£24.50
Date 1946
London Criterion Theatre – The Guinea Pig – 1946
An original programme from the Criterion Theatre, London, 1946, for Warren Chetham-Strode’s The Guinea Pig, with George Bryden, Rachel Gurney, Edith Sharpe, Cecil Trouncer, Joan Hickson and Duncan Lewis.
The play tells of a working-class boy sent to an exclusive public school under a post-war scheme to open such schools to all, and the clash of class it provokes.
A timely drama of post-war Britain, this is a worthwhile piece among old theatre programmes of the 1940s.
| Production | The Guinea Pig |
|---|---|
| Venue | Criterion Theatre – London |
| Cast | George Bryden – Rachel Gurney, Edith Sharpe – Cecil Trouncer, Joan Hickson – Duncan Lewis |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, folded front cover, 1 PH
Did you know?
- The Guinea Pig was filmed in 1948 with Richard Attenborough as the scholarship boy.
- Joan Hickson later became the definitive Miss Marple in the BBC adaptations of the 1980s.
- Rachel Gurney later played Lady Marjorie Bellamy in the television drama Upstairs, Downstairs.
SKU: T01217
