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Peter Pan - Programme, 1964

Title

Peter Pan - Programme, 1964

Date

23 March 1964

Description

Full programme for Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie starring Alastair Sim and Julia Lockwood

What's the story?

This production of Peter Pan starred popular film and stage actor Alastair Sim as Captain Hook and Julia Lockwood in the title role.
Lockwood is the daughter of Margaret Lockwood who also played Peter Pan in 1949.
It is also interesting to note that at the height of Beatlemania in 1964 the programme refers to Lockwood playing Peter Pan “with a fair-haired Beatle cut”.

This programme forms part of a collection of Theatre Royal material that belonged to Kathleen Davis (nee Beales), 1922 to 2014.
During World War Two, Kathleen worked for a company, whose work included developing pictures taken of productions at the Theatre Royal. This sparked an interest in the Theatre Royal and performing in general.
She took singing lessons and joined the Nora Morrison School of Dance, which led her to becoming a member of Nottingham Operatic Society, who regularly performed at the Theatre Royal.
Kathleen became a leading light of the society, which led to offers to sing and perform in London and the possibility of a professional career. However, Kathleen, now having met her husband Louis through NOS chose to remain in Nottingham.
Kathleen continued to sing locally, performing with other groups at Nottingham’s Co-Op theatre and in Beeston. In the mid-1970s, Kathleen was performing around the Midlands area enjoying singing in working men’s clubs.
We would like to thank Kathleen’s son, Glyn Davis, for loaning and donating the programmes, scrapbooks, photographs and other ephemera from his mother’s collection to the Theatre Royal archive.
We are also grateful to him for sharing some of his own Theatre Royal memories of standing in the wings as a little boy and watching his Mum perform on our stage.

Type

Programme

Location of item

Private Collection - Glyn Davis / Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham

Rights

Private Collection - Glyn Davis / Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham

Contributor

Researcher: David Longford