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Willy Russell Archive catalogue Shirley Valentine - Stage Production

Series Description

Shirley Valentine was commissioned by the Liverpool Everyman Theatre and premiered in 1986, directed by Glen Walford and starring Noreen Kershaw. It transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End in 1988, produced by Bob Swash, directed by Simon Callow and starring Pauline Collins. Shirley Valentine won Laurence Olivier awards for Best Actress and Best New Comedy. There have been numerous UK touring and international productions of Shirley Valentine, produced by Bill Kenwright, and including a production directed by Richard Olivier. Actors who have played the role include Pauline Daniels, Kate Fitzgerald, Paula Wilcox, Meera Syal and Willy Russell. Productions of Shirley Valentine have been presented in Europe and South America, and in Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. In 1989, Shirley Valentine opened at the Booth Theatre on Broadway, directed by Simon Callow and starring Pauline Collins. This production won the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, a Theatre World Award and a Tony Award for Best Actress and Outstanding Broadway Debut. It was nominated for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding New Play and New Director of a Play, and for a Tony Award for Best Play. Actors to also perform the role in the USA include Ellen Burstyn and Loretta Swit, who played Shirley on the US national tour. This series includes manuscripts and designs for ephemera, programmes from productions around the world, publicity and media material spanning from 1980s – 2000s, correspondence relating to early productions and production weekly financial summaries. This series should be considered in conjunction with the material relating to the film of Shirley Valentine. This material was created by Willy Russell, or in the course of processes relating to the production of works by Willy Russell. The item level catalogue descriptions refer to a single individual item, unless otherwise stated in the notes field.

3. Shirley Valentine3.1 Shirley Valentine - Stage Production

3.1.1 Manuscripts3.1.2 Programmes3.1.3 Publicity and Media3.1.4 Correspondence3.1.5 Legal and Financial

Item Level Description

3.1.1 Manuscripts

Box number Item number

Title Date Type of Record Notes, quantity, record creator

17 3.1.1.1 Shirley Valentine, script. c.1986 Manuscript Complete typed copy of script, with ‘Agent: Margaret Ramsay Ltd.’ and agent’s contact details on the title page. No production note after the title page.

17 3.1.1.2 Shirley Valentine, script. c.1986 Manuscript Complete typed copy of script, with ‘Agent: Margaret Ramsay Ltd.’ and agent’s contact details on the title page. Amended and annotated by hand.

17 3.1.1.3 Shirley Valentine, script in Hungarian, translated by Mia Nadasi.

03/1989 Manuscript Completed typed copy of the script.

17 3.1.1.4 Shirley Valentine, script, and autobiographical accounts of Willy Russell’s life.

c.1986 Manuscript Includes incomplete typed copies of script amended and annotated by hand, handwritten summary of the plot and meaning of Shirley Valentine, handwritten page of quotations from reviews addressed to ‘Andree’ and typed autobiographical accounts of Willy Russell’s early life and its influence on his writing of Shirley Valentine.

17 3.1.1.5 Handwritten notes and drafts for songs and plays.

c.1985 Manuscript Includes incomplete draft of Shirley Valentine handwritten by Willy Russell, amended and annotated, with notes made while writing and scenes not in the final draft. Also includes typed scene setting for Shirley Valentine act one, scene one. Also includes two pages of notes on Educating Rita and a letter from Willy Russell to Mike [Ockrent] about problems with Educating Rita. Also includes song lyrics ‘What Do You Do?’, ‘Johnnie’s On The Airwaves’, ‘Can It Be True?’ and ‘you know you took my heart and made it into a jingle/now everybody says that the thing’ll make the

charts’. Also includes ideas for ‘The Story So Far’. Also includes drafts of plays featuring the characters Cagney and Boyert, Jorgen, Cathleen and Charlie, Beryl, Charleen, Brian and Joe, George, John, Margaret, Selina and Garry, Alan and Gooey, Marc, Margaret, Ian and Mary, Mickey, Phil and Stewart, Major General, Michael and Alice, Jennins and Maggie, and Norman, Michael, and Whitelaw [possibly called The Many Brothers] handwritten by Willy Russell. Also includes imagined dialogue between Maggie [Margaret Thatcher], Heseltine [Michael Heseltine], Tebbit [Norman Tebbit] and the Queen handwritten by Willy Russell. Also includes imagined dialogue between the Queen, Charles [Prince Charles] and butler handwritten by Willy Russell. Also includes notes to self concerning writing a play, writers block, self doubt, the writing process and ideas of what makes a good play handwritten by Willy Russell. Also includes references to a deadline to write a play for the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, by 13th March [the deadline for writing the play which became Shirley Valentine].

17 3.1.1.6 Shirley Valentine, script. c.1986 Manuscript Complete typed copy of script amended and annotated by hand by Willy Russell. ‘Agent: Margaret Ramsay Ltd.’ and agent’s contact details on the title page. Includes changes to stage directions, pages marked

by post-it notes, queries and inserted text. Includes also four pages of dialogue from the film of Shirley Valentine [1989?] and an advertisement leaflet for ‘Willy Russell Does Shirley’ at Liverpool Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool 16/04/03.

17 3.1.1.7 Shirley Valentine, script. c.1986 Manuscript (photocopy)

[Photocopy of item 3.1.1.6], complete typed copy of script amended and annotated by hand by Willy Russell. ‘Agent: Margaret Ramsay Ltd.’ and agent’s contact details on the title page. Includes pages marked by post-it notes different to the pages marked in Item 6.

17 3.1.1.8 Shirley Valentine, script. c.1986 Manuscript Complete spiral-bound typed copy of script with minor amendments and annotations by hand.

17 3.1.1.9 Shirley Valentine, script. c.1985 Manuscript Complete handwritten script, amended and annotated [possibly first full draft].

17 3.1.1.10 Draft cover for Methuen Drama Paperback edition of Shirley Valentine & One For The Road.

c.1987 Manuscript Includes photograph of Pauline Collins as Shirley Valentine on the front and a blurb summarising the plot of Shirley Valentine on the back featuring a quotation from Michael Coveney, Financial Times about the play. Includes handwritten annotation.

17 3.1.1.11 Shirley Valentine, script. 10/02/1986 Manuscript Complete typed copy of script with typed covering letter from Willy Russell to Lewis and Hilda Gilbert enclosing the script.

17 3.1.1.12 Shirley Valentine, designs for badges by Sue Jones.

01/11/1987 Manuscript Coloured pencil sketches of designs for four badges, includes ‘ying/yang plate and egg and chips’ design, ‘holiday sun face and wall’ design, ‘Christopher Columbus boat/Diving into the water that goes on forever’ design and ‘Glass of wine under

white parasol/harbour wall’ design. Includes also badge of ‘holiday sun face and wall’ design, slightly different from sketch.

17 3.1.1.13 Draft of blurb for Shirley Valentine by unknown author

ND Manuscript Blurb possibly for publicity for play and/or film.

17 3.1.1.14 Draft of blurb for the first ever production of Shirley Valentine, The Everyman Theatre, Liverpool by unknown author

c.13/03/1986 Manuscript Refers to the opening night of 13/03/86 and Noreen Kershaw playing Shirley Valentine.

17 3.1.1.15 Typed copy of ‘A Message from Someone Else...’, a piece by Alan Bleasdale about Willy Russell.

26/02/1986 Manuscript (photocopy)

Amended and signed by Alan Bleasdale.

17 3.1.1.16 Typed copy of ‘Ode to Shirley Valentine’ poem by Pat Casey

ND Manuscript Poem tells the story of Shirley Valentine in verse.

17 3.1.1.17 Typed copy of ‘Shirley Valentine’, Willy Russell Music

02/1989 Manuscript Song about Shirley Valentine written by Willy Russell.

17 3.1.1.18 Fax copy of front cover of press pack for Shirley Valentine.

26/08/1989 Manuscript (fax copy)

Design includes image of Pauline Collins as Shirley Valentine wearing a summer dress and carrying a sun hat standing next to a Greek statue with a Greek village in the background.

17 3.1.1.19 Technical schedule for production of Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London by Simon Robertson.

03/01/1988 Administrative document

Includes schedule for Sunday 10th January to Saturday 16th January inclusive showing times and activities. Includes handwritten name ‘Bob Swash’.

17 3.1.1.20 One page biography of Willy Russell’s life and works up to June 1983 by unknown author.

c. 1984 Manuscript Multiple typed copies.

17 3.1.1.21 Shirley Valentine, script. c.1986 Manuscript Complete typed copy of script, with ‘Agent: Margaret Ramsay Ltd.’ and agent’s contact details on the title page. Includes one page of a typed autobiographical

account of Willy Russell’s early life on Willy Russell’s headed paper.

17 3.1.1.22 Folder containing a complete script of Shirley Valentine heavily amended and annotated by Willy Russell, a leaflet for Willy Russell’s performance of Shirley Valentine at Liverpool Playhouse Theatre, additional typed pages of script, handwritten notes by Willy Russell, Willy Russell’s recipe for ‘Midnight Madness’ and typed copies of the poems ‘Out of Line’, ‘Square Meal’ and ‘Newsflash’ by Adrian Henri.

c.1986 Manuscript Includes cards wishing Willy Russell good luck for his performance of Shirley Valentine, suggesting that the script was used by Willy Russell for his performance and the contents of the folder in general relate to that performance. Includes card from Glen [Walford], a good luck message from ‘Ade’ [Adrian Henri] written on the back of typed copies of Henri’s poems and a thank you card from the Unity Theatre [Willy Russell’s performance was in aid of the Unity Theatre, Liverpool]. Also includes autobiographical notes and introductory statements written by Willy Russell, [for the beginning of his performance.] The folder itself has notes written on it by Willy Russell relating to music for the songs ‘Pink Lady’, ‘Long Sunday Afternoon’, ‘Mr Love’, ‘Mr King’, ‘My Heart Says’ and ‘My Little Sister’ and stage times for Willy Russell and other band members to perform.

17 3.1.1.23 Shirley Valentine: A Play by Willy Russell, Samuel French Ltd., stage play edition.

1988 Published play Published copy of the play, published by Samuel French Ltd. Includes a banner on the front cover noting that the play won Best Comedy at the Laurence Olivier Awards 1988 and a blurb on the back cover giving critics’ views of the first London production of the play at the Vaudeville Theatre, January 1988, actor Pauline Collins.

