Ref NoTHE/OB/PRG/THE/LDN/OVT
CollectionO'Brien Collection
TitleOld Vic Theatre programmes and flyers
Date1958-2000
Extent11 items
DescriptionMaterials pertaining to productions at the Old Vic Theatre, as follows:
* One programme for The tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare on 19 Feb 1958.
* One programme for The tempest by William Shakespeare on 29 May 1962.
* One flyer for Umabatha by Welcome Msomi, produced by Phe Zulu Theatre Company betweeen 11-23 Jul 1976.
* One programme for Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, produced by Prospect Theatre Company in 1977.
* One programme for Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw, produced by Prospect Theatre Company between 03-20 May 1977 and including a summer season brochure.
* One programme for Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, produced by Prospect Theatre Company in 1979. The programme includes a separate printed cast list, brochure for A midsummer night's dream, brochure for 'war music' and a subscription form for the Old Vic.
* One programme for Toad of Toad Hall (by A.A. Milne, a play from Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows' with music by H. Fraser-Simson) between 19 Dec 1979 - 14 Jan 1980 and including a leaflet.
* One flyer for A life by High Leonard, produced by The Abbey Theatre between 04-16 Feb 1980.
* One season brochure for Jan-May 1981, advertising the following productions: The relapse by John Vanbrugh -- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett -- Balconville by David Fennario -- Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare -- Carve your name by Michel McMillan -- The beggar's opera by John Gay
* One programme for Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, produced by the Oxford Stage Company between 29 Mar - 15 Apr 2000.
* One programme for King Lear by William Shakespeare, co-produced by English Touring Theatre and Malvern Theatre Productions on 23 Sep 2002.
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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