Ref NoPRG/TWV/8
CollectionTerry Weatherley Collection
TitleThe Tempest or The Enchanted Island programme
Date1959
Extent1 item
DescriptionProgramme for an Old Vic Company production of The Tempest or The Enchanted Island, adapted from Shakespeare's play by Dryden and Davenant, text edited by George Rylands, first performed at The Old Vic Theatre, London on 09 Jun 1959. The programme includes a full credit list, an image of a playbill for a production of the same play at the Victoria Theatre in 1844, contextual notes by Douglas Searle and John Lambert, and an advertisement for Olivier cigarettes.
Cast, in order of speaking: Miranda -- Natasha Parry ; Prospero -- John Phillips ; Ariel -- Jeanette Sterke ; Caliban -- Joss Ackland ; Dorinda -- Juliet Cooke ; Ventoso -- John Barcroft ; Mustacho -- Dennis Chinnery ; Stephano -- Norman Scace ; Trincalo -- Miles Malleson ; Hippolito -- Christine Finn ; Gonzalo -- Gerald James ; Alonzo -- Oliver Neville ; Antonio -- Jeremy Kemp ; Ferdinand -- Gordon Gardner ; Sycorax -- Rosalind Atkinson. Singers: First devil -- Charles West ; Second devil -- James Atkins ; Ariel, Amphitrite -- Mary Thomas ; Neptune -- Charles West ; Aeolus -- Edgar Fleet. Dancers: A devil -- Anna Paskevska ; Two spirits -- Gayrie MacSween, Maureen Moore ; Four winds -- Yemaiel Oved, Jenny Trevelyan, Ronald Reay, David Scott ; Tritons, Nerieds, Devils -- Gayrie MacSween, Maureen Moore, Anna Paskevska, Susan Salomon, Tony Bennett, Geoffrey Corser, Robert Fisher, Alex Gohar. Directed by Douglas Seale ; costumes and scenery designed by Finlay James ; choreography by Peter Wright.
PhysicalDescription18.5 x 12.6 cm pamphlet, comprising two sheets folded and centrally stapled; in black and white excepting additional lime ink on front cover. In good condition.
ArrangementChronological
Related OrganisationThe Old Vic Theatre
The Old Vic Company
Related PlaceLondon
CategoryProgrammes (theatre)
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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