Guide to the Guide to programs and related material regarding Reginald McKern
McKern
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Collection Summary
- Title
- Programs and related material regarding Reginald "Leo" McKern
- Date Range
- 1945 - 1996
- Collection Number
- McKern
- Extent
- 106 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Printed Collections
Introduction
Scope and Contents
This finding aid lists programs and ephemera which document all aspects of Leo McKern's stage acting and theatre directing careers in Australia and overseas. Material on McKern's film and television screen career is not generally collected by the Library.
The list is based on imperfect holdings and is updated as gaps in the Library's holdings for this artist are filled.
Printed materials in the PROMPT collection include programs and printed ephemera such as brochures, leaflets, tickets, etc. Theatre programs are taken as the prime documentary evidence of a performance.
The list is based on imperfect holdings, and is updated as gaps in the Library's holdings are filled. Unless otherwise stated, all entries are based on published programs in the PROMPT collection.
Scope and Contents
The National Library's collection also includes a Biographical cuttings file [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1967504] and related manuscripts, pictures and posters, and broadsides can be accessed via the catalogue [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/]. Other material relating to McKern can be accessed via Trove [https://trove.nla.gov.au/].
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use this material should refer to the Ephemera PROMPT collection.
Citation of items from this collection should include references to author's/organisation's name, date, item title, Publisher and place of publication.
Example: J.C. Williamson (Firm). & Theatre Royal (Adelaide, S.A.). 1950, Gilbert & Sullivan opera season [theatre program] : The gondoliers J. C. Williamson Ltd [Adelaide]
Arrangement
The McKern material in the PROMPT Collection is in the chronological order of his Australian and overseas performances and this list reflects this arrangement.
Entries identify the city and the venue. All the information is taken from programs, flyers and ephemera. In some instances film programs are included because they include his stage characterisations depicted on film, eg, Macbeth.
Entries for each program are arranged as follows: Venue/Theatre (Location); company; name of production/creator; year, day/s and month; McKern's role or other involvement.
Biographical / Historical
Reginald "Leo" McKern, AO (16 March 1920 – 23 July 2002) was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British and Australian television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. Notable roles he portrayed include Clang in Help! (1965), Thomas Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons (1966), Tom Ryan in Ryan's Daughter (1970), Paddy Button in The Blue Lagoon (1980), Father Imperius in Ladyhawke (1985) and, in the role that made him a household name as an actor, Horace Rumpole, whom he played in Rumpole of the Bailey.
Item Descriptions
Series. Australian Stage Career, 26 March 1945 - 24 February 1990
4 items,Related Materials
See, also Digitised Australian newspaper coverage of Leo McKern (including news of international performance dates, reviews and celebrity gossip) via Trove [https://trove.nla.gov.au/].
Killara Hall, Sydney; St John's Hall, Wahroonga, Sydney; Housemaster, 26-28 March and 9 April, 13 and 16 April 1945 (File)
Kuringai Theatre Guild presents Metropolitan Theatre Players. Leo Mckern as Philip de Pourville.
Tivoli Theatre, Sydney (NSW); Henry IV (Part 1), 15 - 20 June 1953 (File)
Physical Description Note
1 program.
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Australian tour. Leo McKern played the role of 'Owen Glendower'.
Tivoli Theatre, Sydney (NSW); Othello, 21 April - 6 June 1953 (File)
Physical Description Note
1 program.
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Australian Tour. Leo McKern played the role of 'Iago'.
Tivoli Theatre, Sydney (NSW); As You Like It, 27 April - 13 June 1953 (File)
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Australian Tour. Leo McKern played the role of 'Touchstone'.
Theatre Royal, Hobart (TAS); As You Like It, 1953 (File)
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Australian Tour. Leo McKern played the role of 'Touchstone'.
Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, Sydney (NSW); Ned Kelly, 3 October 1956 (File)
By Douglas Stewart. Leo McKern as Ned Kelly. Program.
Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, Sydney (NSW); The Rainmaker, 20 November 1956 (File)
A new romantic comedy by N. Richard Nash. Leo McKern as H.C. Curry. Produced by Leo McKern. Program.