62 3.1.1.24 Solo (Shirley Valentine), script, agent: c. 1992 Manuscript Translator Dominique Deschamps, Josiane

Marta Andras, Martonplay Balasko62 3.1.1.25 Seating plan for the Liverpool

Everyman Theatre, Liverpoolc. 1986 Administrative

document2 copies, relating to the opening night for Shirley Valentine, annotated, includes list of invitees by seat number

62 3.1.1.26 Shirley Valentine, manuscript ND Manuscript Handwritten, summary of Act 1 of Shirley Valentine

62 3.1.1.27 Shirley Valentine, script, Japanese translation, Shobo Play [Publishers], Japan

c. 1993 Book [Translator Shiho Adachi]

62 3.1.1.28 Shirley Valentine, manuscript ND Manuscript Computer generated, amended and annotated

62 3.1.1.29 Shirley Valentine, script c. 1986 Manuscript Complete copy, pages not in correct order

62 3.1.1.30 Shirley Valentine, script c. 1986 Manuscript Includes advertisement leaflet for production of Shirley Valentine at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, actor Noreen Kershaw, director Glen Walford, includes note on the first recorded use of the word clitoris

62 3.1.1.31 Notes made by Willy Russell on preview performance of Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London

1988 Manuscript Handwritten

62 3.1.1.32 Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London, Technical Schedule

03/01/1988 Administrative document

Includes sound, stage construction and rehearsal schedules

62 3.1.1.33 Shirley Valentine, Rideau de Bruxelles, Dohai, Paris

1990 Manuscript Published version of Educating Rita, translator Denyse Periez

62 3.1.1.34 Shirley Valentine & One For The Road, Methuen [Publishers], London

1988 Book published in Methuen Modern Play paperback series

62 3.1.1.35 Playbill Cards, 1988 – 1989 Broadway season series

c. 1989 Commemorative cards

Portraying the Playbill cover and opening night cast pages for each production on Broadway during the season, includes Shirley Valentine, The Booth Theatre, actor Pauline Collins, director Simon Callow

62 3.1.1.36 Material relating to the article in the Mail on Sunday relating to Shirley Valentine and claims that Willy Russell’s play is based upon her book A Marriage Sabbatical by Sabina Shalom

1990 Newspaper cutting & manuscript

Includes newspaper article in the Mail on Sunday, 08/04/1990, incomplete draft of letter from Willy Russell to the Mail on Sunday and document entitled Points to Consider In Relation to the Mail on Sunday Article

3.1.2 Programmes



17 3.1.2.1 Shirley Valentine, Lichfield Civic Hall, Lichfield

13/09/1996 Programme Actor Audrey Hall. Director Roger Bashford. Producer Brian Hall.

17 3.1.2.2 Shirley Valentine, Blue Box Theatre By The Lake, Century Theatre, Keswick

08/06/1993 Programme Actor Paddy Navin. Director Ellis Jones. Set and costumes Meg Watts. Lighting Ruth Sidery. Stage manager Sarah Roberts.

17 3.1.2.3 Shirley Valentine, The Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch

04/02/2005 Programme Actor Carol Solman. Director Caroline Eves. Designer Rodney Ford. Lighting Paul Kenah. Voice coach Edda Sharp.Includes piece by Glen Walford recounting her memories of the original production of Shirley Valentine at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre in 1986.

17 3.1.2.4 Shirley Valentine, The Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

26/07/1999 Programme Actor Gwen Taylor. Director Glen Walford. Producer Bill Kenwright. Design Bruno Santini. Lighting Nick Beadle. Sound Wayne Cross.

17 3.1.2.5 Shirley Valentine, Julie Lloyd Productions tour, visiting: Forum 28, Barrow; Ullswater Community College, Penrith; Coronation Hall, Ulverston; Rosehill Theatre,

c.1990 Programme Actor Julie Lloyd. Director Colin R. Hopper. Stage management Andrew Bond and David Rodgers.

Whitehaven; Theatre In The Forest, Grizedale; The Grand Theatre, Lancaster.

17 3.1.2.6 Shirley Valentine, Liverpool Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool

02/11/1992 Programme Two copies. Actor Pauline Daniels. Director Richard Olivier. Designer Bruno Santini. Lighting designer Mark Pritchard. Executive producer Bill Kenwright. Honorary directors Alan Bleasdale and Willy Russell. Artistic director Richard Williams. Theatre director and licensee Halyna Dyszkant.


02/11/1992 Programme Two copies. Actor Pauline Daniels. Director Richard Olivier. Designer John Knowles. Lighting designer Paul Dennant. Honorary directors Alan Bleasdale and Willy Russell. Artistic director Ian Kellgren. Administrative director and licensee John Stalker.

17 3.1.2.8 Willy Does Shirley (Shirley Valentine performed by Willy Russell), Galway Arts Festival, Galway Bay Hotel, Galway

23/07/2003 Page from programme

Performers Willy Russell, Tim Firth (piano/vocals), Andy Roberts (guitar/vocals), Mark Griffiths (bass/vocals), Paul Allen (drums), Iain Matthews (vocals/guitar), Dorrie Jackson (vocals), Loretto Murray (vocals/keyboard), Phil Beaumont (percussion). Musical director Andy Roberts.

17 3.1.2.9 Shirley Valentine, Duke of York’s Theatre, London

1991 Programme Actor Hannah Gordon. Producer Bill Kenwright. Director Richard Olivier. Lighting Leonard Tucker. Designer Bruno Santini.

17 3.1.2.10 Shirley Valentine, Mercury Theatre, Colchester

19/01/1994 Programme Actor Marji Campi. Director Graham Watts. Designer Niki Turner. Lighting Jim Bowman. Sound Kate Millward.


1993 Programme Two copies. Actor Paula Wilcox. Producer Bill Kenwright. Director Richard Olivier. Designer John Knowles. Lighting Ron Beattie.


c.1992 Programme, advertisement leaflet and newspaper cuttings

Three copies. Actor Kate Fitzgerald. Producer Bill Kenwright. Director Richard Olivier. Designer John Knowles. Lighting Paul Dennant. Cover features photograph of Willy Russell performing Shirley Valentine.One of the copies includes an advertisement leaflet for the production and two newspaper cuttings of reviews of the production in Merseymart and unknown publication.

17 3.1.2.13 Shirley Valentine, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

1993 Programme Actor Elaine C. Smith. Director Alex Norton. Design Alan Wright.Includes advertisement leaflet for Shirley Valentine and advertisement leaflet for Dorothy Paul ‘That’s Her Again’.

18 3.1.2.14 Shirley Valentine, Producciones Galev, Teatro Arlequín, San José, Costa Rica

ND Programme Actor Haydée de Lev. Director Daniel Gallegos. Producer David Vargas.

18 3.1.2.15 Shirley Valentine, Domino Színpad, [Budapest, Hungary?]

17/03/1990 Programme Actor Margitai Agi. Director Maté Gábor. Translation Julián Ria. Scenery Horgas Péter. Costume Döry Virág.

18 3.1.2.16 Shirley Valentine, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, USA

01/04/1997 Programme and advertisement leaflet

Actor Priscilla Lindsay. Director Seret Scott. Assistant director David Dreyfoos. Scenic designer Russell Metheny. Costume designer Jim Greco. Lighting Stuart Duke. Stage managers David Dreyfoos and

Michael J. Passaro.Includes advertisement leaflet.

18 3.1.2.17 Shirley Valentine, unknown theatre, Korea

2005 Programme Two copies. Actor Son Sook. Director Glen Walford.In Korean.

18 3.1.2.18 Scene Playbill theatre magazine, Vol.3 No. 6, Korea

06/2005 Magazine Includes a seven-page feature on a production of Shirley Valentine, including a ‘behind [the] story’ piece by Glen Walford.In Korean.

18 3.1.2.19 Shirley Valentine, Teatr Powszechny im. Zygmunta Hüberna, Warsaw, Poland

1990 Programme Actor Krystyna Janda. Director Maciej Wojtyszko. Translation Malgorzata Semil. Designer Ewa Bystrzejewska. Stage manager/prompter Barbara Sadowska.

18 3.1.2.20 Shirley Valentine, Städtische Bühnen Münster, Münster, Germany

18/09/1987 Programme Two copies. Actor Kristin Zein. Translation Angela Kingsford Röhl. Director Ingrid Ernst. Design Peter Brower.Includes interview with Willy Russell.In German.

18 3.1.2.21 Shirley Valentine, Sala Marin Sorescu, Teatrului Naţional din Bucureşti Il Caragiale, Bucharest, Romania

2003-2004 Programme Two copies. Actor Tamara Creţulescu. Artistic director Liliana Cîmpeanu. Design Cristina Nan.

18 3.1.2.22 Lilli Valentin (Shirley Valentine), Agder-Teater, Kristiansand, Norway

25/09/2003 Programme Actor Anne Ma Usterud. Translation Morten Krogstad.

18 3.1.2.23 Shirley Valentine, Lewes Theatre Club, Lewes

c. 1999 Programme Actor Cathryn Parker. Director/production manager Tony Bannister. Design Jim Dunston and David Moon.

18 3.1.2.24 Shirley Valentine, American Stage, St Petersburg, Florida, USA

19/02/1993 Programme Actor Cristine McMurdo-Wallis. Director John Berglund. Artistic director Victoria Holloway. Executive director John Berglund. Set, lights and sound design Richard Crowell. Costume Roger A. Miller.

Stage manager Warren S. Friedman. Technical director Tim Osteen.

18 3.1.2.25 Shirley Valentine, unknown theatre [Hakuhinkan Theater, Tokyo], Japan

1992 Programme Actor Mitsuko Kusabue.Includes advertisement leaflet for the same production.

18 3.1.2.26 Shirley Valentine, Hakuhinkan Theater, Tokyo, Japan

1993 Programme Actor Mitsuko Kusabue. Director Nobuhiro Nishikawa. Translation Shiho Adachi.Includes advertisement leaflet for the same production.

18 3.1.2.27 Shirley Valentine, Hakuhinkan Theater, Tokyo, Japan

1995 Programme Actor Mitsuko Kusabue.Includes compliments slip from Naylor, Hara International K.K. marketing, Tokyo, Japan which refers to two programmes from Korea [not present].Also includes advertisement leaflet for the same production.

18 3.1.2.28 Shirley Valentine, Jönköpings Länsteater, Jönköping, Sweden

17/10/1992 Programme Actor Märit Carlsson. Director Bernt Lindkvist. Translation Gunilla Anderman. Design Ulla ‘My’ Pettersson.Includes advertisement leaflet for the same production.Includes interview with Wily Russell.In Swedish.

18 3.1.2.29 Shirley Valentine, Leidse Schouwburg, Leiden, The Netherlands

12/10/2001 Programme Actor Trudy Labij. Director Robert Prager. Translation Ger Thijs. Design Jos Groenier.A production of Impresariaat Gislebert Thierens and Pim Wallis de Vries.

18 3.1.2.30 Shirley Valentine, Sala Abril, Santiago, Chile

1992 Programme Actor Alicia Quiroga. Director Alejandra Gutierrez. Translation Daniel Gallegos. General producer Carlos Matamala. Designer Enrique Nuñez.

18 3.1.2.31 Shirley Valentine, a touring production by Euclydes Marinho

03/1991 Programme Actor Renata Sorrah. Director and translation Euclydes Marinho. Designer

Produções Artísticas, Brazil. Gringo Cardia. Costume Fábio Namatame.18 3.1.2.32 Shirley Valentine, Sydney Theatre

Company, Wharf Theatre, Australia30/12/1988 Programme Two copies. Actor Julie Hamilton. Director

George Ogilvie. Designer Kristian Frederikson. Lighting Nigel Levings. Stage manager Mandy Clarke.

18 3.1.2.33 Shirley Valentine, Downstage Theatre, The Hannah Playhouse, Wellington, New Zealand

03/02/1989 Programme Actor Ellie Smith. Director William Walker. Designer Tony Rabbit. Lighting Nich Smith. Programme is in the shape of a heart.

18 3.1.2.34 Shirley Valentine, Rynek Główny [Main Market Square, Krakow, Poland]

29/03/2005 Programme Actor Agnieszka Schimscheiner. Director Grzegorz Matysik. Designer Elżbieta Wójtowicz-Gularowska. Translation Małgorzata Semil. Music Agnieszka Bubka.

