| Description | Materials pertaining to productions at the National Theatre (including some National Theatre productions at the Old Vic Theatre), organised according to the format, and subsequently in date order.
Programmes:
* Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead by Tom Stoppard on 11 Apr 1967.
* Tartuffe by Molière ; translated by Richard Wilbur on 23 Nov [1967]. (Old Vic)
* The national health or Nurse Norton's affair by Peter Nichols on 16 Oct 1969.
* The white devil by John Webster on 13 Nov 1969.
* The way of the world by William Congreve in [1969].
* The beaux stratagem by George Farquhar on 08 Apr 1970. (Old Vic)
* The merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare on 28 Apr 1970.
* King Richard II by William Shakesepare on 29 Mar 1972. (Old Vic)
* Tis pity she's a whore by John Ford in [1972] produced by Mobile Productions.
* John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen on 28 Jan 1975. (Old Vic)
* Heartbreak House by Bernard Shaw on 25 Feb 1975. (Old Vic)
* Hamlet by William Shakespeare on 16 Mar 1976. (Lyttelton)
* Tamburlaine the Great by Christopher Marlowe on 04 Oct 1976. (Olivier)
* Volpone or the fox by Ben Jonson on 26 Apr 1977. (Olivier)
* The country wife by William Wycherley on 29 Nov 1977. (Olivier)
* Brand by Henrik Ibsen, in a version by Geoffrey Hill on 25 Apr 1978. (Olivier)
* Macbeth by William Shakespeare on 06 Jun 1978. (Olivier)
* The passion: a selection from the York mystery plays on 08 Aug 1978. (Cottesloe)
* The double dealer by William Congreve on 27 Sep 1978. (Olivier)
* Othello by William Shakespeare on 20 Mar 1980. (Olivier)
* The caretaker by Harold Pinter on 11 Nov 1980. (Lyttelton)
* Hiawatha by Longfellow, adapted by Michael Bogdanov on 10 Dec 1980. (Olivier)
* A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare on 12 Apr 1983. (Lyttelton)
* The rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan on 12 Apr 1983. (Olivier)
* The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster on 04 Jul 1985. (Lyttelton)
* Love for love by William Congreve on 13 Nov 1985. (Lyttelton)
* Dalliance by Tom Stoppard; based on Arthur Schnitzler's Liebelei, on 27 May 1986. (Lyttelton)
* The school for scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan on 24 Apr 1990. (Olivier)
* The white devil by John Webster on 13 Jun 1991. (Olivier)
* Macbeth by William Shakespeare on 01 Apr 1993. (Olivier)
* The David Hare trilogy: Racing demon; Murmuring judges; The absence of war on 02 Oct 1993. (Olivier)
* The seagull by Anton Chekhov, in a new version by Pam Gems on 07 Jul 1994. (Olivier)
* Absolute hell by Rodney Ackland on 23 May 1995. (Lyttelton)
* Mother Courage and her children by Bertolt Brecht, in a new version by David Hare on 14 Nov 1995. (Olivier)
* The invention of love by Tom Stoppard on 22 Dec 1997. (Lyttelton)
Season brochures:
* National Theatre at the Old Vic (Jan-Mar [1969]) advertising the following productions: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead / Tom Stoppard -- Home and beauty / W Somerset Maugham -- Three sisters / Anton Chekhov, translated by Moura Budberg -- 'H' or monologues at front of burning cities / Charles Wood -- The advertisement / Natalia Ginzburg, translated by Henry Reed -- As you like it / William Shakespeare -- Love's labour's lost / William Shakespeare -- The dance of death / August Strindberg
* National Theatre at the Old Vic (Feb-Apr 1975) advertising the following productions: Heartbreak House / Bernard Shaw -- Happy days / Samuel Beckett -- John Gabriel Borkman / Henrik Ibsen, English version by Inga-Stina Ewbank and Peter Hall
* National Theatre at the Old Vic (Apr-May 1975) advertising the folowing productions: No man's land / Harold Pinter -- Happy days / Samuel Beckett -- Heartbreak House / Bernard Shaw -- John Gabriel Borkman / Henrik Ibsen, English version by Inga-Stina Ewbank and Peter Hall
* National Theatre at the Lyttelton (Jun 1976) advertising the following productions: Blithe spirit / Noel Coward -- The playboy of the western world / J.M. Synge -- Watch it come down / John Osborne -- Plunder / Ben Travers -- Hamlet / William Shakespeare. The brochure includes a booking form.
