Elizabethan Theatre Box 1 : A-L | State Library of NSW Content Lists

Item No	Title	Creator (Author)	Date	Notes
Item 01	Gala Opening of the Elizabethan Theatre in the presence of His Excellency the Governor of NSW Lt.-Gen. Sir John Northcott	Prologue for the opening performance specially written by James McAuley and spoken by Dame Sybil Thorndike. Fanfares for the opening performance specially composed by Sir Eugene Goossens and played by members of the NSW State Symphony Orchestra. The play,, 'The Sleeping Prince ' by Terence Rattigan	July 27th 1955	Single folder contains two copies of the opening night programme. One contains an A5 flyer which lists donors of both props and those who donated stall seating. The folder also contains a copy of an elaborate sketched seating plan. Cast of 'The Sleeping Prince': Sir Ralph Richardson, Sir Lewis Casson, Meriel Forbes, Sybil Thorndike, June Collis, Reg Dell,
Item 02	Ah, Wilderness!	Eugene O'Neill	1960	Ron Haddrick, Neva Carr Glyn, Lewis Fiander, Neil Fitzpatrick, Patricia Conolly, Des Rolfe
Item 03	The Cherry Orchard	Anton Chekov	1972	Googie Withers, Wendy Hughes, Simon Chilvers, Jennifer Claire, Frank Thring, Malcolm Phillips
Item 04	Antigone	Sophocles	1977	Maria Valari Menzies, Nancy Caruana, Photios Stavrou, Zacharias Kontakos, Chronis Moraites, G. Chronopoulos. Programme in Greek as well as English. Produced and acted by the Hellenic Theatrical Group
Item 05	The Bastard Country	J. Anthony Coburn	1959	Frank Walters, Grant Taylor, Neva Carr Glyn, Patricia Conolly, Neil Fitzpatrick, Rodney Milgate
Item 06	Big Bad Mouse	Philip King and Falkland Cary	1974	Eric Sykes, Jimmy Edwards, Joan Young, Anne Lucas, Michael Haeburn, Veronica Hayward
Item 07	The Boy Friend	Sandy Wilson	1956	Marie Tysoe, John Parker, John Huson, Laurel Mather, Beth Dean, Lola Brooks, Dawn Spry, Helen France. One programme plus folded A4 sheet advertising production and bookings.
Item 08	Cinderella	Re-written by Charles Dorning from the traditional English pantomime	1957	Wendy Blacklock, Judyth Barron, Al Thomas, David Burney, Olive Walter, Rosemary Marriott
Item 09	The Cherry Orchard	Anton Chekov	1973	Starring Googie Withers. Program contains cast list ans costume designs
Item 10	Charley's Aunt	Brandon Thomas	1960	Gordon Chater, Lou Vernon, George Roubicek, Sheila Bradley, Geoffrey King, Kevin Colson. Two copies
Item 11	Curly on the Rack	Ru Pullan	1958	Ken Wayne, Coralie Neville, John Gray, Owen Weingott, Stewart Ginn, Grant Taylor
Item 12	Candida	George Bernard Shaw	1960	Ron Haddrick, Neil Fitzpatrick, Judi Farr, George Roubicek, Gordon Glenwright, Bridget Lenihan
Item 13	Gala Programme to mark the 10th Anniversary of the formation of the Australian Elizabethan Trust		1964	Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Gerald King, conductor, Dinah Shearing, Neil Warren Smith, Norman Yemm, Australian Ballet members
Item 14	The Gondoliers	Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, Liberetto by Sir William Gilbert	1971	Eilene Hannan, Graeme Ewer, Robert Gard, Ronald Maconaghie, Dennis Olsen, Donald Shanks
Item 15	Carmen	Georges Bizet	1964	Jean Madeira, Nicola Filacuridi, Diane Holmes, Catherine Ryan, Robert Allman, Norman Yemm
Item 16	Fledermaus!	Johan Strauss	1964	Robert Gard, Rosalind Keene, Peter Grant, Mary O'Brien, Ronald Maconaghie, Norman Yemm
