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Description: | The Liverpool Central Library contains theatrical material in various departments. The Humanites and Reference Department contains general reference works on the history of theatre, etc. There are also early and fine printed editions of Shakespeare and other 17th and 18th century dramatists in the Hornby Library and Oak Room, theatrical prints and illustrations and the Carl Rosa Society collection of operatic scores.
The Lending Services department contains play sets, plus single copies, for loan. There are also music scores sets and individual scores.
The Record Office and Local Studies Department contains playbills, concert bills, programmes, newscuttings and plans, views of many theatres in Liverpool, including Drury Lane, Royal, Royal Court, Shakespeare, Empire and the Everyman. The Department holds the Archives of the Carl Rosa Opera Company and the Archives of the Liverpool Playhouse 1911-1990 which includes programmes, production photographs, set designs, etc. There are also copies of the Liverpool Theatrical Periodical 1862-77 and miscellaneous items, including programmes and views dating from the 1780s and the 1840s.; Online public access catalogue for most general stock; sheaf catalogue for older stock; Hornby Library catalogue for antiquarian editions and prints; Record Office and Local Studies sheaf catalogue.
Humanities Reference
Lending Services
Record Office, Liverpool Libraries and Information Services, | Format: | Set designs Ephemera e.g. daybills & fliers Press cuttings Music scores Programmes Prints Playbills Theatre plans Playtexts (parts & acting copies) Books Photographs (production) Playtexts (printed) Drawings | Subjects: | etc.); photographs; set designers; theaters-stage-setting and scenery Operas; theater; drama; music; playbills; theatrical posters; theater programs; clippings (books newspapers Music scores; playsets; set design | Temporal: | 1780 1990 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Central Library
William Brown Street, Liverpool,,
L3 8EW | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Set designs Ephemera e.g. daybills & fliers Press cuttings Music scores Programmes Prints Playbills Theatre plans Playtexts (parts & acting copies) Books Photographs (production) Playtexts (printed) Drawings | Go to resource |
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