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To Bristol University Dramsoc production of Investigation, by Ugo Betti, Bristol, Victoria Rooms and London, St George's Hall, started November 1956: “See observation re Lord Chancellor’s Office.”
To Bristol University Dramsoc production of Investigation, by Ugo Betti, Bristol, Victoria Rooms and London, St George's Hall, started November 1956: “Having been successful in getting permission from the Betti estate for this premiere, we were hrrified, halfway through rehearsals, to receive a demand from the Lord Chancellor’s Office for cuts before we could proceed. No real explanation for this demand was given, but we were foced, reluctantly, to comply.”
To Theatre in the Round, Scarborough production of The Game of Love and Chance, by Pierre Marivaux, Scarborough, Library Theatre, started August 1958: “In the cast, as a cheeky valet, was a very young Alan Ayckbourn.”
To Theatre in the Round, Scarborough production of A Sense of Loss, Leicester, College of Art & Technology and Scarborough, Library Theatre, started August 1958: “There was much publicity caused by the leading lady being taken ill the day before the first night, and a substitute rushed in – Shirley Jacobs – who coped admirably with reading the part without even having had time to read the whole play.”