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University of Sheffield Library. Special Collections and Archives Ref: MS 349 Title: Theatre Archive Project: Archive Scope: A collection of interviews on CD-ROM with those visiting or working in the theatre between 1945 and 1968, created by the Theatre Archive Project (British Library and De Montfort University); also copies of some correspondence Dates: 1958-2008 Level: Fonds Extent: 3 boxes Name of creator: Theatre Archive Project Administrative / biographical history: Beginning in 2003, the Theatre Archive Project is a major reinvestigation of British theatre history between 1945 and 1968, from the perspectives of both the members of the audience and those working in the theatre at the time. It encompasses both the post-war theatre archives held by the British Library, and also their post-1968 scripts collection. In addition, many oral history interviews have been carried out with visitors and theatre practitioners. The Project began at the University of Sheffield and later transferred to De Montfort University. The archive at Sheffield contains 170 CD-ROMs of interviews with theatre workers and audience members, including Glenda Jackson, Brian Rix, Susan Engel and Michael Frayn. There is also a collection of copies of correspondence between Gyorgy Lengyel and Michel and Suria Saint Denis, and between Gyorgy Lengyel and Sir John Gielgud, dating from 1958 to 1999. Related collections: De Montfort University Library Source: Deposited by Theatre Archive Project staff, 2005-2009 System of arrangement: As received Subjects: Theatre Conditions of access: Available to all researchers, by appointment Restrictions: None Copyright: According to document Finding aids: Listed MS 349 THEATRE ARCHIVE PROJECT: ARCHIVE 349/1 Interviews on CD-ROM (Alphabetical listing) Interviewee Abstract Interviewer Date of Interview Disc no. Age Concern Drama Comments on theatre in Sheffield in the Alan Lane 22/03/2004 26 Group 1950s and 1960s Allen, Michael Theatre-goer. Peggy Ashcroft, Richard Tom Dymond 17/07/2006 71 Burton, Jean-Louis Barrault, French plays, Christopher Fry, John Gielgud, Vivien Leigh, Moscow Arts Theatre, Laurence Olivier, John Osborne, programmes, Anthony Quayle, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare performance, George Bernard Shaw, The Shaw Festival, theatre-going, translated plays, Kenneth Tynan, verse-speaking The Wandering Jew, Orson Welles, Donald Wolfit Anderson, Ian Noel Stage worker. Brighton theatres, cinema, Jennifer Ball December 2006 106 comedy, John Gielgud, Howard Goorney, The Lady’s not for Burning, London theatre-going, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, repertory, scenery painting, street entertainers, Theatre Workshop, toy theatres Aveline, Joe Production Manager. A Flea in Her Ear, As Francesca Soper 08/01/2007 93 You Like It, audience interaction, Bristol Old Vic, Laurence Olivier, Othello, The National Theatre, props, Leonard Rossiter, Royal Hunt of the Sun, Stage 60, touring, vocal projection, Lesley Wallner, West End productions Interviewee Abstract Interviewer Date of Interview Disc no. Ayliff, David Director and Stage Manager. Actors, H.K. Matthew Comras 18/12/2006 95 Ayliff, Equity, King Lear, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, scenery, sound effects, stage management, the Stage Management Association, technical rehearsals, television, training, Two for the Seesaw Ayres, Geoffrey Theatre-goer. Amateur dramatics, British Emma Nolan 10/11/2006 101 theatre around the world, Shelagh Delaney, The Entertainer, European drama, John Gielgud, Harold Hobson, Inadmissible Evidence, Laben movement, Joan Littlewood, Wolf Mankowitz, NUS Drama Festival, the Old Vic, Laurence Olivier, John Osborne, Harold Pinter, Richard II, The Tempest, theatre going, Theatre Royal Stratford, Theatre Workshop, Theatre Workshop techniques and repertoire, Kenneth Tynan Banbury, Frith Ewan Jeffrey 14/03/2005 62 Barlow, Thelma Actress. Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Rep, Gregory Povey 14/03/2006 64 critics, Edinburgh Festival, female theatre managers, Liverpool, Glasgow, Nottingham, repertory, repertoire, theatre grants, Theatre Workshop, touring, West of England Theatre Company Bartlett, Peter Actor. Auditions, BBC drama, George Ewan Jeffrey & Kate 20/10/2005 35 Bernard Shaw, Charlie Chaplin, Edith Evans, Harris Equity, John Gielgud, learning parts, Look Back in Anger, RADA, Michael Redgrave, touring (Germany), touring (UK), Orson Welles Interviewee Abstract Interviewer Date of Interview Disc no. Baugh, Christopher On the Society for Theatre Research, Lynsey Jeffries 20/11/2003 42 censorship, Liverpool Everyman, theatre design Bench, Frank Theatregoer. Theatre-in-Education, The David Miller 12/02/2004 24 Winslow Boy Boxer, Elizabeth Actor, on training at LAMDA, working with Ewan Jeffrey 10/03/2005 58 Jack