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Description: | The archive is an extensive record of the work of the Manchester-born actor and film star Robert Donat (1905-1958). It contains correspondence, scripts, photographs, programmes, reviews and publicity materials, documenting the entire range of his theatre and film work (1920-1958). It comprises: meticulously indexed correspondence, both personal and professional, including correspondence with Sir Bronson Albery, William Armstrong, Anthony Asquith, Enid Bagnold, Sir Michael Balcon, Sir Frank Benson, John Boulting, James Bridie (Osborne Henry Mavor), No?l Coward, Eleanor Farjeon, Walter Greenwood, Tyrone Guthrie, Alfred Hitchcock, Danny Kaye, Sir Alexander Korda, Vivien Leigh, Walter MacQueen-Pope, Sir Laurence Olivier, David Ormsby-Gore, Eden Philpotts, J. Arthur Rank, Flora Robson, Margaret Rutherford, George Bernard Shaw, Peter Ustinov, Irene Vanbrugh, Rex Whistler and Harcourt Williams; personal diaries; boxes of press cuttings, scripts and theatre programmes; film and radio scripts, posters, and costume and set designs; photographs of Donat from childhood and throughout his career, both personal and professional, including press photographs, theatre stills and studio stills; reel-to-reel tapes of radio performances, interviews and poetry readings; an "emotion chart" on which Donat mapped character development on "The Citadel"; and commercial records and tapes. There is also a small amount of material relating to the executorship of Robert Donat's estate. (Extent: 0.93 cubic metres); Handlists and catalogues are available for the papers of Horniman, Dean, Hunt, Joseph, Slade, Nicholson, Pettitt, Monkhouse, Montague, Thrale-Piozzi, North West Playwrights, Donat and "Manchester Guardian". Allardyce Nicholl Collection recorded on on-line catalogue of printed books.
John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Special Collections Division, University of Manchester, | Format: | Correspondence Set designs Press cuttings Vinyl records Audio tapes (cassette) Diaries Programmes Photographs (portrait) Audio tapes (reel to reel) Playtexts (parts & acting copies) Posters Costume designs Black and white prints | Subjects: | Performers; Male actors; Motion picture actors and actressses Great Britain; Theater Great Britain Radio actors; Radio actresses; Film star; Screenplay | Temporal: | 1920 1950 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | 150 Deansgate, Manchester,,
M3 3EH | Creator: | Robert Donat | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Correspondence Set designs Press cuttings Vinyl records Audio tapes (cassette) Diaries Programmes Photographs (portrait) Audio tapes (reel to reel) Playtexts (parts & acting copies) Posters Costume designs Black and white prints | Go to resource |
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