Theatre
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
Archives of the ADC Theatre, 1956 - 2019
Archives of the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, 1855 - 2017
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).
Copy of an unpublished autobiography, 1945-90
Comprises: Chapter 9, Post-War; Chapter 10, Dalton and Gaitskell; Chapter 11, The Steel Industry Battle; Chapter 12, The Atomic Bomb and Soviet Spies; Chapter 13, Slaugham; Chapter 14, Bevan's Resignation; Chapter 15, Theatre Censorship; Chapter 16, Museum Charges and Clay Cross; Chapter 17, Miscreants; and Chapter 18, The Lords.
Correspondence and accounts of the Senior Treasurer, Cambridge University European Theatre Group, 2009 - 2011
Includes lists of members.
Correspondence B, Part 2, 1904-11-11 - 1940-03-02
Comprising correspondence with Enid Bagnold; Arthur Balfour including correspondence about the National Theatre project (6); Frances Balfour; Betty Balfour (4); David Balfour; Duggy Balfour about Oliver (2); May Balfour; WF Barrett; Sir JM Barrie (2); Hilaire Belloc; A Birrell (2); Ernst Boller (10); RH Brand; Addison Bright; Ivor Brown; Sir E Burne-Jones;and Philip Burne-Jones (2).
Diary of Anne Elizabeth Fisher, vol V, 1855-09-16 - 1856-07-11
Diary of Anne Elizabeth Fisher, vol VI, 1856-07-12 - 1857-05-06
Letter describing Christmas at home with the family and academic work, 1934-01-10 - 1934-01-22
Letters from John Julius to Lady Diana from Beirut, 1957-06 - 1957-12
Literary: articles., Jan 1936 - Sep 1936
Literary: correspondence with and about Sir Edward Marsh., Oct 1933 - Oct 1954
Literary: News of the World articles by WSC 2., May 1938 - Sep 1938
Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 6., 03 Aug 1941 - 05 Oct 1941
MS speeches, 1994-05 - 1996-10
Subjects include: MS's memories of 1st Lord De L'Isle, at the opening of an arboretum at Penshurst Place [Kent]; MS's election to the Company of Skinners; the 120th anniversary of Winston Churchill's birth; the theatre as an international commodity and means of communication (the Tacitus Lecture, 1995); Churchill's painting; the 30th anniversary of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust; tribute to Sir Fitzroy Maclean.
National Theatre: box set of programmes, 1988
Correspondence with various societies and organisations of which MS was a patron or trustee, mainly various Churchill-related bodies, and also the National Theatre, where MS served as Chairman, 1989-95.
National Theatre: copies of Chairman’s correspondence, 1989-12 - 1993-05
Subjects include: congratulations to actors and directors on various productions; cuts to the guest night list; thanks to supporters; invitations; the Rayne Award; the Gala performance of Carousel; the American tour of Richard III; the Theatre's Arts Council funding; the Olivier Awards.
National Theatre: copies of Chairman’s correspondence, 1993-05 - 1996-07
Subjects include: criticism of the process for selecting a new Director of the National Theatre; MS's departure from the Chairmanship; membership of the Board; the 'Masterplan' for changes to the theatre; the Rayne Award; the exhibition of the Somerset Maugham collection of theatrical paintings; fundraising; congratulations to actors and directors on various productions.
National Theatre: expenses, Chairman and personal, 1989-04 - 1995-08
Correspondence with various societies and organisations of which MS was a patron or trustee, mainly various Churchill-related bodies, and also the National Theatre, where MS served as Chairman, 1989-95.
National Theatre: later papers, 1995-07 - 2013-04
Correspondence and papers relating to the National Theatre after MS had stepped down as Chairman, but remained a trustee of the National Theatre Foundation. Includes extracts relating to MS from a history of the National Theatre by Daniel Rosenthal.
National Theatre: theatre diary, 1991 - 1995
Includes letters between Richard Eyre [Artistic Director of the National Theatre] and Sir [Arthur] John Gielgud on his 90th birthday.
Photograph album from "The Miracle", given to Lady Diana Cooper by the producer, Charles Cochran, 1932-09
Includes: correspondence, particularly with Conrad Russell, Windham Baldwin and Lady Diana's son John Julius, mainly written by Lady Diana in diary form; detailed travel diaries, often consisting of copies of letters to Russell and to John Julius; literary material, mainly relating to Lady Diana's autobiography; some photographs of Lady Diana.
Photograph album of productions at the National Theatre, 1988-95, 1995-07
Black-and-white photographs, presented to MS to mark her retirement at Chairman of the Royal National Theatre Board. Includes a covering letter from Richard Eyre, Artistic Director.
Plays, 1909 - 1955
Scripts of plays written by Lady Randolph, together with related correspondence and financial papers.