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, Say Who You Are, Peter Bridge for Bridge Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Barefoot in the Park, Arthur Lewis and Bernard Delfont
- 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 Ring of Truth, Donmar Productions Ltd, Frith Banbury Ltd, and Robin Fox Partnership 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 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, 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, 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, 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 Painter, Bell, Book and Candle, H. M. Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Spider’s Web, Peter Saunders
- Scenery painted by, Simon and Laura, H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Book of the Month, Emile Littler
- 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, The Gay Dog, H M Tennent Ltd and Lornor Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Colombe, H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Top of the Ladder, Laurence Olivier Productions
- Scenery painted by, Venus Observed
- Scene painted by, Background, Alec L Rea and E P Clift with Roy Limbert
- Scenery painted by, The Damascus Blade, Laurence Olivier Productions
- Designer, September Tide
- Scene painted by, Home at Seven, Alec L Rea and E P Clift and H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Ring Round the Moon, Tennent Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Fading Mansion, Duchess Productions and Laurence Olivier Productions
- Scenery painted by, Antigone, Old Vic Company
- Scenery painted by, Carissima, Lee Ephraim
- Designer, Worm’s Eye View
- Scenery painted by, Traveller’s Joy, H M Tennent Ltd
- Scenery painted by, No Room at the Inn, Jack Hylton and Barry O’Brien
- Scenery painted by, Deep Are The Roots, Tennent Productions Ltd
- Scenery painted by, Trespass, H M Tennent Ltd and Stephen Mitchell
- Scenery painted by, The Gleam, H M Tennent Ltd