Ref NoTHE/OB/PRG/THE/RSC
CollectionO'Brien Collection
TitleRSC theatre programmes, promotional materials and periodicals
Date1962-2001
Extent90 items
DescriptionTheatre programmes for the following RSC productions:
* Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare at the Aldwych on 15 Oct 1962.
* The physicists by Friedrich Dürrenmatt ; translated by James Kirkup at the Aldwych on 09 Jan 1963.
* Eh? by Henry Livings at the Aldwych on 29 Oct 1964.
* Squire Puntila and his servant Matti by Bertold Brecht ; adapted by Jeremy Brooks from a translation by Paul Kriwaczek and Paul Lewis at the Aldwych on 15 Jul 1965.
* The thwarting of Baron Bolligrew by Robert Bolt at the Aldwych in Dec 1965.
* Henry V by William Shakespeare at the Aldwych in [1965]
* Tango by Slawomir Mrozek ; translated by Nicholas Bethell ; adapted by Tom Stoppard at the Aldwych on 25 May 1966.
* Belcher's luck by David Mercer at the Aldwych on 17 Nov 1966.
* Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen ; adapted by Denis Cannan from William Archer's translation at the Aldwych on 14 Jun 1967.
* The criminals by Jose Triana ; adapted by Adrian Mitchell at the Aldwych on 28 Sep 1967.
* Macbeth by William Shakespeare at the Aldwych on 04 Jan 1968.
* All's well that ends well by William Shakespeare at the Aldwych on 17 Jan 1968.
* Much ado about nothing by William Shakespeare at the Aldwych in 1968.
* Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett [1968]
* The fox and the fly by Ben Jonson [1968]
* The revenger's tragedy by Cyril Tourneur at the Aldwych on 27 Nov 1969.
* A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare at the Aldwych on 10 Jun 1971.
* The devil's disciple by Bermard Shaw on 08 Jul 1976.
* Coriolanus by William Shakespeare on 18 Oct 1977.
* Othello by William Shakespeare on 01 Aug 1979.
* Juno and the paycock by Sean O'Casey at the Aldwych on 01 Oct 1980.
* Hamlet by William Shakespeare at the Aldwych on 15 Sep 1981.
* Henry IV Part I and Part II by William Shakespeare at the Barbican between 07-13 May 1982.
* The winter's tale by William Shakespeare at the Barbican on 21 Jul 1982.
* Hancock's last half hour by Heathcote Williams at the Pit, Barbican [23 Feb 1983]
* Moliere or the union of hypocrites by Mikhail Bulgakov ; in a new version by Dusty Hughes, based on a literal translation by Helen Rappaport at the Barbican on 05 Sep 1983.
* Measure for measure by William Shakespeare at the Barbican on 11 Apr 1984.
* The comedy of errors by William Shakespeare at the Barbican on 02 May 1984.
* Les misérables by Victor Hugo, adapted and directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird at the Barbican on 30 Sep 1985.
* Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare at the Barbican on 01 May 1986.
* Much ado about nothing by William Shakespeare on 05 Apr 1990.
* Much ado about nothing by William Shakespeare on 05 Apr 1990.
* Love's labour's lost by William Shakespeare on 30 Aug 1990.
* The seagul by Anton Chekhov, translated by Michael Frayn on 31 Oct 1990.
* Henry IV Part I and Part II by William Shakespeare on 25 Mar 1991.
* The beggar's opera by John Gay on 26 Mar 1992.
* As you like it by William Shakespeare on 14 Apr 1992.
* Tamburlaine the Great by Christopher Marlowe on 13 Aug 1992.
* Macbeth by William Shakespeare on 11 Dec 1993.
* Henry V by William Shakespeare on 02 May 1994.
* A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare on 28 Jul 1994.
* The hostage by Brendan Behan on 08 Sep 1994.
* A Christmas carol by Charles Dickens ; adapted by John Mortimer on 28 Nov 1994.
* Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare on 30 May 1995.
* Spring awakening by Frank Wedekind ; in a new version by Ted Hughes on 02 Aug 1995.
* The Shakespeare revue devised by Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee [1995]
* The white devil by John Webster on 17 Apr 1996.
* As you like it by William Shakespeare on 18 Apr 1996.