18 3.1.2.35 Shirley Valentine, Het Nationale Toneel, Den Haag, The Netherlands

1988 Programme Two copies. Actor Anne-Wil Blankers. Director Shireen Strooker. Translation Ger Thijs.

18 3.1.2.36 Shirley Valentine, Octagon Theatre, Bolton, UK

07/09/2000 Programme Actor Christine Moore. Director Mark Babych. Designer Richard Foxton. Lighting Nick Johnson.

18 3.1.2.37 Shirley Valentine, a touring production by Confederacy of Fools, Germany.

c. 1988 Programme Actor Tessa Bell-Briggs. Director Robert Sian. Designers Tony Dunham and Elisabeth Wermann.

18 3.1.2.38 Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita, Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre, London, UK

26/03/2010 Programme Two copies. Actor Meera Syal. Director Glen Walford. Stage manager Kate Margretts.Includes interview with Willy Russell.

18 3.1.2.39 Shirley Valentine, Royal Court Theatre Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

23/04/2009 Programmes, advertisement leaflets and newspaper cutting

Actor Pauline Daniels. Director Glen Walford. Designer Mark Walkers. Lighting Mark Dymock.Three copies. One copy includes two copies of an advertisement leaflet for the production and a newspaper review of the production in unknown publication.

18 3.1.2.40 Shirley Valentine, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, UK

13/03/1986 Programme & advertisement leaflet

Actor Noreen Kershaw. Director Glen Walford. Designer Claire Lyth. Lighting Brian Harris and Kevin Fitz-Simons. Assistant director Kate Rowland.Includes ‘A Message from Someone Else...’, a piece by Alan Bleasdale about Willy Russell.

18 3.1.2.41 Shirley Valentine, The Booth Theatre, New York, USA. Playbill programme Vol. 89 No.2.

16/02/1989 Programme Two copies. Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Producer Bob Swash. Designer Bruno Santini. Lighting Nick Chelton. Production stage manager Jeff Lee.

18 3.1.2.42 Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK

c.01/1988 Programme Three copies. Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Designer Bruno Santini. Lighting Nick Chelton. Includes ‘A Message from Someone Else...’, a piece by Alan Bleasdale about Willy Russell. Includes also a list of Willy Russell’s works to date and profiles of Pauline Collins, Simon Callow, Bruno Santini and Nick Chelton.

18 3.1.2.43 Shirley Valentine, Theatre Royal, St. Helen’s, UK

12/03/1990 Photocopy of programme

Actor Kate Fitzgerald. Director Richard Olivier. Producer Bill Kenwright. Designer John Knowles. Lighting Paul Dennant. Includes profiles of Willy Russell and Kate Fitzgerald.

18 3.1.2.44 Shirley Valentine, Betty Nansen Teatret, Frederiksberg, Denmark.

16/01/1988 Programme and newspaper cutting

Actor Lisbet Dahl. [Director Kevin Robinson]. Translation Peter Poulsen. Designer Ingolf Bruun.Includes newspaper cutting listing performances which have sold out.

18 3.1.2.45 Shirley Valentine, Duceppe, Le Théâtre Jean-Duceppe de la Place des

06/04/2011 Programme, advertisement

Actor Pierrette Robitaille. Director Jacques Girard. Translation Michel Dumont. Set

Arts, Montréal, Canada. leaflet, photographs and letter

designer Guillaume Lord. Costume designer Mérédith Caron. Lighting Martin Labrecque.Programme forms part of the magazine of the Place des Arts.Includes covering letter from Louise Duceppe, Duceppe to Ruth Arnaud, Casatotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd. enclosing a cheque, box office summaries and promotional material for the production [cheque and summaries not present]. Includes also advertisement leaflet for the production and a CD of photographs of the production taken by François Brunelle.

18 3.1.2.46 Shirley Valentine, Tower Theatre, Canonbury Tower, Islington, London, UK.

26/11/1994 Programme and letter

Actor Diane Carr. Director Despina Sellar. Designers Steve Rozzi and Bill Leahy. Lighting Ron Brooker.Includes handwritten letter to ‘Suzanne’ from ‘M’ concerning enjoyment of the production dated 25/12/94.

18 3.1.2.47 Solo Para Mujeres (¡Y uno que otro curioso!) (Shirley Valentine), Foro Stanistablas, Mexico City, Mexico.

19/02/1998 Programme and newspaper cuttings

Actor Susana Alexander. Director Susana Alexander. Translation Rubén Broido. Designer Cristina Sauza. Lighting Didier Alexander.Includes newspaper cutting reviews of the production in Siempre!, Excelsior and unknown publication. In Spanish.

18 3.1.2.48 Solo Para Mujeres (¡Y uno que otro curioso!) (Shirley Valentine), Aula Magna, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

28/10/1998 Programme Actor Susana Alexander. Director Susana Alexander. Translation Rubén Broido. Designer Cristina Sauza. Lighting Didier Alexander.

18 3.1.2.49 Shirley Valentine, Teater Guld, Copenhagen, Denmark.

09/01/2008 Programme, letter and newspaper cuttings (photocopies)

Actor Lene Poulsen. Director Jan Hertz. Designer Bjarne v. H. H. Solberg. [Tour manager André Christensen.] Translation Peter Poulsen.Includes covering letter from Jytte Due, Nordiska International Performing Rights Agency to Tom Erhardt, Casarotto Ramsay Ltd. enclosing promotional material for the production [the programme]. Includes also reviews of the production in Nordjyske, Jydske Vestkysten and unknown publications. In Danish.

62 3.1.2.50 Shirley Valentine, Cedarfield House [Dundalk], Ireland

28/03/c. 1996 – 29/03/c. 1996

Programme Described as dinner theatre, actor Karys Welby, director Penny Eades

62 3.1.2.51 Solo (Shirley Valentine), Theatre Du Gymnase – Marie Bell, Paris, France

22/09/1992 Programme Actor Josiane Balasko, translator Dominique Deschamps & Josiane Balasko, director Jacques Bertin

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.2.52 Shirley Valentine, Derby Playhouse, Derby

31/01/2004 – 28/02/2004

Programme Actor Hilary Tones, director Uzma Hameed, includes advertisement leaflet, production poster & review of production of Shirley Valentine in the Derby Evening Telegraph, 06/02/2004

62 3.1.2.53 Shirley Valentine, Japan 18/11/2011 – 04/12/2011

Programme Director Glen Walford

62 3.1.2.54 Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London

1988 programme Includes edits and updates for Willy Russell’s biography in the programme, signed by Willy Russell, Pauline Collins & Simon Callow

62 3.1.2.55 Shirley Valentine, Vendsyssel Teater, Hjorring, Denmark

28/11/2012 – 15/12/2012

Programme Actor Hanne Laursen, director Susanne Heinrich

3.1.3 Publicity and Media



18 3.1.3.1 Reviews, articles and press cuttings for Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK in the Daily Express, the Daily Mail, Stage, the Daily Post, Spectator, the Observer, the Financial Times, the Independent, the Sunday Express, the Evening Standard, City Limits, the Times, Time Out, the Guardian and the Telegraph

14/01/1988 – 05/02/1988

Newspaper cuttings

Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Designer Bruno Santini.City Limits review includes interview with Pauline Collins and a photograph of Willy Russell, Pauline Collins and Simon Callow.The Times article includes interview with Willy Russell and a photograph of Willy Russell.The Independent article is a profile of Willy Russell featuring a caricature of Willy Russell.

18 3.1.3.2 Listing for Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK in The Telegraph Sunday Magazine

17/01/1988 Magazine listing Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow.Includes a photograph of Willy Russell, Pauline Collins and Simon Callow.

18 3.1.3.3 Reviews and press cuttings for Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK in London Theatre Visitor, LBC, Radio Times, Time Out, In London, The Stage, the Times and the Independent

20/01/1988 – 03/03/1988

Newspaper cuttings (photocopies)

Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow.Includes compliments slip from Lynne Kirwin Associates.Time Out cutting relates to Simon Callow’s favourite restaurants in London.The Independent cutting is a profile of Willy Russell featuring a caricature of Willy Russell [two copies].

18 3.1.3.4 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK in the Telegraph, the Independent, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, the Daily Express, the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Hackney Gazette, the Glasgow Herald, the Wandsworth

22/01/1988 – 02/03/1988


Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Designer Bruno Santini.Some press cuttings are from Lynne Kirwin Associates.London Theatre cutting includes a profile of Pauline Collins including an interview.

Borough News, the Evening Standard, the Daily Post, the Daily Express, the Sunday Express, Today, the Observer, London Theatre Visitor, the Times Literary Supplement (TLS), the Times Educational Supplement (TES), Stage, Spectator, the Associate Magazine, Midweek, Capital Gay, Girl About Town, LAM, Variety, What’s On, Loverseed Press, City Limits, Time Out, MS London and the Times.

18 3.1.3.5 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK in the Evening Standard, the Telegraph, the Independent, the Daily Mail, the Daily Express, the Glasgow Herald, Variety, Stage, Girl About Town, the Times Literary Supplement, the Associate Magazine, Midweek, the Times Educational Supplement, the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Express, Today, the Times, Time Out, the Financial Times, the Daily Post, Punch, the Spectator, LBC, the Listener, Illustrated London, Wandsworth Borough News, City Limits, Capital Gay, LAM, the Observer, Hackney Gazette, the Guardian, London Theatre Visitor, What’s On, Loverseed Press, the Sunday Times and the Sunday Telegraph.

22/01/1988 –11/02/1988


Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Designer Bruno Santini.There are several copies of many of the reviews.Some press cuttings are from Lynne Kirwin Associates.The LBC review is a typed manuscript.

18 3.1.3.6 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, the Booth Theatre, New York, USA in the

17/02/1989 – 04/06/1989

Newspaper cuttings

Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Designer Bruno Santini. Production

Daily News, the New York Times, the New York Post, Time Magazine, Extra, Asbury Park Press, The Times, Office Life, The Randolph Guide, Interview Magazine, Focus on New York, The Theatre, Humanities News, The Sacramento Bee, The Boston Globe, the Daily Post, Extra, Variety, Greenpoint Gazette, Nightlife, the Columbus Dispatch, Spotlight, USA Today, Inside New York, New Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, the San Francisco Examiner, 7 Days, Bay Windows, TheatreWeek and on WRSU-FM and WMNR Fine Arts Radio.

(photocopies/fax) Really Useful Theatre Co. And Bob Swash. Lighting Nick Chelton. Publicity Philip Rinaldi. Stage manager Jeff Lee. General management Gatchell & Neufeld.There are several copies of some reviews.A few reviews are faxed copies from Philip Rinaldi, Gatchell & Neufeld,The Focus on New York review is a typed transcript of a radio or television broadcast aired on 21/02/89.The Humanities News review is aimed at high school theatre teachers.The New Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold review is in German.The WRSU-FM review is typed transcript of a radio broadcast aired between 11/03/89 – 17/03/89.The WMNR Fine Arts Radio review is a typed transcript of a radio broadcast aired on 15/04/89.

18 3.1.3.7 Articles on the nominations and successes of the production of Shirley Valentine, the Booth Theatre, New York, USA in the 43rd Tony Awards in the New York Post, the New York Times, Extra, the Daily News, New York Newsday, City Lights, and the New York Times.

28/04/1989 – 17/07/1989


Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Designer Bruno Santini.Shirley Valentine was nominated for the Tony Awards in the categories of best play, and best performance by a leading actress in a play [Pauline Collins] and won in the category of best performance by a leading actress in a play.

18 3.1.3.8 Articles on the nominations and successes of the production of Shirley Valentine, the Booth Theatre, New York, USA in Drama Desk aka the

02/05/1989 – 05/05/1989


Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Designer Bruno Santini.

