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1960

P&P/Jan 1960: cover-Evelyn Laye in THE AMOROUS PRAWN; Best Plays and Players of 1959, article on Falstaff; Scenes from TREASURE ISLAND (Bernard Miles), THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG (Gary Raymond, Tsai Chin), ROSMERSHOLM (Eric Porter, Peggy Ashcroft), THE AMOROUS PRAWN (Evelyn Laye, Derek Nimmo), KOOKABURRA (Julia Shelley), AND SUDDENLY IT'S SPRING (Margaret Lockwood), RICHARD II/Old Vic (John Justin, George Baker, Robert Harris, Maggie Smith - review and 7 photos) etc.; text of THE RING OF TRUTH part 1 by Wynyard Browne [36pp, 8.5x11; two very light vertical bends, else VG] £4

P&P/Feb 1960: cover-Margaret Leighton in THE WRONG SIDE OF THE PARK [36pp, 8.5x11; two very light vertical bends, else VG] £4

P&P/Mch 1960: cover-Barbara Jefford as SAINT JOAN [36pp, 8.5x11; VG] £4

P&P/Apr 1960: cover-Molly Picon, Chin Yu and Robert Morley in A MAJORITY OF ONE [36pp, 8.5x11; VG] £4

P&P/May 1960: cover-Eric Porter & Denholm Elliott in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA; 'O'Casey, Ireland's Exiled Genius', the new Cheltenham Everyman Theatre, 'Doctor Chekhov'; Scenes from LOOK ON TEMPESTS (Gladys Cooper, Vanessa Redgrave, Brewster Mason), THE GAZEBO (Moira Lister, Ian Carmichael), FOLLOW THAT GIRL (Susan Hampshire, Peter Gilmore, Patricia Routledge), INHERIT THE WIND (Andrew Cruickshank, Henry McCarthy, Daniel Moynihan), FLOWER DRUM SONG (Yau Shan Tung, Kevin Scott) etc.; text of ROOTS part 1 by Arnold Wesker [36pp, 8.5x11; two light vertical bends, else VG] £4

P&P/June 1960: cover-Alec Guinness in ROSS; Arnold Wesker's Modern Trilogy, Ionesco's Art of Derision; Scenes from RHINOCEROS (Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright), Pitlochry Plays (Bridget Turner), WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS/Old Vic (Maggie Smith, Fay Compton, Donald Houston), OVER THE BRIDGE (Sam Thompson, Colin Blakely), GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Gary Watson, Josephine Wilson), TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA and THE MERCHANT OF VENICE/Stratford (Eric Porter, Denholm Elliott, Derek Godfrey, Jack MacGrowan, Peter O'Toole, Dorothy Tutin) etc.; text of ROOTS part 2 by Arnold Wesker [36pp, 8.5x11; two very light bends, else VG] £4

P&P/July 1960: cover-Dorothy Tutin & Derek Godfrey in TWELFTH NIGHT; article on THE LIFE OF GALILEO, 'Acting For The Future', Tomorrow's Lead: Alan Bates; Scenes from HENRY V/Old Vic (Donald Houston, Judi Dench), NED KELLY (Harry H.Corbett), THE MOST HAPPY FELLA (Inia Wiata), A PASSAGE TO INDIA (Zia Moyheddin, Dilys Hamlett), Pitlochry Plays (John Scarborough), ROSS (Alec Guinness, Harry Andrews, Geoffrey Keen) etc.; text of LOOK ON TEMPESTS part 1 by Joan Henry [36pp, 8.5x11; VG] £4

P&P/Aug 1960: cover-Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne in THE VISIT; article on The Lunts, Fun at the Edinburgh Festival, Festival Drama at York, Oberammergau 1960; Scenes from TWELFTH NIGHT/Stratford (Dorothy Tutin, Eric Porter, Ian Richardson, Max Adrian), CANDIDA (Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray), THE LIFE OF GALILEO (Bernard Miles), EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR/Stratford East (Victor Spinetti, Bob Grant), A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Paul Scofield, Leo McKern, Richard Leech) etc.; text of LOOK ON TEMPESTS part 2 by Joan Henry [36pp, 8.5x11; slightly rumpled, minor rust marks to centre fold, else VG] £4

P&P/Sep 1960: cover-Peggy Ashcroft & Peter O'Toole in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW; Old Vic 1960-61 Season, article on Peter Potter; Scenes from Gala Night of 100 Stars/London Palladium (Flora Robson, Margaret Leighton, Jessie Matthews, Frankie Howerd, Sybil Thorndike, Paul Scofield, Joyce Grenfell, Michael and Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Morley, Peggy Mount), TAMING OF THE SHREW (Peter O'Toole, Peggy Ashcroft), MISS JULIE (Diane Cilento), THE VISIT (Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne), OLIVER! (Ron Moody, Georgia Brown, Danny Sewell, Keith Hamshere) etc.; text of CHICKEN SOUP WITH BARLEY part 1 by Arnold Wesker [36pp, 8.5x11; very light vertical bend, else VG] £4

