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Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club

 Organization

Biography

The Amateur Dramatic Club (or A.D.C.) in Cambridge was founded in 1855, and is the oldest University dramatic society in England. The Club produces a diverse range of productions each university term. Many of the shows are performed at the A.D.C. Theatre in Park Street, where the Club is the resident company, but there are also performances at other Cambridge venues, annually at the Edinburgh Fringe, and sometimes abroad. As well as the shows, the Club runs a programme of professional and student-run workshops for actors, directors and technicians and a series of late-night experimental pieces known as One Night Stands.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Archives of the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, 1855 - 2017

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CUADC
Scope and Contents

The archive contains records of club governance and administration, including the first committee minute book from 1855, some financial and membership records, a significant quantity of material relating to productions and performances, and records relating to the wider activities of the club such as annual dinners and garden parties. There are notable gaps in the records, some of which for the period after August 1973 are filled in the archives of the ADC Theatre (see: UA/ADCT).

Dates: 1855 - 2017
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

List of programmes of the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, 1855-1875, 1895 (Circa)

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5117
Scope and Contents

22 folios

Dates: 1895 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

List of programmes of the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, 1876-1895, 1895 (Circa)

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5118
Scope and Contents

22 folios

Dates: 1895 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Photograph album of Anne Elizabeth Pike (later Amos), 1860 - 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/AMO/13
Scope and Contents Formal mounted portrait photographs in most cases. Includes Rev. James and Mrs Amos, children possibly from both marriages, Annie Amos in later years, several of William Bennett Pike as a young boy (most probably Annie and William's son William Bennett Pike (1873-1905)) and in theatrical costumes, some marked 'ADC', [presumably in performances at the fledgling Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club] and several family groups. A portrait marked 'Annie E. Pike' showing her as a young women...
Dates: 1860 - 1900
 Sub-Fonds

Production Records, 1973 - 2016

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ADCT 4
Scope and Contents Records relating to productions and performances staged at the ADC Theatre, including applications to direct, theatre hire contracts, posters, programmes, photographs, press releases and press reviews, and occasionally scripts and audio recordings.The productions are staged by a variety of theatre groups but a significant number are performed by the three resident companies of the ADC Theatre: Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, the Footlights Dramatic Club, and Cambridge...
Dates: 1973 - 2016
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 2
University Archives (GBR/0265) 2
 
Subject
Amateur theatre 2
Photograph albums 1
Theatre 1
Theatre management 1
Theatrical production 1
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