| Collection | Shirley Programme Collection |
| Description | Eight programmes for productions at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate,, as follows: * Murder in the Cathedral, by T S Eliot, produced in 1935 (the first London production after the play's debut at Canterbury Cathedral). * The ascent of F.6,. by W H Auden and Christopher Isherwood with music by Benjamin Britten, produced in 1937. * A new comedy of errors, adapted from Plautus, Shakespeare and Moliere, produced in 1940. * This way to the tomb! by Ronald Duncan and Benjamin Britten, produced in 1946. * The family reunion, by T S Eliot, produced in 1946. * A double bill programme for A pound on demand, by Sean O'Casey, and Happy as Larry, by Donagh MacDonagh, produced in 1947. * A James Bridie double bill programme for The dragon and the dove, and A change for the worse, produced in 1947. * The playboy of the western world, by J M Synge, produced in 1948 and starring Winifred Brambell and Hugh Griffith. |
| Admin history | Collection accumulated by Shirley's parents and grandparents. |