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OLD VIC OPERA COMPANY: up to 1931
VIC-WELLS OPERA COMPANY: 1931-34
SADLER'S WELLS OPERA: 1934-39
1920-29 OLD VIC OPERA Season
No programmes available
1929-30 OLD VIC OPERA Season
1929 (Oct-Nov): MADAM BUTTERFLY (Old Vic) in English
Winifred Brady, Olive Gilbert, Ivy Ackerman, Henry Wendon, Herbert Simmonds, Hubert Maddern, Powell Lloyd, Frank Powell, Ronald Dod, Arthur Head, Cecilia Nono, Edith Coates, Rose Morris, Helen Moore; c:Charles Corri, dir:Federick Hudson [8pp, 6.25x9.75; cast list, synopsis, forthcoming arrangements, Vic-Wells information, credits etc.; rumpled, else VG] £3
1930 (13+15 Feb): LA BOHEME (Old Vic) in English
Joan Cross, Winifred Brady, Gabriel Chamlys, Frank Sale, Powell Lloyd, Franklyn Kelsey, Vernon Cooper, William Power, William Hill; c:Charles Corri, dir:Federick Hudson [8pp, 6.25x9.75; cast list, synopsis, forthcoming arrangements, Vic-Wells information, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3
1930 (6+8+15 Mch): LOHENGRIN (Old Vic) in English
Joan Cross, Gladys Palmer, Sumner Austin, Vernon Cooper, William Hill, Henry Wendon; c:Charles Corri, dir:Federick Hudson [8pp, 6.25x9.75; cast list, synopsis and complete text, future arrangements, Vic-Wells information, credits etc.; light vertical bend, else VG] £3
1930 (20+22+29 Mch): LA TOSCA (Old Vic) in English
Arthur Cox, Frank Sale, Booth Hitchen, May Busby, Powell Lloyd, Vernon Cooper, William Hill, Ward Jackson, Violet Southam; c:Charles Corri, dir:Federick Hudson [8pp, 6.25x9.75; cast list, synopsis, forthcoming arrangements, Vic-Wells information, credits, opera guest artists; light vertical bend, else VG] £3
1930 (27+29 Mch): CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and PAGLIACCI (Old Vic) in English
Winifred Kennard, Ivy Ackerman, Violet Southam, Victor Edmonds, Sumner Austin, Mavis Bennett, Arthur Cox, Victor Peduzzi, Booth Hitchen; c:Charles Corri [8pp, 6.25x9.75; cast list, synopses and texts, forthcoming arrangements, Vic-Wells information, credits; light vertical bend, else VG] £3
1930-31 OLD VIC OPERA Season
1930 (25+27 Sep): CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and PAGLIACCI (Old Vic) in English
May Busby, Ivy Ackerman, Violet Southam, Edward Leer, Sumner Austin, Mavis Bennett, Arthur Cox, Victor Peduzzi, Booth Hitchen; c:Charles Corri, dir:Federick Hudson [8pp, 6.25x9.75; cast list, synopses and texts, forthcoming arrangements, Vic-Wells information, credits; light vertical bend, else VG] £3
1930 (9+11): MADAM BUTTERFLY (Old Vic) in English
Winifred Brady, Rose Morris, Ivy Ackerman, Arthur Cox, Sumner Austin, Hubert Maddern, Powell Lloyd, Booth Hitchen, Hubert Madden, Ronald Dod, Arthur Head, Cecilia Nono, Edith Coates, Nora Desmond, Helen Moore; c:Charles Corri, dir:Federick Hudson [8pp, 6.25x9.75; cast list, synopsis, forthcoming arrangements, Vic-Wells information, credits; light vertical bend, else VG] £3
1930 (13+15 Nov): CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and PAGLIACCI (Old Vic) in English
Winifred Kennard, Rose Morris, Violet Southam, Victor Peduzzi, Booth Hitchen, Paulyne Bindley, Arthur Cox, Powell Lloyd, Bernard Ross, Booth Hitchen; c:Charles Corri, dir:Federick Hudson [8pp, 6.25x9.75; cast list, synopses and texts, forthcoming arrangements, Vic-Wells information, credits; light vertical bend, else VG] £3
Sadler's Wells Theatre opened on 6th January 1931
1931-34 VIC-WELLS OPERA Season
No programmes available
1934-36 SADLER'S WELLS OPERA Season
No programmes available
1936-37 SADLER'S WELLS OPERA Season
1937 (3 April, matinee): LA BOHEME (Sadler's Wells)
Tudor Davies, Joan Cross (for Winifred Kennard), Arnold Matters, Ronald Stear, Redvers Llewellyn, Janet Hamilton Smith; c:Warwick Braithwaite, dir:Clive Carey [12pp, 7.25x9.5; synopsis, cast list, synopsis of scenes, "forthcoming arrangements", Vic-Wells information, credits, opera guest artists; cast change inked-in by hand; grubby, rumpled, minor edge damage, else VG] £3
1937 (17 April, matinee): MADAM BUTTERFLY (Sadler's Wells)
Joan Cross, John Wright, Rose Morris, Redvers Llewellyn, Harry Brindle, Molly Mooney; c:Lawrance Collingwood, dir:John B.Gordon [12pp, 7.25x9.5; synopsis, cast list, "forthcoming arrangements", Vic-Wells information, credits; creases, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
1937-38 SADLER'S WELLS OPERA Season
No programmes available
1938-39 SADLER'S WELLS OPERA Season
1939 (4 Feb, evening): THE SNOW MAIDEN (Sadler's Wells)
Olive Dyer, Joan Cross, Edith Coates, Roderick Lloyd, Bruce Dargavel, Rose Morris, Sumner Austin, Morgan Jones, John Greenwood; c:Lawrance Collingwood, dir:Clive Carey [12pp, 7.25x9.5; synopsis, cast list, synopsis of scenes, "forthcoming arrangements", Vic-Wells information, credits; creased, rumpled, else VG] £3
1939 (11 Mch, matinee): FAUST (Sadler's Wells)
Bernard Howson, Roderick Lloyd, Dorothy Kingston, John Hargreaves, Rose Morris, Valetta Jacopi; Ballet: Elizabeth Miller, Frank Staff; c:Geoffrey Corbett, dir:Sumner Austin [12pp, 7.25x9.5; synopsis, cast list, synopsis of scenes, "forthcoming arrangements", Vic-Wells information, credits, opera guest artists; minor edge damage, slightly rumpled, else VG] £3
1939 (28 Apr): THE WRECKERS - Ethel Smyth (Sadler's Wells)
Morgan Jones, Rose Morris, Harry Brindle, Roderick Lloyd, John Hargreaves, Nora Gruhn, Edith Coates, John Wright, John Nicholson; c:Warwick Braithwaite, dir:Sumner Austin [12pp, 7.3x9.6; synopsis, cast list, synopsis of scenes, forthcoming arrangements, Vic-Wells information, credits etc.; rumpled, else VG] £2
1939-40 SADLER'S WELLS OPERA Season
1939 (30 Sep, 2pm): FAUST (Sadler's Wells)
Tudor Davies, Roderick Lloyd, Joan Cross, John Hargreaves, Edith Coates, Rose Morris; c:Lawrance Collingwood, dir:Sumner Austin [single 7.5x10.75 sheet; cast list, synopsis of scenes, future performances, further announcements from week to week; horizontal fold, slightly grubby, minor edge damage; most uncommon early wartime programme - Britain had declared war on 3 September] £3
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