Drama League and the Outer Critics Circle awards in the New York Times, New York Newsday, the Daily News, the New York Post and Metro.

19 3.1.3.9 Double-page advertisement for production of Shirley Valentine, the Booth Theatre, New York, USA in the New York Times.

26/02/1989 Advertisement newspaper cutting (photocopy)

Six copies. Actor Pauline Collins.The advertisement lists quotations from critics’ positive reviews of the production.

19 3.1.3.10 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, the Booth Theatre, New York, USA in the Daily News, Variety, Time Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Newsday, the Bergen Record, the Star-Ledger, The New Yorker, the Washington Post and on Long Island Radio, NBC-TV, WNCN Radio, ABC-TV, WABC Radio, CBS Radio, WMCA, WNEW and ABC Radio.

17/02/1989 – 28/02/1989

Newspaper cuttings (photocopies/fax)

Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Designer Bruno Santini.The radio and television reviews are typed transcripts.Several reviews are faxed copies from Philip Rinaldi.

19 3.1.3.11 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, the Booth Theatre, New York, USA in the New York Times, the New York Post, the Daily News and TheatreWeek.

12/02/1989 – 26/02/1989


Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Designer Bruno Santini.The New York Times includes an interview with Willy Russell.

19 3.1.3.12 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, the Booth Theatre, New York, USA in TheatreWeek, the New York Times, the New York Post, and the Daily News.

12/02/1989 – 26/02/1989

Newspaper cuttings (including photocopies)

Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Designer Bruno Santini.There are several copies of some reviews.

19 3.1.3.13 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, the Booth Theatre, New York, USA in the Daily News, Variety, Time Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, New York

17/02/1989 –04/03/1989


Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Designer Bruno Santini.The radio and television reviews are typed transcripts.

Newsday, the Bergen Record, the Star-Ledger, The New Yorker, the Washington Post and on Long Island Radio, NBC-TV, WNCN Radio, ABC-TV, WABC Radio, CBS Radio, WMCA, WQXR, WNYW, WINS, WNEW and ABC Radio.

19 3.1.3.14 Articles on the replacement of Pauline Collins in the role of Shirley Valentine, Booth Theatre, New York, USA in New York Newsday, the New York Post, Variety, New York Summer Pleasures, 7 Days, TheatreWeek, the New York Times, the Daily News and Business Week.

16/06/1989 - 10/07/1989


Actors Pauline Collins, Patricia Kilgarriff, Ellen Burstyn, Harvey Fierstein, Shirley MacLaine and Jane Curtin.The TheatreWeek article includes an interview with Pauline Collins about leaving the production of Shirley Valentine.The New York Summer Pleasures article includes Zagat ratings for Shirley Valentine.

19 3.1.3.15 Articles and reviews for Shirley Valentine, the Booth Theatre, New York, USA in the Daily News, the New York Times, The Repository, The Record, New York Newsday, 7 Days, the New York Post, Drama-Logue, Extra, Newhouse News, Where, and on WNEW Radio and 1010 WINS Radio.

16/07/1989 – 08/10/1989

Newspaper cuttings (including photocopies)

Actor Ellen Burstyn.Some reviews are faxed copies from Philip Rinaldi.The radio reviews are typed transcripts.

19 3.1.3.16 Reviews for Shirley Valentine, Wellington Theatre, Chicago in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, the Daily Herald, Skyline, Chicago Suburban Times Newspaper and on WBBM Newsradio 78.

Reviews 11/03/1990 – 22/03/1990


Actor Ellen Burstyn.Includes covering letter from Laura Matalon, The Wellington Theatre, Chicago to Willy Russell enclosing the reviews and a letter from Willy Russell to Laura Matalon thanking her for the reviews and discussing the possibility of a visit to

Chicago.The radio review is a typed transcript.

19 3.1.3.17 Articles, reviews and an advertisement leaflet for Shirley Valentine, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, UK in the London Theatre Record, Look Alive, the Liverpool Star, the Liverpool Echo, Stage, the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, the Liverpool Daily Post, the Sunday Times, the Daily Express, Sunday Today, the Tribune, and the Northwich Guardian.

29/08/1985 - 06/04/1986

Newspaper cuttings (including photocopies) and advertisement leaflet

Actor Noreen Kershaw. Director Glen Walford. Designer Claire Lyth. Designer Claire Lyth. Lighting Brian Harris and Kevin Fitz-Simons. Voice Coach Winnie Owens.Articles from 1985 discuss Willy Russell’s forthcoming ‘mystery’ play.There are several copies of some articles.The Look Alive article includes an interview with Noreen Kershaw and Winnie Owens.

19 3.1.3.18 Articles, reviews and publicity for Willy Russell’s performances of Shirley Valentine, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and Liverpool Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool in the Guardian, the Daily Post, the Liverpool Echo, Merseymart and Freepress.

24/04/1986, 06/07/1987, c.14/04/1994,16/04/2003

Newspaper cuttings (including photocopies) and advertisement leaflets

Actor Willy Russell.Willy Russell originally performed Shirley Valentine at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool in 1986 when Noreen Kershaw was ill and unable to perform the role. Includes Willy Russell’s nomination for ‘best supporting actress of the year’ in the Daily Post.

19 3.1.3.19 Reviews of UK touring production of Shirley Valentine, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Grand Opera House, Belfast, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead, Grand Theatre, Blackpool, Theatre Royal, Windsor, Grand Theatre, Leeds, Liverpool Playhouse Theatre, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Charter Theatre,

26/01/1989 - 13/10/1989


Actor Paula Wilcox. Director Richard Olivier.Some reviews have a compliments slip from Bill Kenwright Ltd. attached.Includes letter from Paula Wilcox to Willy Russell asking if she can play Shirley Valentine in the West End.

Preston, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, The Orchard, Dartford, Palace Theatre, Manchester, Theatre Royal, St. Helens, in The Wolverhampton Chronicle, the East Kent Mercury, the Glasgow Evening Times, the Daily Mirror, Woking News and Mail, West Sussex Gazette, Reigate Independent, The Walton and Weybridge Informer, Esher News and Mail, the Surrey Comet, the Leatherhead Guardian, the Leatherhead Advertiser, the Surrey Mirror, the Sutton Herald, the Surrey Advertiser, the Woking Advertiser, the Evening Gazette, the Blackpool Red Rose Advertiser, the Lancashire Evening Post, the Belfast Telegraph, the Belfast Newsletter, the Maidenhead Advertiser, the Windsor Express, the Windsor and Slough Observer, the Yorkshire Evening Post, the Liverpool Daily Post, the Liverpool Echo, the St. Helens Reporter, the Brighton Argus, the Croydon Advertiser, the Kentish Times, the Birmingham Post, the Wolverhampton Chronicle, Nottingham Evening Post, the Wolverhampton Star and Express, Leeds Weekly News, The Aberdeen Journal, The Aberdeen Evening

Express, the Kentish Times, South East London and Kentish Mercury, the Manchester Evening News, Adscene, Canterbury Extra, Whitstable Times, the St. Helens Star and the Liverpool Weekly Star.

19 3.1.3.20 Reviews of touring production of Shirley Valentine, Theatre Royal, St. Helen’s, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, Kings Theatre, Southsea, Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol, Theatre Royal, Lincoln, Derby Playhouse, Eden Court, Inverness, MacRobert Centre, Stirling, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Princess Theatre, Torquay, Theatre Royal Nottingham, Key Theatre, Peterborough, in St. Helen’s Reporter, the Liverpool Daily Post, Coventry Evening Telegraph, The News Entertainer, Western Daily Press, Bristol Evening Post, Bath Evening Chronicle, the Lancashire Echo, Derby Evening Telegraph, Mansfield Chronicle, Derby Express, Matlock Mercury, Inverness Courier, The Stirling Observer, Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, the Western Morning News, the Torquay Herald Express and the Nottingham Evening Post.

03/03/1990 – 05/03/1991


Actor Kate Fitzgerald. Director Richard Olivier. Designer John Knowles. Lighting Paul Dennant.Some reviews have a compliments slip from Bill Kenwright Ltd. attached.

19 3.1.3.21 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Liverpool Academy of Arts, Liverpool, Liverpool Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool, Everyman Theatre,

14/03/1996 – 21/03/1996,20/11/2003,28/07/2005,

Newspaper cuttings (including photocopies) and

Actor Pauline Daniels.Includes note from Pauline Daniels on a good review.

Liverpool, Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight in the Liverpool Echo, Merseymart, the Liverpool Daily Post and on www.icLiverpool.co.uk.

20/10/2007 print-out.

19 3.1.3.22 Reviews of Australian production of Shirley Valentine, Hole In The Wall Theatre, Subiaco, Perth, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Tasmania, Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane, Australia in the Subiaco Post, the Daily News, The Sunday Times, the Waneroo Times, The West Australian, The Chronicle, The Australian, the Brisbane Sun, the Sunday Sun, The Courier-Mail, Brisbane Time Off, Brisbane, The Sunday Mail, In Tempo and on Australian Listener and Radio 6UVS FM.

18/10/1988 – 15/11/1988, 17/05/1989 – 19/09/1989


Actor Amanda Muggleton. Director Raymond Omodei.Includes covering letter from Bill Kenwright to Willy Russell.

19 3.1.3.23 Press clippings, advertisement articles, reviews and publicity schedule for Shirley Valentine, Regal Theatre, Subiaco, Perth, Australia.

08/04/1998 – 28/06/1998

Publicity document and press cuttings (photocopies)

Actor Amanda Muggleton. Director Raymond Omodei.Press clippings from Lynne Burford Publicity, West Perth, Australia.

19 3.1.3.24 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, UK in This Is London, the Guardian, TNT Magazine, London Weekly Diary, London Theatre Visitor, Taxi Magazine, Plays and Players, the Independent, the Catholic Herald, What’s On, The Stage, TheatreWeek, the Financial Times,

25/06/1989 – 26/07/1989


Actor Hannah Gordon. Director Richard Olivier. Designer Bruno Santini. Lighting Leonard Tucker.Includes covering letter from ‘Keith’ to ‘Sally’ from Sue Hyman Associates Ltd.London Weekly Diary article includes interview with Hannah Gordon.

the Sunday Telegraph, The Times, The Listener, Law Magazine, Time Out, City Limits, Scotland On Sunday and Where Magazine.

19 3.1.3.25 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Oldham Coliseum, Oldham, UK in the Manchester Evening News and the Oldham Evening Chronicle.

23/04/1991 Newspaper cuttings (photocopies)

Actor Rachel Bryant. Director Richard Olivier.Includes covering letter from Chris Moxon, Oldham Coliseum, to Jonathan Gardner.

19 3.1.3.26 Review of Shirley Valentine, Downstage Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand in unknown publication.

c.02/1989 Newspaper cutting (photocopy)

Actor Ellie Smith.

19 3.1.3.27 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Mercury Theatre, Colchester, UK in the Essex County Standard, the East Anglian Daily Times, the Colchester Express and the Colchester Chronicle.

20/01/1994 – 28/01/1994


Actor Marji Campi. Director Graham Watts. Lighting Jim Bowman.

19 3.1.3.28 Article on Loretta Swit playing the role of Shirley Valentine, in The Greek News.

31/03/1995 – 06/04/1995

Newspaper cutting

Actor Loretta Swit.Includes covering letter from Maureen Egeland, author of the article, to Willy Russell.

