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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/1384
Title'Chicken Soup With Barley' by Arnold Wesker
Extent1 file
Date1958-1960
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Chicken Soup With Barley' with photographs of members of the cast and the author; includes press cast lists; programme with cast list 1958; printed flyer [1960]; magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play

Performed at The Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London, 14 Jul 1958; presented by the Belgrade Theatre Trust; directed by John Dexter; setting by Michael Richardson
Revived at: The Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London, 7 Jun 1960 (followed in a special 'The Arnold Wesker Trilogy' season by 'Roots' and 'I'm Talking About Jerusalem') presented by the English Stage Company by arrangement with the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry; directed by John Dexter, decor by Jocelyn Herbert

Casts: Charmian Eyre, Frank Finlay, Alfred Lynch, Richard Martin, Richard Briers, Henry Manning, Cherry Morris, Jacqueline Wilson, Anthony Valentine, Patsy Byrne, Kathleen Michael, Alan Howard, Mark Eden, Charles Kay, John Colin, Ruth Meyers, Michael Phillips, David Saire
Access StatusOpen

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