* National Theatre at the Lyttelton (Aug 1976) advertising the following productions: Weapons of happiness / Howard Brenton -- Blithe spirit / Noel Coward -- Watch it come down / John Osborne -- The playboy of the western world / J.M. Synge -- Plunder / Ben Travers
* National Theatre at the Lyttelton (Sep 1976) advertising the following productions: Jumpers / Tom Stoppard -- Weapons of happiness / Howard Brenton -- Blithe spirit / Noel Coward -- Watch it come down / John Osborne -- Plunder / Ben Travers
* National Theatre at the Olivier (Dec 1976) advertising the following productions: Counting the ways / Edward Albee -- Il Campiello / Carlo Goldoni, English version by Susanna Graham-Jones and Bill Bryden -- Tamburlaine the great parts I and II / Christopher Marlowe -- The playboy of the western world / J.M. Synge -- Hamlet / William Shakespeare
* Olivier and Lyttelton Theatres featuring Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer, West Berlin and the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester (Mar-Apr 1977) advertising the following productions: Volpone / Ben Jonson -- Julius Caesar / William Shakespeare -- Bedroom farce / Alan Ayckbourn -- Tales from the Vienna Woods / Ödön von Horváth, translated by Christopher Hampton -- Jumpers / Tom Stoppard -- Blithe spirit / Noël Coward -- The playboy of the western world / J. M. Synge -- Summerfolk (Sommergäste / Maxim Gorki -- The magic drum / James Kirkup, adapted by Michael Bogdanov. The brochure includes a booking form.
* Cottesloe Theatre featuring the Library Theatre Company, Manchester (Mar-May 1977) advertising the following productions: Strawberry fields / Stephen Poliakoff -- The passion, a selection from the York mystery plays / Tony Harrison -- Four to one / Gawn Grainger -- Sell-out / Roger Smith and Tom Kempinski. The brochure includes a booking form.
* Olivier and Lyttelton Theatres deaturing the Birming repertory Theatre Company and Nuria Espert Company (May-Jun 1977) advertising the following productions: The Madras House / Harley Granville-Barker -- State of revolution / Robert Bolt -- Volpone / Ben Jonson -- Julius Caesar / William Shakespeare -- Bedroom Farce / Alan Ayckbourn -- Tales from the Vienna Woods / Odon von Horvath, translated by Christopher Hampton --Blithe spirit / Noel Coward -- The devil is an ass / Ben Jonson, adapted by Peter Barnes -- Measure for measure / William Shakespeare -- Divinas Palabras (divine words) / Ramon del Valle Inclan. The brochure includes an additional flyer for a philanthropic performance of Volpone on 23 Apr 1977.
* National Theatre (Sep 1977) advertising the following productions: The plough and the stars / Sean O'Casey -- The Madras House / Harley Granville-Barker -- Volpone / Ben Jonson -- Julius Caesar / William Shakespeare -- Happy days / Samuel Becket -- State of revolution / Robert bolt -- Bedroom farce / Alan Ayckbourn -- The passion, a selection from the York mystery plays / Tony Harrison -- Sir is winning / Shane Connaughton -- Judgement / Barry Collins -- Platform performances: Elain Feinstein / Michael Maynard / Ron Blair / Warren Clarke / Radio 4's 'Stop the week' group
* National Theatre (Dec 1977) advertising the following productions: The country wife / William Wycherley -- The plough and the stars / Sean O'Casey -- The Madras House / Harley Granville-Barker -- Volpone / Ben Jonson -- The guardsman / Ferenc Molnár, English version by Frank Marcus -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Peter Stevens, adapted from Brian Stone's Penguin Classic translation -- The lady from Maxim's / Georges Feydeau, translated by John Mortimer -- State of revolution / Robert Bolt -- Bedroom farce / Alan Ayckbourn -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame / Ken Hill, adapted from Victor Hugo's novel -- Half-life / Julian Mitchell -- Lavender blue / John Mackendrick -- Richard III part two / David Pownall -- Motocar / David Pownall -- Platform performances: Brontes: the private faces / Joan Bakewell -- Nashville / Ogden Nash -- The Groucho letters / Michael Kustow. The brochure includes a flyer advertising Harold Fielding's West End stage musicals.
