Searle made so many caricature drawings for Punch magazine's theatre review column I'm starting a second thread here, culled from my extensive but not quite comprehensive collection of Punch mags and clippings. I'll try to keep this in chronological order so we can observe his artistic development.
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'Hand In Glove'June 20, 1951
New Lindsey
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'The Hollow Lady' June 20, 1951
The Fortune
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'Shaw Festival'July 4,1951
Arts
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'Come Live With Me' July 4,1951
Vaudeville
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'The Tempest' July 11, 1951
Stratford-On-Avon
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'Penny Plain' July 11, 1951
St. Martin's
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'The Clandestine Marriage' December 19, 1951
Old Vic
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'The Great Adventure'December 19, 1951
The Arts
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'The Day's Mischief' December 26, 1951
Duke of York's
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'Colombe' December 26, 1951
New
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'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' October 22, 1952
Royal Court
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'Letter From Paris'October 22, 1952
Aldwych
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'Can-Can' October 20, 1954
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'Pieces Of Eight'September, 1959
Comedy review written by Harold Pinter & Peter Cook
Apollo Theatre, London
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'The Taming Of The Shrew'June 29, 1960
Stratford
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'Troilus & Cressida'August 10, 1960
Stratford-Upon-Avon
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'The Seagull' August 31, 1960
Royal Lyceum
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'The Wallace' August 31, 1960
Assembly Hall
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'Romulus The Great' September 7, 1960
Gateway
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'Billy Liar' September 21, 1960
Cambridge
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'Once Upon A Mattress' September 28, 1960
The Strand
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'Progress To The Park' November 23, 1960
Theatre Royal, Stratford
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'Trials By Logue' November 30, 1960
Royal Court
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'The Duchess of Malfi'December 15, 1960
Aldwych
1949
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'The Return of Peter Grimm' August 31, 1949
Aldwych
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'Faust'August 31, 1949
Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
Aldwych
Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
'Fading Mansion'September 14, 1949
Duchess
'Master of Arts'September 14, 1949
Strand
'Summer Day's Dream'September 21, 1949
St. Martin's
'Western Wind' September 21, 1949
Piccadilly
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'Gooseberry Fool' October 26, 1949
Duchess
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'She StoopsTo Conquer' October 26, 1949
New
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'A Month In The Country' December 7, 1949
New
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'Fallen Angels' December 7, 1949
Ambassadors
Duchess
New
New
Ambassadors
'Castle In The Air'December 28, 1949
Adelphi
'Murder At The Vicarage' December 28, 1949
Playhouse
1950
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'Puss In Boots' January 4, 1950
Palladium
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'Little Miss Muffet' January 4, 1950
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'Dick Whittington' January 11, 1950
Princes
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'The Silver Curlew'January 11, 1950
Arts
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'Mr Gillie' March 29, 1950
Garrick
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'Knights Of Madness'March 29, 1950
Victoria Palace
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'Detective Story'April 5, 1950
Princes
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'The Platinum Set'April 12, 1950
Saville
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'KingHenry III' April 12, 1950
Stratford
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'Much Ado About Nothing' June 21, 1950
Stratford-Upon-Avon
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'Carousel' June 21, 1950
Drury Lane
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'Heartbreak House' July 19, 1950
Arts
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'Ace of Clubs' July 19, 1950
Palladium
Princes
Arts
Garrick
Victoria Palace
Princes
Saville
Stratford
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Drury Lane
Arts
Cambridge
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'Reluctant Heroes'September 22, 1950
Whitehall
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'Who Goes There?' September 22, 1950
Theatre Royal, Windsor
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Theatre Sketchbook November 1, 1950
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Theatre Sketchbook November 22, 1950
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Theatre Sketchbook November 29, 1950
