£27.50
Date 1962
Chichester Festival Theatre First Season Pack + Laurence Olivier
A pack from the first season of the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1962, containing 2 programmes, a ticket, flyers and other items.
The company included Fay Compton, Joan Plowright, Sybil Thorndike, Michael Redgrave, Laurence Olivier and Keith Mitchel, an extraordinary ensemble assembled by Olivier as the theatre’s first artistic director.
Material from the very first Chichester season is of real historic importance, making this a superb set of theatre programmes and theatre memorabilia.
| Production | First Season Pack |
|---|---|
| Venue | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| Cast | Fay Compton – Joan Plowright, Sybil Thorndike – Michael Redgrave, Laurence Olivier – Keith Mitchel. |
Condition: V Good, vlcr
Did you know?
- Chichester Festival Theatre opened in July 1962, the idea of local optician Leslie Evershed-Martin.
- The first season’s Uncle Vanya, with Olivier and Redgrave, was hailed as one of the great Chekhov productions.
- Olivier’s Chichester company became the nucleus of the new National Theatre, founded the following year.
SKU: T03249
