£17.50
Date 30/12/1970
London National Theatre – Mrs Warren's Profession – 1970
An original theatre programme for George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s Profession at the National Theatre, London, dated 30 December 1970.
The cast includes Coral Browne, Sarah Badel, Edward Hardwicke, Bill Fraser, Ronald Pickup and Paul Curran in Shaw’s provocative drama of a Cambridge-educated daughter who discovers how her mother made her fortune.
Programmes from the National Theatre’s early years, when the company was still based at the Old Vic, are appealing pieces of theatre memorabilia for Shaw collectors.
| Production | Mrs Warren's Profession |
|---|---|
| Venue | National Theatre – London |
| Cast | Sarah Badel – Edward Hardwicke, Bill Fraser – Coral Browne, Ronald Pickup – Paul Curran. |
Condition: V Good, light cfld, lcr, a few tiny cover marks, a tiny edge nick
Did you know?
- Shaw wrote the play in 1893, but it was refused a licence by the Lord Chamberlain and was not publicly performed in Britain until 1925.
- The National Theatre company was based at the Old Vic from 1963 until its South Bank building opened in 1976.
- Edward Hardwicke later played Dr Watson opposite Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock Holmes on Granada television.
SKU: T02765
