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Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to Film, Media and Performing Arts |
Local
- Grampian Television: records c1985-2001 (DD3346)
- Frank Matcham (1854-1920), theatre architect: His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen: plans, elevations and sections in 19 drawings 1905 (Acc3399)
- Derec Owen (fl1960-2023), photographer: digital photos, negatives and list of images c1960-2023 (WSM/376/Ychwanegol)
- Studio Theatre, Camborne: play scripts, photographs and programmes, incl of Redruth Players and other groups 1940s-1950s (AD3220)
- Reading Historical Pageant: records 1920 (D/EX2986acc11208)
- Fierce Festival: records rel to events produced by Fierce for Birmingham 2022 Festival and Fierce Festival 2021-2022 (MS 4969 Additional (2023/034))
- Additional prints from the Ernest Dyche Studio 1920s-1950s (MS 2912 (2023/033))
- Encounters Film Festival: minutes, finance and other administrative papers; flyers, leaflets, programmes, posters and other promotional material arranged by year; press cutting files; Digi Beta tapes; DVDs 1995-2019 (46907)
- Theatre by the Lake: papers rel to theatre incl production books, visiting work contracts and event sheets, plans, scripts, photos, posters and production files 1990s-2010s (DB 141)
- Derby Opera Company: programmes (1912-1979), photographs (c1920-1939) and news cuttings (1946-1981) 1912-1981 (D7755)
- Eileen Joyce Dor, Topsham, Devon: personal diaries containing newspaper cuttings, photographs and news relating to plays, films, events in Devon and overseas, Vivien Leigh (due to a family relationship) and her children 1950-1971 (DOR)
- Heart of Stone Project, rel to the stone quarries on the Isle of Portland: digital materials incl film by Rob Jayne, podcasts by Tom Hughes; community play script; posters and promotional material; photographs of cast and crew for performance c2018-2023 (D-3332)
- Bishop Auckland Town Hall: records relating to Eden Theatre shows and films c1932-1960 (D/ET)
- Richard "Dick" Sheppard (1930-2021), stunt performer: contracts, correspondence (including with Equity), scripts for TV appearances, memorabilia concerning Jacqueline De Creed, photographs, cinefilm, videotape and commercial DVD 20th cent (16288)
- Compass Presents, audio-visual productions: film and audio files relating to Gloucester from the project Dockyards, Demo's and New Directions 2022 (16050)
- The Hereford Players drama group: records 1937-2015 (DH45)
- Highland 2007, cultural festival: project prospectus, films, photographs, promotional items 2004-2007 (THC/16)
- Harborough Theatre: scrap books (1933-2023), programmes (c1960- 1989) and photographs of productions (c1990- 2023) 1933-2023 (DE10695)
- Leicester Philharmonic Society Choir: De Montfort Hall concert programmes collected by Joyce Hames including some news cuttings 1968-1989 (DE10609)
- Leicestershire County Drama and Dance Workshop: minutes, photographs, programmes, publications 1972-1993 (DE10594)
- Various local operatic and choral societies, Leicestershire: programmes, newspaper cuttings, photographs and notes 1946-1979 (DE10627)
- The Falcon Players Theatre Group, Loughborough: photographs, programmes, cuttings, film reels, DVDs, photograph albums c1960-2010 (DE10673)
- SPID (Social, Progressive, Interconnected, Diverse) Theatre, community youth theatre, London: oral history project recordings 2021-2023 (Accession number: B23/100)
- Nottinghamshire Archives and Inspire Youth Arts: "Mother Of Tension Project" NOW 14-18 project funded by The Imperial War Museum: images, video, contracts and other material 2023 (10489)
- Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Nottingham Branch: 'Jenny Bradley's Dances' - dances and music devised/composed by Nottingham Branch members (c1980-2023); list of demonstrations danced by Nottingham RSCDS (c1990-2007); and Nottingham Branch RSCDS annual picnic dance and puzzles at Rufford Park (c1990-1999) c1980-2007 (10380)
- Oldham Coliseum Theatre: financial records, minutes, programmes and fliers, photographs and DVD’s 1919-2023 (COL)
- Peshkar, community theatre project: business records incl board minutes, financial reports, accounts files, funding applications, project files, staff records, feedback forms, project assessment forms, theatre scripts, workshop notes, records of partnership working and digital archives 1995-2019 (M379)
