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Description: | Collection of material relating to the preparation, research, administration and contents of the exhibitions entitled 'The Seventh Star: an exhibition of the history of Exeter's theatres', held at the Great Hall, Exeter University in November 1967. The exhibition coincided with the opening of the Northcott Theatre, and traced the history of theatre in Exeter from medieval times. The collection includes files containing copies of playbills dating from the 1770s to the 1890s, research notes, photocopies of documents relating to theatrical performers in the city dating from 14th to the 16th century, programmes, and presscuttings. The collection also contains notes on theatre in Exeter, notes on the background to the exhibition, paperwork and correspondence relating to the loan of objects from various museums, articles, a printed catalogue of the exhibition, and index cards.
Archive reference number: THM/42. (5 boxes) | Format: | Playbills Correspondence Written / typed ephemera Black and white negatives Posters Documents (business) Programmes Volumes | Subjects: | Theater - History; Theater - England - Exeter; Theater - Exhibitions | Temporal: | 1861-2000 19th century 20th century | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, London,,
W14 0QX | Creator: | Theatre Royal (Exeter, England) | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Playbills Correspondence Written / typed ephemera Black and white negatives Posters Documents (business) Programmes Volumes | Go to resource |
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