The Old Vic in photographs by John Vickers

London: The Saturn Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear, upper corners bumped, no other significant wear; jacket a little edgeworn, small tears at spine ends but only minimal paper loss]. (color plates, B&W photographs) "This splendid collection of photographs covers two years' work of the Old Vic Theatre Company and includes 'King Lear,' 'Cyrano de Bergerac,' 'An Inspector Calls,' 'Uncle Vanya,' 'The Alchemist,' 'Henry IV, Pts. I and II,' 'Oedipus Rex,' 'Richard III,' 'The Critic' [and] 'Peer Gynt.' The colour plates show Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Ralph Richardson, and Alec Guinness in their leading roles, and their are eighty other illustrations. The directors of the Old Vic Theatre Company have supervised the production of this book, and John Burrell, himself a director, has written an introduction describing the work of this theatre group during the two seasons." (The original receipt from the publisher is laid in.) .