Ref NoPRG/SHIR/OXF/PLA/1
CollectionShirley Programme Collection
Title1941
Date1941
Extent24 items
Description24 programmes for productions at the Oxford Playhouse in 1941, as follows:
* Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen, produced 20-25 Jan 1941.
* Murder on the second floor, by Frank Vosper, produced 07-12 Jul 1941 and starring Cyril Cusack.
* The wind and the rain, by Merton Hodge, produced 14-19 Jul 1941 and starring Cyril Cusack. Accompanied by flyer.
* The shining hour, by Keith Winter, produced 21-26 Jul 1941 and starring Cyril Cusack.
* Somebody knows, by John Van Druten, produced 04-09 Aug 1941.
* I have been here before, by J B Priestley, produced 11-16 Aug 1941.
* Jeannie, by Aimee Stuart, produced 18-23 Aug 1941.
* Rain, by John Colton and Clarence Randolph, produced 25-30 Aug 1941.
* Jitta's atonement, by Siegfired Trebitsch (translated by George Bernard Shaw), produced 01-06 Sep 1941.
* The circle, by William Somerset Maugham, produced 08-13 Sep 1941.
* Sweet aloes, by Jay Mallory, produced 15-20 Sep 1941.
* The moon in the yellow river, by Denis Johnston, produced 22-27 Sep 1941.
* The romantic young lady, by G M Sierra, produced 29 Sep - 04 Oct 1941.
* Thunder rock, by Robert Ardrey, produed 06-11 Oct 1941.
* The Brontes, by Alfred Sangster, produced 13-18 Oct 1941.
* The blue goose, by Peter Blackmore, produced 20-25 Oct 1941.
* Spring meeting, by M J Farrell and J Perry, produced 03-08 Nov 1941.
* The Venetian, by Clifford Bax, produced 10-15 Nov 1941.
* Double door, by Elizabeth McFadden, produced 17-22 Nov 1941 and the debut of Michael Flanders.
* You never can tell, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 24-29 Nov 1941 and the debut of Michael Flanders in a lead role.
* Whiteoaks, by Mazo de la Roche, produced 01-06 Dec 1941.
* Black limelight, by Gordon Sherry, produced 08-13 Dec 1941.
* Eden end, by J B Priestley, produced 15-20 Dec 1941.
* Noah, by Andre Obey, produced 26 Dec 1941 - 03 Jan 1942.
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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