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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/3264
Title'A Doll's House' by Peter Ashmore
Extent1 file
Date1953-1959
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'A Doll's House', adapted from the Norwegian of Henrik Ibsen; with photographs of members of the cast and cast lists; includes programme with cast list [1953]; cuttings mention productions of 'A Doll's House' staged in Copenhagen and Helsinki [1953]; also includes press cutting from 'The Guardian' (Nov 1959) reproduction of a review by George Bernard Shaw of 'A Doll's House' at The Novelty Theatre, 7 Jun 1889, translated by William Archer, providing information about early translations and B. G. Shaw's connection with William Archer (translator) and Janet Achurch (actress)

Performed at The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 8 Sep 1953; presented by Tennent Productions Ltd; produced by Peter Ashmore; settings and costumes by Reece Pemberton

Casts: Sylvia Syms, Mai Zetterling, Mogens Wieth, Michael Goodliffe, Rosalie Crutchley, Winifred Evans, Margaret McCourt, Derek Hodgson, George Rose, Joan Greenwood, Esmond Knight 1889: Herbert Waring, R. Carleton, Janet Achurch, Charles Charington [sic]
Access StatusOpen

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