Play: Volpone

Theatre / City:Old Vic

Dates:16 Jan. 1968

Company:National Theatre Company

Director / Producer: Tyrone Guthrie

Actors: Volpone - Colin Blakely; Mosca - Frank Wylie; Corvino - Robert Lang; Celia -Gillian Barge; Lady Would-be - Gabrielle Laye

Archives:Bristol University Theatre Collection (programme); Royal National Theatre Archives; National Sound Archive (staged recording: T202B, P455RW, NP1361 B-NP1362B T1-4)

Reviews / Production History: Philip Hope- Wallace, Guardian , 17 Jan. 1968; D. A. N. Jones , Listener , 25 Jan. 1968, 125; Hilary Spurline, Spectator , 26 Jan. 1968, p. 107; Henry Popkin, Times , 17 Jan. 1968; Eric Shorter, Telegraph , 17 Jan. 1968; Philip French , New Statesman , 26 Jan. 1968, p. 120; Martin Esslin, Plays and Players 15 (Mar. 1968), 15; J. C. Trewin, Illustrated London News , 27 Jan. 1968, 28; Wardle (1972)