Add MS 89161/1/42

Six large posters for the following productions:

• (1). Ben Jonson, Epicene. The Lady Margaret Players, in the Fellows' Garden, St. John's College, 5-6 June [1952]. Poster size: 380 x 510 mm. Joan Rowlands [Bakewell] played 'Dol Mavis' in this production. For programme signed by the cast, see Add MS 89161/1/39.
• (2). [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals. Cambridge University Mummers, at the A.D.C. Theatre, Cambridge, 17-21 February (year not indicated). Poster size: 520 x 390 mm.
• (3). Jean Giraudoux, The Madwoman of Chaillot. Cambridge University Mummers, at the A.D.C. Theatre, Cambridge, 9-13 February (year not indicated). Poster size: 470 x 355 mm.
• (4). Ivan Turgenev, A Month in the Country (adapted by Emlyn Williams). Cambridge University Mummers, at the A.D.C. Theatre, Cambridge, 19-23 February 1952. Poster size: 510 x 380 mm. Cast list includes Joan Rowlands [Bakewell]. Poster signed by cast (but not by Bakewell).
• (5). Jean Anouilh, Point of Departure, produced by Peter Hall. An 'independent production' at the A.D.C. Theatre, Cambridge, 13-18 October [1952]. Poster size: 505 x 380 mm. Cast includes Joan Rowlands [Bakewell] and Michael Bakewell.
• (6). Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest. Cambridge University Mummers, at the Civic Playhouse, Cheltenham, 11-16 August [1952]. Poster size: 760 x 510 mm. In this production, Joan Rowlands [Bakewell] was cast as Cecily.

For Bakewell's participation in productions of the Cambridge University Mummers, see Bakewell, The Centre of the Bed (2003), pp. 95-9.

For photographs (including Bakewell) of the productions of A Month in the Country, Point of Departure, and The Importance of Being Earnest, see Add MS 89161/1/3. For their programmes, see Add MS 89161/1/37 (which also includes smaller photographs).