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1948 --1954

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Robert Shaw as Angus

Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by Anthony Quayle


Designed by Edward Carrick



Music composed by Leslie Bridgewater



CAST

 

Duncan  Julian Amyes

MacDuff  Harry Andrews

Murderer 2  Michael Bates

Servant  Timothy Bateson

Fleance  Jill Bennett

Gentlewoman  Wynne Clark

Lady  Margaret Courtenay

Apparition  Geoffrey Curtis

Doctor  Richard Dare

Boy  Robin Dowell

Apparition  Jean Fox

Messenger  John Gay

Young Siward  Alexander Graham

Donalbain  Philip Guard

Ross  Michael Gwynn

Messenger  Paul Hansard

Siward  Paul Hardwick

Lord  Robert Hardy

Caithness  Keith Herrington

Lord  Eric Lander

Lord  David Lytton

Malcolm  Clement McCallin

Lady MacDuff  Kathleen Michael

Menteith  Norman Mitchell

Old Man  John Money

Seyton  Peter Norris

Messenger  Edmund Purdom

Banquo  Leon Quartermaine

Lennox  George Rose

Witch  Bertram Shuttleworth

Porter  John Slater

Witch  William Squire

Lord  John Stewart

MacBeth  Godfrey Tearle

Lord  David Wroe

Lady MacBeth  Diana Wynyard

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Press Night: April 16th 1949

National Tour: November 1949

1949-50 Tour of Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth to Australia.

 

Venues:


19th  October--19th November His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne; 21st  November --24th(December Tivoli Theatre, Sydney;

26 th December - 7th January His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane;

11th -31st  January Theatre Royal Adelaide

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Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by John Gielgud


Designed by Mariano Andreu

Lighting by Christopher West

Choreography by Pauline Grant



Music composed by Leslie Bridgewater



CAST

 

Antonio - Michael Gwynn

Balthazar  Paul Hansard

Beatrice  Diana Wynyard

Benedick  Anthony Quayle

Borachio  John Slater

Boy  Robin Dowell

Claudio  Philip Guard

Conrade  Paul Hardwick

Dogberry  George Rose

Don John  Clement McCallin

Don Pedro  Harry Andrews

Friar Francis  Julian Amyes

Hero  Pat Sandys

Leonato  Leon Quartermaine

Margaret  Penelope Munday

Messenger  Eric Lander

Sexton  Harold Kasket

Unnamed parts  Michael Bates

Unnamed parts  Timothy Bateson

Unnamed parts  Jill Bennett

Unnamed parts  Margaret Courtenay

Unnamed parts  Geoffrey Curtis

Unnamed parts  Richard Dare

Unnamed parts  John Dunbar

Unnamed parts  Jean Fox

Unnamed parts  John Gay

Unnamed parts  Alexander Graham

Unnamed parts  Robert Hardy

Unnamed parts  Leslie Heritage

Unnamed parts  Keith Herrington

Unnamed parts  David Lytton

Unnamed parts  Norman Mitchell

Unnamed parts  John Money

Unnamed parts  Robert Shaw

Unnamed parts  John Stewart

Ursula  Lorna Whitehouse

Verges  William Squire

Watch 1  David Wroe

Watch 2  Bertram Shuttleworth

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Press Night: April 19th 1949

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Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by Michael Benthall


Designed by James Bailey

Choreography by Pauline Grant



Music composed by Felix Mendelssohn



CAST

 

