| Description | Includes:
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre programmes for 1955, 1957 and 1958.
Unpublished rehearsal copy of 'Geneva' by George Bernard Shaw (June 1938) - privately printed and signed by Shaw as Sir Barry Jackson's copy. With message inside addressed from 4 Whitehall Court, SW1 (21 June 1938) - 'My dear Barry, the license has just been promised, on our undertaking that the player of Battler shall not be made up to resemble Hitler. It is at the disposal of the Birmingham Rep as and from 2nd August. I am frightfully tempted to make it the 2nd July, but I am by no means certain that Sobieniouwsky will not get in ahead of us all. G. Bernard Shaw'.
Added to this box 31/12/2014:
Unpublished rehearsal copy of 'The Apple Cart', by George Bernard Shaw (1929), and as above item is an unpublised proof copy signed and with a note to Barry jackson from George Bernard Shaw. This item featured in the REP 100 Exhibition in 2013, but had no paperwork indicateting where it came from, other than the condition report which did not indicate location etc.
International Theatre Exhibition catalogue - designs and models for the modern stage (held at Victoria & Albert Museum 03 June 1922 - 16 July 1922) [Barry Jackson's copy - he was on Selection Committee. Exhibition included exhibits by Paul Shelving e.g. Rep costume designs or models for 'The Potter's Shop', 'King Henry IV', 'Othello', 'The Witch' and designs for Queen's Theatre productions].
Also includes unsorted Rep programmes. |