19 3.1.3.29 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke, UK in the Guardian and This Is Basingstoke.

11/06/2005 Newspaper cuttings

Actor Tessa Peake-Jones. Director John Adams.

19 3.1.3.30 Review of Shirley Valentine, Menier Chocolate Factory, London, UK in The Observer.

11/04/2010 Newspaper cutting

Actor Meera Syal. Director Glen Walford.

19 3.1.3.31 REMOVED

19 3.1.3.32 REMOVED

19 3.1.3.33 Article on Pauline Collins in Northeast Woman, a magazine of The Sunday Times.

23/04/1989 Newspaper cutting (photocopy)

Includes interview with Pauline Collins about playing Shirley Valentine on Broadway and in the forthcoming film version.

19 3.1.3.34 Article on Pauline Collins in Playbill. 30/06/1989 Magazine cutting (photocopy)

Includes interview with Pauline Collins about playing Shirley Valentine on Broadway.

19 3.1.3.35 Article on Simon Callow in Elle magazine.

03/1989 Magazine cutting (photocopy)

Includes interview in which Simon Callow discusses directing Shirley Valentine.

19 3.1.3.36 Article on Willy Russell and the Broadway production of Shirley Valentine in The Repository, Canton, Ohio and The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette.

28/05/1989, 02/06/1989

Newspaper cuttings (including photocopy)

Includes interview with Willy Russell.Includes typed text of article by Michael Kuchwara and the article’s publication in two regional newspapers.

19 3.1.3.37 Article on Pauline Collins and John Alderton in Woman’s Own magazine.

28/02/1989 Magazine cutting Includes interview with Pauline Collins and John Alderton about their lives, family and work. Includes also discussion of the Broadway production of Shirley Valentine and the film version.

19 3.1.3.38 Article on Broadway news in The New York Times.


Includes interview with Pauline Collins on the experience of being along on stage and playing Shirley Valentine in the USA. Includes also a caricature drawing of Pauline Collins.

19 39 Article on the production of Shirley Valentine on Broadway in TheatreWeek.

20/02/1989 -26/02/1989

Newspaper cutting (photocopy)

Includes an interview with, and a photograph of, Pauline Collins.

19 3.1.3.40 Typed sheet of taglines and advertising for the production of Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK.

c.01/1988 Typed publicity manuscript

Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow.

19 3.1.3.41 Newspaper advertisement for Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre,


Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. Designer Bruno Santini. Lighting

London, UK. Nick Chelton.Advert offers 5 reduced price previews from 15/01/88 and refers to 21/01/88 as the opening night.

19 3.1.3.42 Article on Pauline Collins in London Theatre Visitor.

02/1988 Newspaper cutting (photocopy)

Includes interview with Pauline Collins about the production of Shirley Valentine at The Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK.Press cutting from Lynne Kirwin and Associates, London.

19 3.1.3.43 Article on awards nominations for Blood Brothers and Shirley Valentine, the Broadway production of Shirley Valentine and the film of Shirley Valentine in unknown publication.


Three copies. Includes interview with Willy Russell.

19 3.1.3.44 Article on Pauline Collins’ adopted daughter in unknown publication.

c. 1988 Newspaper cutting

19 3.1.3.45 Article on Pauline Collins’ adopted daughter in the Daily Mail.


Includes interview with Pauline Collins.

19 3.1.3.46 Article on Pauline Collins’ adopted daughter in the Daily Mail.


Includes interview with Louise Baker, Pauline Collins’ daughter.

19 3.1.3.47 Article on Pauline Collins’ honorary degree from Liverpool Polytechnic.


19 3.1.3.48 Feature on differing views of women in society in contemporary theatre in TheatreWeek.

08/05/1989 -14/05/1989


Includes a discussion of the production of Shirley Valentine, Booth Theatre, New York. Actor Pauline Collins.

19 3.1.3.49 Article about Broadway and ‘off-Broadway’ productions in America Oggi Magazine, an Italian-language daily newspaper, New Jersey.


Includes a brief review of Shirley Valentine. In Italian.

19 3.1.3.50 Listing for Pauline Collins’ participation in a seminar on working in theatre at the CUNY Graduate Centre in the Daily News.


19 3.1.3.51 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Det Nationale Teater, Lille Scene, Norway in Annonceavisen, Bergenstidende, and Bergen Arbeiderblad.

10/02/1990 – 12/02/1990


In Norwegian. Includes a typed translation of excerpts of the reviews into English.

19 3.1.3.52 Article on the publication of the book ‘Rainford High School 1940-1990’ in the Reporter.


Includes a reference to Willy Russell as a pupil of the school and a class photograph from 1960-61 featuring Willy Russell.

19 3.1.3.53 Article on Willy Russell’s life and work and on the Broadway production of Shirley Valentine in The New York Times.


Includes interview with Willy Russell and a photograph from the forthcoming film of Shirley Valentine.

19 3.1.3.54 Article on Shirley Valentine as a play and as a film in DN.Kultur & Nöjen.


In Swedish. Includes photographs of different actors playing Shirley Valentine including Pauline Collins in the Shirley Valentine film, Marianne Rudberg in Gothenburg, Kristina Kamnert in Malmö and Gunilla Nyroos in Stockholm.

19 3.1.3.55 Press clippings, reviews and articles for Shirley Valentine, The Wharf Theatre, Sydney, Australia.

30/12/1988 – 25/02/1989

Publicity document (photocopies)

Actor Julie Hamilton. Director George Ogilvie.Sydney Theatre Company by arrangement with Bob Swash.Includes interviews with Julie Hamilton, Willy Russell and George Ogilvie.

19 3.1.3.56 Articles on Shirley Valentine, Sala Pablo Picasso, La Plaza, Buenos Aires, Argentina in La Nacion and Clarin.

04/01/1991, 13/01/1991

Newspaper cuttings

Actor Alicia Bruzzo. Translation Graciela Hermida and Ariana Spadone. Designer Agustín Alezzo.In Spanish.

19 3.1.3.57 Article on Greek production of Shirley Valentine in Apogevmatini.

24/07/1989 Newspaper cutting (fax)

Actor Aliki Vuuyiuuklaki (sic, aka Aliki Vougiouklaki). Director Minos Volonakis. Translation Pavlos Matesis. Designer George Patsas. Production George Lembesis.Faxed copy with English translation from

Twickenham Film Studios.19 3.1.3.58 Article on the publication of the Burns

Mantle Theatre Yearbook 1988-89 in Extra, New York, USA.


Includes reference to the inclusion of Shirley Valentine in the list of the best plays.

19 3.1.3.59 Article on the play ‘Nuit d’ivresse’, Splended Saint-Martin, Paris in Le Quotidien de Paris.

11/05/1985 -12/05/1985


Actors Josiane Balasko and Michel Blanc.In French.

19 3.1.3.60 Article on Willy Russell and the West End production of Shirley Valentine in unknown publication.


Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow.Includes interview with Willy Russell.Press cutting from Lynne Kirwin and Associates.

19 3.1.3.61 Article on the history of the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool in unknown publication [possibly Everyman programme].

c. 1994 Magazine cutting Includes reference to Glen Walford’s commissioning of Shirley Valentine.

19 3.1.3.62 Article on Pauline Daniels’ appearance in production of Shirley Valentine, Cardinal Heenan High School, Honeysgreen Lane, West Derby, UK in Merseymart.


Actor Pauline Daniels. Includes photograph of Pauline Daniels.

19 3.1.3.63 Reviews of Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita, Menier Chocolate Factory, London, UK in The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Metro, The Society of London Theatre, The Independent, The Stage, The Observer, The Times and The Express.

05/04/2010 – 13/04/2010

Print-outs of web pages

Shirley Valentine actor Meera Syal, director Glen Walford. Educating Rita actors Laura Dos Santos and Larry Lamb, director Jeremy Sams.Review in unknown publication includes ‘reader reviews’ for Shirley Valentine added to website by members of the public.

19 3.1.3.64 Photograph of Pauline Collins next to the logo for the Laurence Olivier Awards in The Observer.


Photograph is probably a cutting from an article on Olivier award winners. Pauline Collins won an Olivier award in 1988 for her performance in the play at the

Vaudeville Theatre, London.19 3.1.3.65 Article on Willy Russell and the

opening of Shirley Valentine at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, UK in The Times.


Includes interview with Willy Russell.

19 3.1.3.66 ‘Staying in, going out’ interview with Pauline Collins in Metro.


Mentions Shirley Valentine and Willy Russell’s novel The Wrong Boy.

19 3.1.3.67 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Petit Théatre du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium in Le Soir, La Libre Belgique, Pourquoi Pas?, La Dernière Heure, L’Echo de la Bourse and Journal et Indépendance.

23/12/1988 – 11/01/1989


Actor Francine Blistin. Translation Denyse Périez. Designer John Otto. Director Adrian Brine.In French.

19 3.1.3.68 Article on Willy Russell in The Times. 15/07/1989 Newspaper cutting (photocopy)

Includes interview with Willy Russell and refers to the production of Shirley Valentine at the Duke of York’s Theatre with actor Hannah Gordon.

19 3.1.3.69 Article on Willy Russell in the London Evening Standard.

c.12/1987 Newspaper cutting

Includes interview with Willy Russell and refers to the forthcoming production of Shirley Valentine in the West End. Also refers to the production of One For The Road at The Lyric Theatre, Liverpool, with actor Russ Abbot. Also refers to Willy Russell’s performance of Shirley Valentine.

19 3.1.3.70 Booklet of reviews for Shirley Valentine, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, UK.

29/06/1989 – 05/07/1989


Actor Hannah Gordon. Director Richard Olivier. Designer Bruno Santini.

19 3.1.3.71 Articles and reviews for Shirley Valentine, Sala Abril, Santiago, Chile in La Segunda and unknown publications.

10/07/1992, 14/07/1992 and undated


Actor Alicia Quiroga. Director Alejandra Gutierrez. Translation Daniel Gallegos. General producer Carlos Matamala. Designer Enrique Nuñez.Includes interview with Alicia Quiroga.

In Spanish.19 3.1.3.72 Reviews of Shirley Valentine,

Städtische Bühnen Münster, Münster, Germany in Berliner Zeitung, Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung and Ultimo.

12/09/1987 – 23/09/1987


Actor Kristin Zein. Translation Angela Kingsford Röhl. Director Ingrid Ernst. Design Peter Brower.In German.

19 3.1.3.73 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA in The Indianapolis Star.

30/03/1997, 07/04/1997


Actor Priscilla Lindsay. Director Seret Scott. Scenic designer Russell Metheny. Costume designer Jim Greco. Lighting Stuart Duke.

19 3.1.3.74 Reviews of Lilli Valentin (Shirley Valentine), Agder-Teater, Kristiansand, Norway in Agderposten and Fedrelandsvennen.

26/09/2003, 27/09/2003, covering letter 28/10/2003


Actor Anne Ma Usterud. Translation Morten Krogstad and Anne Marit Jacobsen. Designer Alf Gunnar Huseth.In Norwegian.Includes covering letter from Jytte Due at Nordiska Strakosch Teaterförlaget, Copenhagen, Denmark to Tom Er hardt at Casarotto Ramsay Ltd., London, UK enclosing a poster, a programme and reviews of the play. [The poster is not present and the programme is listed separately]. Includes also English translation of the reviews.

19 3.1.3.75 Articles on a production of Solo (Shirley Valentine) at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell, Paris in Quotidien de Paris, Le Monde and unknown publication.

