Ref NoTHE/OB/PRG/THE/LDN/OPA
CollectionO'Brien Collection
TitleOpen Air Theatre programmes and flyers
Date1958-2000
Extent31 items
DescriptionMaterials pertaining to productions at the Open Air Theatre, as follows:
* One programme for the Ariel Theatre Company production of As you like it by William Shakespeare in 1958.
* One programme for the Ariel Theatre Company production of The taming of the shrew by William Shakespeare in 1958.
* One programme for the Bankside Players production of Twelfth night by William Shakespeare in 1959.
* One programme for the Bankside Players production of The tempest by William Shakespeare in 1960.
* One programme for A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare on 04 Jun 1962.
* One programme for the Ludlow Festival production of Twelfth night by William Shakespeare on 11 Jul 1962.
* One programme for Love's labour's lost by William Shakespeare on 21 Aug 1962.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company production of A misdummer night's dream by William Shakespeare on 17 Jul 1963.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company production of King Henry the Fifth by William Shakespeare between 01 Jun - 11 Jul 1964.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company production of The taming of the shrew by William Shakespeare between 15--22 Aug 1964.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company production of As you like it by William Shakespeare in [1964].
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company production of A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare between 06 Jun - 13 Aug 1966.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company production of A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare between 02 Jun - 11 Jul 1970.
* One flyer for the New Shakespeare Company at the Open Air Theatre 1971 between 01 Jun - 22 Aug 1971 advertising the following productions: Romeo and Juliet; and, A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company production of A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare between 14 Jul - 21 Aug 1971.
* One flyer for the New Shakespeare Company at the Open Air Theatre 1973 between 01 Jun - 25 Aug 1973 advertising the following productions: Twelfth night; and, As you like it by William Shakespeare.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company production of Love's labour's lost by William Shakespeare between 21 Jul - 28 Aug 1976.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company productions of William Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream and Bernard Shaw's The man of destiny; and, The dark lady of the sonnets between 29 May - 26 Aug 1978.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company productions of William Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream; and, Twelfth night, and Bernard Shaw's O'Flaherty V.C.; and, Overruled between 28 May - 25 Aug 1979.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company productions of William Shakespeare's Much ado about nothing; and, A midsummer night's dream, and Bernard Shaw's Androcles and the lion on 23 Aug 1980.
* One flyer for the New Shakespeare Company at the Open Air Theatre 1984 between Jun-Aug 1984 advertising the following productions: The merry wives of Windsor; and, A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company productions of William Shakespeare's The merry wives of Windsor; and, A midsummern ight's dream, and Bashville (music by Denis King and lyrics by Benny Green, adaptation by David William and Benny Green, from the play by Bernard Shaw) on 25 Aug 1984.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company productions of William Shakespeare's Twelfth night; and, A midsummer night's dream, and Ring roudn the moon by Jean Anouilh, translated by Christopher Fry with music by Richard Addinsell on 31 Aug 1985.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company productions of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet; and A midsummer night's dream, and Bernard Shaw's Arms and the man on 06 Sep 1986.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company productions of William Shakespeare's Much ado about nothing; and, Julius Caesar, and The fantasticks (book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt) in 1990.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company productions of William Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream; and, Macbeth, and The boys from Syracuse (music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, book by George Abbott, based on The comedy of errors by William Shakespeare) on 07 Sep 1991.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company productions of William Shakespeare's Richard III; and, A midsummer night's dream, and The music man (music and lyrics by Meredith Willson, libretto by Meredith Willson, from a story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey) on 09 Sep 1995.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company productions of William Shakespeare's The comedy of errors; and, The tempest, and Paint your wagon (music by Frederick Loewe, libretto and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner) on 09 Sep 1996.
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company productions on 04 Sep 1999: The merry wives of Windsor; and, Twelfth night by William Shakespeare -- A funny thing happened on the way to the forum (book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) -- The last fattybottypuss in the world (book and lyrics by Chris Burgess, music by Sarah Travis).
* One programme for the New Shakespeare Company productions on 09 Sep 2000: Much ado about nothing; and, A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare -- The pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan -- Alice, an adventure in wonderland by Charles Way adapted from the books by Lewis Carroll.
ArrangementChronological
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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