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Description: | The collection in the Shakespeare Centre Library contains books purchased and presented to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre from 1879 to 1960, and acquired by the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1961. The archives include SMT/RSC Annual Reports, ephemera (printed and manuscript), minute books of governors' meetings, production and administration records of all kinds. The photograph archive includes records of events in the history of the company, including architect's proposals for the new theatre in 1929, and records of long-service awards to staff in the 1990s. Apart from photograph files, prompt-books and sections of production records, unpublished material remains under an embargo of 50 years from the date of creation.; There is a Library catalogue available. Some material is also listed separately.
Shakespeare Centre Library, Shakespeare Centre, | Format: | Newspapers Photographs (miscellaneous) Books Unpublished papers Photographs (production) Photographs (venue) Playtexts (prompt books) | Subjects: | 19th century; 20th century; theatre history; theatre companies; meeting minutes Photographs; business records; theater-production and direction; newspapers; drama; theater | Temporal: | 1870 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon,,
CV37 6QW | Creator: | Royal Shakespeare Company | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Newspapers Photographs (miscellaneous) Books Unpublished papers Photographs (production) Photographs (venue) Playtexts (prompt books) | Go to resource |
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