04/09/1992, 25/09/1992

Newspaper cuttings

Actor Josiane Balasko. Adaptation by Josiane Balasko and Dominique Deschamps. Designer Philippe Berry.In French.Includes interview with Josiane Balasko. Includes covering letter from [Tom Erhardt] at Casarotto Ramsay Ltd. [in English].

19 3.1.3.76 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Interact Theatre at Arena Stage’s Old Vat

06/04/1998 – 01/05/1998

Newspaper cuttings (fax)

Actor Catherine Flye. Director Dori Legg. Designer Carl F. Gudenius.

Theatre, Washington DC, USA in The Washington Post, On Stage and the Catholic Standard.

Fax 07/05/1998 Includes copy of handwritten note of congratulations from ‘Ruth and Marty Ginsburg’ to Catherine Flye. Includes covering letter from Catherine Flye, Interact Theatre Company, to Willy Russell enclosing the reviews.

19 3.1.3.77 Articles and reviews for Shirley Valentine, Sala Marin Sorescu, Teatrului Naţional din Bucureşti Il Caragiale, Bucharest, Romania in Nine O’Clock, ABC, Economistul, Ziua, Independent and Cotidianul.

11/03/2004 – 23/03/2004


Actor Tamara Creţulescu. Artistic director Liliana Cîmpeanu. Design Cristina Nan.In Romanian apart from the article in Nine O’Clock which is in English.

19 3.1.3.78 Articles on Renata Sorrah and her portrayal of Shirley Valentine in a Brazilian touring production in Estado de Minas, O Popular, Jornal de Brazilia and Diário da Tarde.

09/05/1991 – 22/05/1991


Actor Renata Sorrah. Director and translation Euclydes Marinho.All articles include interviews with Renata Sorrah. In Portuguese.

19 3.1.3.79 Reviews of Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita, Trafalgar Studios, London, UK in The Times, the Evening Standard, The Stage, Whatsonstage, The Daily Telegraph and unknown publication.

26/07/2010 – 28/07/2010

Print-outs of text of web pages

Shirley Valentine actor Meera Syal, director Glen Walford. Designer Peter McKintosh. Educating Rita actors Laura Dos Santos and Tim Pigott-Smith, director Jeremy Sams. Lighting Paul Anderson.

19 3.1.3.80 Articles and reviews for Shirley Valentine, Malmö Stadsteater Orkestersalen, Malmö, Sweden in Kristianstadsbladet, Arbeter, Skånska Dagbladet, Sydsvenskan, Kvällsposten and Nordvāstra Skånes Tidningar.

01/10/1989 – 02/10/1989


Actor Kristina Kamnert. Director Marianne Mörck. Designer Lars-Erik Berglund.In Swedish.

19 3.1.3.81 Advertisement for Gold Card members to purchase exclusive seats to Shirley Valentine, Booth Theatre,


Actor Pauline Collins. Includes prices for seats and excerpts from critics’ reviews.

New York, USA in The New York Times.

19 3.1.3.82 Ticket for Shirley Valentine, Liverpool Academy of Arts Actors Studio, Liverpool.

21/11/2007 Ticket Actor [Pauline Daniels].

19 3.1.3.83 Advertisement leaflet for Shirley Valentine, unknown theatre [c. Hakuhinkan Theater, Tokyo], Japan

1991 Advertisement leaflet

Actor Mitsuko Kusabue.

19 3.1.3.84 Advertisement leaflet for Shirley Valentine, Hull Truck Theatre, Hull, UK.

07/02/1996 Advertisement leaflet

Actor Marji Campi. Director Graham Watts. Designer Niki Turner. Lighting George Morris.

19 3.1.3.85 Invitation to the first night of the production of Shirley Valentine at Duke of York’s Theatre, London, UK and the aftershow party.


Actor Hannah Gordon. Director Richard Olivier. Designer Bruno Santini. Lighting Leonard Tucker.Invitation is from Bill Kenwright and is in the style of an advertisement leaflet for the production with a handwritten-style note from Shirley Valentine on the back.

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.86 Poster and advertisement leaflet for Shirley Valentine, Domino Színpad, [Budapest, Hungary].

17/03/1990 Poster Two copies of the poster and one copy of the advertisement leaflet. Actor Margitai Agi. Director Maté Gábor. Translation Julián Ria. Scenery Horgas Péter. Costume Döry Virág.

19 3.1.3.87 Signed advertisement leaflet for ‘Frauke Petersen oder Die Heilige Johanna der Einbauküche’ (Shirley Valentine or St. Joan of the Fitted Units), Ohnsorg Theater, Hamburg, Germany.

c.1994 - 2010 Advertisement leaflet

Actor Herma Koehn. Director and producer Wilfried Dziallas. Translation into Plattdeutsch [low German] Herma Koehn. Assistant director Britta Krause.Includes handwritten dedication from Herma Koehn to Willy Russell [in English].

19 3.1.3.88 Advertising agency copy of a poster c. 06/1989 Poster Poster is backed with card and labelled

for the production of Shirley Valentine at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London and the production of Blood Brothers at the Albery Theatre, London.

‘Dewynters PLC Incorporated Practitioners in Advertising’.Shirley Valentine actor Hannah Gordon.

19 3.1.3.89 removed

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.90 Poster for ‘Én, Shirley’ (Shirley Valentine), Pécsi Nemzeti Színház (National Theatre of Pécs), Pécs, Hungary.

09/03/1990 Poster Actor Vári Éva. Translation Julián Ria. Designer Húros Annamária. Director Szegvāri Menyhērt. Assistant director Czipó Gabriella.

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.91 Poster for Shirley Valentine, Confederacy of Fools, Atelier Theater, Cologne, Germany.

07/02/1990 Poster

19 3.1.3.92 Newspaper advertisement for ‘Shades’, Albery Theatre, London in The Guardian.


Playwright Sharman MacDonald. Actor Pauline Collins. Director Simon Callow. The advertisement quotes a review which compares the play to Shirley Valentine.

19 3.1.3.93 Programme, advertising leaflets, publicity, good luck cards and magazine cutting for The Willy Russell Season, Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita, Trafalgar Studios, London, UK.

07/2010 Programme, advertisement leaflets, advertisement postcards, cards and magazine cutting

One copy of the programme, three copies of the advertisement leaflet, two advertisement postcards and one bookmark on which is written a note from ‘Peter’ [Peter McKintosh] to Willy Russell.Shirley Valentine actor Meera Syal, director Glen Walford. Designer Peter McKintosh. Educating Rita actors Laura Dos Santos and Tim Pigott-Smith, director Jeremy Sams. Lighting Paul Anderson.Includes good luck cards to Willy Russell from Annie [Russell], Glen [Walford] and Tom, Ruth, Rachel, Linda and Ian.Includes also magazine cutting of an interview with Meera Syal discussing the

production, in unknown publication.Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.94 Poster and advertisement leaflets for Shirley Valentine or, St. Joan of the Fitted Units, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, UK.

13/03/1986 Poster and advertisement leaflets

25 copies of advertisement leaflet. One copy of poster. Actor Noreen Kershaw. Director Glen Walford.Includes possible draft copy of the advertisement leaflet with a handwritten note giving Annie [Russell] the telephone number of David Nopoff.

19 3.1.3.95 Advertisement leaflet for Shirley Valentine, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, UK.


Actor Pamela Power.

19 3.1.3.96 Advertisement leaflet for Shirley Valentine, Hull New Theatre, Hull, UK.


Actor Pauline Daniels. Director Richard Olivier. Producer Bill Kenwright.

19 3.1.3.97 Advertisement leaflet for The Willy Russell Season, Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita, Menier Chocolate Factory, London, UK.


Shirley Valentine actor Meera Syal, director Glen Walford. Educating Rita actors Laura Dos Santos and Larry Lamb, director Jeremy Sams. Lighting Paul Anderson. Designer Peter McKintosh. Sound David Oglivy. [duplicate of 1.1.3.157]Includes details of pre-theatre meal deal offer.Two copies.

19 3.1.3.98 Menu for pre-theatre meal deal offer for The Willy Russell Season, Menier Chocolate Factory Restaurant, London, UK.

c.26/03/2010 Administrative document

Menu features specific food to accompany the Willy Russell Season including ‘Scouse stew’.

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.99 Posters, advertisement postcards and booklet of photographs of the set for production of Shirley Valentine, Compagnie Jaques Auxenel/Annie Chaplin , Comédie Nation, Paris,

15/04/2011 Posters and advertisement postcards

Four copies of the poster and five copies of the advertisement postcards. Actor Annie Chaplin. Director Jacques Auxenel. Adaptation Denyse Périez.Includes also advertisement postcards for

France. Theatre Le Silo, Annie Chaplin and Jaques Auxnel’s theatre in Montoire, France (two copies).

19 3.1.3.100 Programme for 168th Session of the Liverpool Medical Institution (LMI) 2006-2007.

2006-2007 Programme of events

Includes list of meetings, presentations, lectures and dinners of the Liverpool Medical Institution featuring the admission of Willy Russell as an honorary member at a meeting in December 2006.

19 3.1.3.101 Review (the official magazine of Liverpool John Moores University), November 2006.

11/2006 Magazine Includes a feature on ‘An Audience with Willy Russell’ an event where Willy Russell read excerpts from his work. Includes reference to Shirley Valentine and photograph of Willy Russell.

19 3.1.3.102 Shirley Valentine badges featuring the quotation ‘marriage is like the Middle East – there’s no solution!!’

ND Badges Three copies. The design includes a sun wearing sunglasses and a brick wall with graffiti on reading ‘Shirley V’ within a heart and ‘Grease’ crossed out and replaced by ‘Greece’.

19 3.1.3.103 Listing for Shirley Valentine, Teatre Flumen, Valencia, Spain in La Cartelera [colour supplement of Las Provincias], no.1110.

02/03/2012 – 08/03/2012

Newspaper cutting

Actor Verónica Forqué, director Manuel Iborra. In Spanish.