Bottom  John Slater

Cobweb  Ann Dobson

Demetrius  Peter Norris

Egeus  Paul Hardwick

Flute  Michael Gwynn

Helena  Diana Wynyard

Hermia  Penelope Munday

Hippolyta  Wynne Clark

Lysander  Clement McCallin

Moth  Jill Bennett

Mustardseed  Netta Cox

Oberon  William Squire

Peaseblossom  Jean Fox

Philostrate  Harold Kasket

Puck  Philip Guard

Quince  Bertram Shuttleworth

Snout  David Wroe

Snug  George Rose

Starveling  Michael Bates

Theseus  Harry Andrews

Titania  Kathleen Michael

Unnamed parts  Mary Bagley

Unnamed parts  Timothy Bateson

Unnamed parts  Patricia Borlee

Unnamed parts  Shiela Brown

Unnamed parts  Margaret Courtenay

Unnamed parts  Geoffrey Curtis

Unnamed parts  Richard Dare

Unnamed parts  John Dunbar

Unnamed parts  John Gay

Unnamed parts  Alexander Graham

Unnamed parts  Paul Hansard

Unnamed parts  Robert Hardy

Unnamed parts  Leslie Heritage

Unnamed parts  Keith Herrington

Unnamed parts  Eric Lander

Unnamed parts  David Lytton

Unnamed parts  Sonia Maund

Unnamed parts  John Money

Unnamed parts  Pat Sandys

Unnamed parts  Robert Shaw

Unnamed parts  Mary Sivern

Unnamed parts  John Stewart

Unnamed parts  Lorna Whitehouse

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Press Night: April 23rd 1949

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Robert Shaw as Jupiter

Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by Michael Benthall


Designed by Leslie Hurry



Music composed by Roberto Gerhard



CAST

 

Arviragus -Philip Guard

Belarius  George Rose

Caius Lucius  Michael Gwynn

Cloten  William Squire

Cornelius  Julian Amyes

Cymbeline  Leon Quartermaine

Dutchman  David Wroe

Dwarf  Timothy Bateson

Frenchman  Richard Dare

Gentleman   1Harold Kasket

Gentleman 2  Bertram Shuttleworth

Gentleman 3  Michael Bates

Gentleman 4  Leslie Heritage

Guiderius Paul Hansard

Helen  Margaret Courtenay

Iachimo  John Slater

Imogen  Kathleen Michael

Lord 1  Robert Hardy

Lord 2  Paul Hardwick

Lord 3Alexander Graham

Lord 4  Eric Lander

Philario  John Dunbar

Pisanio  Harry Andrews

Posthumus Leonatus  Clement McCallin

Queen  Wynne Clark

Roman Captain  Edmund Purdom

Senator 1  Peter Norris

Singer  Leslie Heritage

Spaniard  Edward Purdom

Unnamed parts  Jill Bennett

Unnamed parts  Geoffrey Curtis

Unnamed parts  Jean Fox

Unnamed parts  John Gay

Unnamed parts  Keith Herrington

Unnamed parts  David Lytton

Unnamed parts  Norman Mitchell

Unnamed parts  John Money

Unnamed parts  Penelope Munday

Unnamed parts  Pat Sandys

Unnamed parts  John Stewart

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Press Night: May 20th 1949

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Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by Godfrey Tearle

 


Designed by Joseph Carl



Music composed by Ann Carbutt

 

 

 

Fights Arranged by Clement McCallin

 

 

 

Costumes designed by Audrey Cruddas



CAST
 

Bianca  Jill Bennett

Brabantio  George Rose

Cassio  Clement McCallin

Desdemona  Diana Wynyard

Duke of Venice  Harold Kasket

Emilia  Wynne Clark

Gratiano  John Dunbar

Iago  John Slater

Lodovico  Geoffrey Curtis

Montano  Paul Hardwick

Othello  Godfrey Tearle

Roderigo  Michael Gwynn

Unnamed parts  Michael Bates

Unnamed parts  Richard Dare

Unnamed parts  John Gay

Unnamed parts  Alexander Graham

Unnamed parts  Paul Hansard

Unnamed parts  Robert Hardy

Unnamed parts  Leslie Heritage

Unnamed parts  Keith Herrington

Unnamed parts  Eric Lander

Unnamed parts  David Lytton

Unnamed parts  Norman Mitchell

Unnamed parts  John Money

Unnamed parts  Edmund Purdom

Unnamed parts  Robert Shaw

Unnamed parts  John Stewart

Unnamed parts  David Wroe

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Press Night: June 17th 1949

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Henry VIII

Robert Shaw as The Duke of Suffolk

Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by Tyrone Guthrie

 


Designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch



Music composed by Cedric Thorpe Davies

 

 

 