- Doreen McArdle (b1943), writer and producer for theatre, television and radio: corrected typescript proofs, manuscript notes, corresp, flyers, posters, newspaper cuttings, tickets 1984-2021 (1,004,326 [a-e])
- H.C Herbert, (fl1930s), photographer for the Staffordshire Advertiser: glass negatives and digital scans c1930-1939 (1730)
- Dumbarton People's Theatre: corresp between Cameron Dallas and Tom Gallacher 1964-2005 (ACCN2023/6)
- John and Ann Bloomfield, designers: costume designs and prop drawings from Peer Gynt (1970) and Cyrano de Bergerac (1975) by John and Ann Bloomfield for Chichester Festival Theatre 1970-1975 (20510)
- Leeds Combined Arts: records incl minutes, annual reports and accounts, members files and attendance registers, newsletters and event information, poetry indexes, posters and play bills, events information and poems 2001-2020 (WYL2679)
- Dave Latham, radio broadcaster: digitised recordings of local radio broadcasts incl for BBC Wiltshire Sound and Swindon Hospital Radio 1919-1990 (4650)
- Tommy Burton, (1935-2000), entertainer: newspaper cuttings, letters, documents and diaries 20th cent (Acc 3060)
- Laurence Houseman, (1965-1959), playwright, writer and illustrator and others: photographs, letters and miscellaneous papers incl original envelopes and photographs of Laurence Housman 1859-1959 (16918)
National
- Theatre Royal Stratford East: archive 20th cent (Add MS 89683)
- Undercurrent Theatre, research based theatre company, London: papers 20th cent (Add MS 89695)
- Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan (1911–1977), playwright: Terence Rattigan/Peggy French papers 20th cent (Add MS 89739)
- Michael Clark Company, dance company, London: records, incl film records of company projects 1980s-2020s (TGA 20232)
- Linda McKnight (1961-2021), wig maker: wig bibles, wig design, reference material and notebooks c2002-2019 (THM/647)
Special
- David Collis (fl1960-2014), costume designer: designs for Mozart's Idomeneo, English Opera Group production 1969 (MSC139)
- David Collis (fl1960-2014), costume designer: set designs for Britten's Peter Grimes c1965-1970 (MSC138)
- John Richardson (fl1967-1974), stage manager of English Opera Group: papers, incl programmes, corresp, stage plans for Billy Budd, BCC TV brochure for Prix Italia 1969 c1940-2006 (MSC51)
University
- Sir Alan Ayckbourn, (b1939), playwright: additional papers incl multimedia recordings of filmed and live productions and documentaries, radio broadcasts, script manuscripts, play drafts and texts, corresp, notes, press articles and reviews and posters 1959-2015 (AYCK [2023/094])
- Sir Alan Ayckbourn, (b1939), playwright: Christopher Godwin Script Collection: four rehearsal mss donated with handwritten notes and sketches. The scripts include the world premieres of Make Yourself At Home, Fancy Meeting You, Round and Round the Garden (The Norman Conquests trilogy) and Bedroom Farce c1970-1979 (AYCK [2023/095])
- Sir Alan Ayckbourn, (b1939), playwright: newsletter for Friends of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round (1976-1997), A History of the Friends of the SJT (1967-2010) by Ten Yaldren, NewsRound (2001, 2005, 2006, 2009) 1976-2009 (AYCK [2023/098])
- Sir Alan Ayckbourn, (b1939), playwright: Michael T. Mooney Collecton: programmes and press cuttings for productions of plays by Alan Ayckbourn 1956-2015 (AYCK [2023/096])
- Sir Alan Ayckbourn, (b1939), playwright: Rodney Wood Collection: material rel to the Library Theatre, Scarborough and Alan Ayckbourn's acting career there 1955-1972 (AYCK [2023/097])
- Laurence Marks, (b1948), comedy writer and Maurice Gran, (b1949), comedy writer: additional papers incl draft scripts, corresp and press cuttings 1997-2022 (MGRA [2023/008])
- Laurence Marks, (b1948), comedy writer and Maurice Gran, (b1949), comedy writer: additional papers incl scripts, photographs, press cuttings and articles 1975-2013 (MGRA [2023/066])
- Richard Orton, (1940-2013), musician: additional papers incl journals and articles on electronic and computer music, concert and event programmes, electronic music project course outline and list of participants and print of email regarding digital audio compression tests 1967-1997 (RORT [2023/110])
- Anthony Edward Payne, (1936-2021), composer, writer and musicologist and Jane Marian Manning, (1938-2021), soprano, author and music educator: additional papers incl study and vocal scores 1970-1985 (MAPA [2023/015])
