Play: Volpone

Theatre / City: Shakespeare Memorial Theatre

Dates:15 July 1952-

Company:

Director / Producer: George Devine

Actors:Androgyno - Michael Hayes; Avocatore 1 - Powys Thomas; Avocatore 2 - Philip Morant; Avocatore 3 - Kenneth Wynne; Avocatore 4 - Ronald Hines, Jerome Willis; Bonario - Peter Halliday; Castrone - John Turner, Laurence Harvey; Celia - Siobhan McKenna; Commandadore - Mervyn Blake; Corabbio - Michael Bates; Corvio - Ronald Hines, Lyn Evans; Lady Would-be - Rosalind Atkinson; Merchant 1 - Michael Turner; Merchant 2 - John Calvert Lee, John Foster; Merchant 3 - Eric Evans; Mosca - Anthony Quayle; Nano - Edward Atienza; Notario - James Wellman; Peregrine - Aubrey Woods; Servant - Leo Ciceri; Servant - Jill Showell; Sir Politic Would-be - Michael Hordern; Volpone - Ralph Richardson; Voltore - Raymond Westwell; Waiting Woman 1 - John MacArthur; Waiting Woman 2 - Maureen Quinncy

Archives: Shakespeare Centre Lib.

Reviews / Production History: Harold Conway, Evening Standard , 16 July 1952; David Farrer, Evening Standard , 18 July 1952; T. C. Worsley, New Statesman , 26 July 1952; W. A. Darlington, Daily Telegraph , 16 July 1952; C. L. W., Birmingham Mail , 16 July 1952; Coventry Evening Telegraph , 16 July 1952; Times , 16 July1952; Scotsman , 17 July 1952; Gerard Fay, Spectator , 18 July 1952, 96; McBean, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre ; Times , 14 July 1952; Guardian , 16 July 1952; J. C. Trewin, Birmingham Post , 16 July 1952; The Stage , 17 July 1952; Harold Hobson, Sunday Times , 20 July 1952; Observer , 20 July1952; Birmingham Dispatch , 16 July 1952; News Chronicle , 16 July 1952; Brian Harvey, Birmingham Gazette , 16 July 1952; Evening Standard , 16 July 1952; Daily Mail 16 July 1952; Daily Graphic , 16 July 1952; Western Daily Press , 17 July 1952; Coventry Standard , 18 July 1952; Warwick Advertiser , 19 July 1952; Stratford-upon-Avon Herald , 18 July 1952; Sphere , 21 July 1952; Times Weekly Review , 24 July 1952; Manchester Guardian , 24 July 1952; Truth , 25 July 1952; J. C. Trewin, Lady , 25 July 1952; Sketch , 30 July 1952; Tatler , 30 July 1952; Punch , 30 July 1952; Theatre World , Aug. 1952; John O London , 1 Aug. 1952; J. C. Trewin, Illustrated London News , 22 Aug. 1952