At the beginning of the year, I found at a local store a scrapbook that someone had put together in the late 60s/early 70s containing lobby books from movies and plays. My guess is that it was someone associated with the Air Force as this is a big AF town. I thought it was a treasure trove. All are interesting and I have listed them below, but I had to dismantle the scrapbook as it was falling apart. Almost all were unfortunately scotch taped into the book as this was the era before people were aware of archival collecting, so I have been unable to remove the tape without ruining the programs. A lucky few were not taped and were just tipped in. The gravest "sin" was that a few were cut down to fit into the scrapbook.
If anyone knows if I should do anything to conserve these, if it is worth doing, and if any of these are of collectors' interest, I would appreciate it. I may sell some if they are sufficiently valuable to help make ends meet.
Anne of the Thousand Days movie
Battle of Britain movie
Doctor Doolittle movie
The Chalk Garden (1971) starring Gladys Cooper and Joan Greenwood
Promises, Promises (Cincinnati Curtain Call) starring Ted Pugh, Ilene Graff and Barney Martin
Vivat! Vivat Regina! by Robert Bolt (Theatreprint Programme) starring Judy Parfitt
[To preserve as much of the integrity of the previous two booklets, I have kept them attached to the scrapbook page. Each is on opposite sides of the same page.]
Ella & Basie with the Tommy Flanagan Trio (1970) concert program from Germany [cutdown to fit the scrapbook]
Mame (Charles the Second Programme) starring Ginger Rogers with Burt Kwouk and Tony Adams, restaged for London by Lawrence Kasha
Out of the Question by Ira Wallach (St. Martin's Theatre, Cambridge Circus) starring Gladys Cooper, directed by Nigel Patrick
[The previous two are on opposite sides of the same scrapbook page]
Hadrian VII by Peter Luke (1969) starring Douglas Rain
HAIR (Shaftesbury Theatre Playbill) starring (among many) Paul Nicholas, Oliver Tobias, Elaine Paige, Tim Curry
[Hadrian and Hair are on opposite sides of same page]
Anne of Green Gables, a musical (New Theatre Playbill) (1969) starring Polly James, Barbara Hamilton
The Hofmusikkapelle/Hofburg Chapel (Vienna, dated 1965)
Sleuth (St. Martin's Theatre, Cambridge) starring Anthony Quayle
Conduct Unbecoming by Barry England starring Maxine Audley and Paul Jones
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
OLIVER! (1968) movie
Who Killed Santa Claus by Terence Feely (Piccadilly Theatre Playbill) starring Honor Blackman
The Magistrate by A.W. Pinero starring Alastair Sim and Patricia Routledge
The Happy Apple by Jack Pulman (Apollo Theatre, London) starring Paul Rogers, James Villiers
The Mame Souvenir Book (Ginger Rogers) [cutdown to fit the scrap book]
Dick Whittington Souvenir Brochure starring Tommy Steele, Mary Hopkin, Kenneth Connor
The Lion in Winter (1968) [cutdown to fit the scrap book]
Opera at the Zoo, Cincinnati Summer Opera Festival, 1971 season (debut of conductor James Levine)
The following were tipped in and unadulterated in any way:
The Story of Gone With The Wind (1967 revival of movie)
1776 (1969) starring George Hearn, Jon Cypher amongst many others
Fiddler on the Roof starring Bob Carroll, Fritzi Burr amongst many others
Carousel (1971) starring John Raitt (autographed by John Raitt)
