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1950
ThW/Feb 1950: Scenes from BONAVENTURE (Fay Compton), CASTLE IN THE AIR (Jack Buchanan) etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £3
ThW/May 1950: Scenes from THE WAY THINGS GO (Michael Gough, Glynis Johns), HOME AT SEVEN (Ralph Richardson) etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Jun 1950: Scenes from THE COCKTAIL PARTY (Rex Harrison), MR.GILLIE (Alastair Sim), KNIGHTS OF MADNESS (Crazy Gang) etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £4
ThW/Aug 1950: Scenes from HIS EXCELLENCY (Sebastian Shaw, Eric Portman), GOLDEN CITY (Norman Lawrence, Julia Shelley) etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Sep 1950: Scenes from SEAGULLS OVER SORRENTO (Ronald Shiner, Bernard Lee, John Gregson, Nigel Stock, William Hartnell - 21 photos), KING LEAR (John Gielgud, Maxine Audley, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies), THE DISH RAN AWAY... (Frank Leighton, Betty Paul), LATIN QUARTER 1950 (Les Compagnons de la Chanson), THE SECOND MRS.TANQUERAY (Eileen Herlie); articles on Warwick Armstrong (w.photos), Tyrone Power, Graham Payn; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Nov 1950: Scenes from ACCOLADE (Emlyn Williams, Diana Churchill), THE SECOND MRS.TANQUERAY (Eileen Herlie, Leslie Banks) etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Dec 1950: Scenes from POINT OF DEPARTURE (Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling), HOME AND BEAUTY (Brenda Bruce) etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £3
1951
ThW/Jan 1951: Scenes from WHO IS SYLVIA? (Robert Flemyng, Athene Seyler), DEAR MISS PHOEBE (Carol Raye) etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £3
ThW/Feb 1951: Scenes from TWELFTH NIGHT/Old Vic (Peggy Ashcroft), BARTHOLOMEW FAIR/Old Vic (Robert Eddison, Roger Livesey, William Devlin, Alec Clunes), WILL ANY GENTLEMAN? (Robertson Hare) etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Mch 1951: Scenes from LACE ON HER PETTICOAT (Eleanor Macready, Perlita Neilson, Sophie Stewart, Muriel Aked - 16 photos), THE FOL-DE-ROLS - 10 photos, PRESERVING MR PANMURE (John Garside, Alan MacNaughtan, Gwen Cherrell, Reginald Purdell, Dorothy Reynolds); Re-opening of Bayreuth (w.photos); articles on Alec Clunes and Edith Coates (w.4 photos); Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Apr 1951: Scenes from MAN AND SUPERMAN (John Clements, Kay Hammond, Barbara Everest, Allan Cuthbertson, Arthur Hill, Milton Rosmer - 21 photos), THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT (Martita Hunt, Marius Goring), HENRY V/Old Vic (Alec Clunes, Douglas Campbell, Paul Rogers, William Devlin, Robert Eddison, Dorothy Tutin, Roger Livesey, Mark Dignam - 11 photos), THE CONSUL (Patricia Neway, Marie Powers, Russell George - 7 photos); articles on Robertson Hare, and The Young Vic Company (w.photos); portraits of Joyce Redman and Edith Evans; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/May 1951: Scenes from KISS ME, KATE (Patricia Morrison, Bill Johnson, Adelaide Hall, Danny Green, Sidney James, Austin Trevor, Julie Wilson - 16 photos), THE SEVENTH VEIL (Leo Genn, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom, Ralph Michael - 15 photos), MACADAM AND EVE (Sheila Latimer, John Gregson, John Laurie, Richard Pearson), HIS EXCELLENCY (Donald Wolfit, Michael Shepley); articles on John Cranko and Pineapple Poll (w.photos); portraits of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Celia Johnson, Alec Guinness, and Alicia Markova; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] £3
ThW/Jul 1951: Scenes from RICHARD II and HENRY IV Pts.I & II/Stratford (Michael Redgrave, Richard Burton, Anthony Quayle, Hugh Griffith, Harry Andrews, Robert Hardy, Heather Stannard, Barbara Jefford, Raymond Westwell, Rosalind Atkinson, Michael Bates, Richard Wordsworth, William Squire, Alan Badel - 31 photos), THREE SISTERS (Margaret Leighton, Ralph Richardson, Renee Asherson, Celia Johnson, Eric Porter, Harcourt Williams, Robert Beaumont, Diana Churchill, Michael Warre - 18 photos); articles on Festival of Britain Ballet, Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra (w.photos), Kirsten Flagstad (w.photo), opening season of The Pitlochry Festival, The York Mystery Plays; portrait of Dora Bryan in THE LYRIC REVUE; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Aug 1951: Scenes from THE LOVE OF FOUR COLONELS (Peter Ustinov, Theodore Bikel, Alan Gifford, Moira Lister, Gwen Cherrell - 17 photos), GAY'S THE WORD (Cicely Courtneidge, Lizbeth Webb, Dunstan Hart, Thorley Walters, Josephine Wray - 18 photos), THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR/Old Vic (Roger Livesey, Alec Clunes, Leo McKern, Peggy Ashcroft, Ursula Jeans); articles on John Gielgud in THE WINTER'S TALE (w.photo), The 1951 Shakespeare Festival (w.photo of Richard Burton in THE TEMPEST), Memories of Ellen Terry (w.photos); portraits of Brewster Mason and Claire Bloom; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Sep 1951: Scenes from THE WINTER'S TALE (Diana Wynyard, John Gielgud, Brewster Mason, Robert Anderson, Flora Robson, Lewis Casson, George Howe, Virginia McKenna, George Rose - 20 photos), THE HOLLOW (George Thorpe, Beryl Baxter, Jeanne de Casalis, Ernest Clark, Shaw Taylor - 12 photos), MAN AND SUPERMAN (John Clements, Esme Percy, Kay Hammond), THE PASSING DAY (Joseph Tomelty, James Young, Patricia Stewart, Allan McClelland); articles on Michael Northen (w.photos), Dora Bryan (w.photo), HENRY V at Stratford (w.photo of Richard Burton as Henry); portraits of Godfrey Tearle and Mary Kerridge in HIS HOUSE IN ORDER, Beatrice Campbell, and Denhom Elliott; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, repaired tear on cover, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Oct 1951: Scenes from ARDELE (Isabel Jeans, George Relph, Ronald Squire - 12 photos), STRATFORD SEASON: THE TEMPEST and HENRY V (Michael Redgrave, Richard Burton, William Squire, Alan Badel, Hugh Griffith, Michael Gwynn, Rachel Roberts, Barbara Jefford, Heather Stannard, Michael Bates, Rosalind Atkinson, Robert Hardy - 16 photos), HIS HOUSE IN ORDER (Godfrey Tearle, Mary Kerridge, Sebastian Shaw, Jeremy Spenser - 11 photos); article on the 1951 Edinburgh Festival (w.photos); portraits of Leslie Henson in AND SO TO BED, Sheila Manahan, Joyce Carey; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Nov 1951: Scenes from TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT/Old Vic (Donald Wolfit, Kenneth Griffith, David Waller, Lee Montague, Leo McKern, Margaret Rawlings, Jill Balcon, John Blatchley, Ernest Hare, David Greene, Peter Coke, Reginald Tate - 20 photos), THE LYRIC REVUE (Ian Carmichael, Joan Heal, Dora Bryan, Graham Payn, George Benson, Pam Marmont, Roberta Huby, Myles Eason, Jeremy Hawk - 16 photos), THE BIGGEST THIEF IN TOWN (Liam Redmond, Doreen Richards, Mark Baker, Fred Johnson, Evelyn Roberts, Ann Zane, Maurice Kaufman - 9 photos); articles on TAMBURLAINE (w.photo), Barry Jackson and The Birmingham Repertory Theatre (w.photos), George Skibine (w.photo); portraits of John Mills, Gladys Cooper, Emlyn Williams, Yvonne Arnaud, Joan Greenwood; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£4) SOLD
ThW/Dec 1951: Scenes from FIGURE OF FUN (John Mills), AND SO TO BED (Leslie Henson), OTHELLO (Orson Welles, Peter Finch), OTHELLO (Douglas Campbell, Paul Rogers, Irene Worth, Coral Browne) etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] (£4) SOLD
1952
ThW/Jan 1952: Scenes from SOUTH PACIFIC (Mary Martin, Wilbur Evans, Muriel Smith, Ray Walston, Hartley Power, Peter Grant - 15 photos), THE WHITE SHEEP OF THE FAMILY (Joyce Carey, Jack Hulbert, Derek Blomfield - 13 photos), BILLY BUDD/Royal Opera House (Peter Pears), CHRISTMAS SHOWS (Norman Evans, Cherry Lind, Alice Farrar, James Carter, Jean Carson, The Francescos, Daphne Walker, Heinie Brock, Sheila Hamilton), THE MOMENT OF TRUTH (Eric Portman, Cyril Luckham, Josephine Griffin, Brian Wilde); articles on Emlyn Williams (w.photo), Peter Glenville (w.photo), Alexandros Minotis (w.photo), and the late Ivor Novello (w.photo); portrait of Beryl Grey; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Mch 1952: Scenes from MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, Paul Scofield, Lewis Casson, Robert Hardy, Dorothy Tutin, George Rose, John Moffat, George Howe - 22 photos), THE HAPPY TIME (Peter Finch, Rachel Kempson, Andrew Ray, George Devine - 16 photos), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM/Old Vic (Paul Rogers, Irene Worth, Jill Balcon), THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE/Old Vic (Donald Wolfit, Leo McKern, John Blatchley, Rosalind Iden), Peter Ustinov in THE LOVE OF FOUR COLONELS (4 portraits); articles on Diana Wynyard (w.photo) and Nadia Nerina (w.5 photos); portraits of Googie Withers, Isabel Jeans, and Roland Culver; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Apr 1952: Scenes from RELATIVE VALUES (Gladys Cooper), BET YOUR LIFE (Arthur Askey), THE SAME SKY (Thora Hird, Ferderick Valk), Pictures and article on Parry Jones etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] (£4) SOLD