P&P/Oct 1960: cover-John Gielgud in THE LAST JOKE; Articles on Paul Rubens, The Pembroke Theatre in the Round; Scenes from TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (Dorothy Tutin, Denholm Elliott, Eric Porter, Max Adrian, Patrick Allen, Dinsdale Landen), WAITING IN THE WINGS (Sybil Thorndike, Marie Lohr, Graham Payn), THE TIGER AND THE HORSE (Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave), AMERICAN DOUBLE BILL (Kenneth Haigh, Peter Sallis), SPARRERS CAN'T SING (Brian Murphy, Roy Kinnear), THE SEAGULL/Old Vic (Judith Anderson, Tony Britton, Tom Courtenay, Ann Bell) etc.; text of CHICKEN SOUP WITH BARLEY part 2 by Arnold Wesker [36pp, 8.5x11; minor rust marks to centre fold, else VG] £4

P&P/Nov 1960: cover-John Stride & Judi Dench in ROMEO AND JULIET; Theatre in the '20s and '30s, The Shape of Theatres to Come, article about Robert Bolt; Scenes from THE NAKED ISLAND (John Neville, Charles Kay), THE WINTER'S TALE/Stratford (Eric Porter, Peggy Ashcroft), BILLY LIAR (Albert Finney), MISTER JOHNSON (Johnny Sekka), LADY BARKER'S LAST APPEARANCE (Cruys Voorbergh, Peggy Thorpe Bates), THE LAST JOKE (John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Ernest Thesiger, Anna Massey) etc.; text of I'M TALKING ABOUT JERUSALEM part 1 by Arnold Wesker [36pp, 8.5x11; minor rust marks to centre fold, else VG] £5

P&P/Dec 1960: cover-Wendy Hiller & Diana Wynyard in TOYS IN THE ATTIC; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at the Aldwych, Early Actors on Film; Scenes from PLATONOV (Rex Harrison, Ronald Barker, Rachel Roberts), TOYS IN THE ATTIC (Diana Wynyard, Wendy Hiller, Coral Browne), LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL (Andrew Cruickshank, Mary Ellis), MR.BURKE M.P. (Ron Pember, Peter Clegg), ROMEO AND JULIET/Old Vic (Judi Dench, John Stride, Peggy Mount), MARY STUART/Old Vic (Gwen Watford, Valerie Taylor) etc.; text of I'M TALKING ABOUT JERUSALEM part 2 by Arnold Wesker [36pp, 8.5x11; minor rust marks to centre fold, else VG] £4

1961

P&P/Jan 1961: cover-Peggy Ashcroft & Eric Porter in THE DUCHESS OF MALFI; Best Plays and Players of 1960, article on Stage Lighting, article on John Mortimer, Hutchinson Scott (designer), Actors 1960; Scenes from PROGRESS TO THE PARK (Billie Whitelaw, Tom Bell), THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (Donal Donnelly, Siobhan McKenna), SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER/Old Vic (Judi Dench, Peggy Mount, Tommy Steele) etc.; text of THE WRONG SIDE OF THE PARK part 1 by John Mortimer [36pp, 8.5x11; minor rust marks to centre fold, else VG] £4

P&P/Feb 1961: cover-Leslie Caron in ONDINE; George Devine, Donald McWhinnie on THE DUCHESS OF MALFI; Scenes from A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM/Old Vic (Judi Dench, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Douglas Campbell, Gwen Watford), THE LION IN LOVE (Patricia Burke), TWELFTH NIGHT/Aldwych (Dorothy Tutin, Eric Porter), CHIN-CHIN (Anthony Quayle, Celia Johnson), Christmas Shows in London (Juliet Mills, John Slater), THE DUCHESS OF MALFI/Aldwych (Peggy Ashcroft, Eric Porter, Derek Godfrey, Max Adrian, Patrick Wymark) etc.; text of THE WRONG SIDE OF THE PARK part 2 by John Mortimer [36pp, 8.5x11; minor rust marks to centre fold, else VG] £4

P&P/Mch 1961: cover-Emlyn Williams in THREE; article on Ibsen, article on Marvin Kane, Old Vic's Tour to Moscow, Stratford's 1961 Season; Scenes from THREE (Emlyn Williams, Wendy Craig), FAIRY TALES OF NEW YORK (Barry Foster, Susan Hampshire), CRIME ON GOAT ISLAND (Ellen Pollock, David Ritch), ONDINE/Aldwych (Leslie Caron, Richard Johnson, Ian Holm, Derek Godfrey, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Eric Porter) etc. text of BILLY LIAR part 1 by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall [36pp, 8.5x11; two light vertical bends, else VG] £4

