London Kings Head Theatre – The Erpingham Camp – 1973

About this The Erpingham Camp theatre programme

An original programme for Joe Orton’s The Erpingham Camp at the Kings Head Theatre, London, from 1973. Peter Vaughan led the cast, with Patrick Waldon, Rosalyn Elvin, Brian Capron, Olga Lowe and Alan Cheesman, in Orton’s savage satire of a holiday camp descending into riot, inspired by Euripides’ The Bacchae. A scarce piece of fringe theatre memorabilia from London’s famous pub theatre.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• The Erpingham Camp was first broadcast as a television play in 1966 before being staged at the Royal Court in 1967.
• Peter Vaughan is remembered as Grouty in Porridge and Maester Aemon in Game of Thrones.
• The King’s Head in Islington, founded in 1970, is often called London’s first pub theatre since Shakespeare’s day.