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Description: | Alex Reeve was a director, actor, compere, broadcaster and writer who was the Director of Productions at Northampton's Royal Theatre & Opera House. The Collection holds a number of playscripts from Reeve's productions, and material given to Reeve by his friend and colleague, the theatre designer Thomas Osborne Robinson (died 1976). Highlights include: a copy of Tomorrow (1909), which was produced by Reeve, with his annotations, production notes and lighting plot; a file on The Texans' A Midsummer Night's Dream with presscuttings, notices, programmes, and senate resolution from Texas; two bags of published playscripts, many with annotations, and one bag of manual scripts, all from plays produced by Reeve; photographs, designs, slides and prints relating to the designer Osborne Robinson; material relating to Reeve's work in Northampton, including photographs, programmes and articles; an Old Vic Theatre newsletter dating to 1929 concerning Osborne Robinson; a manuscript of The British Theatre during World War II by Reeve, and various presscuttings and papers. The Alex Reeve Archive would be particularly valuable to anyone with an interest in the career of Reeve or Osborne Robinson, or Northampton's Royal Theatre & Opera House.; All catalogued items are searchable online. For all other collection items, contact the
Keeper.
University of Bristol Theatre Collection, University of Bristol, | Format: | Photographs (miscellaneous) Press cuttings Personal items Playtexts (transcripts) Programmes Prints Slides Written / typed ephemera Books Costume designs Photographs (production) Playtexts (printed) Playtexts (manuscripts) | Subjects: | A Midsummer Night's Dream; Tomorrow Theatre; Theatre Biography; Authors and the theatre; Artists and the theatre; Costume; Theatrical producers and directors; Repertory theatre | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Department of Drama, Cantocks Close,,
BS8 1UP | Creator: | Alex Reeve; Maureen Brown | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Photographs (miscellaneous) Press cuttings Personal items Playtexts (transcripts) Programmes Prints Slides Written / typed ephemera Books Costume designs Photographs (production) Playtexts (printed) Playtexts (manuscripts) | Go to resource |
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