| Collection | Shirley Programme Collection |
| Description | 46 programmes for productions at the Oxford Playhouse in 1942, as follows:
* Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte (adapted by Randolph Carter), produced 05-10 Jan 1942.
* Alien corn, by Sidney Howard, produced 12-17 Jan 1942.
* Misalliance, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 12-24 Jan 1942.
* Tovarich, by Robert E Sherwood, produced 09-14 Feb 1942.
* Time and the Conways, by J B Priestley, produced 16-21 Feb 1942.
* Fanny's first play, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 23-28 Feb 1942.
* Suspect, by E Percy and R Denham, produced 02-07 Mar 1942.
* Maria Marten or the murder in the red barn, produced 09-14 Mar 1942.
* A hundred years old, by S and J Quintero, produced 16-21 Mar 1942.
* The green goddess, by William Archer, produced 23-28 Mar 1942.
* Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte (adapted by Helen Jerome), produced 30 Mar - 04 Apr 1942.
* Major Barbara, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 06-11 Apr 1942.
* The late Christopher Bean, by Rene Fauchois (adapted by Emlyn Williams), produced 13-18 Apr 1942.
* Ringmaster, by Keith Winter, produced 20-25 Apr 1942.
* The importance of being earnest, by Oscar Wilde, produced 27 Apr - 02 May 1942.
* Mademoiselle, produced by Jacques Deval, produced 04-09 May 1942.
* Arms and the man, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 11-16 May 1942 and starring Cyril Cusack.
* Precious Bane, by Mary Webb (adapted by Edward Lewis), produced 18-23 May 1942.
* Sweeney Todd, by George Dibdin Pitt, produced 25-30 May 1942 and starring Donald Pleasence.
* The furies, by Lord Berners, produced 01-06 Jun 1942.
* Heartbreak House, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 08-13 Jun 1942.
* Love on the dole, by R Gow and W Greenwood, produced 15-20 Jun 1942.
* Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 22-27 Jun 1942.
* Distinguished gathering, by James Parish, produced 29 Jun - 04 Jul 1942.
* Candlelight, translated by Harry Graham, produced 06-11 Jul 1942.
* The ascent of F.6, by W H Auden and Christopher Isherwood, produced 13-18 Jul 1942.
* Granite, by Clemence Dane, produced 20-25 Jul 1942.
* Lot's wife, by Peter Blackmore, produced 27 Jul - 01 Aug 1942.
* Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier, produced 03-08 Aug 1942.
* Kind lady, by Edward Chodorov, produced 10-15 Aug 1942.
* The merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, produced 17-22 Aug 1942.
* Strange orchestra, by Rodney Ackland, produced 24-29 Aug 1942.
* Getting married, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 14-19 Sep 1942 and starring Arnold Ridley.
* Ladies in retirement, by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham, produced 21-26 Sep 1942.
* Yes and no, by Kenneth Horne, produced 28 Sep - 03 Oct 1942 and starring Arnold Ridley.
* They walk alone, by Max Catto, produced 12-17 Oct 1942 and starring Arnold Ridley.
* The guardsman, by Ferenc Molnap, produced 19-24 Oct 1942.
* Sheppey, by Somerset Maugham, producecd 26-31 Oct 1942 and starring Arnold Ridley.
* The seagull, by Anton Tchehov [sic], produced 02-07 Nov 1942 and starring Arnold Ridley.
* Spring meeting, by M J Farrell and J Perry, produced 09-14 Nov 1942.
* The ghost train, by Arnold Ridley, produced 16-21 Nov 1942 by, and starring, the author.
* The apple cart, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 23-28 Nov 1942 and starring Arnold Ridley.
* Rope, by Patrick Hamilton, produced 30 Nov - 05 Dec 1942.
* When we are married, by J B Priestley, produced 07-12 Dec 1942.
* Outward bound, by Sutton Vane, produecd 14-19 Dec 1942.
* Too true to be good, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 26 Dec - 02 Jan 1942.
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| Admin history | Collection accumulated by Shirley's parents and grandparents. |