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Date 31/10/1968
London Apollo Theatre – 40 Years On – 1968 John Gielgud
An original programme for 40 Years On at the Apollo Theatre, London, dated 31 October 1968, with John Gielgud, Alan Bennett, Dorothy Reynolds, Paul Eddington, Nora Nicholson, Robert Swann, Anthony Andrews and Robert Langley, with music by Carl Davis.
Alan Bennett’s first full-length play is a school play-within-a-play at Albion House, satirising half a century of English history. A landmark among 1960s theatre programmes, marking Bennett’s debut as a playwright.
| Production | 40 Years On |
|---|---|
| Venue | Apollo Theatre – London |
| Cast | John Gielgud – Alan Bennett, Dorothy Rynolds – Paul Eddington, Nora Nicholson – Robert Sawnn, Carl Davis – Anthony Andrews |
Condition: V Good, vlcr
Did you know?
- Forty Years On opened at the Apollo in 1968 with Gielgud as the retiring headmaster.
- The title comes from the Harrow School song.
- A young Anthony Andrews, later Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited, played one of the schoolboys.
SKU: T00413