Choreographed by Pauline Grant





CAST
 

Anne Boelyn  Kathleen Michael

Bishop of Lincoln  Timothy Bateson

Capucius  John Money

Cardinal Campeius  Richard Dare

Cardinal Wolsey  Harry Andrews

Cranmer  Julian Amyes

Cromwell  Philip Guard

Duke of Buckingham  Leon Quartermaine

Duke of Norfolk  Michael Gwynn

Earl of Surrey  Eric Lander

Gardiner  Paul Hardwick

Gentleman 1  George Rose

Griffith  Robert Hardy

Henry VIII  Anthony Quayle

Lord Abergavenny  Edmund Purdom

Lord Chamberlain  William Squire

Lord Sands  Michael Bates

Messenger  David Lytton

Old Lady  Wynne Clark

Patience  Lorna Whitehouse

Porter  George Rose

Porters Man  Bertram Shuttleworth

Prologue  Wynne Clark

Queen Katherine  Diana Wynyard

Sergeant at Arms  Norman Mitchell

Sir Henry Guildford  Geoffrey Curtis

Sir Thomas Lovell  Paul Hansard

Surveyor  Harold Kasket

Unnamed parts  Jill Bennett

Unnamed parts  Margaret Courtenay

Unnamed parts  Robin Dowell

Unnamed parts  John Dunbar

Unnamed parts  Jena Fox

Unnamed parts  John Gay

Unnamed parts  Alexander Graham

Unnamed parts  Leslie Heritage

Unnamed parts  Keith Herrington

Unnamed parts  Penelope Munday

Unnamed parts  Peter Norris

Unnamed parts  Pat Sandys

Unnamed parts  John Stewart

Unnamed parts  David Wroe

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Press Night: July 15th 1949

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Robert Shaw as Conrade

Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by John Gielgud


Designed by Mariano Andreu

Choreography by Pauline Grant



Music composed by Leslie Bridgewater



CAST

 

Antonio - Harold Kasket

Balthazar  Paul Hansard

Beatrice  Diana Wynyard

Benedick  Anthony Quayle

Borachio  Paul Hardwick

Boy  Peter Oliver

Claudio  Laurence Payne

Dogberry  George Rose

Don John  Clement McCallin

Don Pedro  Harry Andrews

Friar Francis  Robert Hardy

Hero  Pat Sandys

Leonato  Cecil Winter

Margaret  Penelope Munday

Messenger  Eric Lander

Sexton  Michael Bates

Unnamed parts  Rosalind Atkinson

Unnamed parts  Barry Balmer

Unnamed parts  Geoffrey Curtis

Unnamed parts  Alex Davion

Unnamed parts  Eric Evans

Unnamed parts  Jean Fox

Unnamed parts  Robert Fraser

Unnamed parts  John Gay

Unnamed parts  Carlisle Jones

Unnamed parts  David Lytton

Unnamed parts  Graeme Madison

Unnamed parts  John Matthews

Unnamed parts  Kevin Miles

Unnamed parts  James Moss

Unnamed parts  John Money

Unnamed parts  Gerard Phillips

Unnamed parts  Harry Starling

Unnamed parts  Rosemary Vercoe

Ursula  Lorna Whitehouse

Verges  Philip Guard

Watch 1  Norman Mitchell

Watch 2  Bertram Shuttleworth

Watch 3  John Dunbar

Watch 4  Timothy Bateson

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Press Night:  October 19th 1949

1949-50 Tour of Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth to Australia.

 

Venues:


19th  October--19th November His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne; 21st  November --24th(December Tivoli Theatre, Sydney;

26 th December - 7th January His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane;

