Theatre
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, T - Z., 06 Feb 1952 - 04 Dec 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/97A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association, including John Harvey [Chairman, and MP for Walthamstow East, Essex] (2) and W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (11); Gerald Nabarro [MP for Kidderminster, Worcestershire]; Hugh Ellis-Rees, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War; Josiah Beale [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation]; Raymond Gedling [Assistant Private Secretary to the...
Dates:
06 Feb 1952 - 04 Dec 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 483 - 489, closed for 75 years until 2028 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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Press cutting album on Lady Diana Cooper’s performance in "The Miracle", 1924-02 - 1926-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 5/5
Scope and Contents
Includes some photographs.
Dates:
1924-02 - 1926-01
Conditions Governing Access:
Unfit for production but digital surrogate is available.
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, C-D., Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/441
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Correspondents include: Sir Edward Campbell on the death of his son; Malcolm MacDonald, British High Commissioner in Canada, passing on a request for WSC's autograph; "Porchy", [6th] Lord Carnarvon [earlier Lord Porchester] (2), Sir Philip Chetwode, and Sir Stafford Cripps sending birthday greetings; Victor Cazalet; "R C" [1st Lord] Cecil [of Chelwood, earlier Lord Robert Cecil] on WSC's "two Archbishops"; [Rodney] Gallop (Foreign Office); "Bobbety", Lord Cranborne [earlier Robert Gascoyne...
Dates:
Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, C-D., Jan 1943 - Jun 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/464
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Correspondents include: "E R" [Eleanor Roosevelt] and John Russell [2nd Secretary] (British Embassy, Washington [United States]) (2) on communications with a US sculptor Stirling Calder and his bust of WSC; [1st] Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry], High Commissioner for Canada [in the United Kingdom] Vincent Massey, Chilean Ambassador [to Great Britain] Manuel Bianchi, and Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] Jan Sramek, on WSC's health problems; Sir...
Dates:
Jan 1943 - Jun 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, E-G., Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/442
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Charles Eade [Editor] of the Sunday Dispatch (3) and Lovat Dickson [Director] of MacMillan and Company (2) on subjects including Eade going to Egypt and WSC binding copies of his works for him; Sir Crisp English on WSC's acute appendicitis in 1922; Michael Foot, [Acting] Editor, Evening Standard, on Low's cartoon "Winterton's Nightmare"; [Sir Alexander] Erskine-Hill congratulating WSC on his speech of 23 April; Wilfred Fish [WSC's dentist]; [Alan] Hodge [Assistant...
Dates:
Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, E-G., Jan 1943 - Jan 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/465
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Charles Eade [editor] of the Sunday Dispatch and Leslie Graham-Dixon thanking WSC for gifts of his books; Admiral Sir Edward Evans [later 1st Lord Mountevans] sending a book for WSC; General Dwight Eisenhower (2) on receiving a picture of WSC and WSC's illness; James Forrestal [Under Secretary of the United States Navy] on WSC's recovery; "B B" [Brendan Bracken] on "Lee's Lieutenants" by Douglas Freeman; Arthur Grenfell on early flying experiences with WSC; Sir Edward...
Dates:
Jan 1943 - Jan 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, T-Z., Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/447
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Mavis Tate and Sir Reginald Wingate supporting WSC's leadership; Cecil Thomas, editor of the Daily Mirror, on his brother, [Sir] Shenton Thomas [Governor of Straits Settlements (later Singapore and part of Malaysia) and High Commissioner for the Malay States, later part of Malaysia] and Singapore; "Bendor", [2nd] Duke of Westminster, (4) on subjects including the landings in North West Africa, meeting WSC, and reminisces; Sir Courtauld Thomson on gifts of a desk once...
Dates:
Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Records of the Cambridge University Gilbert and Sullivan Society, 1981 - 2005
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.83
Scope and Contents
The files relate to the administration of the society and the mounting of productions, usually the responsibility of a sub-committee and/or production team. There are no photographs.
Dates:
1981 - 2005
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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Records of the Committee of Management of the ADC Theatre, 1950 - 1983
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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Min.VII.141
Scope and Contents
From the Management Group:
The category - Corporate management records - embraces records of the central decision-making bodies, University officers such as the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrary, and their administrative support. It includes constitutional records.
Dates:
1950 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Management Group:
The minutes of some Committees are closed to scholars for periods of years; see each catalogue entry for further detail.
Fonds
Records of the Garrick Club, 1833 - 1847
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.48
Scope and Contents
From the Management Group:
The category - Student administration and support records - comprises records relating to student admissions at all levels, graduate students, visiting senior scholars, student careers advice and welfare, together with the records of clubs and societies.
