| Series title: | Drama Department: Theatre Manuals, 1943-1992 | |
| Reference: | ACGB/42 | |
| Extent: | 112 folders |
This series contains 'Theatre Manuals' originally compiled by Jessica Morton (Drama Assistant) in 1981. Each 'Theatre Manual' contains information on a building-based theatre company, including minutes from board meetings, budgets, annual reports, details of seat prices, programmes, correspondence, press releases, and plans for theatre (re)building projects. Folders entitled 'Theatre Manual Documents' contain mainly printed publicity material; however, not all printed publicity material has been separated from the 'Theatre Manual' in question.
The series also contains one file entitled 'Mini Manuals,' which concerns non-building based theatre companies: fringe, community, touring and local touring.
Arrangement
The series has been kept in its original order; this is generally alphabetical, but with occasional divergences. The seven folders comprising the file 'Mini Manuals' are also organised alphabetically (with occasional divergences).
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| Reference | Description | Dates | ||
| ACGB/42/1 | Theatre Manual for Basingstoke: Horseshoe Theatre Company at the Haymarket Theatre 1 folder |
1976-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/2 | Theatre Manual for Billingham: Forum Theatre 1 folder |
1967-1977 | ||
| ACGB/42/3 | Theatre Manual for Birmingham: Birmingham Repertory Theatre 2 folders |
1955-1977 | ||
| ACGB/42/4 | Theatre Manual for Bolton: Octagon Theatre 2 folders |
1964-1979 | ||
| ACGB/42/5 | Theatre Manual for Bristol: Theatre Royal (Old Vic / Little Theatre / New Vic Studio) 3 folders |
1943-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/6 | Theatre Manual for Bristol: Minutes of the Old Vic Trust 1 folder |
1956-1965 | ||
| Contains significant material on London: Old Vic. See also ACGB/42/41 | ||||
| ACGB/42/7 | Theatre Manual for Bromley: Churchill Theatre (previously New Theatre) 2 folders |
1958-1987 | ||
| ACGB/42/8 | Theatre Manual for Cambridge: Cambridge Arts Theatre and Cambridge Theatre Company 2 folders |
1968-1986 | ||
| ACGB/42/9 | Theatre Manual for Canterbury: Marlowe Theatre 1 folder |
1952-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/10 | Theatre Manual for Cheltenham: Everyman Theatre 2 folders |
1960-1991 | ||
| ACGB/42/11 | Theatre Manual for Chester: Gateway Theatre 1 folder |
1967-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/12 | Theatre Manual for Chesterfield: Civic Theatre 1 folder |
1955-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/13 | Theatre Manual for Chichester: Chichester Festival Theatre 2 folders |
1957-1977 | ||
| ACGB/42/14 | Theatre Manual for Colchester: Mercury Theatre (previously Colchester Repertory Company) 2 folders |
1950-1986 | ||
| ACGB/42/15 | Theatre Manual for Coventry: Belgrade Theatre 2 folders |
1953-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/16 | Theatre Manual for Crewe: Crewe Theatre (previously Lyceum Theatre) 1 folder |
1964-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/17 | Theatre Manual for Derby: Derby Playhouse 2 folders |
1952-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/18 | Theatre Manual for Exeter: Northcott Theatre 1 folder |
1967-1987 | ||
| ACGB/42/19 | Theatre Manual for Farnham: Redgrave Theatre (previously Castle Theatre) 2 folders |
1958-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/20 | Theatre Manual for Guildford: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre (previously Guildford Theatre) 2 folders |
1952-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/21 | Theatre Manual for Harrogate: Harrogate Opera House 2 folders |
1961-1979 | ||
| ACGB/42/22 | Theatre Manual for Hornchurch: Queen's Theatre 1 folder |
1953-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/23 | Theatre Manual for Ipswich: Wolsey Theatre (previously Arts Theatre) 1 folder |
1952-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/24 | Theatre Manual for Kingston-on-Thames: Overground Theatre 1 folder |
1976-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/25 | Theatre Manual for Lancaster: The Duke's Playhouse (previously Century Theatre) 2 folders |
1953-1983 | ||
| ACGB/42/26 | Theatre Manual for Leatherhead: Thorndike Theatre (previously Leatherhead Repertory Theatre) 2 folders |
1952-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/27 | Theatre Manual for Leeds: Leeds Playhouse 2 folders |
1965-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/28 | Theatre Manual for Leicester: Haymarket Theatre and Phoenix Theatre 3 folders |
1963-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/29 | Theatre Manual for Lincoln: Theatre Royal 1 folder |
1960-1976 | ||
| ACGB/42/30 | Theatre Manual for Liverpool: Everyman Theatre 2 folders |
1965-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/31 | Theatre Manual for Liverpool: Liverpool Playhouse / Liverpool Repertory Theatre (previously Star Theatre) 2 folders |
1957-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/32 | Theatre Manual for London: Almost Free Theatre (Inter-action Trust) 1 folder |
1973-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/33 | Theatre Manual for London: Shepherd's Bush: Bush Theatre Company 1 folder |
1975-1982 | ||
| ACGB/42/34 | Theatre Manual for London: Deptford Albany Empire and The Brighton Combination 1 folder |
1968-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/35 | Theatre Manual for London: Unicorn Theatre for Young People at the Arts Theatre 2 folders |
1952-1981 | ||
