| Description | The file contains information for the arrangement of an evening of performances of scenes from different plays, held at the National Theatre, London [Old Vic], 13 Jun 1966, to fund-raise for the George Devine Award. The performers included actors, writers and directors, among them Kenneth Haigh, Tony Richardson, Lynn Redgrave, Bill Gaskill [Willian Gaskill], Edward Fox, Ann Jellicoe, Frank Finlay, Lindsay Anderson, Alec Guinness, Nicol Williamson, Cleo Laine, John Osborne, Jill Bennett, Vanessa Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Peggy Ashcroft, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson and many others. The papers in the file include details of the planning of the events, the rehearsals and the running order. Some pages are amended by Herbert to list prop. The file includes a script of the scenes used from the various plays. |