ThW/May 1952: Scenes from THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Peggy Ashcroft, Kenneth More, Roland Culver, Peter Illing, Raymond Francis - 20 photos), RED LETTER DAY (Fay Compton, Donald Sinden, Dorothy Dickson, Terence Longdon, Nora Swinburne, Hugh Williams), EXCITEMENT (Jimmy Jewel, Ben Warriss, Simone Dolphen), KING LEAR/Old Vic (Stephen Murray, Leo McKern, Coral Browne, David Waller); articles on Peggy Ashcroft (w.photo), Alexander Grant (w.6 photos), and Stanislavsky (w.2 photos); portraits of Michael Redgrave and Googie Withers in WINTER JOURNEY, Joy Parker, and Daphne Anderson; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; marks on back cover, else VG] (£4) SOLD
ThW/Jul 1952: Scenes from MACBETH/Stratford (Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton), AS YOU LIKE IT/Stratford (Margaret Leighton, Laurence Harvey, Siobhan McKenna, Michael Bates, Michael Hordern), CORIOLANUS/Stratford (Anthony Quayle, Michael Hordern, Mary Ellis, Siobhan McKenna, Laurence Harvey), THE TEMPEST/Stratford (Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Zena Walker), CALL ME MADAM (Anton Walbrook, Billie Worth), SWEET MADNESS (Richard Attenborough, Sheila Burrell, Robin Bailey, Geraldine McEwan); article on Karsarvina (w.photos); American Correspondent in England, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; spine rubbed, else VG] £4
ThW/Sep 1952: Scenes from UNDER THE SYCAMORE TREE (Diana Churchill, Alec Guinness, Ernest Thesiger, Eric Porter, Peter Bull, Daphne Anderson - 16 photos), THE INNOCENTS (Flora Robson, Jeremy Spenser), DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN/Bayreuth (Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay, Josef Greindl, Max Lorenz - 4 photos); scene from HENRY VI Part III/Birmingham Repertory Theatre (Paul Daneman, Jack May); articles on Festivals at Wiesbaden and Bochum (w.photo); interviews with Margot Fonteyn (w.5 photos) and Flora Robson; portraits of Brenda Bruce, Gordon Jackson, Paul Scofield; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Nov 1952: Scenes from QUADRILLE (Lynn Fontanne, Alfred Lunt, Griffith Jones, Marian Spencer - 18 photos), THE HAPPY MARRIAGE (John Clements, Kay Hammond, Frances Rowe, Charles Lloyd Pack - 15 photos), ROMEO AND JULIET/Old Vic (Alan Badel, Claire Bloom, Athene Seyler, Peter Finch, William Squire, Lewis Casson); Scenes from PORGY AND BESS and VOLPONE/Stratford (Ralph Richardson, Anthony Quayle, Siobhan McKenna); interview with Lynn Fontanne (w.photo); articles on The Mermaid Theatre (w.photo); portrait of Anthony Quayle; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] £3
ThW/Dec 1952: Scenes from LOVE FROM JUDY (Jean Carson, Bill O'Connor, June Whitfield - 15 photos), HANGING JUDGE (Godfrey Tearle, Jane Griffiths), AFFAIRS OF STATE (Wilfred Hyde White, Joyce Redman, Hugh Williams, Austin Trevor); interview with Jose Collins (w.photo); articles on the James Bridie Memorial Season (w.photo); portraits of Googie Withers, Ronald Shine, Irene Browne, and Diane Hart; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £3
1953
ThW/Feb 1953: Scenes from FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE (Geraldine McEwan, Leslie Phillips), RICHARD II (Paul Scofield) etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £4
ThW/Mch 1953: Scenes from ESCAPADE (Nigel Patrick, Phyllis Calvert, Alec McCowen), DEAR CHARLES (Yvonne Arnaud), THE MERCHANT OF VENICE/Old Vic (Irene Worth, Paul Rogers) etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £3
ThW/Apr 1953: Scenes from A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Isabel Jeans, Clive Brook, Jean Cadell, William Mervyn, Athene Seyler, Peter Barkworth, Nora Swinburne - 16 photos), JULIUS CAESAR/Old Vic (Paul Rogers, Douglas Campbell, William Squire), PAINT YOUR WAGON (Bobby Howes, Sally Ann Howes, Liam Gaffney, Ken Cantril, Aleta Morrison, Lionel Baker - 13 photos), THE WAY OF THE WORLD (John Gielgud, Pamela Brown, Paul Scofield, Eric Porter, Pauline Jameson, Eileen Herlie, Richard Wordsworth, Brewster Mason - 16 photos); interview with Isabel Jeans (w.photo); The Story of the Royal Clarence, King's Cross (w.photo); portraits of Eileen Herlie, Dorothy Tutin, Meriel Forbes in THE WHITE CARNATION, and Arthur Macrae; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, otherwise VG] (£4) SOLD
ThW/May 1953: Scenes from THE LIVING ROOM (Dorothy Tutin, Eric Portman, John Robinson, Mary Jerrold, Violet Farebrother, Valerie Taylor - 18 photos), THE GLORIOUS DAYS (Anna Neagle, James Carney, Olaf Olsen, Patrick Holt, Janet Barrow, Peter Graves - 13 photos), MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL/Old Vic (Robert Donat, Newton Blick, William Squire, John Warner, Douglas Campbell, Patrick Wymark, Alan Dobie - 6 photos), ROMEO AND JULIET/Sadler's Wells (Rowland Jones, Denis Dowling, Victoria Elliott, Jean Watson, Stanley Clarkson, Anna Pollak - 7 photos); articles on Leslie Hurry (w.6 photos), Donald Wolfit (w.photo), and Phyllis Calvert (w.photo); portraits of Brian Reece, Diana Wynyard, and Moyra Fraser in AIRS ON A SHOESTRING; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/June 1953: Scenes from THE UNINVITED GUEST (John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Cathleen Nesbitt, Lyndon Brook - 18 photos), THE WHITE CARNATION (Ralph Richardson, Frances Clare, Kenneth Edwards, Meriel Forbes, Harcourt Williams - 14 photos), KING HENRY VIII/Old Vic (Paul Rogers, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Alexander Knox, William Squire, Robert Hardy - 8 photos); articles on Dorothy Tutin (w.photo) and Moyra Fraser (w.photo); Appreciation of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company's visit to the Antipodes (w.illustrations); portraits of Yolande Donlan in RED-HEADED BLONDE, Vivian Blane, Michael Redgrave and Peggy Ashcroft in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, and Ernest Clark in ESCAPADE; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; scuffed with light vertical bend, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] £3
ThW/Jul 1953: Scenes from THE APPLE CART (Noel Coward, Margaret Leighton, John Moffatt, George Rose, Margaret Rawlings, Alexis France, Cecil Trouncer - 14 photos), VENICE PRESERV'D (John Gielgud, Paul Scofield, Eileen Herlie, Brewster Mason, Eric Porter, Pamela Brown, Paul Hardwick - 18 photos), RED-HEADED BLONDE (Yolande Donlan, Jerry Desmonde, Naunton Wayne, Margot Lister, Lionel Blair - 9 photos); interview with Richard Attenborough (w.photo); articles on Noel Coward (w.photo) and John Piper (w.4 photos); portraits of Diana Morgan, Diana Lynn and Jacqueline Huisman; Scenes from the new film of THE BEGGAR'S OPERA (Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Tutin); Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; a little scuffed, spine slightly worn, otherwise VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Aug 1953: Scenes from ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA/Stratford (Michael Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft), THE TAMING OF THE SHREW/Stratford (Marius Goring), MERCHANT OF VENICE/Stratford (Michael Redgrave), RICHARD III/Stratford (Marius Goring), KING LEAR/Stratford (Michael Redgrave), THE TWO BOUQUETS (Daphne Anderson, Hugh Paddick, Derek Oldham), THE MOUSETRAP (Richard Attenborough) etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] (£4) SOLD
ThW/Sep 1953: Scenes from GUYS AND DOLLS (Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene, Stubby Kaye, Jerry Wayne, Lizbeth Webb - 15 photos), THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (Brian Reece, Rosemary Harris, Alexander Gauge, Jill Melford - 14 photos), AIRS ON A SHOESTRING (Max Adrian, Moyra Fraser, Sally Rogers, Betty Marsden, Denis Quilley, Jack Gray - 8 photos); articles on Oleg Briansky (w.photo), Katharine Cornell (w.photo), The Glasgow Citizens' Theatre (w.photo), and Stanislavsky (w.illustration); Report on the 1953 Bayreuth Festival (w.photo); portraits of Vivian Leigh, Margaret Leighton, and Mary Kerridge and Helen Haye in ANASTASIA; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, otherwise VG] £3
ThW/Nov 1953: Scenes from THE DEVIL'S GENERAL (Trevor Howard), HAMLET/Old Vic (Richard Burton), ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL/Old Vic (John Neville, Claire Bloom), ANASTASIA (Mary Kerridge, Helen Haye), Article on Richard Burton's Hamlet etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] (£4) SOLD
1954
ThW/Feb 1954: Scenes from A DAY BY THE SEA (Ralph Richardson, Irene Worth, John Gielgud), SOMEONE WAITING, WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; spine scuffed, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
ThW/Mch 1954: Scenes from A QUESTION OF FACT (Gladys Cooper, Paul Scofield), PYGMALION etc. [40pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, pages 31-34 neatly removed, else VG] £1
ThW/Jun 1954: Scenes from WAITING FOR GILLIAN (John McCallum, Googie Withers, Frank Lawton - 13 photos), THE TEMPEST/Old Vic (Michael Hordern, Robert Hardy, John Neville, Claire Bloom, Laurence Hardy, Richard Burton (as Caliban), Fay Compton - 5 photos), HIPPO DANCING (Robert Morley, Jeremy Burnham, Mona Washbourne, Barbara Leake, Zena Howard, Wilfrid Hyde White - 11 photos), WEDDING IN PARIS (Anton Walbrook, Evelyn Laye, Susan Swinford, Jeff Warren, Ryck Rydon - 10 photos); photos of A.E.Matthews and Marie Lohr in THE MANOR OF NORTHSTEAD, Ingrid Bergman in JOAN OF ARC AT THE STAKE, and DER FREISCHUTZ at Covent Garden; portraits of Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Hermione Baddeley, Mary Ellis; 'Sybil Thorndike Looks Back' (w.4 photos); Creative Artists in the Theatre No.10 - Osbert Lancaster (w.3 photos); Lost London Theatres No.2 - The Marylebone Theatre; Echoes From Broadway; reviews etc. [48pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, slightly musty, staples rusted, else VG] (£3) SOLD
