£18.50
Date 30/01/1958
London Comedy Theatre – Cat On A Hot Tin Roof – 1958
An original theatre programme for Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at the Comedy Theatre, London, dated 30 January 1958.
The cast is led by Kim Stanley and Paul Massie, with Bee Duffell and Vanessa Petty, in a production directed by a young Peter Hall, who would go on to found the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Williams’ Southern family drama remains one of the great American plays, and this programme is a superb piece of 1950s West End history for anyone collecting old theatre programmes.
| Production | Cat On A Hot Tin Roof |
|---|---|
| Venue | Comedy Theatre – London ? |
| Cast | Kim Stanley – Paul Massie, Bee Duffell – Vanessa Petty, Directed by Peter Hall |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, nof
Did you know?
- Cat On A Hot Tin Roof won Tennessee Williams the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955.
- Because the Lord Chamberlain objected to its themes, the London production was staged under private club conditions, with the Comedy Theatre operating as the New Watergate Theatre Club.
- The Comedy Theatre opened in 1881 and was renamed the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2011.
SKU: T00928
