Hero's Welcome: Archive Images
A collection of archive material, posters, rehearsal and production images pertaining to Alan Ayckbourn's Hero's Welcome. 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.Hero's Welcome (2015)
The playwright became frustrated with the Stephen Joseph Theatre during the creation of the poster for the world premiere of Hero's Welcome, feeling that the brief given to the designers did not appreciate nor understand the play. This is one of the rejected designs.
Copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust
Holding: The Bob Watson Archive
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Copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust
Holding: The Bob Watson Archive
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For the opening scene in which Murray & Baba are interviewed on television, BBC Look North presenters Harry Gration & Amy Garcia came to Alan Ayckbourn's rehearsal room and recorded the dialogue of the interviewers for the world premiere production.
Photographer: TBC
Holding: Ayckbourn Digital Archive
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Photographer: TBC
Holding: Ayckbourn Digital Archive
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For the 2016 transfer of Hero's Welcome to New York for the Brits Off Broadway festival at the 59E59 Theatres, the role of Baba was played by Evelyn Hoskins (pictured here with Richard Stacey).
Photographer: Tony Bartholomew (© Tony Bartholomew)
Holding: Ayckbourn Digital Archive
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Photographer: Tony Bartholomew (© Tony Bartholomew)
Holding: Ayckbourn Digital Archive
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The Scene and Archive Images pages are presented in association with the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, where the Ayckbourn Archive is held.
All images on this page are copyright of the respective and labelled individual / organisation and should not be reproduced without permission.
All images on this page are copyright of the respective and labelled individual / organisation and should not be reproduced without permission.