11th -31st  January Theatre Royal Adelaide

Measure for Measure

Robert Shaw as Gentleman 2

Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by Peter Brook


Designed by Peter Brook




CAST
 

Abhorson  Nigel Green

Angelo  Andrew Cruickshank

Angelo  John Gielgud

Barnardine  Paul Hardwick

Boy  Mairhi Russell

Claudio  Alan Badel

Elbow  Michael Bates

Escalus  Harold Kasket

Francisca  Romany Evens

Friar Peter  Peter Norris

Friar Thomas  Cyril Conway

Froth  Geoffrey Bayldon

Gentleman 1  Robert Hardy

Isabella  Barbara Jefford

Juliet  Hazel Penwarden

Justice  Peter Norris

Lucio  Leon Quartermaine

Mariana  Maxine Audley

Mistress Overdone  Rosalind Atkinson

Pompey  George Rose

Provost  Michael Gwynn

Servant  Timothy Bateson

Unnamed parts  Edward Atienza

Unnamed parts  Michael Atkinson

Unnamed parts  Felicity Barrington

Unnamed parts  Godfrey Bond

Unnamed parts  Richard Dare

Unnamed parts  John Dunbar

Unnamed parts  Michael Ferrey

Unnamed parts  John Gay

Unnamed parts  Peter Halliday

Unnamed parts  Ronald Hines

Unnamed parts  Peter Jackson

Unnamed parts  Eric Lander

Unnamed parts  Charles Lepper

Unnamed parts  David Lytton

Unnamed parts  Michael Ney

Unnamed parts  Marjorie Steel

Unnamed parts  Ward Williams

Unnamed parts  David Woodman

Unnamed parts  John Wright

Unnamed parts  John York

Vincentio  Harry Andrews

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

March 9th November 10th 1950

In October Andrew Cruickshank took over the part of Angelo from John Gielgud. After the Stratford Festival the production toured to Germany.

 

Venues

31 st October - 3rd November, Stadtischen Oper, Berlin;

4th -–5th November Deutschen Schauspeilhaus, Hamburg;

7th  November Stadtstheater, Wiesbaden; 9th 10th November Dusseldorf

King Henry VIII

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Robert Shaw as The Duke of Suffolk

Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by Tyrone Guthrie

 


Designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch



Music composed by Cedric Thorpe Davies

 

 

 

Choreographed by Pauline Grant





CAST
 

Anne Boelyn  Barbara Jefford

Bishop of Lincoln  Timothy Bateson

Capucius  John Money

Cardinal Campeius  Richard Dare

Cardinal Wolsey  Andrew Cruickshank

Cranmer  Geoffrey Bayldon

Cromwell  Brian Brockman

Duke of Buckingham  Leon Quartermaine

Duke of Norfolk  Michael Gwynn

Earl of Surrey  Eric Lander

Gardiner  Paul Hardwick

Gentleman 1  George Rose

Griffith  Robert Hardy

Henry VIII  Anthony Quayle

Lord Abergavenny  Peter Norris

Lord Chamberlain  Alan Badel

Lord Sands  Michael Bates

Messenger  David Lytton

Old Lady  Rosalind Atkinson

Patience  Lorna  Maxine Audley

Porter  George Rose

Porter's Man  Michael Bates

Prologue  Rosalind Atkinson

Queen Katherine  Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies

Sergeant at Arms  John Hayes

Sir Henry Guildford  Harold Siddons

Sir Thomas Lovell  Nigel Green

Surveyor  Harold Kasket

Unnamed parts  Edward Atienza

Unnamed parts  Michael Atkinson

Unnamed parts  Felicity Barrington

Unnamed parts  Brendon Barry

Unnamed parts  Godfrey Bond

Unnamed parts  Bernard Collingwood

Unnamed parts  Cyril Conway

Unnamed parts  Oliver Cox

Unnamed parts  John Dunbar

Unnamed parts  Romany Evens

Unnamed parts  Michael Ferrey

Unnamed parts  John Gay

Unnamed parts  Peter Halliday

Unnamed parts  Peter Henchie

Unnamed parts  Percy Herbert

Unnamed parts  Ronald Hines

Unnamed parts  Basil Hoskins

Unnamed parts  Peter Jackson

Unnamed parts  Michael Kelly

Unnamed parts  Charles Lepper

Unnamed parts  Reginald Marsh

Unnamed parts  Michael Ney

Unnamed parts  Hazel Penwarden

Unnamed parts  Mairhi Russell

Unnamed parts  Anthony Service

Unnamed parts  Harold Siddons

Unnamed parts  Marjorie Steel

Unnamed parts  Ward Williams

Unnamed parts  David Woodman

Unnamed parts  John Wright

Unnamed parts  John York

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Press Night: March 28th 1950

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Robert Shaw as Messenger

Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by Michael Langham and Anthony Quayle

 


Designed by Warwick Armstrong



Music composed by Leslie Bridgewater

 

 

 

