| Description | The season comprised of the following plays: 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare; 'The Rivals' by Richard Brinsley Sheridan; 'She Stoops to Conquer' by Oliver Goldsmith; 'An Enemy of the People' by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Mrs Bolander, adapted by Norman Ginsbury and 'The Taming of the Shrew' by William Shakespeare; press and magazine cuttings of reviews of the plays with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; typescript inside front cover gives dates
Performed at The Old Vic Theatre, London (unless otherwise stated):
'Hamlet' (in modern dress) 11 Oct 1938, closing performance, 19 Nov 1938; produced by Tyrone Guthrie; setting by Roger Furse
'The Rivals' at The Buxton Opera House, 30 Aug 1938; The Old Vic Theatre 6 Dec 1938 (2 weeks); produced by Esme Church; scenery by Stewart Chaney
'She Stoops to Conquer', 24 Jan 1939; produced by Tyrone Guthrie
'An Enemy of the People', 21 Feb 1939; produced by Tyrone Guthrie
'The Taming of the Shrew', 28 Mar 1939; produced by Tyrone Guthrie; setting by Roger Furse
Casts: Anthony Compton, Stanley Hildebrandt, Andre Morell, Ernest Hare, Malcolm Keen, Andrew Criuckshank, Veronica Turleigh, O. B. Clarence, Philip Bowen, Willoughby Gray, Anthony Quayle, Alec Guinness, Hermione Hannen, John Kidd, Richard Wordsworth, James Hoyle, Craighall Sherry, George Wood, Freda Jackson, Owen Reed, Frank Tickle, Ellen Compton, Laura Dyas, Eric Chambers, Meriel Forbes, Lorna Whitehouse, Ursula Jeans, George Benson, Pamela Brown, John Mills, Anthony Nicholls, Margaret Yarde, Edward Chapman, Nora Nicholson, Jonathon Field, Colin Keith Johnston, Roger Livesey, Ballard Berkeley, Geoffrey Holiday, David Baxter, Frederick Bennett, Frank Napier, Peter Glenville, Esme Percy, Robert Helpmann, Thomas Heathcote, Robertson Davies, Winifred Oughton |