| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'An Italian Straw Hat', adapted from the French of Eugene Labiche; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; a magazine feature on the French author Eugene Labiche
Performed at The Old Vic Theatre, London, 18 Nov 1952; presented by the Old Vic Trust Ltd; produced by Denis Carey; designed by Roger Furse; music composed and arranged by Mark Lubbock
[Originally at]: The Arts Theatre Club, London, 19 Apr 1945; presented by the Arts Theatre Group of Actors; produced by George Howe; setting by Fanny Taylor
Revived at: The Theatre Royal, Stratford, London, 22 Nov 1955; adapted by Theodore Hoffman; presented by the Theatre Workshop; directed by Joan Littlewood; settings by Claude Marks; music by Andre Cadou
Casts: Jane Wenham, Wolfe Morris, William Squire, Laurence Payne, John Philips, Yvonne Coulette, Newton Blick, Gudrun Ure, Michael Reddington, Noel Dyson, Paul Rogers, Barbara Cavan, John Warner, George Murcell, Barbara Grimes, Peter Finch, Denis Raymond, John Breslin, Marjorie Field, Peter Jones, Natasha Sokolova, Gibb McLaughlan, Helen Cross, Geoffrey Dunn, Morris Sweden, Sheila Burrell, Richard Hannam, Anthony Davies, Peta Shelley, Cameron Hall, Gordon Davies, Nadia Radowitz, Michael Allen, George Cooper, Wenda Horsburgh, Elizabeth Fry, John Garside, Maxwell Shaw, Robert Gillespie, Brian Murphy, Peter Bridgmont, Howard Goorney, Gertan Klauber, Gerard Dynevor, Michael Ivan, Shirley Teague, Olive Macfarland, Avis Bunnage, Veronica Wells, Barbara Brown, Donald Anderson, Coral Dent, Peggy Soundy, Joan Grayson, Ivy Cooper, Kathleen Wakeling, Clive Barker |