Cook, Peter Edward, 1937-1995 (comedian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1937-11-17 - 1995-01-09
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
File
Newspaper Tearsheets, 1962 - 1967, 1970 - 1971
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/2/1
Scope and Contents
A large portfolio of newspaper tearsheets and magazines on newsprint paper, which feature artwork by Roger Law; mainly pencil print illustrations. The contents of the portfolio are primarily tears from The Observer and The Sunday Times. However, there are also items from the following publications: Ink (The Other Newspaper), Magnet News, The Alternative,...
Dates:
Publication: 1962 - 1967; Publication: 1970 - 1971
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Sub-Fonds:
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Sub-Series
Peter Edward Cook (1937-1995), 1995
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/3/Cook
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Material relating to those with a surname beginning 'C'.
Dates:
1995
File
Photocopy of photograph of Peter Cook, Peter Bellwood and David Frost in pub cabaret, 1958
File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/FOOT 2/9/88
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These are photographs, photograph clippings and drawings of full casts, individual cast members and production teams in rehearsal and performance; together with, from the 1960s onwards, publicity stills often used in programmes and posters. The dimensions of photographic prints are given in centimetres.
Dates:
1958
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
Portfolio 2, 1960 - 1973
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/1/2
Scope and Contents
A portfolio holding an array of drawings, woodcut prints, proofs, posters, and other items; all of which contain artwork by or relate to Roger Law's activities with various publications, organisations and companies.The following items are present:1. A proof on newsprint paper of a woodcut print, which features an image of Winston Churchill and Sir Harold Nicolson. This image was used in The Sunday Times, as part of The War...
Dates:
1960 - 1973
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Series:
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File
Script of 'The last laugh', first performed June 1959, 1959 - 1995
File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/FOOT 2/1/21
Scope and Contents
Comprises: typescript with manuscript additions and stage directions; photocopies of the eight sketches by Peter Cook, annotated by Dr H.C. Porter; 3 letters relating to provenance, 1995.
Dates:
1959 - 1995
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).
Sub-Series
The Establishment Nightclub Murals, c 1962
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/2
Scope and Contents
Large murals/giant cartoon strips produced by Roger Law that were displayed at Peter Cook's comedy/jazz nightclub, The Establishment, based in Soho, London. Law made these murals on a weekly basis for a period in 1962 (perhaps starting earlier in late 1961), and they were displayed on a wall opposite the club's bar. The murals either commented on something that was circulating in the news at the time or illustrated other ideas by Cook and Law.The murals are on large newsprint...
Dates:
c 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Roger Law Archive
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Roger Law (Early Years)
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Professional
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Artwork
Additional filters:
- ARCHON code (for CUL materials)
- Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 3
- University Archives (GBR/0265) 2