£19.50

Date 07/06/1962

London New Arts Theatre Club – Afore Night Come – 1962

An original theatre programme for Afore Night Come at the New Arts Theatre Club, London, dated 7 June 1962. The cast included Paul Dawkins, Henley Thomas, Timothy West, Henry Wolf, Honora Burke and Caroline Maud.

David Rudkin’s first play is a dark, unsettling drama set among casual fruit pickers in a Worcestershire orchard, where suspicion of a stranger ends in ritual violence.

A landmark of early 1960s new writing, making this a notable piece of theatre memorabilia.

ProductionAfore Night Come
VenueNew Arts Theatre Club – London
CastPaul Dawkins – Henley Thomas, Timothy West – Henry Wolf, Honora Burke – Caroline Maud.

Condition: V Good, lcr, a tiny nick at the top edge

Did you know?

  • Afore Night Come was staged in 1962 as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s experimental season at the Arts Theatre.
  • David Rudkin later wrote the cult BBC television play Penda’s Fen (1974).
  • Timothy West was at the very start of a long career that would include celebrated performances as King Lear and Churchill.

SKU: T02857