P&P/Apr 1961: cover-John Stride & Robert Harris in HENRY IV PT.I; Tony Richardson on THE CHANGELING, Sean Kenny on Stage Design; Scenes from KING KONG (Nathan Mledle), STOP IT WHOEVER YOU ARE (Wilfred Brambell, Rosamund Greenwood, Arthur Lowe), THE CHANGELING/Royal Court (Mary Ure, Robert Shaw, Jeremy Brett, Zoe Caldwell), THE CONNECTION (Warren Finnerty), THE DEVILS/Aldwych (Dorothy Tutin, Richard Johnson, Ian Holm, Max Adrian, Derek Godfrey); text of BILLY LIAR part 2 by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall [36pp, 8.5x11; minor rust marks to centre fold, else VG] £4

P&P/May 1961: cover-Maggie Smith & Alan Badel in THE REHEARSAL; National Theatre Plans, Theatre Design; Scenes from THE LADY FROM THE SEA (Vanessa Redgrave, John Neville, Margaret Leighton, Andrew Cruickshank), HENRY IV PT.I/Old Vic (Douglas Campbell, John Stride, Tony Britton, Robert Harris), THE MIRACLE WORKER (Anna Massey, Janina Faye), THE MUSIC MAN (Van Johnson, Patricia Lambert, Denis Waterman) etc; text of A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS part 1 by Robert Bolt [36pp, 8.5x11; slightly rumpled at one corner, minor rust marks to centre fold, else VG] £4

P&P/Jun 1961: cover-Geraldine McEwan & Ian Bannen in HAMLET; article on Sartre's ALTONA, Shakespeare on disc, Italian Theatre Today, Manchester's Library Theatre; Scenes from ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE (Stanley Baxter, Ronnie Barker, Betty Marsden), BELLE (George Benson, Rose Hill), ALTONA (Nigel Stock, Diane Cilento, Claire Bloom, Kenneth Haigh), TWELFTH NIGHT/Old Vic (Barbara Jefford, Alec McCowen), THE TENTH MAN (David Kossoff), HAMLET/Stratford (Ian Bannen, Peter McEnery), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING/Stratford (Christopher Plummer, Geraldine McEwan) etc.; text of A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS part 2 by Robert Bolt [40pp, 8.5x11; 2 light vertical bends, else VG] £4

P&P/Jul 1961: cover-Barbara Leigh-Hunt & Robert Harris in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE; article on Roger Blin, Michael Croft of the National Youth Theatre, article on Alun Owen, Review of BEYOND THE FRINGE; Scenes from MERCHANT OF VENICE/Old Vic (Robert Harris, Barbara Leigh-Hunt), THE ANDERSONVILLE TRIAL (Maurice Denham), THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Jean Bayless, Roger Dann, Constance Shacklock), CELEBRATION (Jeremy Kemp, Michael Williams, Robert Lang), Pitlochry Plays (Iain Cuthbertson, Brian Cant, Mollie Sugden), RICHARD III/Stratford (Christopher Plummer, Edith Evans, Eric Porter) etc.; text of PROGRESS TO THE PARK part 1 by Alun Owen [40pp, 8.5x11; two light vertical bends, else VG] £4

P&P/Aug 1961: cover-Albert Finney in LUTHER; Peter Cook on BEYOND THE FRINGE, article on Planning Adaptable Theatre, TWELFTH NIGHT on disc; Scenes from THE KITCHEN in rehearsal (Arnold Wesker, John Dexter, George Devine), BYE BYE BIRDIE (Peter Marshall, Chita Rivera, Angela Baddeley), THE KITCHEN (Robert Stephens), Pitlochry Plays (Iain Cuthbertson, Charmian Eyre), AS YOU LIKE IT/Stratford (Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Bannen, Max Adrian, Colin Blakely, Ian Richardson) etc.; text of PROGRESS TO THE PARK part 2 by Alun Owen [40pp, 8.5x11; minor rust marks to centre fold, else VG] £4

P&P/Sep 1961: cover-Eric Porter & Christopher Plummer in BECKET; Peter Coe on the Habimah Theatre, article on Christopher Plummer, Frank Dunlop on THE BISHOP'S BONFIRE, Closure of Provincial Theatres; Scenes from LUTHER (Albert Finney), THE BISHOP'S BONFIRE (Terry Scully, Annette Crosby), GOODNIGHT MRS.PUFFIN (Irene Handl, Jack Allen), STOP THE WORLD (Anthony Newley, Anna Quayle), BECKET (Eric Porter, Christopher Plummer, Diana Rigg, Ian Holm) etc.; text of SERJEANT MUSGRAVE'S DANCE part 1 by John Arden [40pp, 8.5x11; three light vertical bends, else VG] £4