Whitehall
Theatre Royal, Windsor
1951
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'The Martin's Nest'April 25, 1951
Westminster
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'Shavings' April 25, 1951
St. Martin's
Westminster
St. Martin's
New Lindsey
The Fortune
Arts
Vaudeville
Stratford-On-Avon
St. Martin's
Old Vic
The Arts
Duke of York's
New
1952
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'Indian Summer' January 2, 1952
Criterion
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'Riquet With the Tuft' January 2, 1952
Players'
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'Under The Sycamore Tree' May 7, 1952
Aldwych
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'After My Fashion' May 21, 1952
Ambassadors
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'The Voysey Inheritance' May 21, 1952
Arts
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'Meet Mr. Callaghan' June 11, 1952
Garrick
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'Timon of Athens' June 11, 1952
Old Vic
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'LaCenerentola' July 2, 1952
Glyndebourne
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'King Henry VI, Part 3' August 6, 1952
Old Vic
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'Quadrille' September 24, 1952
Phoenix
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'Macbeth' September 24, 1952
Mermaid
Criterion
Players'
Aldwych
Ambassadors
Arts
Garrick
Old Vic
Glyndebourne
Old Vic
Phoenix
Mermaid
Royal Court
Aldwych
1953
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'Dick Whittington'January 7, 1953
Palladium
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'Maria Marten' January 7, 1953
Arts
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'Escapade' February 4, 1953
St. James's
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'The Devil Came from Dublin'February 4, 1953
Embassy
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'The Merchant Of Venice' April 1, 1953
Stratford
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'Ecoutez Bien Messieurs'June 17, 1953
Palladium
Arts
St. James's
Embassy
Stratford
Winter Garden
1954
1955
1956
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'Family Reunion'June 13, 1956
The Phoenix Theatre, London
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'Giselle' October 10, 1956
The Phoenix Theatre, London
Covent Garden, London
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'Fanny' November 28, 1956
Drury lane
Drury lane
1957
1958
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'Bertram Mills Circus'January 1, 1958
Olympia
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'Lysistrata' January 1, 1958
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'The Imperial Nightingale' January 22, 1958
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'The Iceman Cometh'February 5, 1958
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'The Potting Shed' 12 February, 1958
The Globe
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'Keep Your Hair On!'19 February, 1958
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'Hunters Moon'March 5, 1958
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'The Importance of Being Earnest' March 19, 1958
Cambridge A.D.C.
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'Romeo & Juliet' April 16, 1958
Stratford
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'Pericles' July 16, 1958
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'King James the Fourth' August 13, 1958
Stratford-Upon-Avon
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'Live Like Pigs' October 8, 1958
Royal Court, London
Olympia
The Globe
Cambridge A.D.C.
Stratford
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Royal Court, London
1959
Comedy review written by Harold Pinter & Peter Cook
Apollo Theatre, London
1960
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'Babes In The Wood' January 13, 1960
Platers'
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'The Merry Wives of Windsor' January 6, 1960
Old Vic
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'Hooray For Daisy'January 20, 1960
Theatre Royal, Bristol
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'A Moon for the Misbegotten'January 27, 1960
Arts
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'The Lily White Boys'February 10, 1960
Royal Court
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'The Wrong Side of the Park' February 10, 1960
Cambridge
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'Inherit The Wind' March 23, 1960
St. Martin's
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'The Merchant of Venice' April 27, 1960
Stratford-Upon-Avon
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'Rhinoceros' May 4, 1960
Royal Court
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'Over The Bridge' May 11, 1960
Princes
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'Bachelor Flat' June 8, 1960
Piccadilly
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'Candida'June 22, 1960
Piccadilly
Platers'
Old Vic
Theatre Royal, Bristol
Arts
Royal Court
Cambridge
St. Martin's
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Royal Court
Princes
Piccadilly
Piccadilly
Stratford
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Royal Lyceum
Assembly Hall
Gateway
Cambridge
The Strand
Theatre Royal, Stratford
Royal Court
Aldwych
1961
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'The Miracle Worker' January 1961
Royalty
Royalty