| Collection | Shirley Programme Collection |
| Description | 22 programmes for productions at the Gate Theatre Studio, an independent theatre club with obligatory membership that enabled it to avoid the Lord Chamberlain's censorship restrictions on theatres at the time.
* Oscar Wilde, by Leslie and Sewell Stokes, produced in Sep 1936 and starring Robert Morley and Andrew Cruickshank.
* The children's hour, by Lillian Helman, produced in Nov 1936.
* Your number's up, by Diana Morgan and Robert MacDermot, produced in Dec 1936 and starring Charles Hawtry.
* Invitation to a voyage, by Jean Jacques Bernard (translated by John Leslie Firth), produced in Mar 1937 and starring Andrew Cruickshank and Vivienne Bennett.
* Lord Adrian, by Lord Dunsany, produced in Apr 1937 and starring Nigel Stock.
* Tobacco Road, produced in May 1937 and starring Nigel Stock.
* Mr Gladstone, by Hugh Ross Williamson, produced in Sep 1937 and starring Andrew Cruickshank.
* The unquiet spirit, by Jean Jacques Bernard (translated by John Leslie Firth), produced in Oct 1937.
* Members only, compered by Charles Hawtrey and featuring Hrmione Gingold, in Dec 1937.
* Frozen glory, by LEslie and Sewell Stokes, produced in Feb 1938.
* Elizabeth la femme sans homme, adapted from Andrew Josset, produced in Mar 1938 and starring Anthony Quayle.
* The masque of kings, by Maxwell Anderson, produced in Apr 1938.
* Serena Blandish, by S N Behrman, produced in Sep 1938 and starring Vivien Leigh and Stewart Grainger.
* Private history, by James Courage, produced in Oct 1938 and starring Basil Coleman.
* The heart was not burned, by James Laver, produced in Nov 1938 and starring James Mason and Maurice Denham.
* The Gate revue, featuring Hermione Gingold, Arthur Marshall and Michael Wilding in Dec 1938.
* Asmodee, by Francois Mauriac (translated by Basil Bartlett), produced in Feb 1939.
* Of mice and men, by John Steinbeck, produced in Apr 1939 and starring John Mills.
* The springtime of others, by Jean Jacques Bernard (translated by John Leslie Firth), produced in Apr 1939.
* The Jersey lily, by Basil Bartlett, produced in Apr 1940.
* Les parents terribles, by Jean Cocteau (adapted by Caroline Francke), produced in May 1940 and starring Cyril Cusack and Vivienne Bennett.
* Boys in brown, by Reginald Beckwith, produced in Jun 1940 and starring Kenneth Griffiths and Arthur Ridley.
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| Admin history | Collection accumulated by Shirley's parents and grandparents. |