Alick Johnstone
Born Alick Johnstone Southbear to Walter Southbear (1855–1924), artist, and Maria Mary Ellen née Barrier (1853–1920) of 60 Bolingbroke Grove, Wandsworth Common, Battersea, Surrey.
Married Ida Eleanor Wedberg (1893–1967) between July and September 1922 in Kensington, London.
Opened his studio in 1922, at 23&24 Macklin Street, Drury Lane, London, WC2, using the name Alick Johnstone.
Died leaving an estate worth £50,721, including two properties – Wood View, Perry Wood, Selling, Kent, and Flat 2, 38 Sussex Square, Brighton, Sussex.
Alick Johnstone’s studio (Alick Johnstone Ltd – Theatrical Scenery Painters) was wound up by the liquidators Ian Gordon Booth after the Notice of Liquidation was published in the London Gazette on 11 April 1969.
Past productions
- Scenery painted by, The Odd Couple, H M Tennent Ltd and Saint Subber
- Scenery painted by, On the Level, Martin Landau for Marlan Productions
- Scenery painted by, Barefoot in the Park, Arthur Lewis and Bernard Delfont
- Scenery painted by, Say Who You Are, Peter Bridge for Bridge Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Present Laughter, H M Tennent Ltd and John Gale Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Trap for a Lonely Man, Harry Saltzman and Robin Fox
- Scenery painted by, Billy Liar, Oscar Lewenstein Plays Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Ross, H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Stop the World I Want to Get Off, Bernard Delfont and H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Billy Liar, Oscar Lewenstein Plays Ltd
- Scenery painted by, The Marriage-Go-Round, John Clements and S A Gorlinsky
- Scenery painted by, The Ring of Truth, Donmar Productions Ltd, Frith Banbury Ltd, and Robin Fox Partnership Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Beware of Angels, David Hall and E P Clift
- Scenery painted by, The Tunnel of Love, Robin Fox Partnership Ltd, S A Gorlinsky, and Theatre Guild
- Scenery painted by, Five Finger Exercise, H M Tennent Ltd and New Watergate Presentations Ltd
- Scenery painted by, The Big Tickle, George Black Ltd and H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Variation on a Theme, H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, The Happiest Millionaire, Emile Littler
- Scenery painted by, The Waltz of the Toreadors, Carl Clopet Productions and Harold French Ltd
- Scenery painted by, A Touch of the Sun, Tennent Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Paddle Your Own Canoe, Donmar Productions
- Scenery painted by, The Waltz of the Toreadors, Donmar Productions Ltd and MEEC Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, The Tunnel of Love, Robin Fox Partnership Ltd, S A Gorlinsky, and Theatre Guild
- Scenery painted by, Flowering Cherry, Frith Banbury Ltd and H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Dinner with the Family, Oxford Playhouse Company
- Scenery painted by, The Happy Man, E P Clift, Jack Minster, and Minster Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Dear Delinquent, Minster Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, It’s the Geography that Counts, Toby Rowland Ltd
- Scenery painted by, A View from the Bridge, New Watergate Theatre Club and Watergate Presentations Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Plaintiff in a Pretty Hat, E P Clift Productions Ltd and Minster Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Someone To Talk To, Anna Deere Wiman for ADW Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Charley’s Aunt, H M Tennent Ltd and The Brandon Thomas Company
- Scenery painted by, Morning’s at Seven, ADW Productions Ltd and Minster Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Can-Can, Prince Littler and Williamson Music Ltd
- Scenery painted by, The Desperate Hours, Toby Rowland Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Dead on Nine, James P Sherwood
- Scenery painted by, Tiger at the Gates, Robert L Joseph and Stephen Mitchell
- Scenery painted by, Misery Me!, Daniel M Angel and E P Clift
- Scenery painted by, My Three Angels, George and Alfred Black and H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Spider’s Web, Peter Saunders
- Scenery Painter, Bell, Book and Candle, H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Simon and Laura, H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Book of the Month, Emile Littler
- Scenery painted by, Angels in Love, Jack De Leon
- Scenery painted by, No Escape, E P Clift
- Scenery painted by, Charley’s Aunt, H M Tennent Ltd and The Brandon Thomas Company
- Scenery painted by, A Question of Fact, Tennent Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Someone Waiting, H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Angels in Love, Jack De Leon
- Scenery painted by, The White Carnation, H M Tennent Ltd