Record

LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/241
Title'The Relapse' by John Vanbrugh
Extent1 file
Date1947-1948
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Relapse' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast; includes printed flyer with cast list and photographs of cast members [1947[1948]; magazine extracts with photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; magazine extract relating to the author, the story and the history of the play

Performed at The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 16 Dec 1947; presented by Tennent Plays Ltd in association with the Arts Council; directed by Anthony Quayle; settings and costumes by Jeanetta Cochrane; music composed and arranged by Leslie Bridgewater
Transferred to: The Phoenix Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London, 28 Jan 1947, closing performance (252nd) 4 Sep 1948; The Royal Theatre, Brighton, 1 Dec 1947
America: The Morosco Theatre, New York, [post 1948]; presented by the Theatre Guild and the Brattle (Repertory) Theatre Company; directed by Cyril Ritchard (with acknowledgment to Anthony Quayle)

Cast: Anthony Ireland, Audrey Fildes, Paul Scofield, Hamlyn Benson, Richard Wordsworth, Frederick Bennett, Sheila Helpmann, Bertram Shuttleworth, Esmond Knight, Jessie Evans, Wynne Clarke, Edward Burnham, David Bird, Tristram Butt, Elizabeth Jeppe, Anthony Viccars, Nicholas Meredith, Ronald Taylor, Bruce Vanderpoye, Madge Elliott, Cyril Ritchard, John Emery, Ruth Matteson
Access StatusOpen

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