62 3.1.3.104 Frauke Petersen [Shirley Valentine], Komodie Winterhuder Fahrhaus, Hamburg, Germany

07/2003 Advertisement leaflet

Actor Herma Koehn, director Wilfried Dziallas, includes letter from Herma Koehn to Willy Russell, 17/07/2003 concerning success of the production of Shirley Valentine and invitation to Willy Russell to attend a performance

62 3.1.3.105 Shirley Valentine, Indiana Repertory Theatre, USA,

01/04/1997 – 26/04/1997

Card, publicity & media document

card with picture by Henri Matisse with Shirley Valentine text superimposed

62 & Plan 3.1.3.106 Shirley Valentine, Wasa Teater, 27/11/2002 – Publicity & media Actor Carola Saren, director Inger Liliefors,

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Osterbottens, Finland 22/01/2003 material includes poster, postcard, advertisement leaflet, review of production in Hufvudstadsbladet, 26/11/2002 & translation of review & covering letter from Jytte Due, Nordiska Strakpsch Teaterforlaget, 13/01/2003 to Tom Erhardt, Casarotto Ramsay Ltd

62 3.1.3.107 Shirley Valentine, TOL [Theatre Ouvert Luxembourg], Luxembourg

03/11/2011 - 03/12/2011

Advertisement leaflet

4 copies, actor Veronique Fauconnet, translator Denyse Periez, director Frederic Frenay

62 3.1.3.108 Article on Marion Richardson, lottery winner in unknown publication

ND Newspaper cutting

Includes reference to Shirley Valentine, also includes covering note from Dawn [Negus-Fancey]

62 3.1.3.109 Reviews of UK touring production of Shirley Valentine, Churchill Theatre, Bromley, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, the Festival Theatre, Torquay, the Richmond Theatre, Richmond, the Theatre Royal, Norwich, the Cambrige Arts Theatre, Cambridge, Theatre Royal, Brighton in the Croydon Advertiser, the Kentish Times, the Mansfield News, the Nottingham Recorder, the Derby Evening Telegraph, The Herald Express, the Richmond & Twickenham Times, the Eastern Daily News, the Eastern Evening News, the [Cambridge] Evening News, the Brighton & Hove Leader, the Mid Sussex Times, the Brighton Argus

04/1999 - 06/1999

Newspaper cuttings (photocopies) & letters

Actor Gwen Taylor, director Glen Walford includes covering letters from Paul Savident, Bill Kenwright Ltd 06/1999 includes weekly financial summaries for Blood Brothers, Phoenix Theatre, & UK touring production of Shirley Valentine

62 3.1.3.110 Reviews of UK touring production of Shirley Valentine, Key Theatre,

05/1999 - 06/1999

Newspaper cuttings

Actor Gwen Taylor, director Glen Walford, includes covering letters from Paul

Peterborough, Theatre Royal, Lincoln, Theatre Royal, Plymouth, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne in the Evening Telegraph, the Lincolnshire Echo, the Western Morning News, the Plymouth Extra, the Plymouth Evening Herald, the Eastbourne Gazette

(photocopies) & letters

Savident, Bill Kenwright Ltd 05/1999 includes weekly financial summaries for Blood Brothers, Phoenix Theatre, & UK touring production of Shirley Valentine, letter from Bill Kenwright, 28/06/1999 expressing concern that financial summaries and press information are not reaching Willy Russell, and requesting that Jane [Munn] fax an acknowledgement receipt each week & confirmation receipt from Jane Munn 02/06/1999, 07/06/1999

62 & Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.111 Shirley Valentine, Boras Stadsteater, Boras, Sweden

14/01/1999 Poster & advertisement leaflet

Actor Vanja Blomkvist, director Vanja Blomkvist

62 3.1.3.112 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Boras Stadsteater, Boras, Sweden in Ulricehamns Tidning, Boras Tidning

16/01/1999 Newspaper cuttings (photocopies)

Includes covering letter from Hanne, Wilhelm Hansen, Nordiska Strakosch Teaterforlaget to Tom [Erhardt], Casarotto Ramsay Ltd 04/02/1999 and translations of excerpts of the reviews

62 3.1.3.113 Shirley Valentine, Whodunnit Productions, The Village Theatre, Sanctuary Cove, Australia

17/10/c. 2003 - 19/10/c. 2003

Poster & advertisement postcard

Actor Sue Howell, director Michael Sutton, producers Michael Sutton & Gary Alexander

62 3.1.3.114 Review of Shirley Valentine, The Village Theatre, Sanctuary Cove, Australia in the Gold Coast Mail


Actor Sue Howell, director Michael Sutton

62 3.1.3.115 Excerpt of article on increase in British people living abroad


Describes time of year as ‘the Shirley Valentine season’

62 3.1.3.116 Royal National Theatre, repertory companies


Text in Japanese, includes production of Shirley Valentine, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, actor Paula Wilcox, director Richard Olivier, producer Bill Kenwright

62 3.1.3.117 Shirley Valentine, Derby Playhouse, Derby

31/01/c. 2004 – 29/02/c. 2004


Actor [Hilary Tones] director Uzma Hameed

62 3.1.3.118 Article on the Philip Key Theatre Awards in the [Liverpool] Daily Post

27/12/c. 1986 Newspaper cutting (photocopy)

Includes Best Actress of the Year awarded to Noreen Kershaw for Shirley Valentine, and Best Supporting Actress of the Year awarded to Willy Russell for performance as understudy for Shirley Valentine

62 3.1.3.119 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Italian Touring Production in Messaggero Veneto, Il Piccolo, Il Gazzettino, Secolo d’Italia, L’Unita, Cinema D’Essai, La Repubblica, La Stampa, La Nazione, Corriere Dell’ Umbria

10/1996 – 04/1997


Reviews in Italian, production performed in English, actor Giannina Salvetti, director Alberto Marchetti, includes covering letter from Antonia Brancati, Concessionari Associati s.r.l. to Tom Erhardt, Casarotto Ramsay Ltd, 28/04/1997 & covering note from Tom Erhardt to Willy Russell with information that the reviews have been wonderful

62 3.1.3.120 Shirley Valentine, UK Touring Production

14/12/1998 Advertisement (fax copy)

Actor Gwen Taylor, producers Bill Kenwright & Bob Swash, fax from Casarotto Ramsay Ltd

62 3.1.3.121 Kaleidoscope, BBC Radio 4, transcript of discussion of Shirley Valentine

17/03/1986 Publicity & media document

Discussion of production at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre, Liverpool actor Noreen Kershaw, director Glen Walford

62 3.1.3.122 Articles on Shirley Valentine in the Liverpool Daily Post & the Liverpool Echo

04/1994 & 03/1996

Newspaper cuttings

Includes article celebrating Shirley Valentine’s 10th anniversary and reviewing Pauline Daniels’ performance in the role at the Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool, directed by Richard Olivier & advertisement article on an audio recording of Shirley Valentine, to be read by Willy Russell

62 3.1.3.123 Reviews and articles on the film version of Shirley Valentine in the Tablet 21 & the Sunday Press

10/1989 – 12/1989

Newspaper cuttings (fax copies)

Includes interview with Willy Russell

62 3.1.3.124 Willy Russell reading Shirley Valentine, presented by the Liverpool

16/04/ND – 17/04/ND


3 copies

Everyman Theatre Supporters Club, Liverpool Everyman Theatre, Liverpool

62 3.1.3.125 Article on Pauline Collins & Shirley Valentine, [Vaudeville Theatre, London] in the Guardian


62 3.1.3.126 Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussell, season programme

1989 Brochure Includes performance of Shirley Valentine, actor Francine Blistin, director Raymond Delepierre

62 3.1.3.127 Article on Shirley Valentine, Booth Theatre, New York in Theater Week


includes interview with Pauline Collins

62 3.1.3.128 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Booth Theatre, New York, in Time Out, The Washington Times, the Catholic Transcript, the Jewish Journal

04/1989 - 05/1989


Actor Pauline Collins, director Simon Callow

62 3.1.3.129 Reviews of Shirley Valentine, Theatre Royal Glasgow, Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, Theatre Royal, York in the Glasgow Herald, the Chronicle, the Birmingham Post, the York Evening Press

05/1989 - 06/1989


Actor Paula Wilcox, director Richard Olivier

62 3.1.3.130 Reviews of the film of Shirley Valentine in the [New York] Times, the [New York] Post, the Daily News, Newsday, the Washington Post, the Miami Herald

08/1989 – 09/1989

Newspaper cuttings (fax copies)

Includes covering page from Philip Rinaldi, Publicity/Public Relations, actor Pauline Collins, director Lewis Gilbert

62 3.1.3.131 Reviews and publicity articles for Shirley Valentine, Booth Theatre, New York in the New York Times, Playbill, Gannett Westchester Newspapers, Theater Week, the Jewish Journal, the Western Queens Gazette

08/1989 -09/1989


Actor Ellen Burstyn, director Simon Callow

62 3.1.3.132 Review of production of Shirley c. 1991 Newspaper Actor Pamela Power, director Richard

Valentine, the Pavilion Theatre cutting photocopy

Oliver

62 3.1.3.133 Review of production of Shirley Valentine, Mansfield Civic Theatre in the Mansfield Chad

16/11/1991 Newspaper cutting photocopy

Actor Pauline Daniels

62 3.1.3.134 Reviews of production of Shirley Valentine, Mansfield Civic Theatre in the Mansfield Recorder, the Mansfield Observer and the Teesdale Mercury

11/1991 Newspaper cutting photocopy

3 reviews, actor Pauline Daniels

62 3.1.3.135 Reviews of production of Shirley Valentine, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford in the Haslemere Herald and the Surrey Advertiser

6/12/1991 Newspaper cutting photocopies

4 reviews, actor Pamela Power, director Richard Oliver

62 3.1.3.136 Review of production of Shirley Valentine, Darlington Civic Theatre in the Darlington and Stockton Times



62 3.1.3.137 Reviews of touring production of Shirley Valentine, Swindon, York Royal Theatre, Sunderland, Theatre Royal Lincoln, Princess Theatre Torquay in the Herald Express, the Swindon Evening Advertiser, The Yorkshire Evening Press, the Sunderland Echo, the Lincolnshire Echo,

04/1992 – 06/1992

Newspaper cutting photocopy

5 reviews, actor Pamela Power, director Richard Oliver

62 3.1.3.138 Review of production of Shirley Valentine, White Rock Theatre, Hastings in the Hastings Observer


Actor Pamela Power

62 3.1.3.139 Reviews of touring production of Shirley Valentine, Liverpool Playhouse, the Chichester Festival Theatre, the Birmingham

08/1990 – 04/1991

Newspaper cutting photocopies

Actor Kate Fitzgerald, director Richard Olivier

Hippodrome, The Key Theatre Peterborough, the Alban Arena, St. Albans, Chelmsford Civic Theatre, the Apollo Theatre Oxford, Theatre Royal Norwich in Merseymart, the Chichester Observer, the Birmingham Post, the Daily Post, Peterborough Evening Telegraph, Hertfordshire Advertiser, the Oxford Mail, the Eastern Evening News

62 3.1.3.140 Article in which Shirley Valentine is number 1 in the top 10 rentals

09/c. 1989 Newspaper cutting photocopy

62 3.1.3.141 Reviews of production of Shirley Valentine, Melbourne Theatre Company, Russell St. Theatre, Australia in The Age, the Herald-Sun, the Sunday Herald-Sun

12/1991 Newspaper cutting photocopies

Actor Amanda Muggleton, director Raymond Omodei

62 3.1.3.142 Reviews of touring production of Shirley Valentine, the Towngate Theatre Poole, the Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, the Theatre Royal Winchester, the Cambridge Arts Theatre, the Charter Theatre Preston, the Hull New Theatre, the Pomegranate Theatre Chesterfield, the Southport Theatre and the Darlington Civic Theatre in the Evening Echo, Bournemouth, the Dorset Evening Echo, the Western Gazette View, the Advertiser, the Kentish Gazette, the Southern Evening Echo, the Portsmouth News,

09/1991 – 11/1991


Actor Pauline Daniels, director Richard Olivier

the Cambridge Evening News, the Lancashire Evening Post, the Evening Gazette, the Hull Daily Mail, the Winchester Gazette Extra, the Standard Recorder, the Grimsby Evening Telegraph, the Evening Echo (Basildon), the Derbyshire Times, the Daily Post, the Northern Echo

62 3.1.3.143 Reviews of touring production of Shirley Valentine, Theatre Royal Hanley, the White Rock Theatre Hastings, the Thorndike Theatre Leatherhead, the Grand Opera House Belfast, the Bristol Hippodrome in the Evening Sentinel, the Hastings Observer, the Leatherhead Advertiser, the West Sussex County Times, the Belfast Telegraph, the Belfast Newsletter, the Newtownards Spectator, the Newtownards Chronicle, the Evening Post, the Western Daily Press, the Bristol Observer and the Evening Chronicle

