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Description: | The Theatre Collection is restricted to the City of Manchester and covers the period from the mid-18th century to the present day. It contains approximately 25,000 playbills and 5,000 programmes. There are strong collections on the Theatre Royal, Palace Theatre, Opera House, Library Theatre, Forum Theatre, Annie Horniman and the Gaiety Theatre. There are reasonable collections on most local theatres including the Broadhead circuit. The collection also includes periodicals (notably the "Manchester Programme of Entertainment and Leisure", 1897-1934), manuscripts, postcards, scrapbooks, newspaper cuttings and other ephemera. There are also approximately 200 photographs and prints of interiors and exteriors of theatre buildings in the Central Library's Local Studies Unit.; T Wyke and N Rudyard: "Manchester Theatres", 1994: contains list of contents of the collection. E Leach: "The Manchester Theatre; resources of the Arts Library", in "Manchester Review", vol. 10, autumn 1965. Card index of names of people, productions, companies, etc.
Manchester Central Library, Manchester City Council, | Format: | Correspondence Microfilms Press cuttings Documents (business) Postcards Licenses Black & white negatives Programmes Prints Photographs (portrait) Manuscripts Playbills Written / typed ephemera Periodicals Books Posters Microfiches Architectural drawings Photographs (production) Scrapbooks Photographs (venue) Drawings Ephemera | Subjects: | Theater; Performers; Theater management; Theater history Regional theatre; north of England; Broadhead circuit; Repertory theatre; Repertory movement; music hall; 18th century; 19th century; 20th century; Pantomime; Opera | Temporal: | 19th century 20th century 18th century 21st century 1740-2000 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | St Peter's Square, Manchester,
M2 5PD | Telephone: | 0161 234 1996 | Creator: | Manchester Public Libraries | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Correspondence Microfilms Press cuttings Documents (business) Postcards Licenses Black & white negatives Programmes Prints Photographs (portrait) Manuscripts Playbills Written / typed ephemera Periodicals Books Posters Microfiches Architectural drawings Photographs (production) Scrapbooks Photographs (venue) Drawings Ephemera | Go to resource |
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