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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/298
Title'Richard II' by William Shakespeare
Extent1 file
Date1947-[1948]
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Richard II' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast; includes magazine extracts with photographs of cast members in scenes from the play

Performed at The New Theatre, London, 23 Apr 1947, closing performance, 31 May 1947; presented by Bronson Albery and the Joint Council of the National Theatre in association with the Arts Council and the Old Vic Theatre Company; produced by Ralph Richardson; decor by Michael Warre; music by Herbert Menges
Revived at: The New Theatre, London, [18] Nov 1947, closing performance, 29 Jan [1948]; presented by the Old Vic Theatre Company; produced by Ralph Richardson; The Lyceum Theatre, [Hammersmith], Sep 1947

Casts: Alec Guinness, Ralph Richardson, Harry Adrews, Nicholas Hannen, Peter Copley, Margaret Leighton, Rosalind Atkinson, Cecil Winter, Michael Warre, John Garley, Michael Raghan, George Rose, Frank Duncan, David Kentish, Ewan Roberts, Jordan Lawrence, Janet Joye, Kenneth Edwards, Lewis Casson, George Relph, Renee Asherson, Bernard Miles, Norma Shebbeare, Penelope Munday
Access StatusOpen

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