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Edward Rose: Correspondence and papers

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9526
Scope and Contents The surviving correspondence contains many letters from actors, actresses and theatre managers, about current productions for the London stage, and for tours in the provinces. A few letters mention the production of Rose's plays in the USA. There are letters from hopeful authors offering their novels for dramatization, from people agreeing or declining to lecture to the Playgoers' Club, and from friends wanting theatre tickets. Two owners of stately homes (Lord Barnard and Lord Donington)...
Dates: 1880-1904 (Circa)
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).
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Programme for double bill of 'Down through the Years' and 'The Wrong Box', 196703

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Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/279/1/D/ii/c
Scope and Contents

Both these films were screened at the Cambridge Arts Cinema from 16th to 18th March 1967. 'Down through the Years' is a travelogue of Montreal without dialogue filmed in 1966. 'The Wrong Box' is a 1966 film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes, which starred Ralph Richardson, John Mills, Michael Caine, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

Dates: 196703
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Programme for double billing of 'Crashing the Water Barrier' and 'Camille', 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/279/1/D/ii/b
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'Crashing the Water Barrier' was a 1956 short documentary directed by Konstantin Kalser; 'Camille' was a 1936 film directed by George Cukor. The films were screened at the Cambridge Arts Cinema from 27th January to 1st February 1958. The script for 'Camille' was written by Zoe Atkins, Frances Merion, and James Hilton (a Christ's alumnus) and the film starred Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor and Lionel Barrymore.

Dates: 1958
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Programme for 'Marching Song' by John Whiting, 195402

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Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/279/1/A/v/e
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Performed at the Cambridge Arts Theatre between 15th and 20th February 1954. Presented by Tennet Production Ltd, and directed by Frith Banbury. Cast included Diana Wynyard, Robert Flemyng, Hartley Power, and Ernest Thesiger.

Dates: 195402
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Programme for 'My Girl Herbert', 196506

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Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/279/1/A/iii/c
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Performed by Footlights for the '1965 Footlights Revue' from 7th to 19th June at the Cambridge Arts Theatre. Directed by John Hope-Mason, with music directed by John Cameron. Includes photographs of members of the cast, featuring the following: Eric Idle, Sheila Buhr, John Cameron, Christie Davies, Germaine Greer, John Grillo, Robin Nelson, Mervyn Riches, and Matt Walters.

Dates: 196506
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Programme for 'The Four Feathers, 195412

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Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/279/1/D/ii/a
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This 1939 film was directed by Zoltan Korda, and written by R. C. Sheriff from the novel by A. E. W. Mason. The film was screened at the Cambridge Arts Cinema from 20th to 24th December 1954. The cats included John Clements, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, and C. Aubrey Smith.

Dates: 195412
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Programme for 'Troilus and Cressida' by William Shakespeare, 195303

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Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/279/1/D/iii/a
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Performed by Christ's College Amateur Dramatic Society at Christ's College Hall from 3rd to 7th March 1953. It was produced by David Beardwell and the cast included James White, Pamela Walker, Brian Mills and Robin Cook.

Dates: 195303
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Programme for 'When We Dead Awaken' by Henrik Ibsen, 19630228

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Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/279/1/D/iii/b
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This production used the translation by Michael Meyer, and was performed by Christ's College Amateur Dramatics Society. It was directed by Jeffrey Tate and the setting was by John Andrews. The cast included Malcolm Mackenzie, Susan Pulford, Katya Benjamin, and Richard Syms among others.

Dates: 19630228