Choreographed by Pauline Grant





CAST
 

Artemidorus  John Gay

Calpurnia  Barbara Jefford

Casca  Michael Gwynn

Casca  George Rose

Cassius  John Gielgud

Cassius  Michael Gwynn

Cicero  Richard Dare

Cinna  Percy Herbert

Cinna the Poet  Harold Kasket

Claudius  Godfrey Bond

Clitus  Cyril Conway

Cobbler  Michael Bates

Dardanius  Robert Hardy

Decius Brutus  Nigel Green

Flavius  Robert Hardy

Julius Caesar  Andrew Cruickshank

Lepidus  Cyril Conway

Ligarius  Geoffrey Bayldon

Lucilius  John Dunbar

Lucius  Eric Lander

Marcus Antonius  Anthony Quayle

Marcus Brutus  Harry Andrews

Marullus  Paul Hardwick

Messala  Paul Hardwick

Metellus Cimber  Peter Norris

Octavius Caesar  Alan Badel

Officer  Ronald Hines

Pindarus  John Gay

Popilius Lena  John Dunbar

Portia  Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies

Publius  Godfrey Bond

Soothsayer  Timothy Bateson

Strato  Michael Kelly

Titinius  Nigel Green

Trebonius  John Money

Unnamed parts  Edward Atienza

Unnamed parts  Michael Atkinson

Unnamed parts  Rosalind Atkinson

Unnamed parts  Maxine Audley

Unnamed parts  Felicity Barrington

Unnamed parts  Brendon Barry

Unnamed parts  Brian Brockman

Unnamed parts  Bernard Collingwood

Unnamed parts  Oliver Cox

Unnamed parts  Romany Evens

Unnamed parts  Michael Ferrey

Unnamed parts  Peter Halliday

Unnamed parts  John Hayes

Unnamed parts  Peter Henchie

Unnamed parts  Basil Hoskins

Unnamed parts  Peter Jackson

Unnamed parts  Charles Lepper

Unnamed parts  Reginald Marsh

Unnamed parts  Michael Ney

Unnamed parts  Hazel Penwarden

Unnamed parts  Mairhi Russell

Unnamed parts  Anthony Service

Unnamed parts  Harold Siddons

Unnamed parts  Marjorie Steel

Unnamed parts  Ward Williams

Unnamed parts  David Woodman

Unnamed parts  John Wright

Unnamed parts  John York

Varro  John Money

Volumnius  Peter Norris

Young Cato  David Lytton

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Press Night: May 2nd 1950

At the beginning of the season John Gielgud played Cassius and Michael Gwynn played Casca. Later Michael Gwynn took over the part of Cassius and George Rose played Casca.

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Robert Shaw as Conrade

Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by John Gielgud


Designed by Mariano Andreu

Choreography by Pauline Grant



Music composed by Leslie Bridgewater



CAST

 

Antonio - Harold Kasket

Balthazar  John York

Beatrice  Peggy Ashcroft

Beatrice  Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies

Benedick  Anthony Eustral

Borachio  Paul Hardwick

Boy  John Wright

Claudio  Eric Lander

Dogberry  George Rose

Don John  Alan Badel

Don Pedro  Leon Quartermaine

Friar Francis  Robert Hardy

Hero  Barbara Jefford

Leonato  Andrew Cruickshank

Margaret  Mairhi Russell

Messenger  Nigel Green

Sexton  Ronald Hines

Unnamed parts  Edward Atienza

Unnamed parts  Michael Atkinson

Unnamed parts  Rosalind Atkinson

Unnamed parts  Felicity Barrington

Unnamed parts  Brendon Barry

Unnamed parts  Godfrey Bond

Unnamed parts  Brian Brockman

Unnamed parts  Bernard Collingwood

Unnamed parts  Oliver Cox

Unnamed parts  Romany Evens

Unnamed parts  Michael Ferrey

Unnamed parts  John Gay

Unnamed parts  Peter Halliday

Unnamed parts  John Hayes

Unnamed parts  Peter Henchie

Unnamed parts   Basil Hoskins

Unnamed parts Peter Jackson

Unnamed parts  Michael Kelly

Unnamed parts  David Lytton

Unnamed parts  Reginald Marsh

Unnamed parts  John Money

Unnamed parts  Michael Ney

Unnamed parts  Hazel Penwarden

Unnamed parts  Anthony Service

Unnamed parts  Harold Siddons

Unnamed parts  Ward Williams

Unnamed parts  David Woodman

Ursula  Maxine Audley

Verges  Richard Dare

Watch 1  Percy Herbert

Watch 2  Charles Lepper

Watch 3  John Dunbar

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Press Night:  June 6th 1950

At the start of the season John Gielgud played Benedick and Peggy Ashcroft played Beatrice. Later Antony Eustrel and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies took over the parts.

