| Description | Includes:
Publicity and promotional material, items relating to exhibitions and commemorative events, anniversaries -
Programme for evening entertainment on 15 September 1913 for British Association for the Advancement of Science Birmingham meeting - includes performance of 'The Return Of The Prodigal' at The Rep;
Rep flyer 'Why Not Give Your Friends One of Our Christmas Gift Tokens?;
Leaflet on private viewing at International Theatre Exhibition at The Victoria And Albert Museum (02 June 1922) - designs and models for the modern theatre;
Menu card for meal at Queen's Hotel, Birmingham (05 July 1922) signed by various including - Phyllis Shand, Elana Aherne, Eric Melville Cooper, Alan Bland, Leighton Lucas, Bache Matthews, Augusta Lyon, Grosvenor North, Eileen Shand, Paul Shelving, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Scott Sunderland, Joyce Grew, Peter Creswell, Cedric Hardwicke, Osmund Willson. Also has Hotel de la Mer, Carterets, Southampton to Cherbourg, St Juan, Etretat, Seine;
Programme for the Silver Jubilee luncheon of The Rep (15 February 1938 at the Queens Hotel, Birmingham) (two copies) and programme for reception and dance in the Great Hall, University of Birmingham (two copies);
Menu and drinks list for Savage Club house dinner [London] (29 October 1938) with guest Sir Barry Jackson (illustration of Jackson in his office);
Headed notepaper for The British Theatre Exhibition at Bingley Hall, Birmingham (23 May 1949 - 18 June 1949) organised and presented by The Birmingham Post in association with Sir Barry Jackson (patrons, president, vice-presidents and advisory committee listed on the paper);
Flyer for British Theatre Exhibition at Bingley Hall, Birmingham (23 May - 18 June [1949]);
Menu for luncheon at the Council House on 16 February 1953 to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of The Rep, with invite;
Leaflet on exhibition for stage sets and costumes used at The Rep 1931 - 1955 held at Bristol Old Vic (27 March 1956 - 08 May 1956) - display items by kind permission of Sir Barry Jackson and organised by drama department of University of Bristol. Included Finlay James costume and set designs for 'The Silver Curlew', 'The Boy David', 'Mary Rose', 'The Princess And The Swineherd', 'Beauty And The Beast', 'Richard II' and 'The Tinder Box plus Paul Shelving set and costume designs for 'Jonathan Wilde', 'The Critic', 'Gammer Gurton's Needle', 'A Trip To Scarborough', 'Murder Will Speak', 'Marriage Is No Joke', 'Oliver Twist' and 'The Comedy Of Errors';
Programme for Sir Barry Jackson memorial concert at Birmingham Town Hall on 14 May 1961;
Ravinia festival 'diaries' and notes (1970).
Flyer/poster for The Rep's costume and property hire department (noting that The Rep's costume and property hire department has moved to Oozells Street) - with card [1976?];
Programmes, flyers & promotional/advance publicity material for the following productions -
'Abraham Lincoln' (leaflet with note on the play by author John Drinkwater and text of the choruses);
'Bird In Hand' (June 1929) (leaflet with press quotes, list of some cast members, photo);
Card for 'Swiss Family Robinson' noting that it will be appearing for the first time on any stage at The Rep from 23 December 1938;
Flyer for a reading by Rev. Arnold Pinchard of 'The Terrible Meek' on Thursday 29 January [1914?] [play censored so plan was to form private society or club for the production of it at The Rep in March - did this happen?];
Menu for anniversary of production of 'Abraham Lincoln' at Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (19 February 1920), small leaflet for 1920 Autumn season giving plays and the players (with performance times, ticket prices, box office opening hours etc);
Booklet on Rep theatre company on tour Spring 1923 with notes on plays and players (includes photos of Barry Jackson, Elsie Irving, Clifford Marquand, Yvette Pienne, Eric H. Messiter, Lilian Mason, Osmund Willson, Joyce Corfield, Grosvenor North, Arthur Statham, Frances Doble, Robert newton (actor and Assistant Stage Manager), Gerald Saffery (Stage Manager), Elsie Pain, Alan Bland (Acting Manager);
Leaflet for The Shakespeare Tercentenary Festival at The Rep starting 22 April 1916 and including 'Twelfth Night','The Merchant Of Venice', 'The Merry Wives Of Windsor', 'The Tempest' and 'Macbeth';
The Malvern Festival Company at The Rep in 'A trip To Scarborough' prior to production at St James's Theatre, London in September (with photos of some of the company, press quotes);
Spring season (1940) with comments by Barry Jackson;
