Record

Ref NoMS 978/1/7/1
TitleNews cuttings volume - including Pilgrim Players
LevelFile
DateOctober 1907 - April 1912
DescriptionIncludes Pilgrim Players programmes and promotional material for the following productions (venue is Edgbaston Assembly Rooms unless indicated otherwise):

'Eager Heart' (21 December 1907 - 28 December 1907) at St Jude's Hall, Inge Street, Birmingham;

'The Two Gentleman Of Verona' (27 April 1908 and 09 May 1907) at Edgbaston Assembly Rooms, (02 May 1908) at Moseley and Balsall Heath Institute;

'The Importance Of Being Earnest' (10 October 1908) at Edgbaston Assembly Rooms, (24 October 1908) at Moseley and Balsall Heath Institute;

'The Two Gentleman Of Verona' (22 October 1908) at Town Hall, Sutton Coldfield;

'Eager Heart' (24 December 1908);

'The Scornful Lady' (22 April 1909, 24 April 1909, 27 April 1909) at Queen's College;

'The Interlude Of Youth' (06 March 1909 and 20 March 1909) at Queen's College, (13 March 1909 and 27 March 1909) at St Jude's Mission Hall, Inge Street;

'The Scornful Lady' (November 1909) at Stratford-on-Avon (also gives details of Pilgrims Players performances so far and upcoming performances);

'Eager Heart' (21 December 1909 - 24 December 1909);

'Fifinella' (05 February 1910 and 07 February 1910) in aid of the poor of the parish of St Jude, Birmingham (design by Barry Jackson);

'Press Cuttings' and 'The King's Threshold' (26 February 1910 - 27 February 1910);

'Measure For Measure' (22 April 1910 and 25 April 1910);

'The Scornful Lady' (30 September 1910 and 01 October 1910);

'The King's Threshold' (17 June 1910 - 18 June 1910) at Court Theatre, London (at the invitation of the author W.B. Yeats);

'Admiral Guinea' and 'The Fantasticks' (05 November 1910 and 12 November 1910);

'Admiral Guinea' and 'The Robber' (08 November 1910) at The Public Hall, Henley-in-Arden;

'The Fantasticks' and ''Op-o'-Me-Thumb' (10 December 1910);

'Fifinella' (December 1910);

'An Enemy Of The People' (10 February 1912 and 17 February 1912);

'The Silver Box' (09 March 1912);

'The Interlude Of Youth' preceded by 'Deidre' (16 March 1912) - had planned to perform Yeats' 'The Hour Glass' but he objected so another of his works was performed.

Also has cuttings on other productions and venues, a 1930 typed list by Bache Matthews of extracts from his diaries (1907 - 1913), and an index at the back of the volume.
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FormatVolume
Access StatusTo be confirmed
LanguageEnglish
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