| Includes significant material on the Unicorn Bankside Building Project | ||||
| ACGB/42/36 | Theatre Manual for London: Greenwich Theatre, Greenwich Young People's Theatre and Woolwich Tramshed 1 folder |
1969-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/37 | Theatre Manual for London: Hampstead Theatre (previously Hampstead Theatre Club) 1 folder |
ca. 1961-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/38 | Theatre Manual for London: Islington: King's Head Theatre 1 folder |
1978-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/39 | Theatre Manual for London: Mermaid Theatre 3 folders |
1951-1979 | ||
| ACGB/42/40 | Theatre Manual for London: National Theatre Company (at the Old Vic and South Bank) 2 folders |
1957-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/41 | Theatre Manual for London: Old Vic Theatre (including the Prospect Theatre Company) 3 folders |
1950-1980 | ||
| See also ACGB/42/6 for Minutes of the Old Vic Trust | ||||
| ACGB/42/42 | Theatre Manual for London: Open Space Theatre (Camden Playhouse Productions) 1 folder |
1963-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/43 | Theatre Manual for London: Regent's Park: Open Air Theatre (New Shakespeare Company) 1 folder |
1958-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/44 | Theatre Manual for London: Kennington: Oval House Theatre 1 folder |
1974-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/45 | Theatre Manual for London: Wimbledon: Polka Children's Theatre 1 folder |
1969-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/46 | Theatre Manual for London: Royal Court Theatre (English Stage Company) 2 folders |
1954-1988 | ||
| ACGB/42/47 | Theatre Manual for London: Shaw Theatre (National Youth Theatre Company and Dolphin Theatre Company) 1 folder |
1971-9180 | ||
| ACGB/42/48 | Theatre Manual for London: Soho Poly and Soho Theatre Club 1 folder |
1978-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/49 | Theatre Manual for London: Stratford East: Theatre Royal (Pioneer Theatres Ltd and Theatre Workshop) 1 folder |
1956-1984 | ||
| ACGB/42/50 | Theatre Manual for London: Kilburn: Tricycle Theatre and Wakefield Tricycle Company 1 folder |
1975-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/51 | Theatre Manual for Young Vic Theatre 1 folder |
1970-1981 | ||
| One item is hand-dated 1946 although this is likely to be an error since neither the theatre company nor the building dates back that far. | ||||
| ACGB/42/52 | Theatre Manual for Manchester: Royal Exchange Theatre (previously 69 Theatre Company) 2 folders |
1959-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/53 | Theatre Manual for Manchester: Manchester University Theatre and Manchester Young People's Theatre (Contact Theatre Company) 1 folder |
1973-1979 | ||
| ACGB/42/54 | Theatre Manual for Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Jesmond Playhouse, Flora Robson Theatre, Newcastle University Theatre (and Sunderland Empire) and Newcastle Playhouse 2 folders |
1959-1987 | ||
| ACGB/42/55 | Theatre Manual for Northampton: Royal Theatre and Opera House (Northampton Repertory Theatre) 1 folder |
ca.1948-1987 | ||
| ACGB/42/56 | Theatre Manual for Nottingham: Nottingham Playhouse 3 folders |
1949-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/57 | Theatre Manual for Oldham: Coliseum Theatre 1 folder |
1962-1988 | ||
| ACGB/42/58 | Theatre Manual for Oxford: Oxford Playhouse 2 folders |
1954-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/59 | Theatre Manual for Plymouth: Plymouth Theatre Company 1 folder |
1973-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/60 | Theatre Manual for Richmond, Surrey: Orange Tree Theatre 1 folder |
1976-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/61 | Theatre Manual for Salisbury: Salisbury Arts Theatre and Salisbury Playhouse 1 folder |
1948-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/62 | Theatre Manual for Scarborough: Arena Theatre, Library Theatre and Stephen Joseph Theatre-in-the-Round (previously Theatre-in-the-Round at Westwood) 1 folder |
1956-1989 | ||
| ACGB/42/63 | Theatre Manual for Sheffield: Sheffield Playhouse, Sheffield Crucible (and Sheffield Lyceum) 2 folders |
1952-1989 | ||
| ACGB/42/64 | Theatre Manual for Stoke-on-Trent: Victoria Theatre 1 folder |
1961-1987 | ||
| ACGB/42/65 | Theatre Manual for Stratford-upon-Avon and Royal Shakespeare Company 2 folders |
1954-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/66 | Theatre Manual for Watford: Watford Palace Theatre 1 folder |
1965-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/67 | Theatre Manual for Westcliff-on-Sea / Southend-on-Sea: Palace Theatre 1 folder |
1972-1980 | ||
| ACGB/42/68 | Theatre Manual for Worcester: Swan Theatre 1 folder |
1968-1987 | ||
| ACGB/42/69 | Theatre Manual for Worthing: Connaught Theatre 1 folder |
1954-1981 | ||
| ACGB/42/70 | Theatre Manual for York: Theatre Royal 1 folder |
1961-1984 | ||
| ACGB/42/71 | Mini Manuals 7 folders |
1954-1985 | ||
| Theatre companies included: Avon Touring, Belt & Braces, Broadside Mobile, Clown Cavalcade, Common Stock, Covent Garden Community Theatre, E.A.S.T., Foco Novo, Galactic (Welfare State), Hull Truck, Incubus, Interplay, I.O.U., Joint Stock, L.T.D. Adventures, Lumiere & Son, Pip Simmons, Pirate Jenny, Red Ladder, People Show, Perspective Theatre Company (previously Key Perspectives), Major Road, Mikron, Monstrous Regiment, M.6., Natural Theatre, N. W. Spanner, Paines Plough, 7:84, Shared Experience, Spectrum, Stirabout, Temba, Theatre Centre, Triple Action, Unexpected Developments (Phantom Captain), Women's Theatre Group. |