Keith_exS10 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 The family did occasionally go there in the 1950s and it always seemed to be well kept and tidy. One regular annual visit was with a Young Peoples Club to whatever was on. I would like to say that I saw Peter Sallis. (Summer Wine), Paul.Eddington (Yes Minister) and Margaret Tyzack but I can't truthfully do that. The production was "Wind in the Willows", full animal costumes and no face holes. Who was who didn't come into it and at that time they were not yet very well-known. It didnt matter and full skin notwithstanding we heard every word. Never forgotten it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Townhead Street in Sheffield City Centre where The Playhouse was located Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SteveHB Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Festival of Britain, May 1951 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MartinR Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 I think the only time we visited was to see a children's show. It was probably around Christmas some time between 1965 and 1970. The production was "John Willy and the Bee People". It apparently featured on an LP: Songs from the Sheffield Playhouse. The show moved to Leeds Children's Theatre in November 1971: programme here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Sheffield Playhouse, Entrance on Little Hill / Townhead Street, 1963/4. v00495 Photographer: Ivor K. Dykes. s01485 Little Hill from Townhead Street, Playhouse Theatre, right. s17629 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Fernando Perredita (1913 - 1975), actor at Sheffield Playhouse, (later changed name to Anthony Marlowe) s08715 September 1935 Here shown in the role of John Middleton in The Constant Wife. First appeared at Sheffield Playhouse in 1935. Newspaper cutting report; Anthony Marlowe, the actor, who has died at the age of 62, joined Oxford Repertory in 1934 after being at RADA. During 1934-35 he was with the Jevon Brandon-Thomas company at Glasgow and Edinburgh; he went on to Sheffield Repertory and made his London debut in 1937 at the Mercury as the Electrician in Theatre Street. After more repertory, he had a season at the Bolton's and first appeared in the West End as Mr Thorpe in The Hidden Years at the Fortune. A gifted and impressive player, among the parts in which he was particularly noted were Randall Utterwood in Heartbreak House at the Arts, the General in The Moment of Truth at the Adelphi and the Rev Oliver Prefoy in Sailor, Beware! at the Strand. Sir Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) at the Playhouse Theatre, Townhead Street. 12 April 1966. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s40145&pos=37&action=zoom&id=78430 Stan Barstow (1928-2011) at the Playhouse Theatre, Townhead Street. 11th November 1965. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s40144&pos=36&action=zoom&id=78429 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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