£24.50
Only 2 left in stock
Date 02/06/1952
Bristol Theatre Royal – A Penny For A Song – 1952
An original theatre programme for A Penny For A Song at the Theatre Royal, Bristol, dated 2 June 1952. The cast includes William Squire, Norman Tyrrell, Michael Bennett, Robin Lloyd, Dorothy Reynolds and Jane Chapman.
John Whiting’s gentle comedy is set on the Dorset coast in 1804. An eccentric squire prepares to fight off a Napoleonic invasion by disguising himself as Bonaparte.
A lovely Bristol Old Vic example of 1950s old theatre programmes.
| Production | A Penny For A Song |
|---|---|
| Venue | Theatre Royal – Bristol |
| Cast | William Squire – Norman Tyrrell, Michael Bennett – Robin Lloyd, Dorothy Reynolds – Jane Chapman. |
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Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, slrs
Did you know?
- A Penny for a Song was first staged in London in 1951, directed by Peter Brook.
- John Whiting later wrote The Devils (1961), based on Aldous Huxley’s The Devils of Loudun.
- Richard Rodney Bennett turned the play into an opera in 1967.
SKU: T02663
