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Description: | The archive comprises the records of the New Shakespeare Company, Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park (London). They date largely from David Conville's administration (1962-), with a few items relating to productions given at the Open Air Theatre in the 1930s. Production records include those relating to each summer season in the Park (1962-), the Company's British tours (1964, and most years 1970-) and overseas tours (1964, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1994, 1995). Material includes prompt books, show reports, programmes, posters, production photographs, costume designs, stage plans, set designs and music scores. Company administrative records include papers relating to the licensing of the Open Air Theatre; correspondence of its managing directors, David Conville (1962-1986) and Ian Talbot (1987-); correspondence with sponsors and grant-awarding bodies; staff contracts; annual accounts, and box office returns. The archive contains a small amount of information relating to Robert Atkins (1886-1972), who founded the Open Air Theatre with Sydney Carroll (1877-1958) in 1932.; Talis Library Catalogue (Online); CALM 2000 Archive Catalogue (Online)
Shakespeare Institute Library, University of Birmingham, | Format: | Correspondence Set designs Stage plans Playtexts (typescripts) Libretti Education Packs Documents (business) Audio tapes (cassette) Licenses Box Office Returns Black and white negatives Photographs (venue) Accounts Documents (production) Press cuttings Vinyl records Music scores Programmes Photographs (portrait) Playtexts (prompt books) Video cassettes Theatre plans Written / typed ephemera Posters Costume designs Ephemera, e.g. tickets Photographs (production) Production packages Scrapbooks | Subjects: | open air; Shakespeare in performance; Comedy; Musicals; Children's plays; Recitations; Theatrical companies; Theatre management; Theatre production and direction; 20th Century Theatre | Temporal: | 1930 2000 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon,,
CV37 6HP | Creator: | David Conville and subsequent managing directors of the New Shakespeare Company | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Correspondence Set designs Stage plans Playtexts (typescripts) Libretti Education Packs Documents (business) Audio tapes (cassette) Licenses Box Office Returns Black and white negatives Photographs (venue) Accounts Documents (production) Press cuttings Vinyl records Music scores Programmes Photographs (portrait) Playtexts (prompt books) Video cassettes Theatre plans Written / typed ephemera Posters Costume designs Ephemera, e.g. tickets Photographs (production) Production packages Scrapbooks | Go to resource |
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