Item 17	Faust	Charles Gounod	1971	Reginald Byers or John Main, Donald Shanks, Robert Simmons, Robert Allman, Beryl Furlan, Joan Carden
Item 18	Hamlet	William Shakespeare	1957	Three programmes, two with understudy Maree Tomasetti replacing Rosalind Boxall as Gertrude. Paul Rogers, Clement McCallin, Zoe Caldwell, Lloyd Berrell, David Butler, Frederick Parslow
Item 19	The Happiest Days of Your Life	John Dighton	1957	Margaret Rutherford, Kevin Brennan, Ray Barrett, Nancy Wise, Bruce Wishart, Wendy Blacklock
Item 20	The Hostage	Brendan Behan	1960	Neva Carr Glyn, Frank Taylor, Ron Haddrick, Marcella Burgone, Robert McDarra, Des Rolfe. A5 flyer also
Item 21	Julius Caesar	William Shakespeare	1959	Includes A4 typed sheet listing the cast, producer etc. Gavin Dyer, Peter Owen, Neva Carr Glyn, Robert McDarra, Ron Haddrick, Alan Trevor
Item 22	The Hollow Crown	Devised by John Barton	1975	Royal Shakespeare Company: Michael Redgrave, Derek Jacobi, Brenda Bruce, Paul Hardwick
Item 23	The Hollow Crown	Devised by John Barton	1976	Royal Shakespeare Company: John Bennett, Ann Firbank, Adrian Harman, Charles Kay, Edward Petheridge
Item 24	Der Rosenkavalier	Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Music by Richard Strauss	1972	The Australian Opera: Ailene Fischer, Simon Gibson, Neil Warren-Smith, Ronald Macnaghie, Rhonda Bruce, Mary Hayman.
Item 25	Don Giovanni	Mozart	1957	Sydney Symphony Orchestra, John Shaw, Keith Neilson, Joyce Simmons, Stanley Clarkson, Max Worthley, Nita Maughan
Item 26	Dracula	Dramatised by Hamilton Deane and John Bladerstone from Bram Stoker's novel		Paul Stockman, Roberta Grant, Alister Smart, Don Crosby, Owen Weingott, Caroleen Heaton. Programme autographed by Paul Stockman
Item 27	How the other half loves'	Alan Ayckbourn	1973	Robert Morley, Bettina Welch, Anne Charleston, Valma Pratt, Mike Dorsey, Reg Evans
Item 28	Jose Limon and Dance Company under the sponsorship of the United States Department of State			Lucas Hoving, Betty Jones, Ruth Currier, Lola Huth, Harlan McCallum, Louis Falco
Item 29	Kolo' from Belgrade. Yugoslavian Dance Company	Olga Skovran, Artistic Director and Choreographer	1959	Yugoslavian Dance Company
Item 30	The Little Angels, The National Folk Ballet of Korea		1973	Insert: Envelope for tickets posted out and a handwritten note re updates and price of tickets. Photos and names and ages of twenty children
Item 31	Long Day's Journey into Night	Eugene O'Neill	1959	Frank Walters, Dinah Shearing, Ron Haddrick, Neil Fitzpatrick, Patricia Conolly
Item 32	Look Back in Anger	John Osborne	1958	Ray Barrett, Darlene Johnson, Alan Hopgood, June Collis, James Bailey
Item 33	The Little Hut	Andre Rousisin, adapted by Nancy Mitford	1955	John Lee, Joanne Duff, Peter Gray, William Salter, Marcella Burgoyne
Item 34	The Leningrad Maly Theatre Ballet Company and excerpts from ballets including Swan Lake		1961	Ludmilla Safronova, Adol Khamzin, Vladimir Ermolaev, Irene Abishkina, Nicolai Petrov. Two copies, slightly different excerpts.
Item 35	Lola Montez	Book by Alan Burke, Music by Peter Stannard, Lyrics by Peter Benjamin	1958	Three copies with Smith played by Alan Hopgood or John Germain or Arthur O'Neill, Bruce Barry, Kevan Johnston, Connel Miles, Doreen Oakshott, Jane Martin
Item 36	Lloyd George Knew My Father	William Douglas Home	1973	Ralph Richardson, Meriel Forbes, Ric Hutton, Betty Lucas, David Ravenswood, Olivia Brown