRINGE - Cook/Miller/Bennett (Fortune)
Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller [12pp; cast photos; VG] £4

1961: ONE OVER THE EIGHT - Cook (Duke of York's)
Kenneth Williams, Sheila Hancock, Lance Percival [8pp] £SOLD

1961: MAGIC LANTERN from Czechoslovakia (Saville)
Irena Kacirkova, Sylva Danickova; dir:Alfred Radok, Jan Rohac, Milos Forman, Vladimir Svitacek, Wendy Toye; Artistic Director:Zdenek Mahler; Chief Scenic Designer:Josef Svoboda [12pp; VG] £4

1961: ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE (Phoenix)
Stanley Baxter, Betty Marsden, Pip Hinton, David Kernan, Ronnie Barker, Una Stubbs, Bob Stevenson, Amanda Barrie, Elisabeth Counsell; dir:James Gilbert [12pp; hole punched through, creased, else VG; uncommon] £3

1961 (Jul): THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN REGRETS ...! - Myers/Cass (Golders Green Hippodrome)
Joan Sims, Ronnie Stevens, Millicent Martin, Aubrey Woods; dir:Stevens [12pp; minor marks, else VG - uncommon] £4

1961 (Jun): ON THE AVENUE (Globe)
Joan Heal, Beryl Reid, George Rose; dir:William Chappell [12pp; VG] (£4) SOLD

1962 (Jan): 4 TO THE BAR (Oxford Playhouse)
Ian Wallace, Bryan Blackburn, Peter Reeves, Rose Hill; dir:Charles Ross [16pp, 5.5x8; programme, biographies etc.; VG] £4

1962 (Apr): BEYOND THE FRINGE - Cook/Miller/Bennett (Fortune)
Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller [12pp; cast photos; VG] £4

1962 (Aug): BEYOND THE FRINGE - Cook/Miller/Bennett (Fortune)
Terence Brady, Joe Melia, Robin Ray, Bill Wallis [12pp; second cast; lightly rumpled, else VG; uncommon] £4

1962: CLAP HANDS The New Revue from Canada (Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith)
Dave Broadfoot, Corinne Conley, Eric House; dir:John Gray [16pp; VG] £3

1962: ONE OVER THE EIGHT - Cook (Duke of York's)
Kenneth Connor, Sheila Hancock, Lance Percival, Ben Aris, Lynda Baron; dir:Paddy Stone [12pp; VG] £3

1962: THE PREMISE (Comedy)
Francis Dux, Al Mancini, Gayle Coffin, David Dozer; dir:Theodore J.Flicker [16pp; VG] £3

1962: TAKE TO THE HILLS! Charity Revue (Scala) Souvenir Brochure
Patrick Mower, Ian Hamilton, Brian Marber, Gemma Jones, Acker Bilk, Hughie Green, Michael Flanders, Donald Swann, Larry Adler, Joan Heal; dir:Gerald Harper [40pp, 9x11; substantial brochure, w.order of events, credits, 4 full-page photos (H.M.The Queen, The Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and H.R.H.Princess Alice); VG] £4

1963: SIX OF ONE - Essex (Adelphi/26 Sep 1963)
Dora Bryan, Richard Wattis, Dennis Lotis, Amanda Barrie, Lindsay Dolan, David Toguri [20pp; 15 cast photos] £4

1963: AN EVENING OF BRITISH RUBBISH - Flemyng (Comedy)
Bruce Lacey, Joyce Grant, Ivor Cutler [12pp; fold-out programme] (£3) SOLD

1963: AT THE DROP OF ANOTHER HAT - Flanders/Swann (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
Michael Flanders, Donald Swann [12pp; 3 photos] £5

1963: ALL SQUARE - Alan Melville (Vaudeville)
Beryl Reid, Naunton Wayne, Anna Dawson, Nicky Henson, Julian Holloway, Joyce Blair; dir:Charles Hickman, music:Charles Zwar [12pp; 7 photos; VG] (£4) SOLD

1963: CLAP HANDS (Prince Charles)
David Broadfoot, Corinne Conley, Jack Creley, Eric House, Araby Lockhart, Peter Mews; dir:John Gray [12pp in creased folder; cast biographies and photos; VG] £3