04/1991 – 06/1991


Actor Pamela Power, director Richard Olivier

62 3.1.3.144 Reviews of touring production of Shirley Valentine, the Theatre Royal Newcastle, the Theatre Royal Nottingham, the Key Theatre Peterborough, the Crucible Sheffield, His Majesty’s Theatre Aberdeen in the Evening Chronicle, The Journal, the Chronicle South, the Nottingham Evening Post, the Evening Telegraph, the Yorkshire Post, the Star, the

02/1992 – 03/1992


2 copies of Nottingham reviews, actor Pamela Power

Evening Express and the Press and Journal

62 3.1.3.145 Draft character summations for handbill of production of Shirley Valentine

13/03/c.1986 – 26/04/c.1986

Publicity material Actor Noreen Kershaw, director Glen Walford

62 3.1.3.146 Reviews of production of Shirley Valentine, Charter Theatre, Preston, UK tour in the Lancashire Evening Post

23/05/1989 Newspaper cuttings (faxed copy)

Actor Paula Wilcox

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.147 Poster for production of Shirley Valentine, Jonkopings Lansteater, Sweden

c. 1982 poster Actor Marit Carlsson, director Bernt Lindvist

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.148 Willy Russell as Shirley Valentine, Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool

04/07/c. 1986 Poster 5 copies, designed by Evgenya Knopov, charity reading for the Unity Theatre at Liverpool playhouse

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.149 Shirley Valentine UK National Tour 1989 Poster Actor Paula Wilcox. Director Richard Olivier

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.150 Shirley Valentine, TOL [Theatre Ouvert] Luxembourg

2011 Poster Actor Veronique Fauconnet, translator Denyse Periez, director Frederic Frenay

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.151 Shirley Valentine, Theatre le Silo, Montoire-sur-le-Loir, France

07/2002 Poster Actor Annie Chaplin, mise en scene Jacques Auxenel,

62 3.1.3.152 Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London

c. 1988 Advertisement leaflet

Actor Pauline Collins, director Simon Callow

62 3.1.3.153 Reviews & publicity articles for Shirley Valentine, Booth Theatre, New York, USA in the Daily News, the Westsider, WEOK, the Sacremento Sun, the East Side Express, Theatre Week, the Tribune, The Wave and unknown publications

02/1989 – 03/1989


Includes covering letter from Philip Rinaldi, Philip Rinaldi Publicity/Public Relations, 31/03/1989 concerning arrangements for interviews with Willy Russell, actor Pauline Collins, director Simon Callow

62 3.1.3.154 Shirley Valentine, St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens

13/09/2012 – 16/09/2012



Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.155 Shirley Valentine, Café Teatr, Cerna Labut, Bratislava, Slovakia

c. 2004 Poster 2 copies, actor Zuzana Kronerova, director Ivan Balada

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.156 Shirley Valentine, Octagon Theatre, Bolton, UK

07/09/2000 Poster Actor Christine Moore. Director Mark Babych. Designer Richard Foxton. Lighting Nick Johnson.

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.157 Shirley Valentine, Chamber Theatre, Sofia, Bulgaria

1994/1995 Poster Actor Ilka Zafirova, director Todor Kolev

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.158 Shirley Valentine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

c. 2001 Poster Actor Trudy Labij. Director Robert Prager. Translation Ger Thijs. Design Jos Groenier.A production of Impresariaat Gislebert Thierens and Pim Wallis de Vries.

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3.1.3.159 Lilli Valentin (Shirley Valentine), Grimstad Kulturhus, Grimstad, Norway

16/10/2003 – 17/10/2003

Poster Actor Anne Ma Usterud. Translation Morten Krogstad. Director Anne-Karen Hytten

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.160 Du Saison 1988 – 1989, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, includes Shirley Valentine, Petit Théatre

1988 - 1989 Poster [actor Francine Blistin], translator Français Denyse Periez, director Adrian Brine

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.161 Shirley Valentine, Sala Marin Sorescu, Teatrului Naţional din Bucureşti Il Caragiale, Bucharest, Romania

2003-2004 Poster Actor Tamara Creţulescu. Artistic director Liliana Cîmpeanu. Design Cristina Nan.

Plan Chest drawer 4

3.1.3.162 Shirley Valentine, Palacio das Artes, [Belo Horizonte], Brazil

16/05/c. 1991 – 19/05/c. 1991

Poster Actor Renata Sorrah. Director and translation Euclydes Marinho. Designer Gringo Cardia. Costume Fábio Namatame.

62 3.1.3.163 Review & press release for Shirley Valentine, Vendsyssel Teater, Hjorring, Denmark in Nordjyske Stiftstidende,

11/2012 Newspaper cuttings (photocopies)

Actor Hanne Laursen, director Susanne HeinrichIncludes English translations & covering letter from Jytte Due, Nordiska ApS to Tom Erhardt, Casarotto Ramsay Ltd. 21/12/2012

62 3.1.3.164 Shirley Valentine, Comedie Nation, Theatre Le Silo, Paris, France

c. 2010 Advertisement leaflets & poster

Actor Annie Chalpin, translator Denyse Periez, director Jacques Auxenel

3.1.4 Correspondence

The catalogue for this series is not available online, to request access to this material, please contact the Archivist at [email protected]

3.1.5. Legal and Financial



20 3.1.5.1 Invoice from A. J. Beer and Co. Ltd. timber importers and merchants, sawmillers, Liverpool to ‘Merseyside Everyman Theatre’ [Everyman Theatre, Liverpool]

02/06/1988, 23/06/1988

Financial document

For white [kitchen] units [for stage set of Shirley Valentine]. Includes cover letter invoice from Everyman Theatre, Liverpool to Annie Russell with additional service charge. Includes also handwritten note ‘paid 10/07/88’.

20 3.1.5.2 Letter from Bill Kenwright, Bill Kenwright Ltd., London to Willy Russell, Liverpool.

10/03/1989 Letter and newspaper cutting (fax)

Concerning money made by production of Shirley Valentine, Booth Theatre, New York for the week of 08/03/89 – 14/03/89. Includes newspaper cutting of ‘Broadway legit grosses’, the financial returns of shows on Broadway, in Variety which includes a mention of Shirley Valentine.

20 3.1.5.3 ‘Broadway legit grosses’ [financial returns of shows on Broadway], Variety for the week of 08/03/89 – 14/03/89.

10/03/1989 Newspaper cuttings and letter (fax)

Concerning money made by production of Shirley Valentine, Booth Theatre, New York. Includes covering page of fax from Bill Kenwright Ltd., London to W. R. Ltd.

20 3.1.5.4 Shirley Valentine, weekly cheques and financial summaries [for production at Booth Theatre, New York] from The Dramatists Guild, Inc. to Willy Russell.

07/05/1989, 14/05/1989

Financial documents

Includes ‘royalty schedule’ showing ‘gross’, ‘league assess’, ‘adjusted gross’ and ‘total royalty due’.


21/05/1989 Financial documents


mailto:[email protected]


28/05/1989, 04/06/1989

Financial documents

Includes ‘royalty schedule’ showing ‘gross’, ‘league assess’, ‘adjusted gross’ and ‘total royalty due’. Includes also letters from Nina Lannan, Company Manager Shirley Valentine to Dana Singer, Dramatists’ Guild concerning weekly expenses for the weeks ending 28/05/89 and 04/06/89.

20 3.1.5.7 Shirley Valentine, cheque and financial summary for additional monies from [production at Booth Theatre, New York] from The Dramatists Guild, Inc. to Willy Russell.

04/06/1989, 16/06/1989

Financial documents and letter

Includes letter from Dana S. Singer, Assistant, Business Affairs, The Dramatists’ Guild, Inc. to Tom Erhardt, Margaret Ramsay Ltd., London concerning additional monies due to Willy Russell .

20 3.1.5.8 Shirley Valentine, weekly cheque and financial summary [for production at Booth Theatre, New York] from The Dramatists Guild, Inc. to Willy Russell.

11/06/1989 Financial document



18/06/1989, 25/06/1989

Financial documents



09/07/1989, 16/07/1989

Financial documents








20 3.1.5.13 Shirley Valentine, weekly cheque and 30/07/1989 Financial Includes ‘royalty schedule’ showing ‘gross’,

financial summary [for production at Booth Theatre, New York] from The Dramatists Guild, Inc. to Willy Russell.

document ‘league assess’, ‘adjusted gross’ and ‘total royalty due’.




20 3.1.5.15 Correspondence between Stanley S. Sabin, Stanhill Murray Ltd., New York, Cathy Negus-Fancey and Willy Russell concerning arrangements for Willy Russell’s trip to New York, USA [for the opening of Shirley Valentine on Broadway].

31/01/1989, 02/02/1989, 03/02/1989

Letters (fax) Includes invoice for flights from London, UK to New York, USA and New York, USA to Manchester, UK. Also includes airline reservations, arrangements for vegetarian meals on the aeroplane and hotel booking at ‘Parker Meridien’ [Le Parker Meridien, New York, USA] for [Willy and Annie Russell]. Also includes details of the allocation of seats and meal arrangements on the aeroplane and the arrangement of a limousine for Willy Russell.

20 3.1.5.16 Article on box office figures for Shirley Valentine [Booth Theatre, New York] in the New York Post.


Actor Ellen Burstyn.

20 3.1.5.17 Shirley Valentine, statement of gross box office receipts for production at Arts Theatre of Cambridge Ltd., Cambridge, UK.


Includes details of seats sold for matinee and evening performances, percentages for physical and financial capacity, gross receipts and total net receipts for the week ending 08/07/1989.

20 3.1.5.18 Shirley Valentine, weekly financial summaries for production at Duke of York’s Theatre, London.

19/08/1989 – 09/09/1989

Financial documents

Includes gross, VAT and net figures per day for each week, weekly totals, and net and ‘down’ comparisons with the previous week.

20 3.1.5.19 Letter from Angus Stirling, The Arts Council of Great Britain to Alan Durband, Chairman, Merseyside

02/11/1976 Letter Concerning the receipt of an application to The Arts Council of Great Britain from Merseyside Everyman Theatre Company

Everyman Theatre Company Limited cc. John Gardiner, General Manager, Merseyside Everyman Theatre Company Limited and Willy Russell.

Limited for a grant and the offer of funds ‘to enable your Company to pay Willy Russell the sums specified in your Company’s application in connection with a play about a female package holiday to a Spanish resort’ [for Shirley Valentine].

62 3.1.5.20 Royalty payments from the Dramatists Guild to Willy Russell from a production of Shirley Valentine in Chicago for week ending 12/08/1990

08/1990 – 09/1990

Financial documents

Includes covering letter from Linda Meise, Gatchell & Neufeld Ltd to Dana Singer, The Dramatists Guild, 21/09/1990

62 3.1.5.21 Weekly financial summaries for Shirley Valentine, Vaudeville Theatre, London

01/1988 – 04/1988

Financial documents

62 3.1.5.22 Weekly financial summary, box office return c. for Shirley Valentine, Duke of York’s Theatre, London and Dundee Repertory Theatre, Dundee

15/06/1991, 10/06/1991 – 22/06/1991

Financial document

2 summaries,

62 3.1.5.23 Invoice from Strook Strook & Lavan 10/04/1991 Financial document

For services undertaken to ascertain options available for legal action against the Miami Herald with relation to libel concerning Sabina Sholom, includes covering letter from Charles Negus-Fancey

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