P&P/Oct 1961: cover-Paul Daneman as DR.FAUSTUS; article on Christopher Marlowe, Disley Jones' designs for BONNE SOUPE, article on Stage Musicals, Edinburgh Festival Drama; Scenes from ONE FOR THE POT (Brian Rix, Terry Scott), 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE (John Woodvine), GUILTY PARTY (Donald Sinden), ROMEO AND JULIET/Stratford (Dorothy Tutin, Edith Evans, Brian Murray, Max Adrian) etc.; text of SERJEANT MUSGRAVE'S DANCE part 2 by John Arden [40pp, 8.5x11; two very light vertical bends, else VG] £4

P&P/Nov 1961: cover-Vanessa Redgrave & Derek Godfrey in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW; The Dublin Theatre Festival, Minos Volanakis on THE ORESTEIA; Scenes from OTHELLO/Stratford (John Gielgud), THE TAMING OF THE SHREW/Stratford (Vanessa Redgrave, Derek Godfrey), THE AFFAIR (John Clements, Alan Dobie), DR.FAUSTUS/Old Vic (Paul Daneman), KING JOHN/Old Vic (Maurice Denham, Rosalind Atkinson) etc.; text of AUGUST FOR THE PEOPLE Act I by Nigel Dennis [40pp, 8.5x11; light bends, else VG] £4

P&P/Dec 1961: cover-Perlita Neilson and Roger Livesey in HEARTBREAK HOUSE; Interview with Edward Albee, Sean Kenny article, Ballet and Opera for Christmas; Scenes from THE ORESTEIA/Old Vic (Ronald Lewis), HEARTBREAK HOUSE (Roger Livesey, Judy Campbell), DO RE MI! (Max Bygraves), OTHELLO/Stratford (John Gielgud, Ian Bannen, Dorothy Tutin, Peggy Ashcroft) etc.; text of AUGUST FOR THE PEOPLE Act II by Nigel Dennis [40pp, 8.5x11; minor rust marks to centre fold, else VG] £4

1962

P&P/Jan 1962: cover-Peggy Ashcroft in THE CHERRY ORCHARD; Tony Richardson, Charles Marowitz article, Theatre '61 by Caryl Brahms and Peter Roberts, G&S Ancient and Modern, Reviews; Scenes from THE CHERRY ORCHARD/RSC (Peggy Ashcroft, John Gielgud, Judi Dench, Dorothy Tutin), Old Vic Australia Tour (Vivien Leigh), MOURNING BECOMES ELEKTRA/Old Vic (Barbara Jefford, Sonia Dresdel, Stephen Moore), THE KEEP/Royal Court (Jessie Evans, Glyn Owen, Mervyn Johns), THE RIVALS/Pembroke (Fenella Fielding, Sylvia Sims); text of THE KITCHEN Part I (w.photos) by Arnold Wesker; regional round up etc. etc. [40pp, 8.5x11; minor rust marks to centre fold, else VG] £4

P&P/Feb 1962: cover-Rita Tushingham and Corin Redgrave in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM [40pp, 8.5x11; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

P&P/Mch 1962: cover-Andrew Downie and Marion Studholme in H.M.S.PINAFORE [40pp, 8.5x11; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £6

P&P/Apr 1962: cover-Eileen Atkins and Paul Daneman in RICHARD III [44pp, 8.5x11; spine slightly rubbed, else VG] £5

P&P/May 1962: cover-Trevor Howard in TWO STARS FOR COMFORT [40pp, 8.5x11; VG] £4

P&P/Jun 1962: cover-Hugh Futcher in CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £4

P&P/Jul 1962: cover-BLITZ! [56pp, 8.5x11; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

P&P/Aug 1962: cover-SHAKESPEARE AT STRATFORD-UPON-AVON [68pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Sep 1962: cover-Laurence Olivier, Rosemary Harris, Athene Seyler and Joan Plowright at CHICHESTER; Scenes from THE CHANCES/Chichester (John Neville, Keith Michell, Rosemary Harris, Peter Woodthorpe, Joan Plowright, Athene Seyler) w.review, THE BROKEN HEART/Chichester (Laurence Olivier, Joan Greenwood, Keith Michell, John Neville, Rosemary Harris) w.review, UNCLE VANYA/Chichester (Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, Fay Compton, Andre Morrell, Sybil Thorndike) w.review, THE BLOOD OF THE BAMBURGS and UNDER PLAIN COVER/Royal Court (John Meillon, Graham Crowden, Anton Rodgers, Vivian Pickles, Ann Beach, Glyn Owen) w.reviews, CYMBELINE/RSC (Eric Porter, Patrick Allen, Vanessa Redgrave, Tom Fleming) w.review, WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN/RSC (Geoffrey Chater, Jeanne Hepple), further reviews; full-page portrait of Vivian Pickles and John Meillon in THE BLOOD OF THE BAMBURGS; feature (w.photo) on Michael Elliot; feature (w.photos) on the new theatre at Chichester; four articles about Censorship; article on the 1962 Spoleto Festival; Reports from New York, Paris; complete text of THE GINGER MAN by J.P.Donleavy (Richard Harris, Wendy Craig, Ronald Fraser) w.photos [68pp, 8.5x11; VG] (£6) SOLD

