| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Rhinoceros', translated by Derek Prouse; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast list; includes programme with cast list and reproduced caricatures by Eugene Ionesco (author); magazine extract profile of Eugene Ionesco; also includes press and magazine photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; press cutting of a photograph of Eugene Ionesco at The Strand Theatre standing in front of the drop curtain copied from Durer's famous picture (of a rhinoceros)
Performed at The Royal Court Theatre, London, 28 Apr 1960, closing performance, 4 Jun 1960; presented by the English Stage Company; in association with Oscar Lewenstein and Wolf Mankowitz; produced, directed and designed by Orson Welles
Transferred to: The Strand Theatre, London, 8 Jun 1960, closing performance, 30 Jul 1960
America: The Longacre Theatre, New York, 9 Jan 1961; presented by Leo Kerz in association with Seven Arts Associates Corp; directed by Joseph Anthony; designed by Leo Kerz
France: Theatre de France, Paris, Mar 1960; produced by Louis Barrault; decor by Jacques Noel
Germany: The Theatre of the Nations, [Dusseldorf]; presented by Dusseldorf Schauspielhaus; produced by Karl Heinz Stroux; decor by Mario Chiari
Cast: Monica Evans, Laurence Olivier, Duncan Macrae, Henry Woolf, Margery Caldicott, Hazel Hughes, Geoffrey Dunn, Michael Bates, Will Stampe, Joan Plowright, Alan Webb, Miles Malleson, Peter Sallis, Gladys Henson, Philip Anthony, Maggie Smith, Michael Gough, Geoffrey Lumsden, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Zero Mostel, Jean Louis Barrault, Madeleine Renaud, William Sabatier, Simone Valere, Karl Maria Schley, Eva Bottcher, Joachim Teege |