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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/3400
TitleThe Old Vic 1934-1935
Extent1 file
Date1934-1935
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of the play with photographs of members of the casts; typescript inside front cover lists productions and dates; includes photographs of cast members in scenes from the plays

The following plays were produced as part of the 1934-1935 season performed at The Old Vic Theatre, London, Sep 1934 - May 1935:
William Shakespeare: 'Caesar and Cleopatra', 17 Sep 1934 - 13 Oct 1934; produced by Henry Cass; scenery and costumes by David Ffolkes
'Richard II' 15 Oct 1934 - 3 Nov 1934; revived: 15 Apr 1935 - 27 Apr 1935; produced by Henry Cass; scenery and costumes by David Ffolkes
'Much Ado About Nothing', 5 Nov 1934 - 24 Nov 1934; produced by Henry Cass
'Taming of the Shrew', 1 Jan 1935 - 19 Jan 1935 (transferred to Sadlers Wells 1 Jan 1935); produced by Henry Cass
'Othello', 21 Jan 1935 - 9 Feb 1935; produced by Henry Cass; scenery and costumes by McKnight Kauffer
'Henry IV', (part 2) 25 Mar 1935 - 13 Apr 1935; produced by Henry Cass; scenery and costumes by Francis Baker Smith and David Ffolkes
'Hamlet', (uncut) 29 Apr 1935 - 20 May 1935; produced by Henry Cass
'St Joan', by [G. B.] Shaw 10 Dec 1934 (transferred to: Sadlers Wells 18 Dec 1934 - 29 Dec 1934)
'Hippolytus', by Euripides; translated by Gilbert Murray; produced by Henry Cass; preceded by 'The Two Shepherds' by Gregoria and Maria Marinez Sierra, 11 Feb 1935 - 2 Mar 1935; translated by Helen and Harley Granville Barker; produced by Henry Cass; scenery and costumes by McKnight Kauffer
'Major Barbara' by [G. B.] Shaw 4 Mar 1935 - 23 Mar 1935

Casts: Maurice Evans, Alec Clunes, Leo Genn, Frank Napier, Ronald Richie, Abraham Sofaer, Cecil Trouncer, Richard Warner, Russell Waters, Alan Webb, George Woodbridge, Vivienne Bennett, Mary Newcomb, Wilfred Lawson, Sylvia Shaw, Nancy Hornsby, Rose Temple, Andrew Leigh, Christopher Sly, Evelyn Hall, Irene Palmer, Molly Backus, Rosemary Read, Raymond Johnson, George Merritt, Buena Bent, Olan Webb, Stephan Schnabel, Terence Grenidge, Alan Foss, John Dean, Richard Warner, Russell Waters, Dorothy Green, Lester Damon, Geoffrey Wardell, Michael Ashwin, Eric Wynn Owen, David Horne, Ernest Hare, Peter Copley
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