Playhouse Theatre, Melbourne, Seymour Centre Theatre, Sydney (as part of Sydney Festival, 1990); Boswell for the Defense, [Commencing 24 February] 1989-1990 (File)
By James Boswell. Leo McKern as Boswell. Includes: 2 programs; 2 flyers for Melbourne season at Playhouse Theatre; flyer for Canberra season at Canberra Theatre 14 - 19 January, 1991. Contains insert for Special Offer for National Library Friends including advice to book tickets by 28 December 1990. Includes flyer for Adelaide season at Her Majesty's Theatre; 29 January - 5 February 1991; flyer for Townville Civic Theatre, 8-9 March; Polbeam Theatre, Rockhampton, 12-14 March and Moncrief Theatre, Bundaberg, Saturday 16 March.
Series. Overseas Stage Career, 1948 - 2 October 1996
102 items,Presented at 15 different venues in the counties (England); The Miser, 1948-[1949] (File)
The Arts Council of Great Britain. By Molière. Leo McKern as Old Master Simon. Program only.
The New Theatre (London, England); The Miser, 1948-1949[?] (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By Molière. Leo McKern as Old Master Simon. Photocopy of cover page and cast list only.
Central Library Theatre (Manchester, England); Cockpit, 1948-1949[?] (File)
The Western Theatre Company. By Bridget Boland. Leo McKern as Duval. Program only.
Spa Theatre (Whitby, England); The Miser, 17 January 1949 - 18 January 1949 (File)
The Arts Council of Great Britain in association with The Three Arts Club, Whitby. By Moliere. Leo McKern as Old Master Simon. Program only.
Nottingham Playhouse (Nottingham, England); The Apple Cart, 2 May 1949 (File)
Nottingham Theatre Trust. By George B. Shaw. Leo McKern as Bonerges. Program only.
Nottingham Playhouse (Nottingham, England); Caste, 16 May 1949 (File)
Nottingham Theatre Trust. By T.W. Robertson. Leo McKern as Dixon. Program only.
Nottingham Playhouse (Nottingham, England); The Winslow Boy, 30 May 1949 (File)
Nottingham Theatre Trust. By Terence Rattigan. Leo McKern as Arthur Winslow. Program only.
Nottingham Playhouse (Nottingham, England); The Merchant of Venice, 13 June 1949 (File)
Nottingham Theatre Trust. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as the Prince of Morocco, Tubal and one of the men at arms. Program only.
Nottingham Playhouse (Nottingham, England); The Light of Heart, 12 July 1949 (File)
Nottingham Theatre Trust. By Emlyn Williams. Leo McKern as Maddoc Thomas. 2 programs.
Bournemouth Pavilion (Bournemouth, England); Love's Labour Lost, 27 September 1949 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as attendant, Pedant and Huntsman. Program only.
New Theatre (London, England); Love's Labour Lost, 15 October[?] 1949 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as a Forester. Program only.
The New Theatre (London, England); She Stoops to Conquer, 1949 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By Oliver Goldsmith. Leo McKern as Jeremy/servant to Marlow and Hastings. Program only.
New Theatre (London, England); A Month in the Country, 1949 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By Ivan Turgenev. Leo McKern as a Matvey, manservant. Program only.
The New Theatre (London, England); Hamlet, 1949 - 1950 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Guildenstein. 2 programs.
Sixth Season; The New Theatre (London, England); Love's Labour's Lost, She Stoops to Conquer, A Month in the Country, Miser and Hamlet, 1949 - 1950 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare; She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith; A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev; Miser by Molière and Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Program only.
The New Theatre (London, England); Love's Labour Lost, 1950 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Dull. 2 copies of season brochures for 1950-1951 and 1951-1952.
The New Theatre (London, England); The Miser, [January 1950?] (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By Molière. Leo McKern as Old Master Simon. Program only.
Leeds Grant Theatre (Leeds, England); Love's Labour Lost, 15 May 1950 (File)
The Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Dull. Photocopy of Program only.
Royal Theatre (Liverpool, England); Love's Labour Lost, 22 May 1950 (File)
The Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Dull. Program only.
Assembly Hall (Edinburgh, Scotland); Bartholomew Fair, 1950-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By Ben Jonson. Leo McKern as Nightingale. Program only.
Bournemouth Pavilion (Bournemouth, England); She Stoops to Conquer, 4 October 1950 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By Oliver Goldsmith. Leo McKern as Jeremy/servant to Marlow and Hastings. Program only.
