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Description: | The collection includes 5 playbills dating from 1776-1812, a letter from John Brunsden, actor, about his benefit at Plymouth in 1776; a commonplace book of John Clavel, author of the The Scattered Citizen; a minute book of the Marlborough and District Theatre Club dating from 1951-1961; Salisbury New Concert and Assembly Room subscribers' papers; Wiltshire County Drama Council 1944-1977; Salisbury Playhouse account book with lists of actors and salaries, 1944-1945; 2 19th century posters, 1 for an acrobatic and equestrain spectacular, 1 for a London theatre; 3 plays by a Mrs. Mainwaring of Wilton Crescent, London, written in the early 20th century; local amateur dramatic societies' ephemera and minute books from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries; Salisbury Festival material; Potterne Mummers material dated 1874-1889; photographs of costumes, c.1911-1930, from the College of Sarum St. Michael; programmes and posters from the Wyvern Theatre, Swindon dated 1972-1992.; There are catalogues and subject, place and name indexes available which are gradually being put online at www.wshc.eu. | Format: | Playbills Correspondence Documents (production) Posters Books Documents (business) Photographs (production) Playtexts (printed) | Subjects: | Playbills; theatrical posters; licences; theater; photographs; costumes and clothes; letters; business records; 18th century; 19th century; 20th century; drama societies; mummers; amateur dramatics | Temporal: | 1990 1630 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Cocklebury Road,
SN15 3QN | FAX: | 01249 705527 | Telephone: | 01249 705500 | Creator: | Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Playbills Correspondence Documents (production) Posters Books Documents (business) Photographs (production) Playtexts (printed) | Go to resource |
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