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"Breath Of Spring" was first performed at the
Cambridge Theatre, London, on 26th March 1958, with a young Joan
Syms playing the part of the Maid. If the picture in the programme
(see below) is anything to go by, it would appear that they had
rather more room to play with than the Fairlight crew, but with the
aid of one John Brooker (he must be coming towards the end of his
Community Service sentence by now) helping for the first time in the
stage management department, I am sure that they made a proper job
of it.
Alongside the stage plans at the back of the
script is a street map showing the area around Dame Beatrice's flat,
which is right next to the Royal Albert Hall. One wonders how this
would have been of help in staging the play, but perhaps it is such
a map that the cast are so carefully studying in the picture
above.
One final point to note from the poster
(above) is that Fairlight Post Office are selling tickets for the
first time. |
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