£17.50
Date 21/04/1965
London Queens Theatre – Present Laughter – 1965 – Briers
An original programme from the Queens Theatre, London, dated 21 April 1965, for Noel Coward’s comedy Present Laughter. The cast includes Nigel Patrick, Richard Briers, Maxine Audley and John Lee.
The play follows the vain matinee idol Garry Essendine as his chaotic household and admirers close in before a theatre tour abroad.
With a young Richard Briers in the cast a decade before television fame, this is an excellent 1960s theatre programme for Coward collectors.
| Production | Present Laughter |
|---|---|
| Venue | Queens Theatre – London |
| Cast | Richard Briers – Nigel Patrick, Maxine Audley – John Lee |
Condition: V Good, lcr
Did you know?
- Noel Coward wrote Present Laughter in 1939, but the war delayed its first production until 1942, when Coward himself played Garry Essendine.
- Richard Briers later became a household name as Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life.
- The Queens Theatre was badly damaged by a bomb in 1940 and reopened in 1959; it was renamed the Sondheim Theatre in 2019.
SKU: T01143