The New Theatre (Oxford, England); Twelfth Night, 16 October 1950 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Feste. Program only.
The Opera House (Manchester, England); Twelfth Night, 30 October 1950 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Feste. Program only.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); Twelfth Night, 14 November 1950 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Feste. 3 programs.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); Twelfth Night, 6 December 1950 (File)
Old Vic Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Feste. Program only.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); Bartholomew Fair, 18 December 1950 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By Ben Jonson. Leo McKern as Nightingale. Program only.
Theatre Royal (Brighton, England); Twelfth Night, 15 January 1951 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Feste. Program only.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); King Henry V, 30 January 1951 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Sir Thomas Erpingham and Nym. Program only.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); Electra, 13 March 1951 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By Sophocles and Sheppard and on the same program as The Wedding by Anton Chekov. Leo McKern as an old man and Harlampy Spiridonovitch Dymba. Program only.
Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham, England); Electra, 9 April 1951 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By Sophocles and Sheppard and on the same program as The Wedding by Anton Chekov. Leo McKern as an old man and Harlampy Spiridonovitch Dymba. 3 Programs.
New Theatre (Oxford, England); Electra, 16 April 1951 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By Sophocles and Sheppard and on the same program as The Wedding by Anton Chekov. Leo McKern as an old man and Harlampy Spiridonovitch Dymba. Program only.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); King Henry V, 2 May 1951 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Sir Thomas Erpinham. Program only.
1951, 31 May; The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); The Merry Wives of Windsor, 31 May 1951 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Nym. Photocopy of Program only.
Royal Court Theatre (Liverpool, England); King Henry V, 23 July 1951 (File)
By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Sir Thomas Erpinham. Program only.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); Tamburlane the Great, 24 September 1951 (File)
By Christopher Marlow. Leo McKern as Bajazeth. Program only.
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Stratford-Upon-Avon, England); Tamburlane the Great, 29 October 1951 (File)
By Christopher Marlow. Leo McKern as Bajazeth. Photocopy only of flyer.
Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham, England); The Clandestine Marriage, 26 November 1951 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By George Colman and David Garrick. Leo McKern as Nym. Photocopy of Program only.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); The Clandestine Marriage, 5 December 1951 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By George Colman and David Garrick. Leo McKern as Nym. Program only.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); King Lear, 3 March 1952 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as the fool. Program only.
Theatre Royal (Newcastle, England); King Lear, 12 May 1952 (File)
Old Vic Trust Ltd. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as the fool. Program only.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); Timon of Athens, 28 May 1952 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Apemantus. 2 Programs.
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Stratford-Upon-Avon, England); Troilus and Cressida, 1954 (File)
By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Ulysses. Program only.
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Stratford-Upon-Avon, England); The Taming of the Shrew, 10 July 1954 (File)
By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Grumio. Program only.
The Princes Theatre (London, England); Toad of Toad Hall, 23 December 1954 (File)
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company. Leo McKern as Toad. 4 programs.
Opera House (Manchester, England); The Lark, 28 March 1955 (File)
By Jean Anouilh. Leo McKern as the Promoter. 2 Programs.
Royal Court Theatre (Liverpool, England); The Lark, 4 April 1955 (File)
By Jean Anouilh. Leo McKern as the Promoter. 2 Programs.
King's Theatre (Glasgow, Scotland); The Lark, 18 April 1955 (File)
By Jean Anouilh. Leo McKern as the Promoter. Program only.
Royal Court Theatre (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England); The Lark, 25 April 1955 (File)
By Jean Anouilh. Leo McKern as the Promoter. Program only.
Theatre Royal (Brighton, England); The Lark, 2 May 1955 (File)
By Jean Anouilh. Leo McKern as the Promoter. Program only.
Lyric Theatre (London, England); The Lark, 11 May 1955 (File)
By Jean Anouilh. Leo McKern as the Promoter. 2 Programs.
The Arts Theatre Club (London, England); The Burnt Flower Bed, October[?] 1955 (File)
The Arts Theatre Club Co. By Ugo Betti. Leo McKern as Thomas. 2 Programs.
Theatre Royal, Haymarket (London, England); The Queen and the Rebels, 26 October 1955 (File)
Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Leo McKern as the Traveller. Two programs.
