Ref NoPRG/SHIR/TOUR
CollectionShirley Programme Collection
TitleTouring Companies
Datec. 1940s
Extent12 items
DescriptionA selection of programmes for productions by touring companies, many associated or affiliated with C.E.M.A.
* Medea, by Euripides, translated by Gilbert Murray, produced by The Old Vic Theatre for the Old Vic Tour (under the auspices of C.E.M.A.) in Spring 1942.
* Arms and the man, by Bernard Shaw, produced by The Adelphi Players First Company, c. 1943-1944?
* Twelfth night, by William Shakespeare, produced by The Adelphi Players First Company in association with C.E.M.A, c. 1944-1945?
* Shadow and substance, by Paul Vincent Carroll, produced by The Adelphi Players First Company in association with C.E.M.A, c. 1944-1945?
* Dierdre of the sorrows, by J. M. Synge, produced by The Adelphi Players First Company in association with C.E.M.A, c. 1944-1945?
* The school for scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, produced by C.E.M.A. Play Tours, c. 1946-1947?
* The corn is green, by Emlyn Williams, produced by C.E.M.A. Play Tours, c. 1946-1947?
* The importance of being earnest, by Oscar Wilde, produced by The Regent Company for C.E.M.A. Play Tours, date unknown.
* Candida, by George Bernard Shaw, produced by The Pilgrim Players, affiliated with C.E.M.A., date unknown.
* Eden End, by J. B. Priestley, produced by The Wilfred Babbage COmpany for C.E.M.A., date unknown.
* XVth-XIXth Century Drama, a programme of four plays: The Fall of Man, a XVth century Mystery Play -- The strolling clerk from paradise, by Hans Sachs, translated by Philip Wayne -- Harlequinade, in the style of the Commedia dell'Arte -- The bear, by Anton Tchekov [sic], translated by Constance Garnet, produced by The Compass Players, c. 1940s?
* Happy and glorious, by Wilfred Walter, produced by Travelling Theatre, date unknown.
PhysicalDescriptionTheatre programmes
Admin historyCollection accumulated by Shirley's parents and grandparents.
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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