| Collection | Shirley Programme Collection |
| Description | 33 programmes for productions at the Arts Theatre Club, an independent theatre club with obligatory membership that enabled it to avoid the Lord Chamberlain's censorship restrictions on theatres at the time.
* The Abbe Provost, by Helen Waddell, produced in May 1935 and starring James Mason and Leonard Sachs.
* A double bill of A phoenix too frequent by Christopher Fry and Fatal curiosity by George Lillo, produced in Dec 1946 and starring Paul Scofield.
* Back to Methuselah, by Bernard Shaw, produced over four staggered performances between Feb-Apr 1947.
* Less than kind, by Francois Mauriac (translated by Basil Bartlett), produced in May 1947.
* Boys in brown, by Reginald Beckwith, produced in Jun 1947 and starring Gerald Campion, Hugh Munro and Nigel Stock.
* Maya, by Simon Gantillon (arranged by Virginia and Frank Vernon), produced in 1947.
* Cupid and Mars, by Rodney Ackland and Robert G Newton, produced in Oct 1947 and starring Ian Carmichael.
* The moon in the yellow river, by Denis Johnston, produced in Nov 1947.
* A comedy of good and evil, by Richard Hughes, produced in Feb 1948 and starring Hugh Griffith and Desmond Llewelyn.
* The lady's not for burning, by Christopher Fry, produced in Mar 1948.
* Break-up, by Helge Krog, produced in Apr 1948.
* Musical chairs, by Ronald MacKenzie, produced in May 1948.
* Rosmersholm, by Henrik Ibsen, produced between Jul-Aug 1948 and starring Marius Goring.
* Tartuffe, by Moliere (translated by the Earl of Longford), produced between Jul-Aug 1948.
* The unquiet spirit, by Jean-Jacques Bernard (translated by John Leslie Firth), produced in Feb 1949 and starring William Mervyn.
* Programme One of the Shaw Festival (featuring Great Catherine, How he lied to her husband, and Passion, poison and petrification), produced in Jun 1949 and starring Gerald Harper and Maurice Denham.
* Programme Two of the Shaw Festival (featuring The Inca of Perusalem, The fascinating foundling, The shewing-up of Blanco Posnet and Press cuttings), produced in Jun 1949 and starring Maurice Denham and Gerald Harper.
* Programme Four of the Shaw Festival (featuring O'Flaherty, V.C., The six of Calais, The man of destiny, The music cure, and The dark lady of the sonnets), produced in Jun 1949 and starring Maurice Denham and Gerald Harper.
* The silver curlew, by Eleanor Farjeon, produced in Dec 1949.
* Preserving Mr Panmure, by Sir Arthur Pinero, produced in Nov 1950 and starring Alex McCowen.
* Third person, by Andrew Rosenthal, produced in Oct 1951.
* The great adventure, by Anrold Bennett, produced in Nov 1951 and starring Maurice Denham and Gerald Harper.
* The Voysey inheritance, by Harley Granville-Barker, produced in May 1952 and starring Tony Britton, Desmond Llewelyn and Alec McCowen.
* Don Juan in hell, by George Bernard Shaw, produced in Sep 1952.
* Two loves I have, by Dorothy and Howard Baker, produced in Sep 1952.
* The father, by August Strindberg (arranged by Max Faber), produced in Feb 1953 and starring Gerald Harper.
* L'enfant prodigue, by Michael Carre (With music by Andrew Wormser), produced in Mar 1953.
* The seagull, by Anton Chekhov, produced in Apr 1953.
* A double bill of Arms and the man by George Bernard Shaw and The bespoke overcoat by Wolf Mankowitz, produced in Jun 1953 and starring Alec Clunes, David Kossoff and Alfie Bass.
* The romantic young lady, by Gregorio Martinez Sierra (arranged by Harley Granville-Barker), produced by the Metropolitan Opera Company in Sep 1955.
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| Admin history | Collection accumulated by Shirley's parents and grandparents. |