* Macbeth by William Shakespeare on 09 May 1996.
* The merry wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare on 13 Dec 1996.
* The winter's tale by William Shakespeare on 10 Dec 1998.
* Hamlet by William Shakespeare on 31 Mar 2001.

Flyers and other promotional materials pertaining to RSC productions, as follows:
* RSC at the Aldwych (May-Aug 1965) advertising the following productions: Henry V / William Shakespeare -- The homecoming / Harold Pinter -- Puntila / Bertolt Brecht.
* RSC at the Aldwych (Jan-Feb 1968) advertising the following productions: Macbeth / William Shakespeare -- All's well that ends well / William Shakespeare -- Ghosts / Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Denis Cannan from William Archer's translation.
* RSC at the Aldwych (Feb-Mar 1968) advertising the following productions: Macbeth / William Shakespeare -- All's well that ends well / William Shakespeare -- Under Milk Wood / Dylan Thomas.
* RSC at the Aldwych (Jul-Aug 1968) advertising the following productions: Indians / Arthur Kopit -- The merry wives of Windsor / William Shakespeare -- The relapse / John Vanburgh.
* RSC at the Aldwych (Feb-Apr 1969) advertising the following productions: Dutch uncle / Simon Gray -- Adelicate balance / Edward Albee -- Julius Caesar / William Shakespeare -- The relapse / John Vanburgh -- The merry wives of Windsor / William Shakespeare
* RSC at Classic Curzon Chelsea and Classic Maida Vale on 12 Nov [1974] performing Miss Julie by August Strindberg,.
* RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon (Oct 1976-Jan 1977) advertising the following productions: Romeo and Juliet / William Shakespeare -- Much ado about nothing / William Shakespeare-- The winter's tale / William Shakespeare -- Troilus and Cressida / William Shakespeare-- The comedy of errors / William Shakespeare-- King Lear / William Shakespeare -- Macbeth / William Shakespeare-- Destiny / David Edgar -- Bingo / Edward Bond.
* RSC at the Piccadilly (Feb-Aug 1978) performing Privates on parade by Peter Nichols.
* RSC at the Donmar Warehouse (Jul-Oct 1978) advertising the following productions: Scum / Steve Gooch -- A. & R. / Pete Atkin -- The jail diary of Albie Sachs / adapted by David Edgar -- Savage amusement / Peter Flannery.
* RSC at the Aldwych (Jul-Oct 1978) advertising the following productions: The women-pirates Ann Bonney and Mary Read / Steve Gooch -- Cousin Vladimir / David Mercer -- The changeling / Thomas Middleton -- Coriolanus / William Shakespeare -- The dance of death / August Strindberg, translated by Michael Meyer.
* RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon (Oct 1978-Jan 1979) advertising the following productions: Anthony and Cleopatra / William Shakespeare -- Love's labour's lost / William Shakespeare -- Measure for measure / William Shakespeare -- The tempest / William Shakespeare -- The taming of the shrew / William Shakespeare -- Piaf / Pam Gems -- The judgement on Hippolytus / adapted by John Barton -- The shepherds' play Howard Brenton -- The Churchill play / Howard Brenton -- The merchant of Venice / William Shakespeare.
* RSC at the Donmar Warehouse (Dec 1978-Mar 1979) advertising the following productions: The hang of the gaol / Howard Barker -- Kids' Christmas show / Peter Flannery and Mick Ford -- Plays television would not do (a new series of playreadings, workshops, and discussions) -- The jail diary of Albie Sachs / adapted by David Edgar -- Look out… here comes trouble / Mary O'Malley.
* RSC at the Aldwych (Jan-Mar 1979) advertising the following productions: The Mike Leigh play -- Saratoga / Bronson Howard -- The changeling / Thomas Middleton and William Rowley -- As you like it / William Shakespeare -- Coriolanus / William Shakespeare.
* RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (Jan-Mar 1979) advertising the following productions: Wild Oats -- Concerts -- Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet -- English National Opera North -- Gigi.
* RSC at the Aldwych (Jun-Sep 1979) advertising the following productions: Once in a lifetime / George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart -- Wild oats / John O'Keefe -- Antony and Cleopatra / William Shakespeare -- Love's labour's lost / William Shakespeare -- The taming of the shrew / William Shakespeare -- The white guard / Mikhail Bulgakov, translated by Michael Glenny.
