University of Sheffield Library. Special Collections and Archives Ref: MS 459 Title: Stuart Golland Papers Scope: The papers of actor, writer and director Stuart Golland, including scripts, publicity material, photographs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and artefacts. Dates: 1973-2015 Level: Fonds Extent: 29 boxes Name of creators: Stuart Golland Administrative / biographical history: The papers cover the entirety of Stuart Golland’s working life, from stage and screen acting through writing and directing plays and an involvement in setting up small theatre companies, and they include scripts, publicity material, photographs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and some related artefacts. Stuart Golland was born in Sheffield on 3rd August 1945, the third of four children of John and Florence Golland, who lived in the Pitsmoor area of the city, later moving to Shiregreen. He left school at fifteen, and eventually settled on an apprenticeship as a plasterer, taking the opportunity to work in various parts of Britain. During a plastering contract in Cardiff, he attended evening classes at the Welsh College of Music and Drama, and was inspired to pursue a career as an actor by seeing a performance of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ directed by Peter Brook. In 1972, Stuart Golland successfully applied to the Phildene Stage School in Chiswick, London, obtained his Equity card and sought work as an actor. Between 1974 and 1978, he worked with seven alternative theatre companies, including Rough Theatre and Foco Novo. In the late 1970s, he returned to Yorkshire and became a founder member of the Broken Glass Theatre Company, later working for a number of other regional and touring companies. In the 1980s, he directed and appeared in a range of stage plays in York, Bradford, Manchester, Leeds, and at the National Theatre in London. In the early 1990s, he was deeply involved in the establishment of Joseph’s Well Theatre in Leeds, and acted in and directed a number of plays locally. Stuart Golland wrote a number of plays, most notably ‘Scrap’ (1979), a one-man comedy about a Sheffield scrap merchant, ‘The Understudy’ (1988), and ‘The Boy from Philadelphia’ (1992), a play about W.C. Fields. 1 Stuart Golland also worked on radio, in film and on television, including a number of well- known television series such as ‘All Creatures Great and Small’, ‘Last of the Summer Wine’, ‘The New Statesman’, ‘Rumpole of the Bailey’, ‘Emmerdale Farm’, and ‘Waterfront Beat’. He was perhaps best known for playing George Ward, landlord of the Aidensfield Arms, in ‘Heartbeat’, and his last role was as Ernie Wagstaff in ‘Coronation Street’. Stuart Golland died on 11th September 2003. Source: Donated in November 2015; some later accruals System of arrangement: By category, and then chronologically Subjects: English drama - 20th century; English drama - 21st century; Television actors and actresses - Great Britain Names: Golland, J. Stuart, 1945-2003 Conditions of access: Available to all researchers, by appointment Restrictions: Some documents are restricted Finding aids: Listed 2 459/1 Professional Training/Representation/Memberships/Publicity 459/1/1 Professional Training: Phildene Stage School, Chiswick, London; Early Representation: Wendy Wisbey Agency, Chiswick, London 459/1/1/1 Receipt for Stuart Golland's fees for Phildene Stage School Autumn Term 1973 Undated 459/1/1/2 Report of progress at Phildene Stage School Autumn Term 1973 Undated 459/1/1/3 Report of progress at Phildene Stage School Spring Term 1974 Undated 459/1/1/4 Statement of Account for Phildene Stage School December 1973 459/1/1/5 Notification of entertainment by students of Phildene Stage School at the Bedford Park Festival 1974 459/1/1/6 Letter to Stuart Golland from Wendy Wisbey at Phildene Stage School about payment of fees Undated 459/1/1/7 Financial statement from Wendy Wisbey Agency to SG - also includes fees for Phildene Stage School April 1974 459/1/1/8 Letter to SG from Wendy Wisbey at Wendy Wibsey Agency re: SG's future at Phildene and with Wendy Wisbey Agency 3 July [1974?] 