P&P/Oct 1962: cover-Lotte Lenya in BRECHT ON BRECHT [68pp, 8.5x11; spine slightly rubbed, else VG] £5

P&P/Nov 1962: cover-Richard Negri's Troll Designs for PEER GYNT [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Dec 1962: cover-THE MERCHANT OF VENICE/Old Vic [80pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

1963

P&P/Jan 1963: cover-Laurence Olivier in SEMI-DETACHED [72pp, 8.5x11; VG] £4

P&P/Feb 1963: cover-STANISLAVSKY [68pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Mch 1963: cover-Cyril Cusack and Alan Webb in THE PHYSICISTS [68pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Apr 1963: cover-Peter O'Toole in BAAL [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/May 1963: cover-Tommy Steele in KIPPS [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Jun 1963: cover-Lee Montague and Dilys Hamlett in MEASURE FOR MEASURE [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Jul 1963: cover-John Clements in THE MASTERS [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Aug 1963: cover-Joan Plowright in SAINT JOAN [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Sep 1963: cover-Peggy Ashcroft and Michael Craig in THE WARS OF THE ROSES/RSC [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Oct 1963: cover-Janet Suzman and Ian Holm in RICHARD III [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Nov 1963: cover-Alec Guinness in EXIT THE KING; Scenes from EXIT THE KING/Royal Court (Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Graham Cowden - 3 photos w.review), THE LOVER and THE DWARFS/Arts Theatre (Vivien Merchant, John Hurt, Philip Bond, Scott Forbes - 4 photos w.review), MAN AND BOY/Queen's Theatre (Charles Boyer, Geoffrey Keen, Barry Justice, Jane Downs - 4 photos w.review), POWER OF PERSUASION/Garrick (John Mills, Anthony Quayle, Joyce Redman - 4 photos w.review); Actor Anonymous - the changing faces of Alec Guinness (w.8 photos), Grand National Night - opening of the National Theatre (w.4 designs), John Gielgud - Directing the Classics, What Children Want - Caryl Jenner on Childrens' Theatre at the Arts, Probe on Liverpool - the growth of drama in Liverpool, How to be an impresario by Peter Daubeny, Edinburgh 1963 - the first three weeks (w.6 photos); photos of Joan Miller and Andrew Cruickshank in A TOUCH OF THE POET, Fred Clark and Joan Bennett in NEVER TOO LATE, and Frankie Howerd in A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM etc. [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Dec 1963: cover-Peter O'Toole as HAMLET [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] (£5) SOLD

1964

P&P/Jan 1964: cover-Edith Evans, Michael Bryant and Kenneth Williams in GENTLE JACK [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Feb 1964: cover-Robert Stephens and Laurence Olivier in THE RECRUITING OFFICER/NT [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Mch 1964: cover-Joan Plowright in HOBSON'S CHOICE/NT [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Apr 1964: cover-WORLD THEATRE SEASON 1964 [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/May 1964: cover-SHAKESPEARE 1564-1964 [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Jun 1964: cover-Hugh Griffith, Eric Porter and Ian Holm in HENRY IV/Stratford [44pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Jul 1964: cover-Michael Redgrave and Maggie Smith in THE MASTER BUILDER [44pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Aug 1964: cover-Colin Blakely and Robert Stephens in THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN [40pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Sep 1964: cover-The Living Theatre Company in THE BRIG [40pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Oct 1964: cover-Glenda Jackson and Patrick Magee in THE PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF MARAT.../RSC [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Nov 1964: cover-Rachel Roberts in MAGGIE MAY, Nicol Williamson in INADMISSABLE EVIDENCE, and Elspeth Gray, John Barron and John Chapman in DIPLOMATIC BAGGAGE [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Dec 1964: cover-Derek Jacobi and Maggie Smith in HAY FEVER/NT [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] (£5) SOLD

1965

P&P/Jan 1965: cover-Daniel Massey in JULIUS CAESAR [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Feb 1965: cover-Kenneth More and Millicent Martin in OUR MAN CRICHTON; Scenes from THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR/RSC at Aldwych (Clive Swift, Ian Richardson, Doris Hare, Patsy Byrne, Brenda Bruce - 3 photos w.review), OUR MAN CRICHTON (Kenneth More, George Benson, Millicent Martin - 3 photos w.review); reviews and photos of of CHAGANOG (Patsy Rowlands, George Ogilvie), BUSYBODY (Irene Handl), MAXIBULES (Max Adrian, Tim Preece, Sian Phillips), SON OF OBLOMOV (Spike Milligan, Peter Eyre, Bill Owen), LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET (Laurence Keane, Matyelok Gibbs, Geoffrey Atkinson, Ursula Jones); articles on Arthur Miller (w.photo), The 1964 Critics' Awards (w.photos), Who'd be an Actress in 1965? (inteviews with Sheila Allen, Lynn Redgrave, Cheryl Kennedy, Susannah York, Glenda Jackson, and Jennifer Hilary - 6 photos), Plays in Prison by Gordon Bowker (w.illustrations by Ralph Steadman); photo of Jack MacGowran in WAITING FOR GODOT/Royal Court; full-page photo of Colin Blakely as Pizarro in THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN; full text of YOU'LL COME TO LOVE YOUR SPERM TEST by John Antrobus; and much else [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] (£5) SOLD

