Ref NoPRG/SHIR/STR
CollectionShirley Programme Collection
TitleShakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Date1950-1960
Extent15 items
Description15 postcards produced by the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stradford-upon-Avon, as follows:
One black and white postcard showing the auditorium and stage of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre.
Three postcards after paintings in the collection of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, as follows:
* An ideal portrait of Shakespeare by Angelica Kauffmann
* Hubert and Arthur (King John, Act IV, Scene I) by James Northcote
* Falstaff at Herne's Oak (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V, Scene 5) by Robert Smirke
11 postcards pertaining to mid-20th century productions at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, as follows:
* John Gielgud as Cassius (1950)
* Anthony Quayle as Falstaff (1951)
* Anthony Quayle as Falstaff (1951) after a painting by William Dobell.
* Laurence Olivier as Macbeth (1955)
* Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier as Lavinia and Titus Andronicus (1955)
* Vivien Leigh as Viola (1955)
* Emlyn Williams as Shylock (1956)
* Peggy Ashcroft as Imogen (1957) after a painting by Anthony Devas.
* Richard Johnson and Dorothy Tutin as Romeo and Juliet (1958)
* Edith Evans as Volumnia (1959) after a painting by Robert Buhler.
* Peter O'Toole and Peggy Ashcroft as Petruchio and Katharina (1960)
PhysicalDescriptionPostcards, mostly black and white
Admin historyCollection accumulated by Shirley's parents and grandparents.
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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