£32.50
Date 01/03/1944
Cambridge Arts Theatre – Punch Without Judy – 1944
An original wartime programme for Punch Without Judy at The Cambridge Arts Theatre, dated 1 March 1944. The cast includes John Wentworth, Alec Mason, Maitland Moss, Mona Washbourne, Michael Gardner and Percy Cartwright.
During the war the Arts Theatre kept up a busy programme of plays, offering Cambridge audiences a welcome escape from wartime life.
Programmes like this capture provincial theatre in wartime, and are a rewarding strand of old theatre programmes to collect.
| Production | Punch Without Judy |
|---|---|
| Venue | The Cambridge Arts Theatre |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr
Did you know?
- Mona Washbourne later played the housekeeper Mrs Pearce in the film of My Fair Lady (1964).
- She won a BAFTA for playing the aunt of the poet Stevie Smith in the film Stevie (1978).
- The Cambridge Arts Theatre was founded by John Maynard Keynes and opened in 1936.
SKU: T01707