ThW/Jul 1954: Scenes from THE DARK IS LIGHT ENOUGH (Margaret Johnston, Edith Evans, James Donald, Hugh Griffith, Peter Bull, John Moffatt, Peter Barkworth, Violet Farebrother, Jack Gwillim - 13 photos), THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON (Eli Wallach, Wlliam Sylvester, Chin Yu, Lionel Murton, Ralph Jessel - 13 photos), THE FACTS OF LIFE (Avice Landon, Alec Clunes, Lance Secretan, Nora Nicholson, Charmian Eyre, Garry Marsh, Iris Hoey, Hal Osmond - 10 photos), INTIMACY AT 8.30 (Joan Sims, Joan Heal, Dilys Laye, Ron Moody, Geoffrey Hibbert, Digby Wolfe, Peter Felgate, Aud Johansen, Ronnie Stevens, Eleanor Fazan - 9 photos); article on Evelyn Laye (w.photo); photo of John Gielgud's production of THE CHERRY ORCHARD (w.Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Esme Percy, Trevor Howard etc.); portraits of Joyce Grenfell, Ronnie Stevens, Peter Graves; study by Veronica Haigh of Anthony Quayle as Othello; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [48pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, else VG] £4
ThW/Sep 1954: Scenes from AFTER THE BALL (Mary Ellis), BOTH ENDS MEET, MEET A BODY etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, wrinkled, else VG] £2
ThW/Oct 1954: Scenes from ALL FOR MARY (Kathleen Harrison, Michael Shepley, David Tomlinson, Ferdy Mayne, Betty Paul - 20 photos), THE DUENNA (Patricia Routledge, Joyce Carey, Gerald Cross, Sonia Graham, Jane Wenham, Joan Plowright - 8 photos), SALAD DAYS (Eleanor Drew, John Warner, Dorothy Reynolds, Newton Blick, James Cairncross, Michael Aldridge, Yvonne Coulette, Pat Heywood - 9 photos), HEDDA GABLER (Peggy Ashcroft, George Devine, Micheal MacLiammoir, Alan Badel, Rachel Kempson - 7 photos), MACBETH/Old Vic at Edinburgh (Paul Rogers, Ann Todd, Eric Porter, Clifford Williams, Rachel Roberts - 3 photos), Glyndebourne at Edinburgh (4 photos); articles on Julian Slade w.photo, Norman Wisdom (w.photo), Stratford Ontario (w.4 photos), Festivals in Germany; photos of Bernard Braden and Eleanor Summerfield in NO NEWS FROM FATHER, and John Slater, Brian Rix and Basil Lord in DRY ROT; portraits of Roger Livesey, Brian Rix, Dulcie Gray, Adrianne Allen, Ann Todd, Bernard Braden, Phyllis Calvert, Margaret Leighton; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Nov 1954: Scenes from SEPARATE TABLES (Margaret Leighton, Eric Portman), MACBETH/Old Vic, SABRINA FAIR, THE BOY FRIEND etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, cover rumpled and creased, else VG] £3
ThW/Dec 1954: Scenes from BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE (Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer), THE MATCHMAKER, DRY ROT, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST/Old Vic etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, else VG] £4
1955
ThW/Jan 1955: Scenes from TOAD OF TOAD HALL (Leo McKern), BOOK OF THE MONTH, THE PARTY SPIRIT, CAN-CAN etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; spine scuffed, slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Feb 1955: Scenes from SIMON AND LAURA (Coral Browne, Roland Culver), TIME REMEMBERED, AN EVENING WITH BEATRICE LILLIE, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; spine scuffed, slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Mch 1955: Scenes from A KIND OF FOLLY (Flora Robson), SAINT JOAN/St.Martin's (Siobhan McKenna, Kenneth Williams - 10 photos), RICHARD II/Old Vic (John Neville), THE TALK OF THE TOWN etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly split, rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Apr 1955: Scenes from WONDERFUL TOWN (Shani Wallis, Pat Kirkwood), SAILOR BEWARE!, SPIDER'S WEB, SERIOUS CHARGE etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, else VG] (£4) SOLD
ThW/May 1955: Scenes from AS YOU LIKE IT/Old Vic (Virginia McKenna, John Neville), Arts Theatre Season, THE FIREBIRD Ballet etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, minor marks, else VG] £4
ThW/Jun 1955: Scenes from KISMET (Alfred Drake), THE BAD SEED (Diana Wynyard, Malcolm Keen), THE DESPERATE HOURS (Diana Churchill, Bernard Lee), PARIS BY NIGHT (Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper) etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Jul 1955: Scenes from Stratford Festival (Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Anthony Quayle, Angela Baddeley), THE LARK, UNCERTAIN JOY etc. [pp, 5.9x8.75; spine scuffed, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
ThW/Sep 1955: Scenes from THE SHADOW OF DOUBT (John Clements), TWENTY MINUTES SOUTH, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR and TITUS ANDRONICUS/Stratford, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING and KING LEAR/Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on tour etc. [pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, minor marks on cover, else VG] £3
ThW/Nov 1955: Scenes from THE WATER GIPSIES (Pamela Charles, Dora Bryan, Jerry Verno, Peter Graves, Laurie Payne, Wallas Eaton, Doris Hare - 16 photos), THE PUNCH REVUE (Binnie Hale, Paul Daneman, Alfie Bass, John Palmer, Joyce Blair, June Laverick, Andrew Downie - 8 photos), LUCKY STRIKE (Ambrosine Phillpotts, Arthurc Lovegrove, Harvey Hallsmith, Jane Downs, William Franklyn - 11 photos), photo of Joan Greenwood and Rex Harrison in BELL BOOK AND CANDLE; portraits of Irene Worth, Coral Browne, Paul Scofield, Gordon Harker, Angela Crow; articles on 'Europe's Famous Theatres Rise Again' (w.10 photos), 'Man of Many Faces and Many Voices' - David Tree (w.photos in 6 operatic roles), Stuttgart State Opera at the Festival Hall (w.photo), Creative Artists in the Theatre No.15 - Robert Kautsky (w.4 photos and designs), Margaret Lockwood (w.photo); Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1956
ThW/Jan 1956: Scenes from LA PLUME DE MA TANTE (Robert Dhery, Pierre Olaf, Colette Brosset - 13 photos), THE PAJAMA GAME (Elizabeth Seal, Joy Nichols, Max Wall, Joan Emney, Edmund Hockridge - 13 photos), HAMLET (Paul Scofield, Alec Clunes, Diana Wynyard, Richard Johnson, Mary Ure, Ernest Thesiger, Richard Pasco - 7 photos), SUMMERTIME (Dirk Bogarde, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Tony Church, Michael Gwynn, Geraldine McEwan, Mark Dignam, Esma Cannon - 6 photos), MR KETTLE AND MRS MOON (Clive Morton, Frances Rowe, Wendy Craig, Richard Warner - 14 photos); articles on Robert Dhery in LA PLUME DE MA TANTE (w.photo), Gordon Harker (w.photo), James Bailey (w.illustrations and photo), The West Berlin Scene (w.photos), portrait of Emlyn Williams; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; rumpled, cover torn and slightly tatty, contents VG] £3
ThW/Feb 1956: Scenes from KING HENRY V (Richard Burton, Zena Walker, John Woodvine, Jack Gwillim, John Neville, Rachel Roberts, Derek Francis, Charles Gray, James Villiers, Clifford Williams, Margaret Courtenay - 12 photos), SUCH IS LIFE (Al Read, Shirley Bassey - 3 photos), LISTEN TO THE WIND (Gillian Webb, Ronald Barker, Clive Revill, Miriam Karlin, Nora Nicholson, directed by Peter Hall - 3 photos), PETER PAN (Peggy Cummings, Roberta Woolley, Frank Thring - 3 photos), THE WILD DUCK (Emlyn Williams, Dorothy Tutin, George Relph, Angela Baddeley, Michael Gough, Peggy Livesey - 12 photos), A GIRL CALLED JO (Joan Heal, Denis Quilley, Gwen Nelson, Edward Woodward, Hazel Hughes - 9 photos), ANNIVERSARY WALTZ (Bernard Braden, Barbara Kelly - 6 photos), WAITING FOR GODOT (Peter Bull, Peter Woodthorpe, Timothy Bateson, Hugh Burden, directed by Peter Hall - 1 photo); articles on Richard Burton at the Old Vic (w.photo in HENRY V), The Vienna Festival (w.7 photos), Emlyn Williams (w.photo), Children's Plays (w.photos), Lost London Theatres No.5 - The Queen's, Long Acre (w.illustration), Frank Harris; portraits of Margot Fonteyn as Odette, Paul Scofield as Hamlet, Dorothy Tutin, Joan Heal, and Gordon Heath; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] (£5) SOLD
