£37.50
Date 20/09/1938
Liverpool Royal Court Theatre – The Corn Is Green – 1938
An original programme for Emlyn Williams’s The Corn Is Green at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, dated 20 September 1938.
The cast includes Christine Silver, Frederick Lloyd, Wyniford Morse, Frank Dunlop, Jack Glyn and Betty Jardine.
The drama follows the determined schoolteacher Miss Moffat, who opens a school in a Welsh mining village and helps a gifted young miner win a place at Oxford.
A programme from the year the play first appeared, this is a fine example of old theatre programmes from the late 1930s.
| Production | The Corn Is Green |
|---|---|
| Venue | Royal Court Theatre – Liverpool |
Condition: V Good, Vlcr, slrs
Did you know?
- The play is largely autobiographical: Emlyn Williams was a Welsh boy whose teacher helped him win a scholarship to Oxford.
- Bette Davis starred as Miss Moffat in the 1945 Hollywood film.
- Katharine Hepburn played the role in a 1979 television film directed by George Cukor.
SKU: T01731
