Add MS 88985/2

Contains:

• A programme note for A Resounding Tinkle (1957).
• Cambridge Amateur Dramatic Club Theatre premiere of two-act A Resounding Tinkle by University Actors, 20–24 January 1959. Directed by John Bird, the cast were Peter Cook (Bro), Eleanor Bron (Middie), Geoff Pattie (1^st Comedian – Hamster), Timothy Birdsall (2^nd Comedian – Bug), David Johnson (Author), Jonathan Spence (Technician), Joyce Quinney (Mrs Nora Mortice), Freda Stratton (1^st Cleaner), Jill Daltry (2^nd Cleaner), Penny Balchin (Don Paradock) and the critics, Peter Foster (Mustard Shot), James Cornford (Denzil Pepper), Freda Stratton (Miss Salt), Catharine Buckley (Mrs Vinegar), John Tydeman (Chairman) and Bill Wallis (Man).
• People’s Theatre presents A Resounding Tinkle, 23-30 May 1959. Cast: John Barber (Bro), Peggy Gosschalk (Middie), Frank Harling (1^st Comedian – Bug), George Nicholson (2^nd Comedian – Hamster), Peter Stattersfield (Author), Patrick Walsh (Technician), Frances Wallace (Mrs Nora Mortice), Alice Hand (1^st Cleaner), Nancy O’Kane (2^nd Cleaner), Margaret Dunn (Don Paradock), David Prosser (Mustard Short), Derek Oyston (Denzil Pepper), Nancy Weddell (Miss Salt), Margot MacDonald (Mrs Vinegar), Arthur Kay (Chairman), Harold Higgins (Man in Bowler Hat).
• One to Another revue, Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith. First performance 15 July 1959. Directed by Eleanor Fazan, designed by Disley Jones and music directed by Stanley Myers. Starring Beryl Reid, Patrick Wymark and the company: Oatricia Bredin, Ray Barrett, Sheila Hancock, Barbara Evans, Tony Tanner, Roddy Maude-Roxby and introducing Joe Melia. The writers: Robert Benchley, John Cranko, Serge Gainsbourg, Bamber Gascoigne, Patrick Gowers, David Heneker, Joseph Horovitz, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Julian More, John Mortimer, Stanley Myers, David Nobbs, Monty Norman, Dorothy Parker, Harold Pinter, Alistair Sampson, William Sansom, Humphrey Searle, N F Simpson, Keith Statham, Brian Tester. Full sketches list on pp 8-9, with Simpson “Can You Hear Me?” position 8 in part one. Performers were Patrick Wymark and Tony Tanner. Scribbled note on front cover reads “Gladly Otherwise”, indicating its late addition? Photos of production by Angus McBean.
• A Resounding Tinkle at the Concert Chamber, 25–27 February [1960], same as above but single page flyer.
• A Stagecraft Theatre production of A Resounding Tinkle, two-act version for New Zealand theatre the Concert Chamber, [March 1960]. Directed by Keith M. Bennett. Cast: Victor R. Webb (Bro), Diane Poole (Middie), Ralph Poole (1^st Comedian), Brian Cooper (2^nd Comedian), Terence Journet (Author), Gray Malt (Technician), Colleen de la Cour (Nora), Mary Stephenson (1^st Cleaner), Shonagh Power (2^nd Cleaner), Adrienne Frost (Don), Eric Kemeys (Mustard Short), Judith Bird (Miss Salt), Lindsay Cumming (Denzil Pepper), Zena Journet (Mrs Vinegar), Basil Barker (Chairman).
• Cheltenham Playhouse production of A Resounding Tinkle by the GC Theatre Group, 2-9 April 1960. Produced by Dudley Owen, designed by Bill Robertson. Cast: Nina Beaumont (Middie), Brian Haydock (Bro), Frank Pearson (1^st Comedian), Jimmy Pollard (2^nd Comedian), Shaun Wylie (The Author), Ceila Harding (Nora Mortice), Michael Warner (The Technician), Wynne Allen (1^st Cleaner), Mary Ilott (2^nd Cleaner), Celia Davenport (Don Paradock), Michael Warner (Mustard Short), John Condy (Denzil Pepper), Lesley Stuart Taylor (Mrs Vinegar), Joan Scales (Miss Salt), Tony Ridlington (The Chairman) and Nick Carter (Man in a Bowler Hat).
