| Description | Also includes 21st and 25 anniversary booklets, plus checklist of items in Sir Barry Jackson's library.
Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1913-1934 booklet (21st anniversary):
Page 1 - some recollections by R. Crompton Rhodes;
Page 2 - photo of Barry Jackson;
Pages 6 to 18 - plays performed in year order;
Page 19 - the broadcast plays from the wireless studio in The Rep (1931 - 1934);
Page 20 - actors who have appeared at The Rep;
Page 25 - playwrights (1913 - 1934).
Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1913-1938 booklet (25th anniversary):
Cover - Paul Shelving logo design surrounded by laurel wreath;
Frontispiece - Shelving set design for 'Back To Methuselah!' (The Garden of Eden) - in green, plus quote from John Drinkwater: "May you that watch and we that serve so grow in wisdom, as adventuring we go, that some unwavering light form us may shine.";
Page 1 - list of Rep staff and trustees of The Sir Barry Jackson's Trust, plus 'mission statement' - extracts from the trust deed;
Page 2 - Laura Knight drawing - 'In The Wings' (1921);
Page 3 - introduction from Sir Barry Jackson, with photo;
Page 4 - anniversary greetings from various including Rutland Boughton, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, St John Ervine, Edith Evans, Henri Gheon (in French), Ronald Jeans, Eden Philpotts, Sophie Stewart, Irene Vanbrugh, Ivor Brown;
Pages 5-7 - commentary by George Bernard Shaw, plus photo of John Drinkwater;
Page 8 - Shelving set design for Phrynette's Boudoir (L'Enfant Prodique);
Page 9 - list of plays produced at The Rep during the past 25 years 1913-1914;
Page 10 - 1914-15;
Page 11 - Shelving costume design for M. Jourdain (The Would-be Gentleman);
Page 12 - 1915-16, plus photo of H. K. Ayliff;
Page 13 - 1916-17;
Page 14 - 1917-18;
Page 15 - Shelving costume design for the King Of The Peacocks (King Florizel);
Page 16 - 1918-19, plus photo of Bache Matthews;
Page 17 - 1919-20;
Page 18 - 1921-22, plus photo of Paul Shelving;
Page 19 - Shelving costume design for A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena, first dress);
Page 20 - 1922-23 and 1923-24;
Page 21 1923-24 (cont.), 1924-25, 1925-26;
Page 22 - 1926-27, plus photo of Herbert M. Prentice;
Page 23 - 1928-29, 1929-30;
Page 24 - Photo of Shelving set design for Street Curtain (Romeo And Juliet);
Page 25 - 1930-31, 1931-32;
Page 26 - 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35;
Page 27 - Shelving costume design for Jane Eyre (Diana Rivers? Check);
Page 28 - 1935-36, 1936-37, 1937-38;
Page 29 - Shelving costume design for Lady Mary (The Admirable Crichton);
Page 30 - players who have performed at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre during the past 25 years (A - B), plus photo of Sir Cedric Hardwicke;
Page 31 - B cont. - F;
Page 32 - F cont. - J;
Page 33 - Shelving costume design for Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre);
Page 34 - J cont. - M;
Page 35 - M cont. - S;
Page 36 - S cont. - Y, plus Dancers;
Page 37 - Managers and Producers, plus Shelving set design for Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme;
Page 38 - Designers, Painters, Musicians, Wardrobe, Office, Staff. Box Office, Buffet, plus photo of J. H. Turner;
Page 39 - some recollections of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre (reprinted from an article written in 1934 by the late R. Crompton Rhodes;
Page 40 - Laura Knight drawing 'The Rehearsal' (1921);
Pages 41-43 - Crompton Rhodes article, with Shelving logo at end of article on page 43;
Page 44 - photo of theatre exterior, with note that [booklet] arranged by William Haywood and printed by Bint & Henman Ltd;
endispiece - Shelving costume design for A Fairy (The Merry Wives of Windsor) in green. |