| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Chalk Garden' with photographs of members of the cast; includes programme with cast list and typescript dates; extract from 'Plays and Players' gives photographs of cast members and of script of play; also includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play
Performed at The Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 12 Apr 1956, closing performance, 9th Nov 1957; presented by Tennent Productions Ltd in association with Irene Mayer Selznick; directed by John Gielgud; decor by Reece Pemberton; costumes by Sophie Harris
On tour: 1958: The Arts Theatre, Cambridge; The Grand Theatre, Blackpool
America: The Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 26 Oct 1955; presented by Irene Mayer Selznick; staging by Albert Marre
Casts: Peggy Ashcroft, George Rose, Ruth Lodge, Janet Burnell, Judith Stott, Edith Evans, Mavis Walker, Rachel Gurney, Felix Aylmer, Pamela Brown, Gladys Cooper, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Fay Compton, Valerie White, Karal Gardner, Allan Jeayes, David Evans, Ruth Trouncer, Rose Power, Cicely Hullett, Gwen Hill, Fritz Weaver, Percy Waram, Marian Seldes, Betsy von Furstenburg, Siobhan McKenna, Patricia Kennedy, Gordon Chater |