| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Ascent of F.6' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; typescript inside front cover gives cast list and dates; includes programme with cast list [1939]; printed flyer [1937]
Performed at The Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, London, 26 Feb 1937, closing performance, 17 Apr 1937; presented in association with the Group Theatre; directed by Ashley Dukes; produced by Rupert Doone; music by Benjamin Britten; costumes, masks and scenery by Robert Medley
Transferred to: The Little Theatre, London, 30 Apr 1937, closing performance, 5 Jun 1937; presented by New Mercury Ltd; produced by Rupert Doone
Revived at: The Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road, London, 27 Jun 1939, closing performance (15th) 8 Jul 1939; presented by the Group Theatre by arrangement with New Mercury Ltd; directed by Rupert Doone; music composed by Benjamin Britten; costumes, masks and scenery by Robert Medley
Casts: William Devlin, Raf de la Torre, Ruth Taylor, Erik Chitty, Edward Lexy, Barry Barnes, Norman Claridge, Peter Ashmore, Philip Thornley, Dorothy Holmes Gore, Evan John, Will Leighton, Isobel Scaife, Hedli Anderson, Stuart Latham, Noel Woolf, Alan Aldridge, Michael Lane, Robert Newport, Alec Guinness, Gyles Isham, Barbara Couper, Frederick Bennett, Ronald Adam, Arthur Macrae, Laurier Lister, Frederick Peisley, Ernest Hare, Barbara Everest, Francis James, Stephen Bate, John Moody, Helen Horsey, Stuart Latham, Nella Burra, Wallas Eaton |