ThW/Mch 1956: Scenes from PLAIN AND FANCY (Shirl Conway, Richard Derr - 18 photos), THE STRONG ARE LONELY (Donald Wolfit, Robert Harris, Derek Oldham, Ernest Milton - 4 photos), FRESH AIRS (Max Adrian, Moyra Fraser, Julian Orchard, Rose Hill - 16 photos), MORNING'S AT SEVEN (Frederick Piper, Marda Vanne, Peter Jones - 9 photos); articles on Shirl Conway (w.photo), Max Adrian (w.photo), Record Runs of 'Hamlet' in London and New York (w.photos), Covent Garden under Rafael Kubelik (w.5 photos), The Story of the Bulgarian National Theatre (w.5 photos); portraits of John Clements and Laurence Harvey in THE RIVALS, and Roger Livesey and Ursula Jeans; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Apr 1956: Scenes from SUMMER SONG (Sally Ann Howes, David Hughes, Edric Connor - 19 photos), THE THREEPENNY OPERA (Bill Owen, Ewan MacColl, Eric Pohlmann, Daphne Anderson, Warren Mitchell, Georgia Brown, George A Cooper - 7 photos), CRANKS (Annie Ross, Anthony Newley - 7 photos), THE RIVALS (John Clements, Kay Hammond, Athene Seyler, Paul Daneman, Michael Medwin, Laurence Harvey, William Mervyn, Peter Sallis - 17 photos), RING FOR CATTY (Mary Mackenzie, Patrick McGoohan, Andrew Ray, Terence Alexander, William Hartnell - 11 photos); articles on Bill Owen in THE THREEPENNY OPERA (w.photo), Laurence Naismith (w.photo), Israel's Chamber Theatre (w.photos), The Repertory Movement; portrait of Beatrix Lehmann and Hugh Griffith in WALTZ OF THE TOREADORS; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/May 1956: Scenes from THE WALTZ OF THE TOREADORS (Hugh Griffith, Brenda Bruce, Walter Hudd, Trader Faulkner - 12 photos), THE POWER AND THE GLORY (Paul Scofield, Patience Collier, Brian Wilde, Roger Delgado, Harry H Corbett, Willoughby Goddard - 9 photos), HAMLET at Stratford (Alan Badel, Harry Andrews, Anthony Nicholls, George Howe, Diana Churchill - 5 photos), ONE BRIGHT DAY (Clive Brook, Renee Asherson, Naunton Wayne, Derek Farr, Milton Rosmer - 12 photos), A LIKELY TALE (Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Judy Parfitt - 8 photos), THE GOOD SAILOR AKA BILLY BUDD (Philip Bond, Andre Morell, Leo McKern, Norman Macowan, Bernard Bresslaw - 7 photos); articles on Peter Daubeny's International Season at the Palace (w.photos), Opera in English, Hugh Griffith (w.photo), Peter Rice (w.3 photos), George Devine and the English Stage Company (w.photo); portrait of Peggy Ashcroft, George Rose and Edith Evans in THE CHALK GARDEN; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Jun 1956: Scenes from THE CHALK GARDEN (Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans, George Rose, Judith Stott, Felix Aylmer, Rachel Gurney - 12 photos), SOUTH SEA BUBBLE (Ian Hunter, Vivien Leigh, Alan Webb, Joyce Carey, Peter Barkworth - 11 photos), THE CRUCIBLE/Royal Court (Kenneth Haigh, Mary Ure, Nigel Davenport, Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Gwynn, Joan Plowright, Alan Bates, Christopher Fettes, George Devine, Robert Stephens - 8 photos), TROILUS AND CRESSIDA/Old Vic (John Neville, Rosemary Harris, Paul Rogers, John Wood, Wendy Hiller, Jeremy Brett, Charles Gray, directed by Tyrone Guthrie - 9 photos), OTHELLO/Old Vic (Richard Burton, John Neville, Rosemary Harris, Wendy Hiller - 9 photos), THE MULBERRY BUSH (Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Kenneth Haigh, Christopher Fettes, Rachel Kempson - 4 photos); articles on Vivien Leigh (w.photo), Edith Evans (w.photo), The Paris Festival (w.7 photos); portrait of Alec Guinness and Irene Worth in HOTEL PARADISO, Emlyn Williams' 1956 Shakespeare Birthday Speech, Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Jul 1956: OTHELLO/Stratford (Harry Andrews, Emlyn Williams, Margaret Johnston, Diana Churchill - 12 photos), HAMLET/Stratford (Alan Badel, Harry Andrews, Diana Churchill, Dilys Hamlett, Clive Revill, June Brown, Emrys James - 12 photos), THE MERCHANT OF VENICE/Stratford (Emlyn Williams, Margaret Johnston, Prunella Scales, Clive Revill, David William, George Howe - 10 photos), HOTEL PARADISO (Alec Guinness, Irene Worth, Kenneth Williams, Douglas Byng, Martita Hunt - 12 photos), LOOK BACK IN ANGER/Royal Court (Kenneth Haigh, Mary Ure, Alan Bates, John Welsh - 6 photos), THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE (Flora Robson, Andrew Cruickshank, Sylvia Coleridge, Alan MacNaughtan - 9 photos), PLATONOV (Jean Vilar - 2 photos), GIGI (Leslie Caron, Ena Burrill, Tony Britton - 5 photos); articles on Alec Guinness (w.photo), Geraldine Page (w.photo), The Paris Festival (w.photos), Repertory in Transition No.1; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, faintly musty, otherwise VG] £5
ThW/Aug 1956: Scenes from ROMANOFF AND JULIET (Peter Ustinov, Frederick Valk, Katy Vail - 15 photos), THE QUARE FELLOW (Dudley Foster, Glynn Edwards - 3 photos), THE FAMILY REUNION (Paul Scofield, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Sybil Thorndike, Nora Nicholson, Patience Collier - 8 photos), CARDS OF IDENTITY (Joan Greenwood, Kenneth Haigh, Michael Gwynn, George Devine, Joan Plowright - 5 photos), THE RAINMAKER (Geraldine Page, Sam Wanamaker, Wilfred Lawson - 8 photos), THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL (Lloyd Nolan, David Knight, Nigel Stock, Vivian Matalon, Robert Hardy, Esmond Knight, Alec McCowen - 13 photos); articles on Sybil Thorndike (w.photo), The Bernard Shaw Centenary (w.photo), David Knight (w.photo), Glyndebourne 1956 (w.photo), The Paris Festival (w.10 photos); portraits of Anne Crawford, Leo Franklyn, Judy Campbell, Jack Hulbert, Renee Asherson; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, otherwise VG] £4
ThW/Sep 1956: Scenes from THE SEAGULL (Hugh Williams, Diana Wynyard, Lyndon Brook, Perlita Neilson, Jill Bennett - 16 photos), FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY (Ron Moody, Hugh Paddick, Thelma Ruby, Jimmy Thompson, Dilys Laye, Ronnie Stevens - 7 photos), NIGHT OF THE FOURTH (Hugh Sinclair, Peter Vaughan, Isabel Dean - 8 photos), ROMEO AND JULIET/Old Vic (John Neville, Claire Bloom - 2 photos); articles on Ronnie Stevens (w.photo), Peter Ustinov on ROMANOFF AND JULIET, Summer Opera Season 1956 (w.photos), Three Provencal Festivals (w.photos), Repertory in Transition No.2 (w.photos), Glen Byam Shaw (w.photo); portraits of Peggy Mount in SAILOR BEWARE, Alec Guinness in HOTEL PARADISO, and of Paul Daneman; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £4
ThW/Oct 1956: Scenes from NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS (Barry Nelson, Philip Holles, John Turner, Annette Gibson, Leslie Dwyer - 14 photos), 10th EDINBURGH FESTIVAL (UNDER MILKWOOD, Milan Piccolo Theatre, Stratford Ontario Festival Company, Sadler's Wells Ballet, Edinburgh Gateway Company, Hamburg State Opera - 11 photos), LOVE'S LABOURS LOST at Stratford (Alan Badel, Geraldine McEwan, Patrick Wymark, Mark Dignam, Toby Robertson, Clive Revill, Richard O'Sullivan, Harry Andrews, Basil Hoskins, George Howe - 6 photos), MEASURE FOR MEASURE/Stratford (Emlyn Williams, Margaret Johnston, Anthony Nicholls, Emrys James, Prunella Scales, George Howe, Patrick Wymark - 6 photos), MR BOLFRY (Alistair Sim, Annette Crosbie, Sophie Stewart, George Cole - 8 photos); articles on Barry Nelson (w.photo), Bayreuth 1956 (w.4 photos), Diana Wynyard (w.photo), William Archer (w.photo), 1956 Ibsen Commemorations (w.photo and illustration), Lost London Theatres No.6 - Terry's Theatre, Strand; portrait of Ralph Richardson in TIMON OF ATHENS, Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Nov 1956: Scenes from UNDER MILKWOOD (Donald Houston, William Squire, Diana Maddox, Aubrey Richards, Gareth Jones - 18 photos), TIMON OF ATHENS/Old Vic (Ralph Richardson, Paul Curran, Margaret Whiting, Dudley Jones - 6 photos), CYMBELINE/Old Vic (Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Leon Gluckman, Derek Francis, Joan Sanderson - 6 photos), THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA (Ann Todd, Paul Daneman, Lewis Casson, Michael Hordern, Anthony Ireland - 10 photos), RENAUD-BARRAULT SEASON at the Palace Theatre (3 photos); articles on The Bolshoi Theatre Ballet (w.5 photos), Ralph Richardson (w.photo), The Berlin Festival 1956 (w.photos), Repertory in Transition No.3 (w.photos), Harry Secombe (w.photo); portrait of Madeleine Renaud in LE CHIEN DU JARDINIER; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Dec 1956: Scenes from NUDE WITH VIOLIN (John Gielgud, Joyce Carey, David Horne, Basil Henson, Patience Collier, Kathleen Harrison, Nicky Edmett - 15 photos), THE BALD PRIMA-DONNA (Robert Eddison, Jill Bennett, Michael Bates - 2 photos), A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (Anthony Quayle, Megs Jenkins, Michael Gwynn, Mary Ure, Brian Bedford, Ian Bannen - 13 photos), THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE (Tyrone Power, Zena Walker, Joan MacArthur, Lockwood West, Noel Willman, James Bree - 9 photos), THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN/Royal Court (Peggy Ashcroft, John Moffatt, Robert Stephens, Esme Percy, Nigel Davenport, Frazer Hines, Sheila Ballantine, Peter Woodthorpe, Peter Wyngarde, George Devine, Rachel Kempson - 8 photos), PLAINTIFF IN A PRETTY HAT (Hugh Williams, Shirley Cain, Richard Johnson, Andree Melly, Eynon Evans - 7 photos); articles on Anthony Quayle (w.photo), The 1956 Berlin Festival (w.photos), Galina Ulanova, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre on tour in Lebanon (w.photo); portrait of Perlita Neilson; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slight vertical bend, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
1957
