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Description: | The Theatrical Collection includes the following:
PRINTED SOURCES: Hill, Aaron: King Henry the Fifth, a tragedy (London 1732); Anon: The C....II Volunteer Corps, a farce (Colchester 1804); Essex Plays Vol.s I, III (Colchester 1932, 1935). A collection of dialect plays: Dudley, H.B.: The Woodman, a comic opera (1765); Ogbourne, D.: The Merry Midnight Mistake, a comedy (1765). General histories printed in The Essex Review (based on thesis by W.A. Mepham): Tapper, O.: The Other Stratford (West Ham Library 1962); Sherry, P.: The Theatre Royal, E.15; A Theatre in the Family (Research Publishing Co. 1972); Melling, J.K.: The Numm Family and the Theatre Royal, Colchester; Southend Playhouses from 1793 (Essex Countryside 1969); Theatre-Chelmsford, Autumn Nos 1 & 2 (Chelmsford Theatre Association 1965, 1966).
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Talfourd family papers including correspondence with/from actors including Henry Irving, scripts and reviews of plays by Thomas Noon Talfourd, Francis Talfourd and J.M. Madox c. 1809-1852 (D/DU 754). Miscellaneous collections of documents, including playbills, letters, licensing records etc. relating to local theatres. MS play by John Tatham c.1642 (D/DW Z5). Deeds including shares in Dukes Theatre, Dorset Gardens, London 1662-92 (D/DCw T26).
Scrapbooks of Sir Frederick Green and Green family of Chigwell Row, 1849-1920 including theatre programmes for Essex and Harrow(D/DU 681). Theatrical scrapbook of Arthur Beckingham [Arthur J. Challis]with programmes and reviews of plays at Constance Collier Theatre, Clatterford Hall, Fyfield, and elsewhere in Essex, London, and the British Isles, many featuring Miss Constance Collier 1905-1913 (D/DU 860/8); Autograph Acting Book with details of plays performed by leading Essex families for charitable causes 1909-1913 (D/DU 860/9).
Records of Mercury Theatre, Colchester 1972-2003 (D/Z 456); Colchester Repertory Theatre 1937-1971 (D/Z 455); Civic Theatre, Chelmsford 1979-2006 (D/DU 2316); Chelmsford Theatre Association 1948-1988 (D/Z 196); Southend Operatic and Dramatic Society 1893-1992 (D/DS 234); Palace Theatre, Westcliff 1957-1972 (D/DS 230/1 etc); Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff 1964-1969 (D/DS 230/4 etc.); Pier Head Sun Deck Theatre, Southend-on-Sea 1961-1970 (D/DS 230/3 etc.); Leigh Operatic and Dramatic Society 1920-1980 (D/DS 529); Chelmsford Operatic and Dramatic Society 1936-1953 (D/DU 1754); Towngate Theatre, Basildon 1964-1988 (A/TB 1/17/3; SA 1); Barn Theatre, Little Easton 1924-c.1930 (D/DWv 2; T/P 103/1);Badminton Players, Leigh, 1960-1984 (D/DS 433);
Our electronic catalogue SEAX can be searched online at www.essex.gov.uk/ero . Many of the collections are listed in published guides: Emmison, F.G.: Guide to the Essex Record Office, 1969; Essex Family History: A Geneaologist's Guide to the Essex Record Office, 2004.
Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, Essex County Council | Format: | Correspondence Press cuttings Photographs (miscellaneous) Theses Documents (business) Programmes Prints Playbills Written / typed ephemera Periodicals Books Photographs (production) Playtexts (printed) Scrapbooks sound and video material | Subjects: | Local theatre history; regional theatre; 19th century; 20th century Actors and actresses; Comedy; Community theatre; Operas; Tragedy; Amateur Theater; Performers | Temporal: | 1000 2000 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Essex Record Office
Wharf Road,
CM2 6YT | Telephone: | 01245 244644 | Creator: | Essex Record Office | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | English | Format: | Correspondence Press cuttings Photographs (miscellaneous) Theses Documents (business) Programmes Prints Playbills Written / typed ephemera Periodicals Books Photographs (production) Playtexts (printed) Scrapbooks sound and video material | Go to resource |
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