Ref NoPRG/SHIR/OXF/PLA/5
CollectionShirley Programme Collection
Title1945
Date1945
Extent24 items
Description24 programmes for productions at the Oxford Playhouse in 1945, as follows:
* Winterset, by Maxwell Anderson, produced 08-13 Jan 1945.
* Musical chairs, by Ronald MacKenzie, produced 15-20 Jan 1945.
* Tony draws a horse, by Lesley Storm, produced 22-27 Jan 1945.
* The school for scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, produced 05-10 Feb 1945 and starring Joan Greenwood.
* The sacred flame, by Somerset Maugham, produced 19-24 Feb 1945.
* The doll's house, by Henrik Ibsen, produced 26 Feb - 03 Mar 1945 and starring Joan Greenwood.
* Three men on a horse, by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott, produced 05-10 Mar 1945.
* Pride and prejudice, by Jane Austen (adapted by Helen Jerome), produced 12-17 Mar 1945 and starring Joan Greenwood.
* Rosmersholm, by Henrik Ibsen, produced 09-14 Apr 1945.
* The breadwinner, by Somerset Maugham, produced 16-21 Apr 1945 and starring Kenneth Griffiths.
* This happy breed, by Noel Coward, produced 04-09 Jun 1945.
* The devil's disciple, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 11-16 Jun 1945.
* Saloon bar, by Frank Harvey, produced 18-23 Jun 1945.
* She stoops to conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith, produced 24-29 Sep 1945.
* The wild duck, by Henrik Ibsen, produced 15-20 Oct 1945.
* Give me yesterday, by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham, produced 22-27 Oct 1945.
* The doctor's dilemma, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 29 Oct - 10 Nov 1945.
* They knew what they wanted, by Sydney Howard, produced 12-17 Nov 1945.
* The three daughters of Monsieur Dupont, by Eugene Brieux, produced 19-24 Nov 1945.
* John Gabriel Borkman, by Henrik Ibsen, produced 26 Nov - 01 Dec 1945 and starring Max Adrian.
* Juno and the Paycock, by Sean O'Casey, produced 03-08 Dec 1945.
* Good King Charles' golden days, by George Bernard Shaw, produced 10-15 Dec 1945.
* Without the prince, by Philip King, produced 17-22 Dec 1945.
* Charley's aunt, by Brandon Thomas, produced 26 Dec 1945 - 05 Jan 1946.
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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