The Old Vic Theatre Company A Tour of Au…

Programme of the tour of the Old Vic Theatre Company to Australia in 1948 with principal cast members Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Sponsored by the British Council, presenting The school for scandal, The skin of our teeth, and Richard the Third. 60pp, numerous b/w and col. illustrations.

Foreword by Charles Wilmot
Laurence Olivier – in profile
The “Old Vic” in Australia by Tatlock Miller
Vivien Leigh in profile
Old times of the “Old Vic” by Ivor Brown
The school for scandal by Alan Dent
Shakespeare’s Richard III : a study in villainy by Phillip Hope-Wallace
Man skins his teeth by Henry Adler.