(our reference # 805)
PROGRAMME : "The Tempest" (or The Enchanted Island)
WRITTEN BY : Adapted from Shakespeare's play by Dryden & Davenport (Music scor eby Henry Purcell)
VENUE
:
The Old Vic Theatre, (Royal Victoria Hall) Waterloo Road, S.E.I (London)
LICENSEE :
George Chamberlain
CHAIRMAN (Old Vic Trust) : Sir BronsonAlbery
DIRECTOR (Old Vic Company) : Michael Benthall
SEASON/PERIOD/DATE : "Purcell Tercentenary", programme printed on 08/06/1959
FEATURING : (see photo of cast list) including Natasha Perry as Miranda
Programme description
Height & width : 7¼ x 5 inches
Number of pages : 8 including covers (2 staples)
Weight
: 10 grams
Condition* : Good (see photos). "1959" handwritten in ink on the front cover.
*Notes on Programme Condition* These "Old Vic" programmes are about 60 to 70 years old and show various signs of "aging". Depending on the extent of these various imperfections, and the programmes age, we grade it as being “Very Good, Good, Moderate, Poor or Very Poor” and, if we consider it relevant, we specify significant damage.
The grading and comments are our own opinion and are not any form of “warranty”.
Please study the photos closely before bidding for, or purchasing, any programme
Notes of
possible interest :
Established in 1818 the 1000+ seat
theatre in Lambeth, London, was renamed the Royal Victoria Theatre (1833) and,
by the late 1800's, was commonly known as “The Old Vic”. The
manager from1898 was Lilian Baylis began a series of
Shakespeare productions in 1914. She also championed the rebuilding of the
derelict Sadlers Wells Theatre (between 1925 and 1931) and
established their ballet company. Lilian Baylis was the lessee and
manager of both theatres until her death in 1937. Bruce D (Digby) Worsley,
a WW1 flying ace, then became manager of both theatres until about 1940 when Tyrone Guthrie became the director of The Old Vic. The theatre was
bombed during the blitz and was closed for several years until it re-opened, as
a Grade II listed building, in 1951.
The Old Vic was the origin of many of London’s theatres and performing arts companies. Its repertory company was based at the theatre and became the core of the National Theatre in 1963. The company incorporated many of the great actors of the 1930’s to 1950’s. These included Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Charles Laughton, Peggy Ashcroft, Flora Robson, James Mason, Athene Sevier, Marius Goring, Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, Alec Guinness – and numerous others!
The National Theatre moved to its own building on the south Bank in 1976 and from the mid 1979’s The Old Vic was first the home of the Prospect Theatre Company and then the “Old Vic Youth Theatre”. In 1985 the theatre was restored, and owned, by a Toronto entrepreneur (Mirvish) who sold the building in 1998 to a charitable trust and it is now a “not-for-profit” theatre. Kevin Spacey was the artistic director from 2003 until 2015.
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