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Robert Shaw as The Duke of Burgundy

Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by John Gielgud and Anthony Quayle


Designed by Leslie Hurry

Lighting by Michael Northen



Music composed by Cedric Thorpe Davies



CAST

 

Captain  Michael Kelly

Captain  Ward Williams

Cordelia  Peggy Ashcroft

Curan  Peter Henchie

Doctor  Peter Norris

Duke of Albany  Michael Gwynn

Duke of Cornwall   Paul Hardwick

Earl of Gloucester  Leon Quartermaine

Earl of Kent  Andrew Cruickshank

Edgar  Harry Andrews

Edmund  Nigel Green

Fool  Alan Badel

Goneril  Maxine Audley

Herald  John Money

King Lear  John Gielgud

King of France  Basil Hoskins

Knight  Robert Hardy

Old Man  Godfrey Bond

Oswald  George Rose

Regan  Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies

Servant  Michael Bates

Servant  Geoffrey Bayldon

Servant  Peter Halliday

Unnamed parts  Edward Atienza

Unnamed parts  Michael Atkinson

Unnamed parts  Brendon Barry

Unnamed parts  Timothy Bateson

Unnamed parts  Brian Brockman

Unnamed parts  Bernard Collingwood

Unnamed parts  Cyril Conway

Unnamed parts  Oliver Cox

Unnamed parts  Michael Ferrey

Unnamed parts  John Hayes

Unnamed parts  Percy Herbert

Unnamed parts  Ronald Hines

Unnamed parts  Peter Jackson

Unnamed parts  Eric Lander

Unnamed parts  Charles Lepper

Unnamed parts  Reginald Marsh

Unnamed parts  Michael Ney

Unnamed parts  Anthony Service

Unnamed parts  Harold Siddons

Unnamed parts  David Woodman

Unnamed parts  John Wright

Unnamed parts  John York

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Press Night:  July 18th 1950

This was a special limited run at the New Theatre, London to celebrate the Festival of Britain in May 1951.

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Robert Shaw as Rozencrantz

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Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by Michael Langham

 


Designed by Reginald Woolley



Music composed by Charles Mackerras




CAST
 

Unknown  Sarn Adeane

Unknown  Jan Bashford

Brabantio  Nicholas Hannen

Unknown  Jennifer Bourke

Othello  Douglas Campbell

Bianca  Avril Conquest

Unknown  Cyril Crook

Unknown  Richard Davies

Gratiano  Rupert Davies

Unknown  Roger Gage

Unknown  David Hall

Unknown  Percy Herbert

Unknown  Trevor Kenyon

Emilia  Alison Leggatt

Lodovico  Ernest Milton

Duke of Venice  James Ottaway

Unknown  Rex Robinson

Iago  Paul Rogers

Unknown  Daniel Thorndike

Montano  Anthony Van Bridge

Unknown  Antony Vercoe

Unknown  George Vernon

Unknown  John Walker

Unknown  David Watkin Jones

Rodrigo  Douglas Wilmer

Desdemona  Irene Worth

Unknown  Patrick Wymark

Venue: Regional English Tour before opening at

The Old Vic Theatre, London 

Dates: November 1951 March 1952

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Robert Shaw as Lysander

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Robert Shaw as Cassio

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Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by Tyrone Guthrie


Designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch


Music composed by Cedric Thorpe Davies



CAST

 

Bottom, a Weaver  Paul Rogers

Demetrius, in love with Hermia  Douglas Wilmer

Egeus, father to Hermia  Anthony Van Bridge

Flute, a Bellow-Mender  John Walker

Helena, in love with Demetrius  Irene Worth

Hermia, daughter to Egeus  Jane Wenham

Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons  Jan Bashford

Oberon, King of the Fairies  Kenneth Griffith

Philostrate, revel master to Theseus  Daniel Thorndike

Quince, a carpenter  Alan Badel

Snout, a Tinker  Rupert Davies

Snug, a Joiner  James Ottaway

Starveling, a Tailor  Percy Herbert

Theseus, Duke of Athens  Douglas Campbell

Titania, Queen of the Fairies  Jill Balcon

Unknown  Peter M. Andrews

Unknown  Jennifer Bourke

Unknown  Kenneth Bovaird

Unknown  Spencer Chapman

Unknown  Avril Conquest

Unknown  Cyril Crook

Unknown  Richard Davies

Unknown  Roy Edwards

Unknown  David Hall

Unknown  John Harris

Unknown  Kenneth Ingram

Unknown  Trevor Kenyon

Unknown  John Larman

Unknown  Edmund Penn

Unknown  Michael Soinne

Unknown  Peter Soinne

Unknown  Antony Vercoe

Unknown  George Vernon

Unknown  Terry Wale

Unknown  David Watkin Jones

Unknown  Patrick Wymark

Venue: The Old Vic Theatre, London

DatesNovember 1951 March 1952

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Robert Shaw as Gratiano

Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by Denis Carey


Designed by Hutchinson Scott

Lighting by Peter Streuli



Music composed by Julian Slade



CAST

 

