Ref NoMS 978/2/9
TitleSeasonal programmes and advance publicity material
LevelSeries
Date1913 - 1970
DescriptionIncludes:

Postcard advertising 'The Countess Cathleen', 'Admiral Guinea'/'Their Point Of View', 'Henry IV, Part 1', 'The White Cockade' (September 1913 - October 1913);

Flyer for 'Caste' (February 1915);

Flyer for 'The Silver Box', 'The Cassilis Engagement', 'A Doll's House' and 'The Master Builder' at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton (February 1915);

Flyer for 'Candida', 'The Cassilis Engagement', 'A Doll's House', 'The Silver Box', 'Return Of The Prodigal' and 'The Master Builder' at West Pier Theatre, Brighton (March 1915) (two copies);

Postcard advertising 'When The Devil Was Ill', 'The Fountain', 'Twelfth Night', triple bill of a play by Chekov, 'Her Proper Pride' and 'The Storm', and 'The Charity That Began At Home' (February 1916 - March 1916);

Flyer for 'Chains' (April 1915);

Flyer for John Drinkwater giving readings of his poems (October 1918);

Flyer to advertise performances celebrating 356th anniversary of the birth of Shakespeare - 'Loves' Labours Lost', 'Othello' and 'Much Ado About Nothing' (April 1920) (three copies);

Flyer for 'The Importance Of Being Earnest', 'Change', 'The Romantic Young Lady' and 'Cosi Fan Tutte' (Spring 1921);

Autumn programme (September 1921 - October 1921);

Flyer for 'Therese Raquin', 'Getting Married', 'The Importance Of Being Earnest' and 'The Romantic Young Lady' (November 1921 - December 1921) (two copies);

Booklet 'The Players' - photos and performance history, inclusding images of Barry Jackson, H.K. Ayliffe, Cedric Hardwicke, Scott Sunderland, Maud Gill, Isabel Thornton (Spring 1923) (three copies);

Flyer for 'Misalliance' (November 1922);

Handout for Rep at The Regent, King's Cross performing 'The Immortal Hour';
Flyer for 'The Foundations' (1923?) (two copies);

Flyer for 'Fan-Tan' with photos of actors (August 1922);

Flyer for Bach's Passion Of Our Lord (Good Friday 14 April 1922?);

Flyer for Spring season (April 1922) - 'A Woman Killed With Kindness', 'The Rivals', 'Twelfth Night';

Flyer for Spring season (February 1922 - March 1922) - 'Ghosts', 'The Rivals', 'The New Morality' (three copies);

Flyer for 'The Immortal Hour' (January 1922 - February 1922);

Advertising song and piano recital Saturday 18 February (1922?) with Gwen-Ffrangcon-Davies, John Goss & Reginald Paul;

Postcard for performances of 'Abraham Lincoln', 'Heartbreak House', 'The Farmer's Wife', 'The Language Of Birds', 'Cymbeline', 'The Duenna', 'Mary Stuart' and 'Opera' (February 1923 - June 1923);

Spring programme for The Rep in Birmingham, on tour and in London, Brighton, Wolverhampton, Buxton, New Brighton, Harrogate, Scarborough, Sheffield, Cambridge, Bristol, Manchester (1923);

Advertising Bernard Shaw Festival (October 1923) - 'Back To Methuselah', 'Getting Married' and 'Heartbreak House' (three copies);

Flyer for 'The Farmer's Wife';

Postcard for September 1924 to December 1924 programme (two copies);

Provisional list of plays for Autumn season 1924 - explaining special circumstances connected with closing down the theatre, canvassing, needing three-quarters capacity booked if going to continue, securing an adequate audience for every performance;

Postcard flyers for 'The Duenna' (December 1924);

Postcard for 'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (November 1924) and 'Devonshire Cream' (1924);

Advertising 'The Farmer's Wife' - now approaching 400th performance at Royal Court, London and 100th performance in New York;

Programme for 'The Farmer's Wife' including press quotes and photos of actors (1925);

Spring season (1925); Autumn season (1925); Postcard for 'Jane's Legacy' (October - November 1925);

Hamlet (November 1925);

Postcard for 'The Farmer's Wife' (1925);

Postcard for Spring season (1926);

'He Who Gets Slapped' (February - March 1926);

Autumn season (1926);

Promotional letter explaining 'Expressionist' (19 October 1927);

Small booklet for Spring season (1928) (three copies);

'Back To Methuselah' at Royal Court Theatre (March - April 1928) (two copies);