* National Theatre (Jan 1978) advertising the following productions: The country wife / William Wycherley -- The plough and the stars / Sean O'Casey -- The Madras House / Harley Granville-Barker -- Volpone / Ben Jonson -- The guardsman / Ferenc Molnár, English version by Frank Marcus -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Peter Stevens, adapted from Brian Stone's Penguin Classic translation -- The lady from Maxim's / Georges Feydeau, translated by John Mortimer -- State of revoution / Robert Bolt -- Bedroom farce / Alan Ayckbourn -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame / Ken Hill, adapted from Victor Hugo's novel -- Half-life / Julian Mitchell -- Lavender blue / John Mackendrick -- Robert Lowell, American poet / Ian Hamilton and Michael Kustow -- The Groucho letters / Michael Kustow -- But you're a woman / Paul Henley -- Platform performances: Nashville / Ogden Nash -- Vivaldi, Satie, Muldowney / Dominic Muldowney -- A change of mind / Alan Drury -- Letter to Lord Byron / W H Auden -- Prophets / John Mackendrick
* National Theatre (May 1978) advertising the following productions: Macbeth / William Shakespeare -- Brand / Henrik Ibsen, in a version by Geoffrey Hill -- Ther cherry orchard / Anton Chekhov, new translation by Michael Frayn -- The country wife / William Wycherley -- Plunder / Ben Travers -- Plenty / David Hare -- The guardsman / Ferenc Molnár -- Bedroom farce / Alan Ayckbourn -- Lost worlds / Wilson John Haire -- Don Juan comes back from the war / Ödön von Horváth, translated by Christopher Hampton -- Platform performances: Letter to Lord Byron / W H Auden -- Eugene Onegin / Pushkin -- Audience / Vaclav Havel -- Rochester: Restoration rake / Michael Kustow. The brochure includes an RSC flyer.
* National Theatre (Jun 1978) advertising the following productions: Macbeth / William Shakespeare -- Brand / Henrik Ibsen, in a version by Geoffrey Hill -- Ther cherry orchard / Anton Chekhov, new translation by Michael Frayn -- The country wife / William Wycherley -- Plunder / Ben Travers -- Plenty / David Hare -- Bedroom farce / Alan Ayckbourn -- American Buffalo / David Mamet -- Lost worlds / Wilson John Haire -- Don Juan comes back from the war / Ödön von Horváth, translated by Christopher Hampton -- Platform performances: Pinter's poems and prose / Harold Pinter -- Men seldom make passes / Dorothy Parker -- Poet in person: W S Graham -- A lecture performance by John Cage -- Rochester: Restoration rake / Michael Kustow -- Eugene Onegin / Pushkin
* National Theatre (Aug 1978) advertising the following productions: The woman / Edward Bond -- Macbeth / William Shakespeare -- The cherry orchard / Anton Chekhov, new translation by Michael Frayn -- Plunder / Ben Travers -- Plenty / David Hare -- Bedroom Farce / Alan Ayckbourn -- American Buffalo / David Mamet -- Promenade season: The passion, a selection from the York mystery plays / Tony Harrison -- Lark Rise / Keith Dewhurst, from Flora Thompson's Lark Rise to Candleford -- Platform performances: The elusive Robert Browning / Sebastian Shaw -- Pinter's poems and prose / Harold Pinter -- The seven stages of Anna / Anna Manahan -- The song of songs / (performed by) Estelle Kohler and Bill Homewood -- John Mortimer's miscellany / John Mortimer
* National Theatre (Jul-Aug 1979) advertising the following productions: As you like it / William Shakespeare -- Undiscovered country / Arthur Schnitzler, in a version by Tom Stoppard --The fruits of enlightenment / Lev Tolstoy, new translation by Michael Frayn -- The double dealer / William Congreve -- Death of a salesman / Arthur Miller -- Close of play / Simon Gray -- For services rendered / W Somerset Maugham -- Betrayal / Harold Pinter -- The philanderer / Bernard Shaw -- Wings / Arthur Kopit -- Dispatches / Bill Byrden, adapted from Michael Herr's book about the Vietnam War -- Platform performances: Shaw's philanderer: the real story / Patricia Doyle et al -- T.S. Eliot: the poet's calling / John Russell Brown -- Playwright in person / Simon Gray -- The wind howls too by John Berger / Michael Kustow, dramatisation of a story from John Berger's Pig earth -- The true confessions of George Barker / George Barker -- Brothers and sisters / Geraldine Aron and Barney Simon -- Lecture on Schnizler/ J. P. Stern -- Making love / (selected by) Alan Bold -- A very full-blooded man: Somerset Maugham / John Russell Brown, David Farrall, Michael Rudman -- Men seldom make passes / Dorothy Parker. The brochure includes a booking form.