Flyer for 'The Marvellous History Of Saint Bernard' (16 May 1925) with list of actors and illustration;
Flyer (15 March 1922) for The Rep at Brixton Theatre starting 03 April ('Getting Married', 'The Romantic Young Lady', 'The Importance Of Being Earnest', 'Therese Raquin');
Flyer for 'Abraham Lincoln' (starting 19 February 1919);
Flyer for 'Mister Universe' (starting November 1961);
Menu for meal at Queen's Restaurant (29 January 1927) to commemorate last performance of 'The Farmer's Wife' at Royal Court Theatre (1329th);
Leaflet for final season of The Rep in Station Street - '1066 And All That' and 'The Fall And Redemption Of Man' (studio);
Leaflet for Silver Jubilee 1913 - 1938 Spring Season with mention of special birthday performance of 'Bird In Hand' (15 February 1938) and notes on the season by;
Programme for 'Othello' at the Shakespeare Festival to 22 September 1945;
Insert for poetry at The Rep (Brian Patten on 24 February and Roger McGough on 19 March [1978]);
Insert for 'Christmas Party' (1914) programme changes;
Hand drawn sketch ideas for poster for 'Major Barbara';
Ravinia festival, Chicago programme (including The Rep) 1970 with typed diary notes from cast and staff;
Leaflet for Studio programme (September 1979 - March 1980) as part of the Sir Barry Jackson Centenary Season;
Programme for 'The Linden Tree' by Borough Players [Sutton Coldfield] (March 1950) [Sir Barry Jackson was President];
Flyer for The Rep's production of 'The Rivals' at County Theatre, Reading (February 1923);
Small posters for Travelling Repertory Theatre (TRT) productions at The Rep ' Spring Tide', 'Major Barbara', 'Noah', 'Ah, Wilderness!' and 'The Doctor's Dilemma' plus playbill for TRT presentation of Old Vic Theatre students in 'John Gabriel Borkman', 'Squaring The Circle' and lunchtime opera 'The Impresario' and 'The Devil's Wedding' (all 1942);
Flyer for CEMA [Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts] presenting (by arrangement with Sir Barry Jackson) Eve Maxwell-Lyte in 'Traditional Songs Of Many Lands' with Michael Mullinar (piano);
Publicity postcards for 'Fear Came To Supper' (21 October 1958), 'The Elder Statesman' (March 1959), 'The Cherry Orchard' (10 May 1960), 'One Man's Meat' (31 May 1960), 'Lysistrata' (21 June 1960), 'The Family First' (12 July 1960), 'One Way Pendulum' (27 September 1960);
Promotional postcard for 'The Christmas Party' - with drawing by Barry Jackson;
Flyer for Repertory Theatre Playgoers' Society 1923-1924 season;
Small 'flyer' for 'First Impressions' (1971).
Publications including -
Theatre 71 annual magazine (club magazine) - includes interview with Francis Matthews and Patricia Routledge, article on the Studio Theatre, review of 'Good Time Johnny';
The Birmingham Repertory Theatre Newsletter (circulated in Birmingham Rep, Royal Court Theatre (London) and Kingsway Theatre (London) (numbers three, four, five and six (1925);
Leaflet on plays produced between 30 June 1924 and 30 June 1928 (a continuation of appendix C in 'A History Of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre' 1924;
Leaflet of the lines for the opening of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre spoken by Barry Jackson and written by John Drinkwater (1913);
Leaflet on 'Ten Years' Work at The Birmingham Repertory Theatre' from 15 February 1913 to 15 February 1923 with photo of stage at back of leaflet;
'Report' - the magazine of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre 67 Club (number 1) includes articles on Michael Meyer (translator of Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt'), a critical appreciation of The Rep's production of 'Peer Gynt', the Rep's past present & future. Peter Dews on his policy at The Rep, Rep General Manager Humphrey Stanbury's report on a trip to America, stagecraft, profile of Peter Dews;
Cover of leaflet 'The work of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre from February 1919 to June 1920, Station Street, Birmingham';
Leaflet on a brief analysis of work done by The Rep during its fourth season (September 1915 - July 1916);
Flyer for Bache Matthews''A History Of Birmingham Repertory Theatre' (1924)
Christmas card with illustration of Old Rep on front
Articles -
Press release on cleaning being carried out on The Rep while the company is on tour in switzerland (June 1963);
Photocopy of press release on 'The Barretts Of Wimpole Street' (02 September 1970);
Birmingham Post 40th anniversary supplement;
Article on The Birmingham Repertory Theatre ... the curtain rises about opening of new building;
A profile on Sir Barry Jackson by W. Bushill-Matthews [pasted on board];
Photocopy of article 'Blooming Brum' by Rod Dungate ('Plays & Players' January 1989);