P&P/Mch 1965: cover-Jeanne Hepple and Colin Blakely in THE CRUCIBLE [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Apr 1965: cover-Maggie Smith in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [52pp, 8.5x11; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

P&P/May 1965: cover-Mark Hardy, Sandra Boize, Nicholas Chagrin and David Eccles in NIGHT OF THE IGUANA [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Jun 1965: cover-Eric Porter in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE and THE JEW OF MALTA [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Jul 1965: cover-Madge Ryan in MOTHER COURAGE/NT [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Aug 1965: cover-Wendy Craig and Peter O'Toole in RIDE A COCK HORSE [52pp, 8.5x11; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

P&P/Sep 1965: cover-Paul Scofield as TIMON OF ATHENS [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Oct 1965: cover-David Warner as HAMLET [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Nov 1965: cover-John Gielgud, Yvonne Mitchell and Claire Bloom in IVANOV [52pp, 8.5x11; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4

P&P/Dec 1965: cover-Laurence Olivier in LOVE FOR LOVE [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

1966

From January 1966, 'Plays and Players' incorporated 'Theatre World', which ceased publication as a separate magazine.

P&P/Jan 1966: cover-Mary Martin in HELLO DOLLY [72pp, 8.4x10.8; VG] £5

P&P/Feb 1966: cover-Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Roger Livesey, Richard Todd etc. in AN IDEAL HUSBAND; Scenes from HELLO, DOLLY! (Mary Martin), HAMLET/RSC (David Warner, Janet Suzman), TWANG! (Barbara Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw), AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray etc.), CHARLIE GIRL (Anna Neagle), SERJEANT MUSGRAVE'S DANCE (Iain Cuthbertson), Plays for Children at Christmas, 1965 Theatre Awards, Acting in the Sixties, 'Contemporary Theatre Criticism', John Betjeman on 'British Music Hall', Ivor Brown on 'The Actor's Changing Role in Society' etc.; text of THE CRESTA RUN by N.F.Simpson [72pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Mch 1966: cover-Paul Scofield in THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR; Scenes from YOU NEVER CAN TELL (Ralph Richardson, Harry Andrews, Keith Baxter), THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (Paul Scofield), A CHASTE MAID IN CHEAPSIDE (John Castle, Ronald Pickup), INCIDENT AT VICHY (Alec Guinness, Anthony Quayle), Simon Trussler on 'The Shaw Revival', London Theatre 1916, 'Translator's Dilemma', William Gaskill on the late George Devine, Ivor Brown on 'The Theatre of Oscar Wilde', 'Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne' etc.; text of HOW'S THE WORLD TREATING YOU? [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Apr 1966: cover-Geraldine McEwan in A FLEA IN HER EAR; Scenes from A FLEA IN HER EAR (Geraldine McEwan, Albert Finney), LITTLE MALCOLM (John Hurt, Rodney Bewes), ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (Sybil Thorndike, Athene Seyler, Richard Briers), World Theatre Season, 'The Truth About TWANG!', 'London's Buskers', London Theatre 1921, Ivor Brown on 'Children in the Theatre', etc.; text of LITTLE MALCOLM AND HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EUNUCHS [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/May 1966: cover-Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL; Scenes from THE MATCHGIRLS (Julia Sutton - 6 photos), MISS JULIE and BLACK COMEDY (Albert Finney, Derek Jacobi, Maggie Smith - 4 photos), THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT (Anton Rogers - 3 photos), THE BEAVER COAT (Peggy Mount - 4 photos); large photo of Alexis Minotis as OEDIPUS REX in the Greek National Theatre production at the Aldwych World Theatre Season; extensive articles: Who's For Revue? (w.photos of Kenneth Williams and Patricia Routledge), The Truth About TWANG! (3 photos), Tyrone Guthrie on Theatre in the Television Age, Actresses in the Early English Theatre, Pinter in Paris, London Theatre 1926 (4 photos), Drama in Court - Act One (prosecution of SAVED) etc.; complete text of A LILY IN LITTLE INDIA by Donald Howarth [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Jun 1966: cover-Colin Blakely & Joyce Redman in JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK; Scenes from THE IDIOT (Leningrad Gorki Theatre), FUNNY GIRL (Barbra Streisand, Michael Craig), THE ANNIVERSARY (Michael Crawford, Sheila Hancock), THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE (Avril Elgar, John Castle), HENRY IV/Stratford (Tony Church, Ian Holm), MOLIERE DOUBLE BILL (Bernard Miles), JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK (Colin Blakely, Joyce Redman), A SONG AT TWILIGHT (Noel Coward, Lilli Palmer, Irene Worth), World Theatre Season, John Clements at Chichester, Iain Cuthbertson on forthcoming UBU ROI, Simon Trussler on 'Farce', London Theatre 1931, Ivor Bown on 'The Theatre Curtain' etc.; text of EVENTS WHILE GUARDING THE BOFORS GUN by John McGrath [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Jul 1966: cover-Danny La Rue in COME SPY WITH ME; Scenes from THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE (Alastair Sim), THEIR VERY OLD AND GOLDEN CITY (Ian McKellen), TANGO (Peter Jeffrey, !Trevor Nunn!), World Theatre Season, NOEL COWARD DOUBLE BILL(Noel Coward, Lilli Palmer, Irene Worth), THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (Vanessa Redgrave), COME SPY WITH ME (Danny La Rue, Barbara Windsor), THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (Max Adrian, Eleanor Bron), HELLO, DOLLY! (Dora Bryan), History of Drag w.8 photos, Ivor Brown on 'Fools', London Theatre 1936 etc.; text of THE FIGHTING COCK by Jean Anouilh [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Aug 1966: cover-Jeannie Carson in STRIKE A LIGHT [76pp, 8.4x10.8; VG] £4

