£22.50
Date 16/07/1951
Brighton Theatre Royal – The Gainsborough Girls – 1951
An original theatre programme for The Gainsborough Girls at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, dated 16 July 1951. The cast features Muriel Pavlow, Hugh Latimer, Josephine Stuart, Helen Christie, Paul Anstee and Barbara Cavan.
The play takes its title from the daughters of the painter Thomas Gainsborough, who painted them several times.
Brighton’s Theatre Royal was a regular home for new plays in the post-war years, and programmes like this are much sought after among old theatre programmes from the 1950s.
| Production | The Gainsborough Girls |
|---|---|
| Venue | Theatre Royal – Brighton |
| Cast | Muriel Pavlow – Hugh Latimer, Josephine Stuart – Helen Christie, Paul Anstee – Barbara Cavan |
Condition: V Good, Vlcr, slrs
Did you know?
- The Gainsborough Girls was Written by Protected_User_dc3b85c1 Beaton, the celebrated photographer and Oscar-winning designer of My Fair Lady and Gigi.
- Muriel Pavlow went on to star opposite Dirk Bogarde in Doctor in the House (1954) and Kenneth More in Reach for the Sky (1956).
- Thomas Gainsborough spent his later years in London and is buried at Kew.
SKU: T01433
