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Theatre

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/81/27-28
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Letter from Lillah Granville Barker (The Kingsway Theatre, Great Queen Street [London]) to Mrs Cornwallis West [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she asks her not to remove her signature in support of the abolition of censorship, discusses the implication of censorship on drama and invites her to tea. Signed typescript.

Dates: 23 Mar 1912
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.
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(Untitled), [19] [Sep] [1890]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/17/52-53
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Letter from WSC ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he expresses approval for a play at the Adelphi theatre [London] called "An English Rose" [by George Sims and Robert Buchanan]. Illustrated with a drawing of a Harrow schoolboy surrounded by luggage.

Dates: [19] [Sep] [1890]
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.
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(Untitled), [Nov 1894]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/10/49-52
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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), [Dec 1906]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/68-69
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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: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Dec 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/70
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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: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jan 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/29/23
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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: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jun 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/26/78
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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: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Jun 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/63
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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: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Feb 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/3/1
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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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