| Description | Photographs of opening of British Theatre Exhibition at Bingley Hall (23 May 1949 - 18 June 1949):
Dame Sybil Thorndike (being presented with flowers) and Lady Mayoress of Birmingham ( Mrs J. Burman);
Three photos of group on stage (reconstruction of Elizabethan Theatre at Bingley Hall) with Lord Mayor, Barry Jackson, Lady Mayoress, Sir Lewis Casson, Thorndike, Lord Iliffe; plus same group standing and posing for photo;
Casson and unidentified man looking at set model;
Thorndike and unidentified man looking at set model;
Thorndike and Casson with woman working on painting;
Jackson and Thorndike looking at David Garrick's costume for 'Richard III';
Casson and Thorndike watching Waldo Lanchester operating one of his marionettes;
Lanchester operating marionettes watched by visitor to the exhibition;
Margaret Leighton and unidentified man looking at models of armed forces personnel;
Leighton and Jackson looking at The Rep's display at the exhibition;
Leighton signing autographs, watched by Jackson and others;
Leighton, Jackson and unidentified man looking at display;
Dame Irene Vanbrugh signing her book 'To Tell My Story' for Miss Elizabeth Mills, secretary of the Midland Theatre Company (all photos by Birmingham Post & Mail). |