the proscenium painted with the crest for Mitton or Moxton and initials 'BM' centred by the Prince of Wales feathers, together with two painted oak backdrops and a set of conforming wings and a large group of hand coloured printed card scenery, comprising; eleven backdrops and ten wings for Richard III, five for Edward the Black Prince, five for Mary the Maid of the Inn, five for Cherry & the Fair Star, three for Montrose, two for Guy Manners, five for the Forty Thieves, one each for Gilderoy, Tekeli, Romeo & Juliet, the Mountaineers and four unknown backdrops and including two associated mixed-media theatrical dolls (qty)

By repute acquired by Laurence Olivier in 1945.

Topsham Museum, Devon, Vivien Leigh: A Century of Fame, 2013 (on loan).

Notley Abbey Inventory, April 1948, p. 15, the study, ‘A painted and decorated model stage’ (The Vivien Leigh Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, THM/433/6/1).

A lovely object which has losses and wear as result of heavy play. There are moulding missing to the mahogany stage and chips and old marks. Formerly raised on feet. The two associated dolls are in tired and well played with condition, with losses to details and breaks as well as distress to textiles and plaster elements.
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One of the figures that comes with this theatre is said to depict a character played by Vivien, that of Sabrina the maid in Thornton Wilder's play The Skin of Our Teeth. This figure appears in a photograph of Notley Abbey in the library circa 1959.