Ref NoPRG/SHIR/LDN/CRT/2
CollectionShirley Programme Collection
Title1933-1934 season
Date1933-1934
Extent40 items, 1 box
Description40 programmes for the following productions at the Croydon Repertory Theatre during it's 1933-1934 season.
* Indian summer, by Beatrice Kelston (from Vita Sackville-West), produced 23 Sep 1933. 2 copies.
* The Barretts of Wimpole Street, by Rudolph Besier, produced 02 Oct 1933.
* The young idea, by Noel Coward, produced 09 Oct 1933.
* The Mannoch family, by Murray McClymont, produced 16 Oct 1933.
* London wall, by John Van Druten, produced 30 Oct 1933.
* The seagull, by Anton Tchehov [sic], produced 06 Nov 1933.
* The circle, by William Somerset Maugham, produced 13 Nov 1933.
* Saint John, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 20 Nov 1933.
* Britannia of Billingsgate, by Christine Jope-Slade and Sewell Stokes, produced 27 Nov 1933.
* Michael and Mary by A A Milne, produced 04 Dec 1933.
* Wuthering Heights, adapted from Emily Bronte, produced 11 Dec 1933.
* A kiss for Cinderella, by J M Barrie, produced 26 Dec 1933.
* The queen's husband, by Robert E Sherwood, produced 08 Jan 1934.
* The distaff side, by John Van Druten, produced 15 Jan 1934.
* Sheppey, by William Somerset Maugham, produced 22 Jan 1934.
* The man with a load of mischief, by Ashley Dukes, produced 29 Jan 1934.
* Lilla, by Naomi Royde-Smith, produced 05 Feb 1934.
* The farmer's wide, by Eden Philpotts, produced 12 Feb 1934.
* Poison flower, by Mabel Constanduros, produced 19 Feb 1934.
* Spring symphony, by Nella Nagra, produced 26 Feb 1934.
* The skin game, by John Galsworthy, produced 05 Mar 1934.
* Twelve thousand, by Bruno Frank, produced 12 Mar 1934.
* Is life worth living, by Lennox Robinson, produced 19 Mar 1934.
* The return, by Charles Bennett, produced 26 Mar 1934.
* The ghost train, by Arnold Ridley, produced 02 Apr 1934.
* Charles and Mary, by Joan Temple, produced 09 Apr 1934.
* Autumn crocus, by C L Anthony, produced 16 Apr 1934.
* Business with royalty, adapted from Anthony Armstrong, produced 23 Apr 1934.
* The doll's house, by Henrik Ibsen, produced 30 Apr 1934.
* Behold we live, by John Van Druten, produced 07 May 1934.
* The guardsman, by Franz Molnar (translation), produced 14 May 1934.
* The lake, by Dorothy Massingham with Murray MacDonald, produced 21 May 1934.
* A hundred years old, by The Quinteros (adapted and translated), produced 28 May 1934.
* As you like it, by William Shakespeare, produced 04 Jun 1934.
* Dangerous corner, by J B Priestley, produced 11 Jun 1934.
* Silent moon, by Eric Barker, produced 18 Jun 1934.
* Young Woodley, by John Van Druten, produced 25 Jun 1934.
* A sleeping clergyman, by James Bridie, produced 02 Jul 1934.
* Twenty four hours, by Brian Oulton, produced 09 Jul 1934.

PhysicalDescriptionTheatre programmes
Admin historyCollection accumulated by Shirley's parents and grandparents.
ArrangementChronological
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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