ThW/Jan 1957: Scenes from THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Perlita Neilson, Clarissa Stoltz, Vera Fusek, George Voskovec, Miriam Karlin, Max Bacon, Kynaston Reeves - 18 photos), DOUBLE IMAGE (Richard Attenborough, Zena Dare, Raymond Huntley, Ronald Barker, Sheila Sim, Ernest Clark - 10 photos), THE WAY OF THE WORLD (John Clements, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Margaretta Scott, Raymond Francis, Harry H Corbett - 14 photos), TOWARDS ZERO (George Baker, Cyril Raymond, Janet Barrow, Gwen Cherrell - 6 photos), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING/Old Vic (Keith Michell, Barbara Jefford, John Fraser, Derek Francis, Paul Curran, Dudley Jones - 7 photos); Feature on Long Runs in the West End - THE WALTZ OF THE TOREADORS, THE CHALK GARDEN, SALAD DAYS, FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY, LA PLUME DE MA TANTE, SAILOR BEWARE!, THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE, AND ROMANOFF AND JULIET (8 photos); articles on Perlita Neilson (w.photo), The Actors Studio (w.photo), Ian Wallace (w.photo), Thea Neu (w.photos), Repertory in Transition No.4 (interview with Peggy Mount. w.photos); portrait of Robert Helpmann as Shylock; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Feb 1957: Scenes from GRAB ME A GONDOLA (Joan Heal, Denis Quilley, Joyce Blair, Donald Hewlett, Jane Wenham, Trefor Jones, Guido Lorraine - 16 photos), THE COUNTRY WIFE/Royal Court (Joan Plowright, Laurence Harvey, John Moffatt, Robert Stephens, Alan Bates, George Devine, Diana Churchill, Esme Percy, Moyra Fraser, Sheila Ballantine, Nigel Davenport - 8 photos), THE MERCHANT OF VENICE/Old Vic (Barbara Jefford, Robert Helpmann, Richard Gale, Paul Curran, Dudley Jones, John Fraser, Harold Innocent - 13 photos), MRS.GIBBONS' BOYS (Mary Kerridge, Cyril Shaps, Eric House, Lee Montague, Frederick Jaeger - 8 photos), THE TOUCH OF FEAR (Brian Forbes, Elspet Gray, Jill Bennett, Nicholas Hannen, Victor Maddern - 10 photos); photo feature on 4 Christmas Shows; articles on Joan Heal (w.photo), Robert Helpmann (w.photo), Thirty Years Ago - Theatre World Feb 1927 (w.photo), Plays to See (w.8 photos), Letter from Paris (w.9 photos), Stratford-upon-Avon 1957 Season (w.6 photos); portrait of Joan Plowright in THE COUNTRY WIFE; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; cover slightly scuffed, otherwise VG] £4
ThW/Mch 1957: Scenes from THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING (Geraldine McEwan, John Hall, Bertice Reading, Richard Pasco, Vivienne Drummond, Errol John - 11 photos), THE BRIDE AND THE BACHELOR (Cicely Courtneidge, Margaret McCourt, Robertson Hare, Naunton Wayne, Viola Lyel - 10 photos), NO LAUGHING MATTER (Brenda Bruce, Alec McCowen, Peter Wyngarde, Paul Daneman, Faith Brook, Anthony Ireland - 3 photos), THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS/Covent Garden (Julia Farron, Desmond Doyle, Svetlana Beriosova, David Blair; by Benjamin Britten - 5 photos), TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA/Old Vic (Barbara Jefford, Keith Michell, Dudley Jones, Robert Helpmann, Ingrid Hafner, Richard Gale, Derek Godfrey, Jacqueline Ellis - 12 photos), FANNY (Robert Morley, Ian Wallace, Janet Pavek, Mona Washbourne, Julian Orchard, Michael Gough - 11 photos), THESE FOOLISH KINGS (The Crazy Gang - 9 photos); articles on New Productions at Covent Garden and Sadler's Wells (w.photos), Michael Flanders and Donald Swann (w.photo), David Blair (w.photo), Robert Rietty (w.photo), Lost London Theatres No.7 - The Aquarium or The Imperial Theatre, Westminster (w.photo), Thirty Years Ago - extracts from 'Theatre World' March 1927 (w.photos), John Philip Kemble (w.photo); portrait of Donald Wolfit in THE MASTER OF SANTIAGO; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; cover detached, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
ThW/Apr 1957: Scenes from SUBWAY IN THE SKY (Zachary Scott, Margaret Lockwood, Nigel Stock, Valerie White, Reed de Rouen - 8 photos), ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA/Old Vic (Keith Michell, Margaret Whiting, Derek Godfrey, Derek Francis, Leon Gluckman, David King, Jacqueline Ellis - 10 photos), Edwige Feuillere Season (3 photos), A HATFUL OF RAIN (Sally Ann Howes, Sam Wanamaker, Bonar Colleano, George Colouris, Vivian Matalon, Bernard Bresslaw - 11 photos); articles on Mstislav Dobujinsky (w.2 photos), Margaret Lockwood (w.photo), Cicely Courtneidge (w.photo), Plays to See (w.8 photos), Donald Wolfit Season at the Lyric Hammersmith (w.3 photos), Norman Marshall (w.2 photos), Repertory in Transition No.5 - Scotland's Native Talent (w.4 photos), Thirty Years Ago - extracts from 'Theatre World' April 1927; Theatre of the Nations, Paris (w.4 photos); portraits of Edwige Feuillere as PHEDRE, Yolande Donlan, Dorothy Tutin, Sally Bazeley, Moray Watson, and David Hurst in ROMANOFF AND JULIET; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; cover detached and rumpled, else VG] £3
ThW/May 1957: Scenes from CAMINO REAL (Elizabeth Seal, Denholm Elliott, Diana Wynyard, Harry Andrews - 12 photos), THE IRON DUCHESS (Ronald Squire, Athene Seyler - 13 photos), PETROUCHKA/Covent Garden (Margot Fonteyn, Alexander Grant, Peter Clegg, Frederick Ashton - 5 photos), THE ENTERTAINER (Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Tutin, George Relph - 7 photos), FIN DE PARTIE - Beckett (Roger Blin, Jean Martin - 4 photos), MALATESTA (Donald Wolfit, Ernest Milton - 7 photos); feature on The Arts Theatre Club 1955-57 (w.14 photos); articles on Bill Kerr (w.photo), Keith Michell (w.photo), 18th Century Court Theatres of To-day (w.photos), Thirty Years Ago - extracts from 'Theatre World' May 1927 (w.photos), The Polish State Jewish Theatre (w.photos); portrait of Peggy Ashcroft as Rosalind; Report From Paris (w.photos), Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; spine scuffed, minor marks, else VG] £3
ThW/Jun 1957: Scenes from AS YOU LIKE IT/Stratford (Peggy Ashcroft, Richard Johnson - 9 photos), KING JOHN/Stratford (Robert Harris, Alec Clunes - 5 photos), SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL (June Jago, Ray Lawler, Kenneth Warren - 16 photos), THE GLASS CAGE (Murray Davis, Donald Davis, Barbara Chilcott, Margot Christie - 3 photos), TEA AND SYMPATHY (Elizabeth Sellars, Tim Seely - 10 photos), ZULEIKA (Mildred Mayne, David Morton, Peter Woodthorpe; music by Peter Tranchell - 10 photos); articles on Murray and Donald Davis, and Barbara Chilcott (w.photo), The Pitlochry Festival (w.9 photos), Lost London Theatres No.8 - The Holborn Theatre (w.illustration), Shows to See (w.7 photos), Theatre of the Nations, Paris 1957 (w.6 photos), Peter Ustinov in Oslo (w.2 photos), Repertory Roundabout, Thirty Years Ago - extracts from 'Theatre World' June 1927 (w.photos); portrait of Ray Lawler; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; minor marks, else VG] £5
ThW/Jul 1957: Scenes from A DEAD SECRET (Paul Scofield, Megs Jenkins, Arthur Lowe - 13 photos), JULIUS CAESAR/Stratford (Alec Clunes, Geoffrey Keen, Joan Miller, Cyril Luckham - 7 photos), DAMN YANKEES (Elizabeth Seal, Bill Kerr, Ivor Emmanuel - 11 photos), THE TROJANS/Covent Garden (Blanche Thebom, Jon Vickers - 5 photos), THE MOON AND SIXPENCE/Sadler's Wells - John Gardner (John Hargreaves, Rowland Jones, Owen Brannigan, Chin Yu, Edith Coates, Mahdu Dass - 4 photos), TITUS ANDRONICUS and THE COMEDY OF ERRORS/Old Vic (Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Robert Helpmann, Keith Michell, Ingrid Hafner, David King, Dudley Jones, Derek Francis, Margaret Whiting - 7 photos), THE CHAIRS and THE APOLLO DE BELLAC/Royal Court (Joan Plowright, George Devine, Esme Percy, Heather Sears, John Moffatt, Richard Pasco, John Osborne - 2 photos), THE LOVEBIRDS (Dora Bryan, Ronald Shiner - 9 photos); articles on Eugene O'Neill in Sweden (w.photos), New Opera Productions, John Dexter (w.photo), Repertory in Transition No.6 - Pride of the North (w.5 photos), Ray Lawler (w.photo), Moscow Vachtangov Theatre in Berlin (w.2 photos), The new Cologne Theatre (w.3 photos), Repertory Roundabout, Thirty Years Ago - extracts from 'Theatre World' July 1927 (w.photos), Theatre of the Nations Paris 1957 (w.photos); portrait of Anna Massey; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; centre pages loose, slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Aug 1957: Scenes from DEAR DELINQUENT (Anna Massey, David Tomlinson, Duncan Lewis, Patrick Cargill - 12 photos), THE MAKING OF MOO (George Devine, Joan Plowright, John Osborne, Robert Stephens, John Wood - 5 photos), RICHARD III/Old Vic (Robert Helpmann, Barbara Jefford, Fay Compton, Richard Gale - 9 photos), IT'S THE GEOGRAPHY THAT COUNTS (John Stratton, John Gregson, Jane Griffiths - 2 photos), TITUS ANDRONICUS/Stratford (Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Anthony Quayle, Maxine Audley, Alan Webb - 5 photos), CYMBELINE/Stratford (Peggy Ashcroft, Richard Johnson, Robert Harris, Clive Revill, Geoffrey Keen, Brian Bedford - 6 photos), SIX MONTHS GRACE (Michael Shepley, Yvonne Arnaud, Richard Caldicot, Tom Chatto - 13 photos); articles on Stratford Ontario Season (w.photos), The Bulgarian Theatre turns over a new leaf (w.photos), Glyndebourne 1957, Donald Wolfit (w.photo), Anthony Oliver (w.photo), Theatre of the Nations Paris 1957 (w.photos), Elizabeth Sellars (w.photo), The 1957 Holland Festival (w.photos), Mime in the French Theatre (w.photo of Marcel Marceau), Thirty Years Ago - extracts from 'Theatre World' August 1927 (w.photos); Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £4
ThW/Sep 1957: Scenes from ODD MAN IN (Donald Sinden, Derek Farr, Muriel Pavlow - 9 photos), FREE AS AIR (Michael Aldridge, Howard Goorney, John Trevor, Gillian Lewis, Dorothy Reynolds, Josephine Tewson - 10 photos), OH! MY PAPA! (Laurie Payne, Peter O'Toole, Rachel Roberts, David Bird, Robert Lang, Gwen Nelson, Roy Skelton - 11 photos), SILVER WEDDING (Evelyn Laye, Frank Lawton, Marie Lohr - 6 photos), WE'RE HAVING A BALL (Max Bygraves, Joan Regan - 6 photos), SON ET LUMIERE at Greenwich (3 photos), Bayreuth Festival 1957 (5 photos), Glyndebourne 1957 (w.photo); articles on The Rumanian Theatre 1957 (w.5 photos), Nicholas Amer (w.photo), An Italian Pilgrimage (w.photos), Lost London Theatres No.9 - Royal Amphitheatre, Holborn (w.illustration), Recent Performances at RADA (w.photo), Thirty Years Ago - extracts from 'Theatre World' September 1927 (w.photos), Max Bygraves (w.photo), Repertory Roundabout (w.photos); portrait of John Gielgud; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; centre pages loose, else VG] £4