* National Theatre (Sep 1979) advertising the following productions: Richard III / William Shakespeare -- As you like it / William Shakespeare -- Undiscovered country / Arthur Schnitzler, in a version by Tom Stoppard -- Death of a salesman / Arthur Miller -- Close of play / Simon Gray -- For services rendered / W Somerset Maugham -- Betrayal / Harold Pinter -- The philanderer / Bernard Shaw -- Wings /Arthur Kopit -- Platform performances: Making love (selected by) Alan Bold -- T.S. Eliot: the poet's calling / John Russell Brown -- The Rev. Francis Kilvert, Victorian/ (performed by) Timothy Davies -- The song of songs / (performed by) Estelle Kohler and Bill Homewood -- Poet in person / Fran Landesman -- Robert Lloyd's one-man show: "may I?" The brochure includes a booking form.
* National Theatre (Oct 1979) advertising the following productions: Amadeus / Peter Shaffer -- Richard III / William Shakespeare -- As you like it / William Shakespeare -- Undiscovered country / Arthur Schnitzler, in a version by Tom Stoppard -- Death of a salesman / Arthur Miller -- Close of play / Simon Gray -- For services rendered / W Somerset Maugham -- Promenade season: Lark Rise and Candleford / Keith Dewhurst, from Flora Thompson's trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford -- Platform performances: Prison voices (incl) Hugh Lewin, Molese Phetto, Peter Roda -- Lecture: the ancestry of Richard III / Richard Proudfoot-- Lecture: Somerset Maugham's drama / T F Evans -- It don't mean a thing / Sarah Nagourney -- The Kugelmass episode by Woody Allen / Michael Kustow -- A moment / Gabriel Josipovici. The brochure includes a booking form.
* National Theatre (Dec 1979) advertising the following productions: The wild duck / Henrik Ibsen, in a version by Christopher Hampton -- Amadeus / Peter Shaffer -- Richard III / William Shakespeare -- As you like it / William Shakespeare -- Undiscovered country / Arthur Schnitzler, in a version by Tom Stoppard -- When we are married / J B Priestley-- Death of a salesman / Arthur Miller -- Foyer entertainments for Christmas: Nanette Newman: booksigning -- Crashlanding theatre company's children's show about pantomime horses and the Fun Police -- Mime Machine -- Great Medici vaudeville roadshow -- Nativity play -- Majoy Mustard's puppets -- Camden Playmakers' One of our noses is missing -- Platform performances: Men seldom make passes / Dorothy Parker -- The Kugelmass episode by Woody Allen / Michael Kustow -- Tony Hart: make it with Hart -- Clown cavalcade: serendipity -- Frank Muir -- Deidre Dee: our Marie. The brochude includes a booking form and bookshop leaflet.
* National Theatre (Jan 1980) advertising the following productions: The wild duck / Henrik Ibsen, in a version by Christopher Hampton -- Amadeus / Peter Shaffer -- Richard III / William Shakespeare -- As you like it / William Shakespeare -- Undiscovered country / Arthur Schnitzler, in a version by Tom Stoppard -- When we are married / J B Priestley-- Death of a salesman / Arthur Miller -- A season of Eugene O'Neill: The long voyage home -- Hughie -- The iceman cometh -- Platform performances: The Kugelmass episode & Mr Big by Woody Allen / Michael Kustow -- Lecture: what shall we do about the arts? / Sir Roy Shaw -- Lecture: The wild duck - Ibsen at the cross roads / Torbjørn Støverud -- Making love / (selected by) Alan Bold -- Men seldom make passes / Dorothy Parker -- Protest / Vaclav Havel. The brochure includes a booking form.
* National Theatre (Feb 1980) advertising the following productions: The wild duck / Henrik Ibsen, in a version by Christopher Hampton -- Amadeus / Peter Shaffer -- Richard III / William Shakespeare -- As you like it / William Shakespeare -- Thee and me / Philip Martin -- When we are married / J B Priestley -- Death of a salesman / Arthur Miller -- A season of Eugene O'Neill: The long voyage home -- Hughie -- The iceman cometh -- Platform performances: Protest / Vaclav Havel -- Art and Eros - a Platonic dialogue / Iris Murdoch -- The Kugelmass episode and Mr Big by Woody Allen / Michael Kustow -- T S Eliot and the poet's calling / John Russell Brown -- Men seldom make passes / Dorothy Parker. The brochure includes a booking form and flyer about Christmas extras.