P&P/Sep 1966: cover-Max Wall in UBU ROI [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Oct 1966: cover-John Clements and company in MACBETH [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Nov 1966: cover-Ron Moody in JOEY JOEY [76pp, 8.5x11; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5

P&P/Dec 1966: cover-Coral Browne and Wilfrid Hyde White in LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

1967

P&P/Jan 1967: cover-John Hurt, Sheila Allen and David Waller in BELCHER'S LUCK/RSC [76pp, 8.5x11; very minor corner crease, minor marks, else VG] £4

P&P/Feb 1967: cover-Polly Adams, Dulcie Gray, Robert Flemyng and Michael Dennison in ON APPROVAL [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Mch 1967: cover-THE SOLDIER'S FORTUNE/Royal Court [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Apr 1967: cover-Topol & Miriam Karlin in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF; Scenes from THE JUDGE (Patrick Wymark), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Topol, Miriam Karlin), 110 IN THE SHADE (Inga Swenson), THE DANCE OF DEATH (Laurence Olivier, Robert Stephens, Geraldine McEwan), THE SACRED FLAME (Wendy Hiller, Gladys Cooper), TRIFLES AND TOMFOOLERIES (Moira Redmond, Murray Melvin), World Theatre Season etc.; text of WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE SAY SOMETHING? by David Baxter [68pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/May 1967: cover-Laurence Olivier in THE DANCE OF DEATH/NT [68pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Jun 1967: cover-John Stride and Edward Petherbridge in ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD/NT [60pp, 8.5x11; VG] (£5) SOLD

P&P/Jul 1967: cover-THE FARMER'S WIFE at Chichester [62pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Aug 1967: cover-Peggy Ashcroft and John Castle in GHOSTS [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Sep 1967: cover-John Clements and Irene Worth in HEARTBREAK HOUSE [52pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Oct 1967: cover-Donald Pleasence in THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH [56pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Nov 1967: cover-Ian Holm and Estelle Kohler in ROMEO AND JULIET/RSC [60pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Dec 1967: cover-Alec Guinness in WISE CHILD [60pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

1968

P&P/Jan 1968: cover-Robert Stephens and John Gielgud in TARTUFFE/NT [60pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Feb 1968: cover-Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert in DEAR OCTOPUS [56pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Mch 1968: cover-Colin Blakely and Gillian Barge in VOLPONE/NT [68pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Apr 1968: cover-Isabel Jeans in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/May 1968: cover-Judi Dench in CABARET [68pp, 8.5x11; VG] £6

P&P/Jun 1968: cover-Eric Porter as KING LEAR/RSC [68pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Jul 1968: cover-Barbara Leigh-Hunt and Peter Whitbread in MRS MOUSE, ARE YOU WITHIN? [72pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Aug 1968: cover-Tom Ewell and Nicole Shelby in YOU KNOW I CAN'T HEAR YOU WHEN THE WATER'S RUNNING [72pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Sep 1968: cover-Paul Scofield in THE HOTEL IN AMSTERDAM [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Oct 1968: cover-Norman Rodway and Michael Williams in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA/RSC [84pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Nov 1968: cover-Annabel Leventon and Oliver Tobias in HAIR [84pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Dec 1968: cover-Maureen O'Brien, Isabel Jeans and John Standing in RING ROUND THE MOON [84pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

