| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Back to Methuselah' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; typescript inside front cover gives cast lists, dates and changes in cast members; includes photographs of members of the cast in scenes from the play
Performed at The Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London, 18 Feb 1924, closing performance, 6 Mar 1924; presented by Barry Jackson; produced by H. K. Ayliff
Originally at: The Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 9 - 12 Oct 1923 (presented as a "metabiological pentateuch", produced in 5 parts, in successive matinee and evening performances); presented by Barry Jackson; produced by H. K. Ayliff; scenery and costumes by Paul Shelving
Revived at: The Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London, 10 Sep 1924 (parts 1 and 5 revived for eight matinees); produced by H. K. Ayliff
The Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London, 5 Mar 1928, closing performance, 31 Mar 1928; presented by Barry Jackson; produced by H. K. Ayliff; scenery and costumes by Paul Shelving; The Arts Theatre Club, London, 18 Feb 1947 (10 weeks); produced by Noel Willman; settings by Fanny Taylor and Michael Warre
America: New York, 13 Mar 1922 (world premiere); presented by the Theatre Guild
The Ambassadors Theatre, New York, 1958 (revised by Arnold Moss); presented by the Theatre Guild in association with Arnold Moss; staged by Margaret Webster; scenery and lighting by Marvin Reiss; costumes by Patricia Zipprodt
Casts: Martha Bryan Allen, Colin Keith Johnston, Edith Evans, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Scott Sutherland, Wallace Evennett, Frank Moore, Margaret Chatwin, Cedric Hardwicke, Eileen Beldon, Eric H. Messiter, Osmund Wilson, Melville Cooper, Phyllis Shand, Paul Smythe, Isabel Thornton, Evelyn Hope, Charles Hordern, Louise de Lacy, Yvette Pienne, Raymond Huntley, Frances Doble, Hedley Briggs, Rex Walters, Irvon Stuart, Ruth Robinson, Edna Lester, Enid Parsons, Eileen Shand, Caroline Keith, Leo G. Carroll, Terence O'Brien, Chris Castor, Albert Ingle, John Longden, Cecily Burne, Tyrone Power, Faye Emerson, Arthur Teacher, Valerie Bettis, Arnold Moss, Richard Easton, Nigel Clarke, Matthew Boulton, Clifford Marquand, Joan Haythorne, Vivienne Bennett, Adrian Cairns, George Hagan, Monica Stutfield, Geoffrey Dunn, Jean Short, Barbara Lott, Godfrey Kenton, Martin Bradley, Michael Gwynn, Frances Rowe, Basil C. Langton, Cameron Miller, Ewen Solon, Frank Pettingell, Emma Williams, George Blackwood, Cecil Landeau, Stringer Davis, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Amy Brandon Thomas, Margery Bryce, Esme Beringer, Lucie Evelyn |