Dates:
1833 - 1847
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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Records of the Marlowe Dramatic Society, 1907 - 1954
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.78
Scope and Contents
From the Management Group:
The category - Student administration and support records - comprises records relating to student admissions at all levels, graduate students, visiting senior scholars, student careers advice and welfare, together with the records of clubs and societies.
Dates:
1907 - 1954
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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Shakespeare, 1945 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/RBTN 5/23
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on MAR’s interest in the theatre, mainly relating to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in 1946. Correspondents including: Donald Wolfit on the refusal of the British Council to support his Canadian tour and developing theatre at Stratford (2); Dame [Agnes] Sybil Thorndike on MAR's Shakespeare Festival oration and the development of Stratford (3); Sir Barry Jackson, Director of the Stratford-upon-Avon Festival Company, on the development of Stratford (2); 3rd Lord...
Dates:
1945 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1926-06 - 1942-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 7/12
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence from McKenna's work on the Advisory Committee of the new memorial theatre at Stratford-on-Avon [Warwickshire), with correspondents including: Sir Archibald Flower, Chairman of the Board of Governors (22); Edward Grenfell [later 1st Lord St Just] (6); John Davis; William Bridges-Adams [Director of the Shakespeare Festival]; [Frank] Dudley Docker (2); Guy Dawber [President of the Royal Institute of British Architects] on the competition to find an architect for the...
Dates:
1926-06 - 1942-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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South Africa, 1993-05 - 1994-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 8/12
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on MS's visit to the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, with a group from the National Theatre Studio, Sept-Oct 1994.
Dates:
1993-05 - 1994-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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(Untitled), 23 Apr 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/7/150-164
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer [WSC] to King George V about his budget proposals. He explains that the budget has two main objectives: to provide security for the wage earning population against misfortune and to encourage the "enterprise of the nation" by remission of income taxes; that the 1925 budget is based on tax revenue of £826 million set against expenditure of £799.5 million; proposals to increase estate duty and taxes on luxury goods and to re-introduce the...
Dates:
23 Apr 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 28 Mar 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/177
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC to Harry Crookshank [Financial Secretary to the Treasury] expressing displeasure at his non-co-operation on the easement of the Sunday opening of theatres.
Dates:
28 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/208
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC to Noel Coward thanking him for the copy of "Blithe Spirit".
Dates:
24 Apr 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), 22 Jun 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/26/78
Scope and Contents
Letter from Harley Granville Barker (Court Theatre, [London)] to WSC (House of Commons) on state patronage of the theatre. Signed carbon typescript.
Dates:
22 Jun 1906
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), [Dec 1906]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/68-69
Scope and Contents
Letter from Ellen Terry (7 Smith Square, Westminster, [London]) to WSC enclosing a letter asking for support for the idea of a permanent memorial to Sir Henry Irving. See CHAR 2/27/70. Signed manuscript.
Dates:
[Dec 1906]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), 08 Dec 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/70
Scope and Contents
Circular letter from Laurence Alma Tadema (Wittersham, Kent) asking for support for the idea of a permanent memorial to Sir Henry Irving. Typescript. Originally sent with CHAR 2/27/68-69.
Dates:
08 Dec 1906
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), 31 Jan 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/29/23
Scope and Contents
Letter from R M Percival, secretary of the general committee for the public memorial to Sir Henry Irving (11 Henrietta Street, Convent Garden, [London]), to WSC thanking him for agreeing to have his name added to the committee.
Dates:
31 Jan 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), 09 Jun 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/63
Scope and Contents
Letter from Harley Granville-Barker (3 Clement's Inn, [London]) to WSC asking what the Government is going to do about the licensing of plays.
Dates:
09 Jun 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), [Nov 1894]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/10/49-52
Scope and Contents
Cuttings from the Pall Mall Gazette and other newspapers on the re-opening of the Empire Theatre.
Dates:
[Nov 1894]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 27 Feb 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/3/1
Scope and Contents
Letter from Frances, Duchess of Marlborough, [WSC's grandmother], 50 Grosvenor Square, to WSC, family news, visit to the Gaiety Theatre to see Ruy Blas by A C Torr, picture of Lord Randolph Churchill in "Punch", and Lord Randolph's Temperance Bill.
Dates:
27 Feb 1890
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 04 Feb [1911]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/9/36
Scope and Contents
Letter from [Harley] Granville-Barker (17 John Street, Adelphi [London]) to WSC concerning censorship and stage play licenses, enclosing a memorandum prepared by the editor of the Stage [see CHAR 12/9/37-38]. Signed typescript.
Dates:
04 Feb [1911]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.