£32.50
Date 15/12/1953
Manchester Opera House – South Pacific 1953 – Sean Connery
An original programme for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific at the Opera House, Manchester, dated 15 December 1953. The cast includes Sean Connery, Shirley Emery, Chick Alexander, Stanley Beard, Brenda Barker and Colin Croft.
Connery joined the touring company of South Pacific in 1953, years before he found fame as James Bond.
Programmes listing future film stars in their earliest stage roles are highly prized, making this an outstanding example of old theatre programmes.
| Production | South Pacific |
|---|---|
| Venue | Opera House – Manchester |
| Cast | Sean Connery – Shirley Emery, Chick Alexander – Stanley Beard, Brenda Barker – Colin Croft |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr
Did you know?
- Sean Connery competed in the 1953 Mr Universe contest in London, around the time he joined South Pacific.
- South Pacific won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was based on James A. Michener’s Tales of the South Pacific.
- The Manchester Opera House opened in 1912 as the New Theatre.
SKU: T01691
