| Description | Includes:
Opening of British Theatre Exhibition at Bingley Hall (23 May 1949 - 18 June 1949) - woman looking at display of marionettes, model of the reconstructed Elizabethan theatre at Bingley Hall, performance of 'Twelfth Night' on the reconstructed Elizabethan stage.
Brandwood House, Kings Heath, Birmingham - Barry Jackson sitting under tree with others, including [his father] George Jackson (1894?); Barry Jackson with Mrs Vicarino and Mrs George Jackson on stile (c1889); Mrs and Mrs Vicarino, Mrs George Jackson and Barry Jackson (c1889).
Birmingham Council House conferment of the Honorary Freedon of the city (16 April 1955) - Lord Mayor with Sydney Vernon, Mrs A.M. Howes and Barry Jackson; Vernon, Jackson, Howes and others in procession to Town Hall (photos by Birmingham Gazette And Despatch Limited) [see also MS 978/4/3/3/31].
Edgbaston Assembly Rooms, Hagley Road, Birmingham - photos of interior including stage showing the home of 'The Pilgrim Players from 1906 - 1912'.
Elmdon Airport - Barry Jackson at the airport to travel to Paris (10 July 1956) and being interviewed there with Bunny May for BBC Newsreel.
The Grange, Wake Green Road, Moseley, Birmingham (home of Barry Jackson until c1920) - showing garden, exterior, and the dining room (where first performance of 'The Interlude Of Youth' was given).
Exterior of The Mission Hall, Inge Street, Birmingham (where the first public performances by 'The PIlgrim Players' were given).
Moor Green Hall Hospital, Moseley - Birmingham Rep players performing 'Twelfth Night' as entertainment for soldiers wounded in First World War.
New Repertory Theatre - interior and exterior views including view of the auditorium from the stage plus the fly tower (75 feet high) where the scenery is stored, and the mezzanine bar (including photos by Willoughby Gullachsen and Reilly & Constantine). |