Lyric Theatre (London, England); The Good Sailor, 4 April 1956 (File)
Louis O. Coxe and Robert Chapman. Leo McKern as Claggart. Program only.
Royal Greenwich Park (London, England); Son et Lumiere, 1957 (File)
Atlas Lighting Limited. Leo McKern as Cardinal Pole. Program only.
Comedy Theatre (London, England); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 30 January 1958 (File)
The New Watergate Theatre Club presentation. By Tennesee Williams. Leo McKern as Big Daddy. 6 Programs.
Aldwych Theatre (London, England); Brouhaha, 30 January 1958 (File)
Aldwych Theatre Co. Leo McKern as Tyepkin (a visitor). Program only.
Aldwych Theatre (London, England); Brouhaha, 27 August 1958 (File)
Aldwych Theatre Co. By George Tabori. Leo McKern as O Tyepkin (a visitor). 3 Programs.
Duke of York's Theatre (London, England); The Shifting Heart, 14 September 1959 (File)
Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust. By Richard Beynon. Directed by Leo McKern. Program only.
Theatre Royal (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England); The Shifting Heart, 24 August 1959 (File)
By Richard Beynon. Directed by Leo McKern. Program only.
Theatre Royal (Brighton, England); My Friend Rollo, 19 October 1959 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Production. By Marcel Achard. Leo McKern as Leon Rollo. Program only.
Strand Theatre (London, England); My Friend Rollo, 27 October 1959 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Production. By Marcel Achard. Leo McKern as Leon Rollo. 3 Programs.
Lyric Theatre (London, England); Midnight Gala in aid of the victims of the Fréjus Disaster, 15 December 1959 (File)
Leo McKern performs in an excerpt for Midnight Gala in aid of the victims of the Fréjus Disaster. Program only.
Duchess Theatre (London, England); My Friend Rollo, 1 February 1960 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Production. By Marcel Achard. Leo McKern as Leon Rollo. 2 programs and flyer.
The New Theatre (Oxford, England); A Man for all Seasons, 14 June 1960 (File)
Oxford Theatre Company. By Robert Bolt. Leo McKern as The Common Man. 2 Programs.
Theatre Royal (Brighton, England); A Man for all Seasons, 20 June 1960 (one week) (File)
Tennent Productions. By Robert Bolt. Leo McKern as The Common Man. Program only.
Globe Theatre (London, England); A Man for all Seasons, 1 July 1960 (File)
Globe Theatre Co. By Robert Bolt. Leo McKern as The Common Man. 4 programs; 2 small for 6d and 2 larger for 1 shilling.
Oxford Playhouse (Oxford, England); Queen after Death, 7 February 1961 (File)
Meadow Players. By Henry de Montherlant. Leo McKern as Ferrante. Program plus flyer.
Streatham Hill Theatre (London, England); Queen after Death, 7 February 1961 (File)
Meadow Players. By Henry de Montherlant. Leo McKern as Ferrante. Program only.
Golders Green Hippodrome (London, England); Queen after Death, 27 February 1961 (File)
Meadow Players. By Henry de Montherlant. Leo McKern as Ferrante. 2 Programs.
Metropolitan Theatre (London, England); The Whip, 6 March 1962 (File)
Friends of Centre 42. Cast also includes Moyra Fraser and Peter Finch. Program only.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); Peer Gynt, 16 May 1962 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By Henrik Ibsen. Leo McKern as the Boyg. Photocopy of cast list from Program only.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); The Alchemist, 28 November 1962 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By Ben Jonson. Leo McKern as Subtle. Program only.
The Old Vic Theatre (London, England); Othello, 30 January 1963 (File)
Old Vic Theatre Company. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Iago. Photocopy of cast list from Program only.
Nottingham Playhouse (Nottingham, England); Coriolanus, December[?] 1963 (File)
By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Menenius. Program only.
Nottingham Playhouse (Nottingham, England); The Life in My Hands, 8 January 1964 (File)
Nottingham Playhouse Co. By Peter Ustinov. Leo McKern as the Minister. Program only.
Aldwych Theatre (London, England); The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew, 11 December 1965 (File)
The Royal Shakespeare Company. By Robert Bolt. Leo McKern as Baron Bolligrew. Photocopy of Program only.
Empire Theatre (Sunderland, England); Volpone, 31 October 1966 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Company. By Ben Johnson. Leo McKern as Volpone. Program only.
