How The Other Half Loves: Archive Images
A collection of archive material, posters, rehearsal and production images pertaining to Alan Ayckbourn's How The Other Half Loves. The Archive Images page is presented in association with the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York where the Ayckbourn Archive is held. Click on an image to expand.How The Other Half Loves (1969)
A report in The Stage, published on 3 July 1969, noting the new Ayckbourn play had finally been named How The Other Half Loves - just three weeks before its world premiere!
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A letter to Alan Ayckbourn from his literary agent Margaret 'Peggy' Ramsay, dated 28 July 1969, offering congratulations on How The Other Half Loves. Peter Bridge, referenced in the letter, had produced Relatively Speaking in the West End but had previously declined to produce plays he thought might be difficult to transfer no matter their appeal.
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A contact sheet of possible publicity images for the world premiere of How The Other Half Loves at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, in 1969.
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Photographer: Ken Boden (© Haydonning Ltd)
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The classic image from How The Other Half Loves with the table representing two dinner parties over two nights. The image is taken from the world premiere production at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, in 1969.
Photographer: Ken Boden (© Haydonning Ltd)
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Photographer: Ken Boden (© Haydonning Ltd)
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A flyer for the pre-West End tour of How The Other Half Loves in 1969. Despite being conceived as an ensemble piece by Alan Ayckbourn, the West End was entirely promoted and centred on the actor Robert Morley.
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The Times newspaper report from 7 August 1970 reporting on how Alan Ayckbourn nearly missed the West End premiere of How The Other Half Loves due to rushing to complete his new play for Scarborough.
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The programme cover for the Greenwich Theatre's 1988 revival of How The Other Half Loves. This production would transfer to the West End marking the first time an Ayckbourn play had been produced twice in the West End.
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The Archive Images page is presented in association with the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, where the Ayckbourn Archive is held.
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All images on this page are copyright of the respective and labelled individual / organisation and should not be reproduced without permission.
