Play: The Alchemist

Theatre / City:New Theatre, London

Dates:4 Jan. 1947

Company:Old Vic Company

Director / Producer: John Burrell

Actors:Subtle - George Relph; Face - Ralph Richardson; Mammon - Nicholas Hannen; Surly - Michael Warre; Dapper - Frank Duncan; Drugger - Alec Guinness; Ananias - Peter Copley; Tribulation - Michael Raghan; Dol Common - Joyce Redman

Archives:Bristol University Theatre Collection (photos; designs; programmes)

Reviews / Production History: Ivor Brown, 'Ben Trovato', Observer , 19 Jan. 1947; Anthony Goodman, Tatler and Bystander , 29 Jan. 1947; I. H., Manchester Guardian , 23 Jan. 1947, 9; Peter Fleming, Spectator , 24 Jan. 1947, 108; Times , 5 Jan. 1947; James Agate, Sunday Times , 19 Jan. 1947; Sound , Mar. 1947; Cavalcade , 25 Jan. 1947; Alan Dent, News Chronicle , 17 Jan. 1947; Lawrence Gowing, The Sketch , 5 Jan. 1947; Philip Hope- Wallace, Time and Tide , 25 Jan. 1947; Caryl Brahms, Evening Standard , 15 Jan. 1947; Hubert Griffith, Sunday Graphic , 19 Jan. 1947; H. K. Fisher, ‘The theatre reviewed’, Life and Letters , 54 (July 1947), 63-4; F. S., ‘ The Alchemist ’, Theatre World , 43 (Feb. 1947), 8; Sewell Stokes, ‘The English spotlight: reviewers and reviews’, Theatre Arts , 31 (Apr. 1947), 58; H&S, , 9.238