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Description: | Collection of material on the Theatre Royal, Stratford, consisting of programmes relating to the Theatre Workshop Group and to the theatre itself prior to World War I. A history of the theatre, privately published 1962, together with a manuscript index is available. Various books on the Theatre Royal, Stratford, include Theatre Royal by Michael Coren, The Other Stratford by Oscar Tapper, autobiography of Joan Littlewood. The Theatre Royal, Stratford, archives contain programmes, bills, posters etc., press cuttings from local and national newspapers, photographs of managers, performers, sets, productions, interior and exterior views of the theatre. There are similar (although less extensive) collections for some of the other theatres/music-halls/cinemas in Newham (the old boroughs of East and West Ham).; Card index, computer catalogue (in main reference library).
Newham Archives & Local Studies Library, London Borough of Newham, | Format: | Playbills Press cuttings Books Posters Photographs (production) Programmes Photographs (venue) Photographs (portrait) | Subjects: | Theatre; Actors and actresses; Theatrical companies | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Water Lane, Stratford,,
E15 4NJ | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Playbills Press cuttings Books Posters Photographs (production) Programmes Photographs (venue) Photographs (portrait) |
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