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)

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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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The actual poster for the world premiere of Hero's Welcome at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough during its 60th anniversary year of 2015.

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The company of the world premiere of Hero's Welcome outside the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 2015.

Photographer: TBC
Holding: Ayckbourn Digital Archive

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Alan Ayckbourn leads the first read-through of Hero's Welcome at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 2015.

Photographer: TBC
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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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Terenia Edwards & Alan Ayckbourn during rehearsals for the world premiere of Hero's Welcome in 2015.

Photographer: Tony Bartholomew (© Tony Bartholomew)
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A scene from the world premiere of Hero's Welcome at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, in 2015.

Photographer: Tony Bartholomew (© Tony Bartholomew)
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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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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.

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