| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Lark', translated by Christopher Fry; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; includes programme with cast list 1955; printed flyer on front cover and inside programme 1955; magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; mentions that both the author of this play, Jean Anouilh, and G. Bernard Shaw used the official text of the Rouen trial of Joan of Arc when writing their plays
Performed at The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 11 May 1955, closing performance, 13 Aug 1955; presented by Tennent Productions Ltd; directed by Peter Brook; scenery and costumes based on designs by Jean-Denis Malcles; The Opera House, Manchester, 28 Mar 1955
America: The Longacre Theatre, New York, 17 Nov 1955 - [May] 1956; adapted by Lillian Hellman; directed by Joseph Anthony; settings by Jo Mielziner
Casts: Richard Johnson, Laurence Naismith, Dorothy Tutin, Peter Duguid, Alexis France, Barry MacGregor, Leon McKern, Michael Goodliffe, Michael David, David Bird, Churton Fairman, Hazel Penwarden, Catherine Feller, Donald Pleasance, Lucienne Hill, John Gill, Peter Cellier, David Spenser, George Murcell, Gareth Jones, Norman Scace, Suzanne Flon, Julie Harris, Boris Karloff, Theodore Bikel, Christopher Plummer, Joseph Wiseman, Paul Roebling |