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Farewell to the Vic

Tonight the Old Vic Company, the 'Home of Shakespeare' in London since 1914, gives its last performance in the Waterloo Road. Looking back on the story of a remarkable theatre in tonight's programme are: Robert Atkins, Michael Benthall, John Blatchley, Richard Burton, Michael Elliott, Edith Evans, John Gielgud, Alec Guinness, Tyrone Guthrie, John Neville, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Tommy Steele, Sybil Thorndike, Ninette de Valois.Introduced by Michael Flanders. With Outside Broadcast cameras at the Old Vic for the closing moments of Measure for Measure with The Old Vic Company In the presence of their President H.R.H. The Princess Marina Duchess of Kent A Monitor presentation