* RSC at the Donmar Warehouse ( Jun-Sep 1979) advertising the following productions: Sore throats / Howard Brenton -- Piaf / Pam Gems -- Hippolytus / David Rudkin, after Euripides -- The merchant of Venice / William Shakepseare -- The Churchill play / Howard Brenton -- The innocent / Tom McGrath.
* RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon (Jul-Nov 1979) advertising the following productions: Othello / William Shakespeare -- Julius Caesar / William Shakespeare -- The merry wives of Windsor / William Shakespeare -- Cymbeline / William Shakespeare -- Concerts -- Twelfth night / William Shakespeare -- Baal / Bertolt Brecht -- Anna Christie / Eugene O'Neill -- Three sisters / Anton Chekhov -- The suicide / Nikolai Erdman, translated by Peter Tegel -- Pericles / William Shakespeare.
* RSC book order form for Other spaces by Colin Chambers [1980]
* RSC at the Aldwych (Apr-Jun 1980) advertising the following productions: Twelfth night / William Shakespeare -- The merry wives of Windsor / William Shakespeare -- The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby / Charles Dickens, adapted by David Edgar.
* RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon (Jun-Oct 1980) advertising the following productions: Hamlet / William Shakespeare-- As you like it / William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet / William Shakespeare -- The fool / Edward Bond -- Timon of Athens / William Shakespeare -- The maid's tragedy / Beaumont and Fletcher -- The shadow of a gunman / Sean O'Casey.
* RSC at the Aldwych (Jun-Sep 1980) advertising the following productions: Twelfth night / William Shakespeare -- Othello / William Shakespeare -- The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby / Charles Dickens, adapted by David Edgar.
* RSC at the Aldwych and Donmar Warehouse (Oct-Nov 1980) advertising the following producitons: Juno and the paycock / Sean O'Casey -- The Irish play / Ron Hutchinson -- Three sisters / Anton Chekhov, translated by Richard Cottrell.
* RSC at the Aldwych (Nov 1980-Jan 1981) advertising The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby / Charles Dickens, adapted by David Edgar.
* RSC at the Donmar Warehouse (Jan-Apr 1981) advertising the following productions: Naked robots / Jonathan Green -- The Irish play / Ron Hutchinson -- Television times / Peter Prince.
* RSC at the Aldwych (Jan-Apr 1981) advertising the following productions: Passion play / Peter Nichols -- Juno and the paycock / Sean O'Casey -- The suicide / Nikolai Erdman, translated by Peter Tegel.
* RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (Feb-Mar 1981) advertising the following productions: Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet -- La belle Helene -- D'Oyly Carte Opera Company -- Scene 80.
* RSC at the Aldwych (Sep-Oct 1981) advertising the following productions: The love-girl and the innocent / Alexander Solzhenitsyn, in a new adaptation by Jeremy Brooks and Kitty Hunter-Blair -- Hamlet / William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet / William Shakespeare.
* RSC produce Brixton stories or the short and happy life of Ossie Jones by Biyi Bandele [Tricycle, 2001]
* RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon (undated) advertising the following productions: Macbeth / William Shakespeare -- Twelfth night / William Shakespeare -- Afore night come / David Rudkin -- Uncle Vanya / Anton Chekhov -- Dr Faustus / Christopher Marlowe -- Marquis von Keith / Frank Wedekind -- Richard II / William Shakespeare -- Cymbeline / William Shakespeare -- King John / William Shakespeare.
* RSC at the Aldwych (undated) advertising William Shakespeare's Henry V -- Henry IV part 1 -- Henry IV part 2
* RSC at the Aldwych (undated) advertising The pit and the gods (provisional title) by Theatregoround.
* Art order form (undated) for King Lear by Ralph Steadman.

One issue of Florish (No. 10, Winter 1967)
Five issues of the RSC Newspaper:
* Issue no. 4 Centenary season (Winter) 1975
* Issue no. 5 Spring season 1976
* Winter issue 1978
* Summer issue 1979
* Winter issue [1980]
ArrangementChronological
Related OrganisationRoyal Shakespeare Theatre
Tricycle Theatre
Donmar Warehouse
Barbican Theatre
Aldwych Theatre
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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