* National Theatre featuring the Company of Market Theatre, Johannesburg (Aug 1980) advertising the following productions: Galileo / Bertolt Brecht, translated by Howard Brenton -- Sisterly feelings / Alan Ayckbourn -- Othello / Shakespeare -- Amadeus / Peter Shaffer -- Watch on the Rhine / Lillian Hellman -- The elephant man / Bernard Pomerance -- The Browning version and Harlequinade / Terence Rattigan -- Death of a salesman / Arthur Miller -- Line 'em / Nigel Williams -- A lesson from aloes / Athol Fugard-- South Bank summer splash: Act five -- Harlequin -- Major Mustard's travelling show -- The Passion, a selection from the York mystery plays -- The great Medici vaudeville roadshow -- William Tell -- Moving being. The brochure includes a booking form and flyer about South Bank summer splash.
* National Theatre (Dec 1980) advertising the following productions: Hiawatha / Longfellow, adapted by Michael Bogdanov -- The Romans in Britain / Howard Brenton -- The life of Galileo / Bertolt Brecht, translated by Howard Brenton -- Sisterly feelings / Alan Ayckbourn -- Othello / William Shakespeare -- Amadeus / Peter Shaffer -- The caretaker / Harold Pinter -- The provok'd wife / John Vanbrugh -- Watch on the Rhine / Lillian Hellman -- The elephant man / Bernard Pomerance -- The Browning version and Harlequinade / Terence Rattigan -- The Nativity / (directed by) Bill Bryden -- The crucible / Arthur Miller -- Platform performances: After Mercer -- Bright as fire -- Captain Beaky -- Roald Dahl -- Frank Muir -- Rony Hart -- The magic lantern of Hans Christian Andersen -- Sonnets of love and opposition. The brochure includes a flyer for a gala night.
* Natoinal Theatre featuring the Black Theatre Co-operative (Feb-Mar 1981) advertising the following productions: A month in the country / Ivan Turgenev, translated by Isaish Berlin -- Man and superman / George Bernard Shaw -- Hiawatha / Longfellow ; adapted by Michael Bogdanov -- The Romans in Britain / Howard Brenton -- The life of Galileo / Bertolt Brecht, translated by Howard Brenton -- Sisterley feelings / Alan Ayckbourn -- Othello / William Shakespeare -- Amadeus / Peter Shaffer -- The caretaker / Harold Pinter -- The provok'd wife / John Vanbrugh -- Watch on the Rhine / Lillian Hellman -- The elephand man / Bernard Pomerance -- The Browning version and Harlequinade / Terence Rattigan -- The ticket-of-leave man / Tom Taylor -- Platform performances: Family voices / Harold Pinter -- Company / Samuel Beckett -- From Kipling to Vietnam / Kenneth Cranham -- Maugham's theatrical paintings / Raymond Mander, Joe Mitchenson, Geoffrey Ashton -- Sung and unsung / Brecht songs by Weill and Eisler -- Shapesters / Farrukh Dhondy -- Lecture: Tom Taylor / Richard Cave. The brochure includes repertoire correction for Jan 1981 and a booking form.
* National Theatre (Mar-Apr 1981) advertising the following productions: A month in the country / Ivan Turgenev, translated by Isaish Berlin -- Man and superman / George Bernard Shaw -- Hiawatha / Longfellow ; adapted by Michael Bogdanov -- The Romans in Britain / Howard Brenton -- The life of Galileo / Bertolt Brecht, translated by Howard Brenton -- Othello / William Shakespeare -- Amadeus / Peter Shaffer -- Measure for measure / William Shakespeare -- The provok'd wife / John Vanbrugh -- The elephant man / Bernard Pomerance -- The Browning version and Harlequinade / Terence Rattigan -- The ticket-of-leave man / Tom Taylor -- Don Juan / Molière, translated by John Fowles -- Platform performances: Runyon on Broadway / Damon Runyon -- The Rev. Francis Kilvert, Victorian / (performed by) Timothy Davies -- Family voices / Harold Pinter -- John Fowles -- Aurora Leigh / Michelene Wandor -- Music from the Cottesloe Theatre -- Fine life / Paul Goodman and Ian Russell
Flyers (all undated):
* John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: Restoration rake compiled by Michael Kustow. (Platform)
* The Camilla Ringbinder show (text: Trevor Ray with Richard Mangan and the company ; lyrics: Fran Landesman ; music: Sebastian Graham-Jones, Duncan Browne). (Cottesloe)
* The Romans in Britain by Howard Brenton. (Olivier)
* As you like it by William Shakespeare. (Olivier)
* Tales from the Vienna woods by Ödön von Horváth, in a new version by David Harrower. (Olivier)
* Buried child by Sam Shepard.
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