Condition: Very Fine+, printed both sides
Size: 5 5/8" x 9"
Date: 1970 August
Venue: Mayfair Theatre, London
Playwright: Christopher Hampton, Director: Robert Kidd
Cast: George Cole, Edward de Souza, Deborah Norton,

The Philanthropist is a play by Christopher Hampton, written as a response to Molière's The Misanthrope. After opening at the Royal Court Theatre, London in August 1970, the piece, directed by Robert Kidd, transferred to the May Fair Theatre in the West End and ran there for over three years, subsequently going on a regional tour in 1974. In the meantime, the play, directed once again by Kidd, premiered on Broadway in March 1971, running till May of the same year. Kidd had previously collaborated with Hampton on When Did You Last See Your Mother? (1964), which had also been staged at the Royal Court Theatre.