'Harold' at Royal Court Theatre (March - April 1928);

Small booklet for Autumn season (1928);

'The Apple Cart' (December 1929 - January 1930) [poor condition];

Small booklet for Spring season (1930);

Small booklet for Autumn Season (1930);

'The Barretts Of Wimpole Street'(June 1931);

Spring season (1931);

Autumn 1931 including note on changing approach to programme;

'Ten Nights In A Bar Room' (1932);

Spring programme (1933);

Booklet for short season of plays by The Rep at Palace Theatre, Manchester;

'1066 And All That' (Christmas 1934);

Spring season (1939) with comments by Barry Jackson;

Birmingham Open Air Theatre 'Plays In The Park' (1941) - Basil C. Langton's Travelling Players;

'Jacob' - Vic Theatre production at Rep (June 1942);

Russian ballets (June 1942);

Postcard for 'Twelfth Night' (15 February ?);

Spring programme (1947); Spring programme (1948);

Postcard for British Theatre Group 'No Tress In The Street' (28 June 1948);

Autumn season (1948);

'The Bears Of Bay-Rum' (21 December 1948);

Spring and Summer (1949); Autumn (1949);

Christmas production 'Doctor's Delight' (1949);

Spring/Summer (1950); Autumn (1950);

Ballet Rambert (August 1950);

Christmas production 'The Blue Bird' (1950);

Spring & Summer season (1951);

Flyer and programme for Salzburg Marionettes (July 1951);

'Cilli Wang' (06 August 1951);

Autumn season (1951);

Christmas production 'Beauty And The Beast' (1951);

Spring & Summer 1952; Spring 1952 season ticket;

July 1952 - The Rep at The Old Vic ('Henry VI Part 3');

August 1952 (three copies); Autumn 1952 (seven copies);

Autumn 1952 season ticket; Christmas production 1952 (seven copies);

Spring & Summer 1953 (six copies);

Autumn 1953 (two copies); Spring & Summer 1954;

March 1954 - invitation to BBC televised excerpt of 'Yellow Sands' at The Rep;

August 1954 - Ballet Rambert;

Autumn 1954 (three copies); Christmas 1954; Spring & Summer 1955;

Spring 1955 - Birmingham Rep Playgoer's Society;

Autumn 1955;

Christmas 1955; Spring & Summer 1956;

Festival de Paris programme including The Rep (two copies);

Festival de Paris schedule (10 copies);

July 1956 - Criterion Theatre production of 'Waiting For Godot (five copies);

July 1956 - Phoenix Theatre Group 'Samson Agonistes' (seven copies);

July 1956 - George Bernard Shaw 100th anniversary at The Old Vic including The Rep's 'Caesar And Cleopatra' (nine copies); Autumn 1956 (six copies); Autumn 1957;

Spring & Summer 1958 (nine copies); Autumn 1958 (two copies);

Card for three Elizabethan rarities (September 1958);

Card for 'Fear Came To Supper' (October 1958);

Card for 'When We Are Married' (November 1958);

Card for 'Hamlet' (February 1959);

Card for 'The Elder Statesman' (March 1959);

Card for 'The Kidders' (April 1959);

Card for 'The Duenna' (May 1959);

Card for 'Who's Who' (June 1959);

Card for 'The Importance Of Being Earnest' and 'The Living Room' (June/July 1959);

Card for 'The Long And The Short And The Tall' (October 1959);

Card for 'Poor Man's Miracle', 'You Can't Take It With You', 'The Enchanted Forest' (November/December 1959);

Autumn season 1959 (15 copies);

Flyer for 'The Thorn In The Flesh' Theatre 33 (August 1959);

Card for 'The School For Scandal' (April 1960);

Flyer for 'The Three Cavaliers' (December 1960);

Spring season 1961 (nine copies);

Summer season 1961 (nine copies);

Autumn season 1961 (nine copies);

Autumn & Winter 1961 (nine copies);

Spring 1962 (10 copies);

Summer 1962 (nine copies);

July 1962 (six copies);

Autumn 1962;

Christmas 1962 (three copies);

Christmas 1963;

Spring season 1964;

Spring season 1965 (three copies);

Autumn season 1965 (five copies);

Spring season 1966 (two copies);

Summer 1 season (1966) (four copies);

Summer 2 season (1966) (two copies);

Autumn & Christmas (1966) (five copies);

Autumn 1967; Summer 1968 (two copies);

Autumn and Christmas 1968;

Spring 1 (1969) (two copies);

Spring 2 (1969);

November/December 1970 (two copies).
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