John Gielgud Archive. Documents relating to the 'New Mars Theatre', the elaborate toy theatre given to John Gielgud at Christmas 1911, and operated by Gielgud at his childhood home in Gledhow Gardens, Kensington, with the help of his older brother Val and his sister Eleanor; 1913–1919.
John Gielgud Archive. Leaves from another notebook recording the activities of the Mars Theatre, also written by John Gielgud; 1910–1920. Although these leaves are quite evidently torn from a notebook very similar to 81329 A, they cannot be identified with the leaves torn out of that book, nor...
John Gielgud Archive. Cased notebook with records of programmes of plays at the 'New Mars', written out and decorated by the young Gielgud with red and black ink flourishes; 1913-1919. There are two 'title-pages'. The first reads: 'Royal Mars Theatre W.1. Under the patronage of HM King Geo...
John Gielgud Archive. Four programmes written and decorated by Gielgud for performances at the Mars Theatre, circa 1918. 1. 'The stone of Mecca: a play of the Crusaders and Saracens, by A. J. Gielgud'. 2. 'For one night only: a play in 3 acts, by V. H. Gielgud'. In this programme 'F. E. Giel...