1969

P&P/Jan 1969: cover-John Gielgud in FORTY YEARS ON; Scenes from FORTY YEARS ON (John Gielgud, Alan Bennett, Paul Eddington), DEAR CHARLES (Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING/RSC and JULIUS CAESAR/RSC (Alan Howard, Janet Suzman), LOOK BACK IN ANGER (Victor Henry), THE COCKTAIL PARTY (Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins), THE BEARD (Billie Dixon), Plays and Players 1968 Awards; feature on Theatre Between The Wars (No.1) w.16 excellent period photos (Olivier, Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Andrew Cruickshank, Glen Byam Shaw, Godfrey Tearle, Ivor Novello, Alec Clunes etc.); text of GOD BLESS by Jules Feiffer [84pp, 8.5x11; VG] (£5) SOLD

P&P/Feb 1969: cover-John Colicos in SOLDIERS [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] (£5) SOLD

P&P/Mch 1969: cover-THE BOYS IN THE BAND [76pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Apr 1969: cover-Julia Foster, Coral Browne, Peter Bayliss and Hayward Morse in WHAT THE BUTLER SAW [84pp, 8.4x11; VG] £5

P&P/May 1969: cover-Ian Richardson as PERICLES/RSC [84pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Jun 1969: cover-Alan Bates in IN CELEBRATION; Scenes from CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS (Richard Briers, Victor Spinetti, Murray Melvin), MIXED DOUBLES (Nigel Stock, Vivien Merchant), IN CELEBRATION (Alan Bates, Brian Cox, James Bolam), BELLE STARR (Betty Grable), THE AU PAIR MAN (Joan Greenwood), ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (Polly James), THE GIVEAWAY (Dandy Nichols, Roy Hudd), ANN VERONICA (Mary Millar, Arthur Lowe) etc.; text of IN CELEBRATION by David Storey [84pp, 8.5x11; VG] (£5) SOLD

P&P/Jul 1969: cover-Alastair Sim and Christopher Guinee in THE MAGISTRATE [84pp, 8.5x11; minor marks, else VG] £5

P&P/Aug 1969: cover-Jeremy Clyde and Paul Jones in CONDUCT UNBECOMING; Scenes from THE YOUNG CHURCHILL (John Robinson, Clive Swift), WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN/RSC (Judi Dench, Richard Pasco), HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (Hermione Gingold), THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI (Leonard Rossiter), LANDSCAPE and SILENCE/RSC (Peggy Ashcroft, David Waller), The Living Theatre (Judith and Julian Beck), THE NIGHT I CHASED THE WOMEN WITH AN EEL (John Alderton, Pauline Collins), CONDUCT UNBECOMING (Jeremy Clyde, Paul Jones, Maxine Audley), TROILUS AND CRESSIDA/RSC (Alan Howard, Helen Mirren, Michael Williams), Interview with Clifford Williams; feature on Theatre Between The Wars (No.6) w.7 excellent period photos (Edith Evans, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Diana Wynyard, John Gielgud, Barry Jones etc.); text of ANYTHING YOU SAY WILL BE TWISTED by Ken Campbell [84pp, 8.5x11; minor marks, else VG] £4

P&P/Sep 1969: cover-Louise Purnell and Derek Jacobi in BACK TO METHUSELAH; Scenes from THE COUNTRY WIFE/Chichester (Maggie Smith, Keith Baxter, Patricia Routledge), ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA/Chichester (Margaret Leighton, John Clements), BACK TO METHUSELAH/National (Louise Purnell, Derek Jacobi), THE DOUBLE DEALER (Michael Byrne, Judy Parfitt, John Castle), AS DOROTHY PARKER ONCE SAID (Libby Morris), ON A FOGGY DAY (Siobhan McKenna), HAMLET/Open Space (Nikolas Simmonds), THE YOUNG CHURCHILL (John Robinson, Clive Swift), OH! CALCUTTA!/New York, Interview with Leonard Rossiter and Alan Howard etc.; text of MACRUNE'S GUEVARA by John Spurling [84pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Oct 1969: cover-DAMES AT SEA; Scenes from TWELFTH NIGHT/Stratford (Judi Dench, Donald Sinden), DAMES AT SEA (Joyce Blair), LOVERS (Eamon Morrissey, Joe Lynch, Anna Manahan), CHILDREN'S DAY (Prunella Scales, Gerald Flood), THE CRUNCH (Andrew Cruickshank), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Lex Goudsmit, Hy Hazell), OVER GARDENS OUT (James Hazeldine, Don Hawkins), EDWARD II and RICHARD II (Ian McKellen, James Laurenson, Timothy West), Interviews with Sheila White, Michael Blakemore, Timothy O'Brien and Toby Robertson etc.; text of RITES by Maureen Duffy [76pp, 8.5x11; minor marks, else VG] £4

P&P/Nov 1969: cover-Donald Sinden as HENRY VIII/RSC [80pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

P&P/Dec 1969: cover-Christopher Reynalds and Rex Harrison in THE LIONEL TOUCH [88pp, 8.5x11; VG] £5

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