• A Resounding Tinkle, by Art Theatre Productions for the Pike Theatre [Herbert Lane, Dublin], opening 31 May 1960. Offers an alternative title, “or the accapictor mich-macted”. Directed by Louis Lentin. Designer: Patricia Buzzard. Cast: Patricia Martin (Middie), Frank O’Keefe (Bro), Robert Somerset (1^st Comedian), Derek Young (2^nd Comedian), Eric Erskine (The Author), Bill Beesley (A Technician), Eileen Coghlan (Nora), Pauline Delaney (1^st Cleaner), Helen Robinson (2^nd Cleaner), Seonaid Walker (Don), Patricia Buzzard (American Tourist), Louis Lentin (The Producer), Bill Beesley (The Chairman), Derek Young (Mustard Short), Robert Somerset (Denzil Pepper), Helen Robinson (Mrs Vinegar), Pauline Delaney (Miss Salt).
• Three, The Arts Theatre Club, London. By arrangement with Michael Codron in association with David Hall. First performance 18 January 1961. Order of performance: Lunch Hour, The Form, A Slight Ache.
• General booklet for Schlosspark-Theater, Berlin, dated 1960/61. Includes 4 page section for N. F. Simpson, including full page profile shot and 2 ½ page contribution by Simpson accompanied by a James Thurber cartoon. Title of Simpson piece is “Höchstpersönliche Beobachtungen” (“Personal Observation”).
• Das Loch (translates as The Hole) for Berlin’s Schlosspark-Theater, 3 October 1960. Festival double bill with Hughie by Eugene O’Neill.
• Gloss programme for double bill of John Mortimer’s The Dock Brief and Simpson’s A Resounding Tinkle at the State College Arena Summer Theatre, Albany, New York, 25-28 July 1962. Cast for A Resounding Tinkle: Mary Nugent (Middie), Morton Hess (Bro), Arline Lavin (Uncle Ted). Directed by James M. Leonard.
• Fold out card flyer for above production.
• The West Sussex Players’ production of One Way Pendulum, at Pier Pavilion, Worthing 1–2 November 1963. Claims in introduction to be the first ever amateur production. Produced by Phil Canneaux, Cast: Richard Claughton (Kirby Groomkirby), David Clark (Robert Barnes), Jo Hutchinson (Mabel Groomkirby, Kirby’s mother), Diane West (Sylvia Groomkirby), Linda Tilbury (Aunt Mildred, Mabel’s sister), Hilda Blundell (Myra Gantry), Bob West (Arthur Groomkirby, Mabel’s husband), Godfrey James (Stanley Honeyblock), John Erskine (Judge), Brian Davey (Policeman), Geoffrey Villiers-Welsh (Usher), John Maybury (Clerk of the Court), Frank Hutchinson (Prosecuting Counsel), Peter Branch (Defending Counsel).
• One Way Pendulum film bill, 1964. Certificate U, 1hr 25mins (handwritten). Includes one page synopsis, written by someone other than Simpson. Colour cover drawing of Kirby conducting.
• Royal Court Theatre 50, photocopied programme for Look Back: 50 Readings, 50 Writers, 50 Years, 17 January 2006 at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. Directed by Simon Usher, Casting by Amy Ball, stage manager Rebecca Austin, production manager Sue Bird. Two-act reading with Marion Bailey (Middie), Di Botcher (1^st Cleaner – Miss Salt), Anne Carroll (2^nd Cleaner – Mrs Vinegar), Sarah Cattle (Don Paradock), James Chalmers (The Author/The Technician), Paul Copley (Bro Paradock), Sarah Crowden (Mrs Nora Mortice), Peter Sproule (2^nd Comedian – Mustard), Alan Williams (1^st Comedian – Pepper).
• Typewritten ‘Various programme notes’ [for If So, Then Yes and the Donmar programme for Absurdia].