£22.50
Date 05/01/1953
Brighton Theatre Royal – The White Carnation – 1953
An original theatre programme for The White Carnation at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, dated 5 January 1953. The cast includes Meriel Forbes, Lockwood West, John Greenwood, Peter Wigzell, Gillian Howell and John Boxer.
The White Carnation is a ghost play by R.C. Sherriff, the dramatist best known for Journey’s End. This copy also comes with two used theatre tickets from the performance.
Programmes from the Theatre Royal Brighton chart decades of touring and pre-West End productions, and this early 1950s example, complete with its tickets, is a lovely piece of theatre memorabilia for collectors of old theatre programmes.
| Production | The White Carnation |
|---|---|
| Venue | Theatre Royal – Brighton |
| Cast | John Greenwood – Peter Wigzell, Gillian Howell – John Boxer, Lockwood West – Meriel Forbes |
Condition: V Good, Vlcr, slrs
Did you know?
- R.C. Sherriff wrote Journey’s End (1928), drawing on his own experience as an officer on the Western Front.
- Meriel Forbes was married to Sir Ralph Richardson from 1944 until his death in 1983.
- Lockwood West was the father of actor Timothy West and grandfather of Samuel West.
SKU: T01432
