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Photograph, Aerial view of Chichester Festival Theatre (c.1962)

Showing ramps needed to move scenery in and out of the auditorium

Oral history clips, The building in the 60s (2013-2015)

A series of clips describing the building in the sixties

Photograph, exterior of Festival Theatre (1962)

Showing Chichester Festival Theatre in its Oaklands Park setting

Photograph, Interior auditorium (1962)

Showing a vomitorium and a glimps of the control room

Production photograph, The Chances (1962)

Featuring John Neville as Don Federick and Rosemary Harris as Constantia

Blueprints, Festival Theatre auditorium (1962)

Plans for the Festival Theatre auditorium

Press cutting, Aspects of the New Chichester Theatre (1962)

Aspects of the new theatre in Chichester which is the first of its kind in Britain

Photograph, construction of foyer (1962)

Showing a visit to the foyer during construction

Letter, Chichester Festival Theatre Society (1962)

Letter to all members about opening night tickets

Season Poster (1962)

Poster detailing shows produced by Chichester Festival Theatre in 1962.

Press cutting, The Stage and Shape of the New Chichester Theatre (1962)

The Stage and Shape of the New Chichester Theatre – Seen from the lighting gallery which runs across the centre of the Theatre

Postcard, exterior of Chichester Festival Theatre (1962)

Showing the outside of the original Theatre