1965: AT THE DROP OF ANOTHER HAT - Flanders/Swann (Theatre Royal, Brighton)
Michael Flanders, Donald Swann [20pp; 1 photo] (£4) SOLD

1965: AT THE DROP OF ANOTHER HAT - Flanders/Swann (Globe)
Michael Flanders, Donald Swann [12pp; 3 photos] £5

1965: HELLO WATFORD GOODBYE (Palace Theatre, Watford)
Jimmy Perry, Gilda Perry, Ben Hawthorne, Linda James, Michael Knowles, Ruth Llewellyn [8pp, 5x7.5; list of items performed (by Arthur Macrae, Richard Addinsell, Flanders and Swann, Vivian Ellis, Alan Melville, Charles Zwar etc.); two punch holes, rumpled, else VG] (£2) SOLD

1966: WAIT A MINIM! - Gluckman (Fortune/9 Apr 1964) South African revue
Andrew Tracey, Paul Tracey [12pp] £3

Revue: 1970s

1972: HULLABALOO - Dunlop (Criterion)
Rogers & Starr, Jimmy Edwards [24pp; photos] (£3) SOLD

1974: OH! CALCUTTA! - Tynan (Duchess)
Clare Rees, Peter Banks [28pp; interview with Tynan] £4

1975: DEJA REVUE - Melville (New London)
Sheila Hancock, George Cole [24pp] £4

1975: SMALL AND BRASSY - Neville Phillips/Robb Stewart (King's Head)
Christopher Benjamin, Christine Edmonds, Mary Millar, Royce Mills; dir:Stewart Trotter [4pp, slightly rumpled] £3

Revue: 1980s

1981: UP IN THE 80'S - Neville Phillips/Robb Stewart (King's Head)
Amanda Barrie, Peter Blythe, Sheila Reid, Martin Smith; dir:John Dane [12pp, marks on front cover, else VG] £3

1984: THE SLOANE RANGER REVUE - Sherrin (Duchess)
Gaye Brown, Royce Mills, Jan Ravens, Nick Wilton, dir:Ned Sherrin [32pp; 12 cast photos] £4

Revue: 1990s

1997: THEN AGAIN... A New Lyric Revue (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)
Desmond Barrit, Dawn French, Sheila Hancock, Neil Mullarkey; at the piano: John Gould; dir:Neil Bartlett [28pp; written by Alan Bennett, Noel Coward, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Graeme Garden, Ken Hoare, Harold Pinter, N.F.Simpson, David Wood, John Gould, Julian Clary, Richard Curtis, Stephen Fry etc.; with biographies, cast photos etc., 6 page illustrated article on the Lyric Revues 1926-1959, Running Order Insert for 26 March 1997 (w.minor marks); VG] £4

1999: 9 1/2 QUID REVUE - Martin Charnin (King's Head)
Linda Marlowe, Valerie Cutko, Geri Feeney, Jack Rebaldi, Annemarie Lewis Thomas, Chris Vincent [16pp, 8.25x11; list of items, cast photos and biographies, 6 rehearsal photos; minor marks, else VG] £4

Revue: 2000 on

2006 (2 Feb): PARLIAMENTARY PALACE OF VARIETIES (St.John's, Smith Square)
8th Annual House of Lords and House of Commons Parliamentary Palace of Varieties, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief; cast includes the Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke, the Rt Hon Margaret Beckett and the Baroness Hooper (Chairmen); Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; MP4, a cross-party rock group; Sir Patrick Cormack; The Parliamentary Choir Barbershop Group; Lembit Opik MP, Stephen Pound MP and Nigel Evans MP; Rt Hon Michael Ancram, Rt Hon The Lord Healey of Riddlesden, Viscount Chandos, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Rt Hon Michael Mates, etc. etc. Full details of the program of events, the subsequent Dinner at the Savoy, the Champagne Bucket Draw, the Auction, and much else ... A programme for a unique event! [28pp, 6.75x9.75; includes 2-page press release; VG] £5

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