ThW/Oct 1957: Scenes from THE TEMPEST (John Gielgud, Brian Bedford, Alec Clunes, Richard Johnson, Robert Harris, Patrick Wymark, Clive Revill - 9 photos), NEKRASSOV (Robert Helpmann, Harry H Corbett, Ronald Barker, Jane Downs, George Benson, James Villiers - 12 photos), THE HIDDEN KING/Edinburgh (Robert Eddison, Pauline Jameson, Michael MacLiammoir, Robert Speaight, Clare Austin - 3 photos), THE FLOUERS O EDINBURGH/Edinburgh (Tom Fleming - 3 photos), MEET ME BY MOONLIGHT (Jeremy Brett, Michael Denison, Sophie Stewart - 8 photos), THE ENTERTAINER (Laurence Olivier, Brena de Banzie - photo), Eight West End Successes (8 photos); articles on The Czech Theatre Today (w.photos), Edinburgh Festival 1957 (w.photos), John Neville (w.photo), Hilda Bayley (w.photo), Repertory Roundabout (w.photo), Thirty Years Ago - extracts from 'Theatre World' October 1927 (w.illustration); portraits of John Neville, Ralph Richardson, and Joyce Grenfell; News From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Nov 1957: Scenes from ROAR LIKE A DOVE (Anne Kimbell, John McCallum, Paul McGrath, Evelyn Varden, Peter Barkworth - 16 photos), HAMLET/Old Vic (John Neville, Judi Dench, Coral Browne, Derek Francis, Jack Gwillim - 8 photos), SHARE MY LETTUCE (Kenneth Williams, Maggie Smith - 8 photos), SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE CROWN (Thora Hird, Frank Middlemas, Mollie Sugden - 7 photos), Marcel Marceau Season (5 photos); articles on Evelyn Varden (w.photo), The Ring at Covent Garden (w.photos of Birgit Nilsson and Hans Hotter), Moscow Theatre Days (w.photos), Maggie Smith (w.photo), Charles Brookfield (w.illustration), Musical Comedy in the 'Twenties and 'Thirties (w.photo), Thirty Years Ago - extracts from 'Theatre World' November 1927 (w.photos); portrait of Kay Hammond and John Clements; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [56pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, faintly musty, else VG] £3
ThW/Dec 1957: Scenes from BELLS ARE RINGING (Janet Blair, George Gaynes - 14 photos), THE EGG (Nigel Patrick, Miriam Karlin - 8 photos), HENRY VI Parts 1, 2 and 3/Old Vic (Margaret Courtenay, Barbara Jefford, Derek Godfrey, Paul Daneman, Jack Gwillim, Derek Francis, John Humphry - 12 photos), THE QUEEN AND THE WELSHMAN (Edward Woodward, Hilary Liddell - 5 photos), THE TEMPEST/Stratford (John Gielgud, Brian Bedford, Richard Johnson - 1 photo), LOOK BACK IN ANGER (Alec McCowen, Clare Austin, Gary Raymond, Anna Steele - 1 photo); articles on Donald Sinden (w.photo), German Opera Season (w.5 photos), Berliner Festwochen 1957 (w.photos), The Pantomime Theatre, Copenhagen (w.photos), Donald Sinden (w.photo), Zena Dare (w.2 photos), Colley Cibber (w.illustration), East Berlin Festival (w.3 photos), Repertory Roundabout; portraits of John Justin and Jill Bennett, Ruth Ford, Constance Cummings; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [56pp, 5.9x8.75; cover slightly scuffed, otherwise VG] £4
1958
ThW/Jan 1958: Scenes from FLOWERING CHERRY (Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Brewster Mason, Andrew Ray - 17 photos), MEASURE FOR MEASURE/Old Vic (John Neville, Barbara Jefford, Paul Daneman, Derek Godfrey, David Waller), THE TUNNEL OF LOVE (Ian Carmichael, Barbara Murray); articles on Berliner Festwochen 1957 (w.photos), Dickie Henderson (w.photo), Leningrad after 250 Years (w.photo), Toni Stubbing (w.photos); portrait of Ian Carmichael; Echoes from Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly rubbed, otherwise VG] £4
ThW/Feb 1958: Scenes from THE RAPE OF THE BELT (Kay Hammond, Constance Cummings, Richard Attenborough, John Clements - 16 photos), DINNER WITH WITH THE FAMILY (John Justin, Lally Bowers, Alan MacNaughtan), LYSISTRATA (Joan Greenwood, Patricia Marmont, Natasha Parry, Patricia Burke, Phyllida Law, Gary Raymond), THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE (Robert Beatty, Daniel Massey, Gwynne Whitby), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM/Old Vic (Frankie Howerd, Derek Godfrey, Ronald Fraser, Paul Daneman, Coral Browne), Scenes from The Christmas Shows; articles on Constance Cummings (w.photo), Jill Bennett (w.photo), Recent RADA Productions, Lost London Theatres No.10 - Royal Kent Theatre, Kensington (w.illustration), Theatre in Vienna (w.photos); portrait of Michael Redgrave; Echoes from Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; minor marks, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
ThW/Mch 1958: Scenes from A TOUCH OF THE SUN (Michael Redgrave, Diana Wynyard, Vanessa Redgrave, Dinsdale Landen, David Langton),THE ICEMAN COMETH (Patrick Magee, Jack MacGowran, Tony Church, Ian Bannen, Lee Montague), THE POTTING SHED (John Gielgud, Walter Hudd, Irene Worth, Lockwood West, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies), OTHELLO/Hungary (Karoly Bicskei, Lajos Dobak, Maria Fogorasi), The Winter's Opera (w.5 photos); articles on Coventry's Belgrade Theatre (w.photo), Flora Robson (w.photo), The Hungarian Theatre Today (w.photos), Library Theatre, Manchester (w.photos); portrait of Vivien Leigh; Echoes from Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £4
ThW/Apr 1958: Scenes from WHERE'S CHARLEY? (Norman Wisdom, Pip Hinton, Jerry Desmonde, Terence Cooper, Pamela Gale, Felix Felton, Marion Grimaldi - 18 photos), CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (Kim Stanley, Paul Massie, Leo McKern, Bee Duffell, Launce Maraschal, Lorna Henderson, Daphne Anderson, Alan Tilvern, Roger Winton - 10 photos), KING LEAR/Old Vic (Paul Rogers, Barbara Jefford, Coral Browne, Paul Daneman, John Humphry, Derek Francis, Derek Godfrey, Rosemary Webster, Jack Gwillim - 11 photos), EPITAPH FOR GEORGE DILLON (Yvonne Mitchell, Robert Stephens, Alison Leggatt, Wendy Craig, Toke Townley, Avril Elgar, Nigel Davenport - 6 photos), THE SPORT OF MY MAD MOTHER (Sheila Ballantine, Philip Locke, Jerry Stovin, Paul Bailey, Avril Elgar, Wendy Craig, Anthony Valentine - 6 photos); articles on Charles Marowitz, 'The Moscow Art Theatre' (w.7 photos), Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies (w.photo), Ronald Squire (w.photo), 'The Mermaid - A Theatre in the Making'; photos of Robert Flemyng and Ann Beach in BETH, Michael David and Barbara Clegg in LITTLE EYOLF; portraits of Paul Rogers (as King Lear), Julie Andrews, Dorothy Tutin, Maurice Denham, Patrick Magee, Hazel Hughes; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly musty and rumpled, staples rusted, centre pages partially loose, else VG] £3
ThW/May 1958: Scenes from NOT IN THE BOOK (Wilfred Hyde White, Philip Guard, Avice Landon, Sydney Tafler), MY FAIR LADY (Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway - 3 photos), BREATH OF SPRING (Athene Seyler, Hazel Hughes, Joan Sims), THE KIDDERS (Faith Brook, Lyndon Brook), TWELFTH NIGHT/Old Vic (Barbara Jefford, Judi Dench, John Neville, Derek Godfrey, Paul Daneman, Richard Wordsworth), THE HOLE and A RESOUNDING TINKLE/Royal Court (Robert Stephens, Avril Elgar, Sheila Ballantine), THE DOCK BRIEF and WHAT SHALL WE TELL CAROLINE?/Lyric, Hammersmith (Michael Hordern, Maurice Denham, Brenda Bruce); articles on The Royal Opera House Centenary (w.photos), Athene Seyler (w.photo), The New Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool (w.photo), Peter Saunders (w.photo), Opening of the Belgrade Theatre (w.photos), Opening of the Theatre of the Nations (w.6 photos), Theatre in Paris (w.4 photos); portrait of Richard Johnson as Romeo; Echoes from Broadway, reviews etc. [56pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £4
ThW/Jun 1958: Scenes from MY FAIR LADY (Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway, Robert Coote, Zena Dare, Margaret Halstan - 18 photos), THE THREE SISTERS and THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Moscow Art Theatre), DUEL OF ANGELS (Vivien Leigh, Claire Bloom, Peter Wyngarde, Derek Nimmo, Basil Hoskins, Pauline Jameson, Robin Bailey, Freda Jackson - 11 photos), ANY OTHER BUSINESS (Raymond Huntley, Ralph Michael, Richard Vernon, Jennifer Wright), Theatre of the Nations - Second Festival (w.4 photos); articles on Julie Andrews (w.photos), Henry Sherek (w.photo), The Problems of Censorship, Harold Reece (w.photo), Lost London Theatres No.11 - The Opera Comique, George Alexander Centenary; Echoes from Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; spine very slightly scuffed, otherwise VG] £5
ThW/Jul 1958: Scenes from TWELFTH NIGHT/Stratford (Dorothy Tutin, Mark Dignam, Geraldine McEwan, Richard Johnson, Patrick Wymark, Ian Holm), HAMLET/Stratford (Michael Redgrave, Dorothy Tutin, Googie Withers, Mark Dignam, Edward Woodward, Paul Hardwick, Julian Glover), ROMEO AND JULIET/Stratford (Dorothy Tutin, Richard Johnson, Ian Holm, Rachel Kempson, Edward Woodward, Angela Baddeley), FOR ADULTS ONLY (Hugh Paddick, Ron Moody, Barry Took, Patricia Lancaster), EXPRESSO BONGO (Paul Scofield, James Kenney, Millicent Martin, Hy Hazell, Charles Gray), VARIATION ON A THEME (Margaret Leighton, Jeremy Brett, Jean Anderson, George Pravda), HENRY VIII/Old Vic (John Gielgud, Edith Evans, Harry Andrews), WHERE'S CHARLEY? (Norman Wisdom, Pip Hinton, Terence Cooper, Pamela Gale), Eighth Pitlochry Festival (w.9 photos); articles on Margaret Leighton (w.photo), Charles Laughton (w.photo), The Italian Theatre (w.6 photos, including one of Maria Callas as Anna Bolena), The new Queen's Theatre (w.photos), Theatre of the Nations - 4th Paris Report (w.photos); portrait of Miriam Karlin; reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; minor scuff on cover, else VG] £5