- David Storey, (1933-2017), novelist and playwright: additional papers incl draft scripts, novels, poems, corresp and press cuttings 1958-2016 (DS [2023/045])
- Albert William Thomas 'Bert' Hardy (1913-1995), photojournalist and photographer: papers covering his career incl from his time in the Army Film and Photographic Unit and his work in advertising photography, as well as his later life, personal papers, and writings by and about Hardy 1936-2018 (GB 1239 875)
- Michael Klinger, (1920-1989), film producer: scripts, screenplays, production notes, photographs, correspondence, press cuttings and publicity 1960-1980 (A16)
- Traci Kelly, (b1961), performance artist: publications, programmes, sketchbooks, items from performance art pieces, and paperwork from her solo work and works in partnership with Richard Hancock 1998-2020 (A17)
- Suzanne Valerie Davies, (1938-2022), television producer & campaigner for women in broadcasting: papers relating to television programmes she produced and campaigning work for women in broadcast media 1968-1999 (A18)
- Angie Mason, (fl1975-2023), television producer, director & Head of Educational Development, BBC Education: papers relating to productions of the BBC Television Education Unit 1987-2004 (CT02)
- Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (1915-2010), Knight, comedian, actor and singer-songwriter: scripts, photographs, press cuttings and publicity material, theatre programmes c1948-2004 (NW)
- David Ian Holman, (1942-2021), playwright: scripts, reviews, photos and promotional material 1971-2017 (T01)
- Alan Sharp (1934-2013), screenwriter and author: drafts and finished scripts, notebooks and journals c1970-1990 (MS 454)
- Eric MacDonald (1931-2023), playwright, author, director and actor, Glasgow: papers 20th-21st cent (GLAASC ACCN 00155)
- Glasgay! Festival, LGBTQ+ arts festival, Glasgow: theatre production files 2000-2013 (GLAASC ACCN 00136)
- David Campton, (1924-2006), playwright: typed script for the play 'Who's a hero, then?' 1981 (Acc 2023/14)
- Fuel Theatre Company, London: handwritten correspondence, annotated scripts, audience feedback, production and company accounts, funding bids; photography; and video and audio of performances; projects developed in collaboration with specific artists; rolled posters and flyers from productions 2004-2024 (FT)
- Stella Patrick Campbell, (1865-1940), actress and George Robert Sims, (1847-1922), author, playwright, journalist and philanthropist: letters to George Sims from Stella Patrick Campbell (Mrs Patrick Campbell a.k.a. 'Auntie Lulo') and her family. Also incl are letters entitled ‘general theatrical interest’ to and from George Sims and corresp from Robert Williams Buchanan, C.E. Raimond (Elizabeth Robins) and Weedon Grossmith 1847-1922 (GRS)
- Colin Henry Wilson (1931-2013), philosopher, critic and author: drafts of 'Adrift in Soho' scripts and correspondence with Director Pablo Behrens 2009-2014 (CWA)
- Feminist Archive (East Midlands): materials compiled by Evelyn Silver, performing artists and activist 1980s-1990s (FME/3/29)
- Feminist Archive (East Midlands): 'Women in Manual Trades' publications, photographs and Nottingham Women's Theatre Group material collected by Joan Matthews c1970-1989 (FME/3/9)
- Roy Minton (fl1967-1991), playwright, screenwriter and author: papers c1960-2023 (MS 1058)
- Anne Reddish, (b1939), actor and theatre goer: memorabilia relating to performances at the Theatre Royal and Empire, Nottingham, collected by Anne Reddish (nee Hawthorn) 1951-1999 (MS 1053)
- Keith Dewhurst, (1931-2025), playwright and scriptwriter: papers incl diaries, corresp, scripts, scrap books, press cuttings, video recordings and research material rel to the work of Keith Dewhurst c1950-2022 (2023/16)
- David Lodge (b1935), author, critic and playwright: literary papers; additional deposit comprising material rel to Lodge's fiction and non-fiction novels, plays, and television productions, incl draft texts and scripts, correspondence, and papers c1950-2021 (DL)
- Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (STF), theatre company: production files, podcasts, production photographs, publicity and marketing, website, admin and finance 2000-2021 (2023/8, STF)
- Thomas Baptiste (1929-2018), actor and opera singer: books, papers, paintings and other items incl scrap books, photograph albums, correspondence, scripts, posters, books, recordings, diaries and visitor books. 1947-2017 (2023/20, BTC354)
