| Collection | Shirley Programme Collection |
| Description | A 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. |
| Admin history | Collection accumulated by Shirley's parents and grandparents. |