ThW/Aug 1958: Scenes from THE MERRY WIDOW (Thomas Round, June Bronhill, Sheila Rex), THE PARTY (Charles Laughton, Joyce Redman, Albert Finney), PERICLES/Stratford (Richard Johnson, Geraldine McEwan, Stephanie Bidmead, Anthony Nicholls, Rachel Kempson, Patrick Wymark, Edric Connor, Paul Hardwick, Zoe Caldwell), SPEAKING OF MURDER (Maxine Audley, Joyce Carey, Robert Urquhart), SIMPLE SPYMEN (Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn, Larry Noble, Joan Sanderson, Andrew Sachs), DOUBLE CROSS (Dulcie Gray, Terence Morgan); articles on Hugh Ross Williams (w.photo), Great Moments at the Opera (w.photos), Miriam Karlin (w.photo), Paris and some French Theatre Festivals (w.photos), Theatre of the Nations in Paris - Second Season concluded (w.photos), Repertory in Transition No.10 - Hope for Suburbia (w.6 photos); sketch of Charles Laughton by Stanley Parker; portrait of Harold Lang and John Fraser; Echoes from Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] (£4) SOLD
ThW/Sep 1958: Scenes from FIVE FINGER EXERCISE (Brian Bedford, Michael Bryant, Adrienne Allen, Roland Culver, Juliet Mills), LIVING FOR PLEASURE (Dora Bryan, Patience Collier, George Rose, Daniel Massey), IRMA LA DOUCE (Elizabeth Seal, Keith Michell, Clive Revill, Gary Raymond, Ronald Barker, Frank Olegario), FOR ADULTS ONLY (Hugh Paddick, Miriam Karlin, Ron Moody), Stratford Ontario Shakespeare Festival (Jason Robards, Christopher Plummer, Douglas Campbell, Eileen Herlie - photos), THE TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN (Betsy Blair, Alan Tilvern, Cec Linder, David Knight, Patricia Burke); articles on Patience Collier (w.photo), Theatre in Yugoslavia (w.photos), Diana Wynyard (w.photo), French Summer Festivals (w.photos), New Voices at Bayreuth (w.6 photos); sketch of Michael Bryant by Stanley Parker; portrait of Renee Asherson and Nigel Stock in THE UNEXPECTED GUEST; Echoes from Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £4
ThW/Oct 1958: Scenes from AUNTIE MAME (Beatrice Lillie, Florence Desmond, Dinsdale Landen, Jacqueline Ellis - 17 photos), International Ballet of the Marquis de Cuevas (w.photos), THE ELDER STATESMAN/Edinburgh (Paul Rogers, Anna Massey, William Squire, Alec McCowen), TWELFTH NIGHT/Old Vic at Edinburgh (Barbara Jefford, Jane Downs, Judi Dench, Joss Ackland, John Neville, Richard Wordsworth), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING/Stratford (Michael Redgrave, Googie Withers, Edward Woodward, Rachel Kempson, Geraldine McEwan, Richard Johnson - 5 photos), THE UNEXPECTED GUEST (Renee Asherson, Philip Newman, Nigel Stock, Paul Curran, Tenniel Evans - 11 photos), MAJOR BARBARA/Royal Court (Joan Plowright, Alan Webb, Paul Daneman, Alan Dobie, Alfred Lynch - 6 photos), BROUHAHA (Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Anne Leon, Leo McKern, John Wood - 5 photos), ROAR LIKE A DOVE (Patrick Barr, David Hutcheson, Anne Kimbell, Peter Barkworth - 7 photos); articles on Twelfth Edinburgh Festival (w.photos), Violet Farebrother (w.photo), Centenary of the death of Rachel (w.illustration), Lost London Theatres No.12 - The Globe Theatre, East Strand (w.photo), Keith Michell (w.photo), The Paris Scene (w.photo); sketch of T.S.Eliot by Stanley Parker; portrait of Catherine Lacey and Irene Worth in MARY STUART; reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled else VG] £4
ThW/Nov 1958: Scenes from LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Ian Bannen, Anthony Quayle, Alan Bates - 18 photos), MARY STUART/Old Vic (Irene Worth, Catherine Lacey, Derek Francis, Rosalind Atkinson, Ronald Lewis, Edward Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, Kenneth Mackintosh, Jack May - 8 photos), THE ELDER STATESMAN (Paul Rogers, Richard Gale, Anna Massey, William Squire, Dorothy Turner, Eileen Peel, Alec McCowen - 10 photos); articles on Beatrice Lillie (w.photo), Grand Opera Tour 1958 (w.photos), Catherine Lacey (w.photo), The Questors of Ealing (w.photos), Mary Robinson, Centenary of Giacomo Puccini (w.photo), Covent Garden "Ring" (w.photos), Repertory in Transition No.11 - The Shape of Things to Come; sketch of Irene Worth by Stanley Parker; Echoes from Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
ThW/Dec 1958: Scenes from HOOK, LINE AND SINKER (Robert Morley, Joan Plowright, Harry Hutchinson, Bernard Cribbins - 15 photos), END-GAME and KRAPP'S LAST TAPE/Royal Court (George Devine, Jack MacGowran, Patrick Magee), VALMOUTH (Fenella Fielding, Bertice Reading, Roderick Jones, Patsy Rowlands, Geoffrey Dunn, Betty Hardy - 5 photos), NO CONCERN OF MINE (Judith Stott, Alan Dobie, John Fraser, Lally Bowers), A DAY IN THE LIFE OF... (Naunton Wayne, Alfred Marks, Gabrielle Hamilton, Kenneth Warren), JULIUS CAESAR/Old Vic (John Phillips, Michael Hordern, Derek Francis, Jack May, Ronald Lewis, Pauline Letts, Anne Iddon, Jack May - 11 photos); articles on Henry Kendall (w.photo), Berliner Festwochen 1958 (w.6 photos), Beatrix Lehmann (w.photo), Theatre in Denmark (w.photos); sketch of Peter Finch by Stanley Parker; portrait of Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson; Echoes from Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1959
ThW/Jan 1959: Scenes from THE GRASS IS GREENER (Joan Greenwood, Hugh Williams, Celia Johnson, Moray Watson - 14 photos), HOT SUMMER NIGHT (John Slater, Lloyd Reckord, Joan Miller, Andree Melly - 14 photos), GHOSTS/Old Vic (Flora Robson, Ronald Lewis, Michael Hordern, Edward Thorndike - 6 photos), CHRYSANTHEMUM (Pat Kirkwood, Raymond Newell, Josephine Blake, Hubert Gregg, Nicholas Amer); articles on East Berlin Festival (w.photos), Joan Plowright (w.photo), Maryon Lane (w.4 photos), Berliner Festwochen (w.photo); portrait of Kay Kendall; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £4
ThW/Feb 1959: Scenes from WEST SIDE STORY (Marlys Watters, Don McKay, Chita Rivera, Ken Le Roy, George Chakiris - 22 photos), PETER PAN (Sarah Churchill, John Justin, Julia Lockwood - 3 photos), MACBETH/Old Vic (Michael Hordern, Beatrix Lehmann, Jack May, Derek Francis, Jeremy Kemp, John Phillips - 13 photos), TWO FOR THE SEESAW (Peter Finch, Gerry Jedd - 9 photos), CINDERELLA (Kenneth Williams, Yana, Tommy Steele, Jimmy Edwards, Bruce Trent, Ted Durante, Betty Marsden - 5 photos); articles on Theatre in Norway (w.7 photos), Chita Rivera (w.photo), Repertory in Transition No.12 - The Sense of Occasion (w.photos), Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson (w.photo); sketch of Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson by Stanley Parker; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [56pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £4
ThW/Mch 1959: Scenes from THE ROSE TATTOO (Lea Padovani, Sam Wanamaker, Catherine Feller, John Bown, Eileen Way, Olga Lowe - 12 photos), DANTON'S DEATH (Patrick Wymark, Dilys Hamlett, Harold Lang, Patrick McGoohan, James Maxwell, Avril Elgar, Fulton MacKay, John Turner - 6 photos), THE FLYING DUTCHMAN/Sadler's Wells (David Ward, Harold Blackburn, Elizabeth Fretwell, William McAlpine - 3 photos), SAMSON/Covent Garden (Joan Sutherland, Elizabeth Lindermeier, Jon Vickers, Lauris Elms - 2 photos), DER ROSENKAVALIER/Covent Garden (Joan Carlyle, James Pease, Claire Watson, Hertha Topper - 2 photos), THE LONG THE SHORT AND THE TALL (Peter O'Toole, Robert Shaw - 4 photos), EIGHTY IN THE SHADE (Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Robert Flemyng - 7 photos), VALMOUTH (Cleo Laine, Fenella Fielding, Betty Hardy, Patsy Rowlands, Roderick Jones, Doris Hare - 3 photos, and 2 costume designs by Tony Walton), MADAME DE... and TRAVELLER WITHOUT LUGGAGE - Anouilh (Denholm Elliott, Douglas Wilmer, Elizabeth Sellars, Geoffrey Keen, Joyce Carey, Irene Browne - 5 photos); articles on Lea Padovani (w.photo), Opera Highlights in London (w.photo), Phyllis Monkman (w.photo), Theatre in Cologne (w.photos), Theatre in Sweden (w.8 photos), Stephen Joseph and Theatre in the Round (w.5 photos); sketch of Elizabeth Sellars by Stanley Parker; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [56pp, 5.9x8.75; slight damp rumpling to corner, else VG] £2
ThW/Apr 1959: Scenes from SGANARELLE and TARTUFFE (Miles Malleson, Derek Francis, Pauline Jameson, Gerald James, Rosalind Atkinson, Barry Ingham - 12 photos), A TASTE OF HONEY (Frances Cuka, Avis Bunnage, Nigel Davenport, Murray Melvin - 6 photos), RUSALKA/Sadler's Wells (Joan Hammond, Howell Glynne, Charles Craig, Joseph Ward, Anna Pollak - 4 photos), La Comedie Francaise in London (Jacques Charon, Robert Hirsch - 4 photos), Ludmilla Tcherina's Theatre Ballet (4 photos); articles on Creative Artists in the Theatre No.21 - Franco Zeffirelli (w.6 production photos), Miles Malleson (w.photo), THERMOPYLAE in Copenhagen (w.photo), Ray Powell (w.5 photos), Finnish National Theatre (w.7 photos), Repertory in Transition No.13 - A Theatre of Distinction (w.photos); portrait of Joan Sutherland as Lucia di Lammermoor; sketch of Mai Zetterling by Stanley Parker; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [52pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, else VG] (£4) SOLD