Oxford Playhouse (Oxford, England); Volpone, September/October 1966 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Company. By Ben Johnson. Leo McKern as Volpone. Program only.
Garrick Theatre (London, England); Volpone, 31 January 1967 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Production. By Ben Jonson. Leo McKern as Volpone. Program only.
Arts Theatre, Cambridge, England); The Merchant of Venice, 9 July 1973 - 14 July 1973 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Company Summer Festival Season. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Shylock. Program only.
Oxford Playhouse (Oxford, England); The Merchant of Venice, 17 July 1973 - 13 October 1973 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Company Summer Festival Season. By William Shakespeare. Leo McKern as Shylock. Program only.
Oxford Playhouse (Oxford, England); The Wolf, 17 July 1973 - 13 October 1973 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Company Summer Festival Season. By Ferene Molnar. Leo McKern as Kelemen. Program only.
Apollo Theatre (London, England); The Wolf, 23 October 1973 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Company. By Ferene Molnar. Leo McKern as Kelemen. Program only.
Queen's Theatre (London, England); The Wolf, 3 December 1973 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Company. By Ferene Molnar. Leo McKern as Kelemen. 3 programs.
Queen's Theatre (London, England); The Wolf, 1 February 1974 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Company. By Ferene Molnar. Leo McKern as Kelemen. Program only.
New London Theatre (London, England); The Wolf, 2 April 1974 (File)
Oxford Playhouse Company. By Ferene Molnar. Leo McKern as Kelemen. Program only.
Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester, England); Uncle Vanya, 17 February 1977 (File)
Royal Exchange Theatre Company. By Anton Chekhov. Leo McKern as Vanya. Program only.
Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester, England); Crime and Punishment, 6 April 1978 (File)
Royal Exchange Theatre Company. By Fyodor Dostoevsky. Leo McKern as Porfiry Petrovich. Program only.
Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England); Country Contentments, 13 August 1978 (File)
The Twenty-Fifth Stratford-Upon-Avon Poetry Festival. Devised by Roger Pringle. Program only.
BBC Radio 3 (London, England); Bavarian Royal Wedding of 1568, 29 July 1981 (File)
Leo McKern as Fortunio. The music specially recorded by Taverner Consort, Choir and Players Natural Trumpet Ensemble of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Edward H. Tarr director. Conducted by Andrew Parrott. Program only.
Theatre Royal (Brighton, England); The Housekeeper, 26 January 1982 (File)
By Frank D. Gilroy. Leo McKern as Matt Quinlan. Program only.
Richmond Theatre (Richmond, England); The Housekeeper, 8 February 1982 (File)
By Frank D. Gilroy. Leo McKern as Matt Quinlan. 2 Programs
Apollo Theatre (London, England); The Housekeeper, 25 February 1982 (File)
By Frank D. Gilroy. Leo McKern as Matt Quinlan. Program plus flyer.
Theatre Royal (Windsor, England); Number One, 13 March 1984 - 7 April 1984 (File)
Windsor Theatre Company. By Jean Anouilh. Leo McKern as Leon Saint-Pe. Program.
Queen's Theatre (London, England); Number One, 24 April 1984 (File)
Windsor Theatre Company. By Jean Anouilh. Leo McKern as Leon Saint-Pe. 2 programs plus flyer.
Dominion Theatre (London, England); What would we do without you?, 31 March 1985 (File)
A Royal Gala Night of 100 stars. Leo McKern in Stout Hearted Men. 2 programs.
The Playhouse (London, England); Boswell for the Defense, 6 September 1989 (File)
The Boswell Company. By Patrick Edgeworth. Leo McKern as Bowsell. 2 programs plus flyer.
Festival Theatre (Chichester, England); Hobson's Choice, 3 May 1995 (File)
Festival Theatre Production. By Harold Brighouse. Leo McKern as Henry Hobson. Program plus 2 fliers.
Richmond Theatre (London, England); Hobson's Choice, 19 September 1995 (File)
Festival Theatre Production. By Harold Brighouse. Leo McKern as Henry Hobson. Program plus flyer.
Lyric Theatre (London, England); Hobson's Choice, 11 October 1995 (File)
Festival Theatre Production. By Harold Brighouse. Leo McKern as Henry Hobson. Program plus 2 fliers.