Standing Room Only: Archive Images

A collection of archive material, posters, rehearsal and production images pertaining to Alan Ayckbourn's Standing Room Only. The Archive Images page is presented in association with the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York where the Ayckbourn Archive is held. Click on an image to expand.

Standing Room Only (1961)

The first page of the original manuscript - before its many revisions - of Standing Room Only held in the Ayckbourn Archive in the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York.

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Holding: Borthwick Institute For Archives

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The interior of the programme for the world premiere production of Standing Room Only at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, in 1961.

Copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust
Holding: The Bob Watson Archive

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The infamous review of Standing Room Only from The Stage newspaper on 20 July 1961, written by the production's stage manager and imploring it to be picked up for the West End.

Copyright: The Stage Media Company Ltd
Holding: Borthwick Institute For Archives

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Plays & Players magazine's report in its September 1961 edition that the producer Peter Bridge had optioned Standing Room Only for the West End; it was never actually produced.

Copyright: Plays & Players
Holding: Borthwick Institute For Archives

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The Scene, Archive Images and Research pages are presented in association with the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, where the Ayckbourn Archive is held.

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