ThW/May 1959: Scenes from FOOL'S PARADISE (Nora Swinburne, Cicely Courtneidge, Guy Deghy, Ronald Wilson, Agnes Lauchlan - 8 photos), BRAND (Patrick McGoohan, Dilys Hamlett, Enid Lorimer, Fulton MacKay - 6 photos), WOLF'S CLOTHING (Patrick Cargill, Muriel Pavlow, Derek Farr, Elspet Gray, Viola Lyel - 8 photos), THE MAGISTRATE/Old Vic (Michael Hordern, Pauline Jameson, Pauline Letts, Barrie Ingham, Derek Francis, Jack May, Gerald James, Jeremy Kemp - 13 photos); articles on Nora Swinburne (w.photo), Lost London Theatres No.13 - The Olympic Pt.I (w.illustration), Handel's Bicentenary (w.illustration), Norman Tucker and Sadler's Wells (w.photo), Theatre of Flanders and Holland (w.photos), The International Scene (w.photos); very young portrait of Denis Quilley, portrait of Paul Robeson as Othello; sketch of Carmen Amaya by Stanley Parker; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [56pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £4
ThW/Jun 1959: Scenes from CANDIDE (Mary Costa, Denis Quilley, Laurence Naismith, Edith Coates, Ron Moody - 12 photos), THE WORLD OF PAUL SLICKEY (Dennis Lotis, Maureen Quinney, Marie Lohr, Harry Welchman, Janet Hamilton-Smith, Philip Locke, Adrienne Corri, Jack Watling, Roy Sone - 6 photos), GILT AND GINGERBREAD (John Clements, Kay Hammond, Hugh Sinclair, Richard Briers, Eileen Peel - 7 photos), LET THEM EAT CAKE (Michael Dennison, Dulcie Gray, Cyril Raymond), DIE FLEDERMAUS/Sadler's Wells (Peter Grant, June Bronhill, Marion Studholme, Victoria Elliott, Joan Stuart, Gerald Davies, Anna Pollak, Alexander Young, Eric Shilling, Howell Glynne, Rowland Jones, Frederick Sharp, John Heddle Nash - 11 photos), THE CENCI/Old Vic (Hugh Griffith, Barbara Jefford, Charles West, John Phillips, Veronica Turleigh, Gordon Gardner - 10 photos), HOW SAY YOU? (Derek Nimmo, Anne Firbank, Kathleen Harrison, Francis Matthews, A.E.Matthews - 9 photos); articles on Opening of The Mermaid Theatre (w.photo), Joan Sutherland (w.photo, and portraits of Sutherland in 4 of her roles), Caspar Wrede (w.photo), Charles Marowitz on the British Repertory System, Theatre in Paris (w.5 photos); Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, otherwise VG] (£4) SOLD
ThW/Jul 1959: Scenes from OTHELLO (Paul Robeson, Mary Ure,
Ian Holm, Sam Wanamaker, Albert Finney, Zoe Caldwell, Angela Baddeley -
7 photos), ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (Edith Evans, Zoe Caldwell,
Edward de Souza, Anthony Nicholls, Angela Baddeley, Cyril Luckham, Michael
Blakemore, Paul Hardwick, Robert Hardy - 6 photos), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S
DREAM (Charles Laughton - 1 photo), MARIGOLD (Sally Smith, Jeremy
Brett, Stephen Hancock), ORPHEUS DESCENDING/Royal Court (Isa Miranda,
Gary Cockrell, Diane Cilento - 2 photos), LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS
(Richard Wordsworth, Hy Hazell, Stephanie Voss, Frederick Jaeger, Terence
Cooper - 7 photos), CAUGHT NAPPING (Raymond Huntley, George Benson,
Winifred Shotter, Basil Lord, Timothy West, Geoffrey Lumsden - 13 photos);
articles on Stratford-upon-Avon's 100th Season, Sally Smith (w.photo),
The International Scene (w.photos), Geoffrey Lumsden (w.photo), The
Donovan Maule Theatre in Nairobi (w.photos); Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc.
[44pp, 5.9x8.75; slightly musty and rumpled, staples rusted, else VG] £4
ThW/Aug 1959: Scenes from THE COMPLAISANT LOVER (Ralph Richardson, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Scofield, Polly Adams, Lockwood West, Gerald Flood - 11 photos), THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY (Nigel Patrick, Coral Browne, Judith Stott, David Langton, Barry Jones, Burt Kwouk, Robin Hunter - 7 photos), THE HOSTAGE (Alfred Lynch, Brian Murphy, Yootha Joyce, Anne Beach, Glynn Edwards, Howard Goorney - 4 photos), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM/Stratford (Charles Laughton, Edward de Souza, Roy Dotrice, Albert Finney, Peter Woodthorpe, Michael Blakemore, Julian Glover, Cyril Luckham, Mary Ure, Ian Holm, Robert Hardy, Vanessa Redgrave - 5 photos), 1959 Pitlochry Festival (Moira Lamb, Gordon Fairclough, Simon Carter, Hamish Roughead, Victor Carin, Peter Whitbread, Elizabeth Hart - 14 photos); articles on Alfred Lynch (w.photo), At The Opera (w.photos of Maria Callas in MEDEA, and 'The Grail Scene' from PARSIFAL), John Neville (w.photo), Jerome K.Jerome (w.photo), CORIOLANUS at Stratford with Laurence Olivier; portraits of Vivien Leigh, and John Gielgud in THE AGES OF MAN; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [44pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £4
ThW/Sep 1959: Scenes from THE ASPERN PAPERS (Flora Robson, Michael Redgrave, Beatrix Lehmann, Pauline Jameson, Olaf Pooley - 13 photos), ROOTS (Joan Plowright, Brenda Peters, Gwen Nelson, Charles Kay, Alan Howard, Jack Rodney - 10 photos), THE RING OF TRUTH (David Tomlinson, Margaret Johnston, Carmel McSharry, Irene Browne, Tom Bell, Brian Wilde, John Slater - 13 photos), FAREWELL, FAREWELL EUGENE (Margaret Rutherford, Peggy Mount, Avril Elgar, Patrick McAlinney, Frances Guthrie, Brook Williams, Daphne Newton - 15 photos); articles on Rose Hill (w.photo), Michael Croft and The National Youth Theatre (w.photo), Theatre in Paris (w.5 photos), KING LEAR at Stratford, Creative Artists in the Theatre No.22 - Michael Whittaker (w.2 photos); sketch of Arletty by Stanley Parker; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; VG] £4
ThW/Oct 1959: Scenes from LOOK AFTER LULU!/Royal Court (Meriel Forbes, Vivien Leigh, Anthony Quayle, Sean Kelly, George Devine, Max Adrian, Robert Stephens - 13 photos), COCK-A-DOODLE DANDY (Patrick Magee, Berto Pasuka, J.G.Devlin, Norman Rodway - 3 photos), CORIOLANUS/Stratford (Laurence Olivier, Edith Evans, Harry Andrews, Julian Glover, Roy Dotrice, Albert Finney, Robert Hardy, Vanessa Redgrave, Mary Ure, Peter Woodthorpe, Anthony Nicholls - 5 photos), KING LEAR/Stratford (Charles Laughton, Ian Holm, Albert Finney, Zoe Caldwell, Stephanie Bidmead, Angela Baddeley, Paul Hardwick, Peter Woodthorpe, Cyril Luckham, Michael Blakemore - 5 photos), A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Juanita Moore, Kim Hamilton, John Adan, Earle Hyman, Olga James, Scott Cunningham, Meredith Edwards, Lionel Ngakane - 11 photos); articles on John Justin (w.photo), Beryl Reid (w.photo), Edinburgh Festival 1959 (w.6 photos), Festivals at Bayreuth, Salzburg and Munich (w.photos), Festivals at Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Wiesbaden, Munich, Zurich (w.photos), Lost London Theatres No.13 - The Olympic Pt.II (w.illustration); portraits of Millicent Martin and Mimo Billi; sketch of Earle Hyman by Stanley Parker; reviews etc. [56pp, 5.9x8.75; spine scuffed, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
ThW/Nov 1959: Scenes from THE CROOKED MILE (Elisabeth Welch, Jack MacGowran, Millicent Martin, Edgar K Bruce, John Larsen, Frances Pidgeon - 11 photos), ANDREA CHENIER/Sadler's Wells (Charles Craig, Victoria Elliott, Peter Glossop, Anna Pollak - 3 photos), PIECES OF EIGHT (Kenneth Williams, Fenella Fielding, Peter Reeves - 6 photos), AS YOU LIKE IT/Old Vic (Barbara Jefford, John Justin, John Moffatt, Maggie Smith, Donald Houston, Gerald James, John Stride, Judi Dench, Alec McCowen, Stephen Moore, Moyra Fraser, Jeremy Kemp - 10 photos), THE DOUBLE DEALER/Old Vic (Ursula Jeans, Donald Houston, Judi Dench, John Justin - 2 photos), THE SOUND OF MURDER (Peter Cushing, Elizabeth Sellars, Terence Longdon - 6 photos); articles on Peter Wildeblood (w.photo), Second Dublin International Theatre Festival (w.5 photos), Fenella Fielding (w.photo), Theatre in Switzerland (w.6 photos), Berliner Festwochen Pt.1 (w.photos), The Covent Garden "Ring"; portrait of Fay Compton as Lady Bracknell; sketch of Freda Jackson by Stanley Parker; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; spine slightly scuffed, otherwise VG] £4
ThW/Dec 1959: Scenes from MARRIAGE-GO-ROUND (Kay Hammond, John Clements, Angela Browne, John Arnatt - 11 photos), ROSMERSHOLM/Royal Court (Peggy Ashcroft, Mark Dignam - 1 photo), ANTIGONE/Covent Garden (Svetlana Beriosova, Michael Somes - 2 photos), THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (John Justin, Alec McCowen, Fay Compton, Barbara Jefford, Judi Dench, Rosalind Atkinson, Miles Malleson - 10 photos), THE EDWARDIANS (Athene Seyler, Ernest Thesiger, Jeremy Brett, Helen Cherry, Richard Vernon, Nicholas Hannen, Ambrosine Phillpotts - 4 photos), ROLLO (Leo McKern, Ferdy Mayne, Gwen Cherrell, Jacqueline Ellis - 4 photos); articles on Isa Miranda (w.photo), Rosalind Atkinson (w.photo), James Leigh Hunt (w.illustration), Recent Brecht Productions (w.4 photos), Berliner Festwochen Pt.2 (w.6 photos), CARMEN at the Paris Opera (w.photo of Jane Rhodes in the title role); portraits of Tsai Chin, June Laverick, Ian Bannen, Anne Heaton, Roy Godfrey, Julia Lockwood, Herry Secombe, Mary Preston, and James Hayter; sketch of Leo McKern in ROLLO by Stanley Parker; Echoes From Broadway, reviews etc. [60pp, 5.9x8.75; spine scuffed, cover slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
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