£42.50
Date 1928 ?
London Royal Court Theatre – The Adding Machine – 1928 L Olivier
A theatre programme for The Adding Machine at the Royal Court Theatre, London, from 1928. The cast list includes a young Laurence Olivier alongside Basil Dyne, Frank Randell and Robert Lang.
Elmer Rice’s expressionist play follows Mr Zero, a downtrodden bookkeeper replaced by a machine, and was a bold choice for the London stage of the day.
Programmes showing Olivier at the very start of his career are highly sought after, making this a superb piece of theatre memorabilia for collectors of British stage history.
| Production | The Adding Machine |
|---|---|
| Venue | Royal Court Theatre – London |
| Cast | Laurence Olivier – Basil Dyne, Frank Randell – Robert Lang |
Condition: V Good, lcfld, lcr, tiny ni on bottom right corner only
Did you know?
- Elmer Rice’s The Adding Machine was first produced in New York in 1923 and is one of the best-known American expressionist plays.
- Laurence Olivier was in his early twenties in 1928, a year before his first West End success and long before he became the first director of the National Theatre.
- The Royal Court in Sloane Square later became famous as the home of the English Stage Company, which staged Look Back in Anger there in 1956.
SKU: T00619
