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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/3883
Title'A Pair of Spectacles' by Sydney Grundy
Extent1 file
Date1917-1949
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'A Pair of Spectacles', adapted from the French of E. Labiche and Delacour; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; typescript inside front cover gives cast list and dates

Performed at The Westminster Theatre, London, 21 Dec 1931, closing performance, 16 Jan 1932; also performed on 1 Feb 1932 with closing performance, 13 Feb 1932; presented by Anmer Hall; produced by Tyrone Guthrie; The Arts Theatre, London, 4 Jan 1949; presented by the Great Newport Theatre Committee Ltd; produced by Alec Clunes; setting by Fanny Taylor
Originally at: The Garrick Theatre, London, 22 Feb 1890 and the Wyndhams Theatre, London, 1 Sep 1917; presented by Gerald du Murier

Casts: John Hare, Gerald du Maurier, Anmer Hall, Henry Ainley, Alan Trotter, Robert Eddison, Evan John, Edwin Morton, D. Morland Graham, Joan Harben, Isobel Scaife, Athene Seyler, Denys Blakelock, David Bird, Robert Rieetty, David Markham, Avice Landone, Wenda Rogerson, Beryl Wynter, Richard Wordsworth, Morris Sweden, Willoughby Goddard, Ian Emmerson
Access StatusOpen

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