Antonio  Harry Andrews

Balthasar  Peter Duguid

Bassanio  Tony Britton

Duke of Venice  Philip Morant

Gaoler  David King

Jessica  Yvonne Mitchell

Launcelot Gobbo  Donald Pleasence

Leonardo  George Hart

Lorenzo  Basil Hoskins

Nerissa  Marigold Charlesworth

Old Gobbo  Noel Howlett

Page  Anthony Adams

Page  James Morris

Page  Robert Scroggins

Portia  Peggy Ashcroft

Prince of Arragon  Powys Thomas

Prince of Morocco  John Bushelle

Salerio  William Peacock

Servant  Raymond Sherry

Shylock  Michael Redgrave

Singer  Denys Graham

Solanio  Michael Turner

Stephano  Richard Martin

Tubal  Mervyn Blake

Unnamed parts  Diana Chadwick

Unnamed parts  Dennis Clinton

Unnamed parts  James Culliford

Unnamed parts  Nigel Davenport

Unnamed parts  John Glendenning

Unnamed parts  Charles Gray

Unnamed parts  Charles Howard

Unnamed parts  Peter Johnson

Unnamed parts  Gareth Jones

Unnamed parts  Bernard Kay

Unnamed parts  John Kilby

Unnamed parts  Cavan Malone

Unnamed parts  David O Brien

Unnamed parts  John Roberts

Unnamed parts  Mary Watson

Unnamed parts  Jerome Willis

Unnamed parts  Jean Wilson

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Press Night:  March 17th 1953

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Robert Shaw as Dolabella

Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by Glyn Byam Shaw


Designed by Motley

Lighting by Peter Streuli



Music composed by Antony Hopkins

 

 

 

Choreography by Pauline Grant




CAST
 

Agrippa  John Bushelle

Alexas  Alan Townsend

Antony  Michael Redgrave

Canidius  Philip Morant

Charmian  Jean Wilson

Cleopatra  Peggy Ashcroft

Clown  James Wellman

Demetrius  Bernard Kay

Dercetas  Peter Duguid

Diomedes  Donald Pleasence

Domitius Enobarbus  Harry Andrews

Eros  David O’Brien

Euphronius  Peter Norris

Gallus  Denys Graham

Iras  Mary Watson

Lepidus  Donald Pleasence

Maecenas  Donald Eccles

Mardian  Mervyn Blake

Menas  Michael Warre

Messenger  Peter Norris

Messenger  Powys Thomas

Octavia  Rachel Kempson

Octavius Caesar  Marius Goring

Old Soldier  George Hart

Philo  Michael Turner

Proculeius  Powys Thomas

Scarus  Jerome Willis

Seleucus  Gareth Jones

Sextus Pompeius  Tony Britton

Soothsayer  Philip Morant

Taurus  Bernard Kay

Thidias  William Peacock

Unnamed parts  Anthony Adams

Unnamed parts  Diana Chadwick

Unnamed parts  Marigold Charlesworth

Unnamed parts  Dennis Clinton

Unnamed parts  James Culliford

Unnamed parts  Nigel Davenport

Unnamed parts  John Glendenning

Unnamed parts  Charles Gray

Unnamed parts  Charles Howard

Unnamed parts  Peter Johnson

Unnamed parts  David King

Unnamed parts  Cavan Malone

Unnamed parts  Richard Martin

Unnamed parts  John Roberts

Unnamed parts  Robert Scroggins

Unnamed parts  Raymond Sherry

Ventidius  Michael Hayes

Venue: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon

Dates:  April 28th October 31st 1953

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Robert Shaw as Tranio

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Written by William Shakespeare




Directed by George Devine


Designed by Vivienne Kernot

Lighting by Desmond Hall