Alphabetical file of actors, actresses, and artists featured in the programmes in the collection
Scope and Contents
Theatre programmes, playbills, postcards of cast members, photographs, newspaper cuttings, magazines, letters, and personal record books, with accompanying explanatory notes, collected by Charles Woods, and including programmes and posters from his own shows as Horace Watson. The programmes are grouped into sets: New Theatre and Theatre Cinema (over 1,000 items), Festival Theatre (c. 100), Arts Theatre (over 2,000), London Theatres (c. 300), and Horace Watson items (c. 50). There is also a card index of play titles, compiled by Woods and updated by his widow.
Creator
- From the Fonds: Woods, Charles M., 1894-1982 (collector) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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).
Language of Materials
English
- Box: MS Add.8544/12/A-BO: Box 34 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.8544/12/BR-DI: Box 35 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.8544/12/DO-HAN: Box 36 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.8544/12/HAR-LEN: Box 37 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.8544/12/LEN-NYE: Box 38 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.8544/12/O-SI: Box 39 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.8544/12/SK-Z: Box 40 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
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