- Thomas Baptiste (1929-2018), actor and opera singer: two copies (1st edition) of 'The Birthday Party and other plays' by Harold Pinter (including 'The Room'), one inscribed 'Aug '60 To Thomas from Harold', one inscribed 'Daniel Kelly 1960'. First night programme for 'Two Plays by Harold Pinter' by the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre, March 1960 (including 'The Room' with Baptiste playing Riley); letters and cards from Pinter to Baptiste (x5); news cuttings regarding Pinter and his plays, including a review of the Royal Court production of the 'Dumb Waiter' and 'The Room'; page of text (not identified) regarding a room and a man waiting and the change invoked by a visitor appearing (or not). 1953-1970 (2023/21, BTC354)
- Rideout (Creative Arts for Rehabilitation) (1999-2003): papers relating to the work and projects carried out by Rideout, working with prisoners and beyond, incl project details, marketing materials, audio visual material etc 1999-2003 (2023/32, BTC362)
- Third Angel (1995-2023), theatre company: records incl project papers, administrative papers, publicity etc 1995-2023 (2023/34, BTC361)
- Wilhelm Meyer Lutz (1829-1903), composor and conductor: papers relating to his career, particularly his time as musical director of the Gaiety Theatre, London, incl scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings; printed and manuscript music scores; souvenir programmes; mounted photographs of Meyer Lutz and orchestra 1880-1890 (2023/35, BTC359)
- Irving/Brunner family, actor/managers: material relating to the Irving family, including Sir Henry Irving, Henry Brodribb Irving, Lawrence Sydney Irving, Lawrence Henry Irving and others 1838-2016 (2023/25, BTC30)
- Tim Shortall, theatre designer: records including production design notebooks documenting the design process, set designs, plans and models c1980-2010 (2023/42, BTC381)
- Forkbeard Fantasy (1974-2023), performance art group: company archive including business materials, writings, posters, production records, films and audiovisual material 1973-2023 (2023/43, FF)
- Forkbeard Fantasy (1974-2023), performance art group: objects and installations 1973-2023 (2023/44, FF)
- Theatre Bristol, theatre company: records of company administration (annual reports, contracts), marketing materials (posters, flyers, etc), performance specific material (photo albums, DVDs, objects), material relating to finance (HMRC info) and materials relating to events (tickets, marketing material, etc) 2004-2023 (2023/48, BTC368)
- John Taylor, composer: archive including research, drafts, compositions, music, programmes, documents, letters and diaries. Also includes letters and diaries of Ross Taylor. c1940-2019 (2023/50, BTC380)
- Clare Thornton (1970-2019), visual artist and performer: paper and electronic archives including photographs, printed material, artwork, ceramic and textiles c1990-2019 (2023/55, BTC169)
- Theatre Alibi: records incl business papers (administration, financial etc.), production papers (scripts, photographs, touring information) and marketing papers (publicity, bookings) throughout the company's producing life 1982-2023 (2023/60, BTC379)
- Forkbeard Fantasy (1974-2023), performance art group: materials relating to 'Frankenstein' production, financial records 1973-2023 (2023/74, FF)
- Michael Pennington (b1943), actor: material rel to his career incl programmes; scripts; AV material; framed items 1960s-2010s (2023/67, BTC378)
- Chris Johnson (1952-2017), writer, performer, director, teacher, and workshop facilitator: papers relating to the work of Johnson (founder member of Rideout), incl diaries, notebooks, project work, publications (written by or contributed to by Johnson), audio visual material, posters, early plays, poetry etc 1960-2000 (2023/33, BTC363)
- Cygnet Theatre, Exeter: collection of papers incl teaching, marketing, administrative and production records, with some earlier material rel to predecessors such as the Northcott Young Performers. Also incl papers rel to playwright Monica Shallis (d2006), teacher, writer, artist and composer who co-founded Cygnet Theatre (alongside Mary Evans) and was its Artistic Director c1980-2020 (EUL MS 489)
- Alexander Baron (1917-1999), author and screenwriter: manuscripts and corresp c1930-1999
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