Hulbert, repertory theatre in the 1950s and 1960s Bramley, Philip Theatre-goer. 1950s society, accents, Alison Parry 10/11/2006 104 American theatre, Antony and Cleopatra, Caesar and Cleopatra,John Gielgud, Hair, Henry V, The Homecoming, Liverpool theatres, Look Back In Anger, Oh! Calcutta, the Old Vic, Lawrence Olivier, Peter O’Toole, regional theatre, Saved, social issues, theatre stars, Waiting for Godot, Donald Wolfit Brooks, Dorien Theatregoer, London: Noel Coward, Simon Finnegan 04/12/2003 21 Priestley, Look Back in Anger Brown, Kenneth Theatre-goer. Alan Ayckbourne’s plays, Steve Nicholson 07/04/2008 139, 140 Bertolt Brecht, Blackpool Tower Circus, incidental music, Manchester theatres, Frank 2 CDs Matcham theatres, musical theatre, John Osborne’s plays, pantomime, The Piccolo Players, refreshments, repertoire, revues, Shakespeare, Stockport Theatres, theatre design, theatre-going, Theatre in the Round, variety Brown, Ross Interview with Ross Brown, who talks about Emma Johnson 16/03/2004 29 sound design in theatre productions Interviewee Abstract Interviewer Date of Interview Disc no. Budworth, David Theatre-goer. Actors, Alexandra Theatre, Sarah Strachan 10/11/2006 102 Birmingham, Birmingham Rep, censorship, Christopher Fry, musicals, J.B. Priestley, regional theatre, repertory theatre, television, ticket price, verse drama, West End plays, Waiting For Godot Burke, Alfred Actor Alfred Burke on his memories of The Kate Harris 29/11/2005 9 Old Vic 1930s, Training at RADA 1937, Repertory theatre, Arts Council Tours, The Young Vic, George Devine and Michel Saint Denis, The Library Theatre, Manchester, New writing, Birmingham Rep, Memories of directors, Impressions of John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Ion Swinley, Impact of early television, Censorship Burman, Lionel Theatre-goer 1945-68. Absurdist theatre, Kavita Naker 27/06/2005 33 audiences, Samuel Beckett, censorship, Club theatres, Eugene Ionesco, London theatre- going, Look Back in Anger, Spike Milligan, Merseyside Unity, musicals, Luigi Pirandello, The Playhouse, Liverpool, production styles, ticket prices, Theatre Workshop Burrows, Tony Audience member Tony Burrows on his Ewan Jeffrey 16/03/2005 63 memories of theatre going in the 1950’s, Stratford, The Midland Theatre Company, The Coventry Hippodrome, Memories of seeing Gielgud and Ralph Richardson, Impressions of Harold Pinter’s plays, Involvement with The Talisman Amateur dramatic Company, Censorship, Hair Interviewee Abstract Interviewer Date of Interview Disc no. Cawley, Robert Theatre-goer. Peggy Ashcroft, censorship, Sophie Lightfoot 04/12/2007 125 costumes, critics, John Gielgud, Hamlet, musicals, new wave writing, Laurence Olivier, playwrights, Terence Rattigan, regional theatre, Royal Court Theatre, scripts, Shakespeare, star actors, St Joan, theatre- going, theatre in the round, ticket price, Kenneth Tynan, verse speaking Cecil, Jonathan Actor. Amateur Dramatics, Ambrosine Daniel Buckley 13/12/2006 110 Philpots, Bartholomew Fair, Binkie Beaumont, The Birthday Party, comedy, ‘Professor’ Jimmy Edwards, Sir John Gielgud, Half-Way up the Tree, A Heritage and its History, Home, LAMDA, Robert Morley, overacting, pantomime, Harold Pinter, Vanessa Redgrave, repertory, Ralph Richardson, Reggie Salberg, Salisbury Playhouse, Tommy Steele, David Story, Eric Sykes, television, H.M. Tennent, Tommy Trinder, Sir Peter Ustinov Chambers, Colin Kate Dorney 2005? 17 Chapple, Freda Theatre worker. Formerly an Assistant Stage Kate Harris 12/01/2004 27 Manager at Sydney Opera House, now teaches drama in the Institute for Lifelong Learning Chater, Elizabeth Actor, working for the King’s Theatre, Ewan Jeffrey 10/03/2005 58 Gainsborough, ‘outreach’ theatre for Holloway prison in the 1950s, acting in repertory Interviewee Abstract Interviewer Date of Interview Disc no. Cheeseman, Peter Former Artistic Director of the Victoria Kate Dorney 11/11/2004 46 Theatre, Staffprdshire, talking about his experiences with the Lord Chamberlain Chivers, David Actor and Stage Manager. A Breath of Spring, Sarah Tough 10/11/2006 99 A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum Ian Albery, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Esme Church, digs, Rudolf Laban, repertory, school theatre, Athene Seyler, touring, voice training Clayton, Barry Actor. Arden of Faversham, audiences, Kate Harris 08/10/2007 127 auditions, Bradford Northern Theatre School, Brendan Behan, Barbara Brown, censorship, critics, The Good Soldier Schweik, International Theatre Festival, Joan Littlewood, Mother Courage, production ideas, The Quare Fellow, rehearsals, Theatre Workshop, West End transfers Cole, Austin Theatre-goer. Frank Adie, Tommy Cooper, Dominic Shellard 06/11/2007 118 Cecily Courtneidge, Noel Coward, G.H. Elliot, Roy Hudd, Jack and Claude Hulbert, London Coliseum,
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