459/1/1/9 Letter to SG from Wendy Wisbey at Wendy Wisbey Agency re: contact with advertising agency 17 July 1974 459/1/1/10 Letter to SG from Wendy Wisbey at Wendy Wisbey Agency re: agency services 22 July 1974 459/1/1/11 Statement of account for SG from Wendy Wisbey Agency Undated 459/1/2 Professional Representation: A C Management, London 459/1/2/1 Casting folder, contains photographs and details of members of agency Undated 3 459/1/3 Professional Representation: ATS Casting Ltd., London 459/1/3/1 Letter from ATS Casting Ltd to Stuart Golland 20 September 1978 459/1/3/2 Letter from ATS Casting Ltd to SG 14 December 1978 459/1/3/3 Letter from ATS Casting Ltd to SG 3 January 1979 459/1/3/4 Letter from ATS Casting Ltd to SG December 1979 459/1/3/5 Letter from ATS Casting Ltd to SG 14 January 1980 459/1/3/6 Payment slips from ATS Casting Ltd to SG January 1980-April 1982 459/1/3/7 Circular letter from ATS Casting Ltd February 1981 459/1/3/8 Letter from ATS Casting Ltd to SG 19 December 1983 459/1/4 Professional Representation: Direct Line Personal Management 459/1/4/1 Direct Line compliments slip Undated 459/1/4/2 Direct Line casting brochure containing photographs and details of members including SG Undated 459/1/4/3 Minutes of meeting 10 January 1988 459/1/4/4 List of freelance casting directors with ms annotations Undated 459/1/4/5 List of freelance casting directors with ms annotations Undated 459/1/4/6 Letter from Steve Cowton of Northumberland Theatre Company to Keith Winestein of Direct Line re audition for SG Undated 4 459/1/5 Professional Representation: Penny Harrison BSA Ltd. 459/1/5/1 Letter from Martin Houghton, Artistic Director of Everyman Theatre at Cheltenham, to SG, and copy of SG's reply 13 September 1989 and 21 September 1989 459/1/5/2 List of independent casting directors from Penny Harrison BSA Ltd November 1989 459/1/5/3-13 11 different CVs created by SG for Penny Harrison BSA Ltd 1989-2003 459/1/6 Professional Representation: British Actors Equity Association 459/1/6/1 Wallet containing SG's Equity membership cards for 1996-1997, 1998- 1999, 2001-2002, 2002-2003 459/1/6/2 British Actors Equity Association Deputy/Branch Secretary receipt book, in the name of SG April 2001 459/1/6/3 Letter from BAEA to Equity deputies re Theatre Negotiations New Financial Provisions to 6 April 1982 4 June 1981 459/1/6/4 Minutes of BAEA Northern Region, Manchester 22 August 1982 459/1/6/5 Minutes of BAEA Fringe Committee 3 October 1982 459/1/6/6 Memo to all BAEA Deputies 25 October 1982 459/1/6/7 Agenda for meeting of BAEA Fringe Committee 9 January 1983 459/1/6/8 Copy of letter from SG to 'Upstage' re dispute over creation of a play at Doncaster Arts Co-operative [1980s?] 459/1/6/9 Leaflet for the Actors Centre, Covent Garden, London Undated 5 459/1/7 Professional Publicity: The Spotlight 459/1/7/1 Spotlight membership cards for SG 2002/2003 & 2003/2004 459/1/7/2 Revision form for SG for the Spotlight directory 2000/2001 [1999?] 459/1/7/3 Letter from the Spotlight to SG enclosing membership card April 2001 459/1/7/4 Revision form for SG for the Spotlight directory 2002/2003 [2001] 459/1/7/5 CV of SG for the Spotlight directory [2000?] 459/1/7/6 CV of SG for Spotlight directory [2001?] 459/1/7/7 CV of SG for Spotlight directory 29 August 2003 459/1/7/8 Letter re the Spotlight 2003/2004 [2002?] 459/1/7/9 Letter re the Spotlight 2004/2005 [2003?] 459/1/7/10 Letter from Frances H. Smith-Golland to the Spotlight informing them of SG's death 7 October 2003 459/1/7/11 Leaflet introducing new development at the Spotlight - VoiceQuality Undated 459/1/8 Professional Membership: Theatre Writers Union 459/1/8/1 TWU Members Guide Undated 459/1/8/2 Report on ITC/TWU negotiations 4 March 1979 459/1/8/3 Letter from TWU Delegate Committee to SG re march against arts cuts 12 July 1979 459/1/8/4 Example of contract from Theatre Space Covent Garden Undated 6 459/1/8/5 TWU Newsletter May 1979 459/1/8/6 TWU Newsletter May 1983 R 459/1/8/7 TWU address lists 1979-1980 & undated 459/1/9 Professional Membership: Yorkshire Playwrights 459/1/9/1 Letter from Helen Brandom enclosing 4 sheets of song words for 'Be My Love' and audiocassette 18 November 1999 459/1/9/2 End of Millennium souvenir issue of Newscript with reference to SG giving script-in-hand performance of 'Be my love' December 1999 459/1/9/3 SG's working script of 'Be my love' by Helen Brandom Undated 459/1/9/4 SG's working copy of 'Be my love' by Helen Brandom. Heavily annotated Undated 459/1/9/5 Be my love - structure of story and locations. Handwritten list of scenes Undated 459/1/9/6 8 photographs from the performance of 'Be my love' in the Congreve Room, West Yorkshire Playhouse, taken by Frances H. Smith-Golland 8 December 1999 459/1/9/7 Photocopy enlargement of photograph of SG on set of ‘Be my love’ 8 Dec 1999 459/1/9/8 Invoice for membership subscription for Yorkshire Playwrights 1999-2000 459/1/9/9 Invoice for membership subscription for Yorkshire Playwrights.