Photocopy of article 'Celebrations And Mysteries' (1988) on theatre including Rep;
Press cuttings for 'Hamlet' at Kingsway Theatre (1925);
Press cuttings for 'Wonderful James' (13 March 1917);
Articles in the 'The Sketch' (12 March 1924), 'The Bystander' (27 February 1924), 'Punch' (27 February 1924 and 05 March 1924) on 'Back To Methuselah', 'The Graphic' (23 February 1924), and 'The Sphere' (23 February 1924);
Article from 'The Bystander' on 'The Farmer's Wife' (26 March 1924);
Cuttings on 'The Silver Box' at Stratford Festival (17 May 1917);
Cutting on 'Milestones' (31 August 1918);
Obituary notices for Scott Sunderland (1952);
Page from unknown publication showing scene from 'George Dandin' designed by Paul Shelving and Paul Shelving costume design for a fairy in 'The Merry Wives of Windsor';
Proof for advert about Ansell's sponsorship of The Rep for the 1986/1987 season;
Material relating to history of Rep -
Typed list of Rep photos for 'Cymbeline' (1923), 'Macbeth' (1928) and 'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1928) copied by the Shakespeare Institute;
Typed list of French authors and plays, with typed list of plays performed at The Rep between 1913 and 1943 classified into groups (excluding revivals) - 291 modern plays (including Wilde, Pinero and other Edwardian writers), 55 translations, 2 Greek plays, 1 play in verse, 20 Shakespearian plays, 10 Elizabethan plays, 15 restoration plays (plays after the Elizabethan dramatists to the end of the 18th century), 10 childrens' and Christmas plays, 4 ballets, 10 operas, 1 melodrama;
Flyer for Birmingham Repertory Theatre foyer exhibition No. 25 - Birmingham theatrical prints and playbills;
Leaflet for Birmingham Repertory Theatre foyer picture exhibition No. 14 - stage and costume designs by Barry V. Jackson and Paul Shelving;
Plan for the Barry Jackson exhibition at The Rep (1979) plus notes and captions suggestions;
Handwritten list of pantomimes 1840/1841 - 1953/1954;
Text of speech on Malvern festival (1932?);
Typed list of productions at The Grange, Moseley 1895 - 1905;
Typed notes on Birmingham Repertory Theatre giving list of productions, involvement in the Plays In The Park;
Typed list of biographical dates for Barry Jackson;
Photocopy of handwritten list of Rep plays, including at Malvern (1913 - 1978) with list of Shaw and Shakespeare plays and partial alphabetical list;
Photocopy of handwritten list - catalogue of paintings and drawings owned by The Rep at 18 October 1976 (and giving location e.g. Director's office, General Manager's office) - includes Dame Laura Knight, Munnings;
Photocopy of handwritten notes on archives situation (27 August 1981) - work on kitting out archive storage and things to do in 1982 e.g. public appeal for material and arranging and cataloguing;
Typed list of plays on shelves (August 1940);
Proof of photographs used in Roger Southern 1971 book on The Rep;
Production material e.g. cast lists, call sheets, prompts, props lists etc -
'Winterset' lines for Policeman character (copy typed);
'Abraham Lincoln' fly plot and light plot instructions (printed flyers);
'The Barretts Of Wimpole Street' (1970) copy correspondence with cast [includes personal contact details];
'Getting Married' property plot (printed);
'When We Are Married' copy cast list;
'Alice Sit By The Fire' lines for nurse character;
'The Iron Harp' prop list;
'Toad Of Toad Hall' (1983) copy handwritten notes by Finlay James on design requirements, and list of characters;
'Henry VI' (1953) including correspondence with Finlay James concerning costumes (e.g. armour, wigs), costume notes, and letter from theatre goer on the heraldry (15 June 1953);
'You Can't Take It With You' cast list;
'Third Alternative' (1935) stage plans for different acts;
'Abraham Lincolm' cast, wig, prop, costume lists;
'The Three Cavaliers' (1960) fly, revolve and floorman running plots, notes;
'Point Of Departure' wig, cast, wardrobe, property lists;
'Trelawney Of The Wells' stage plans;
Loose script pages, props lists from unknown plays.
Administrative -
Notice of public meeting at The Rep on 15 February 1920 to consider forming a society for study of drama and forming links with existing local societies;
The Birmingham Repertory Theatre Playgoers' Society balance sheet 1931-32 (11 May 1932);
Birmingham Repertory Theatre Playgoers' Society membership cards for 1925-1926 Season and Spring Season 1947;
Income and expenditure account for 'A Man's House' (1946);
Invoice from Lisel Haas (04 June 1960) for enlargements for 'One Man's Meat';
Income Tax remittance card 1965-1966 for Collector of Taxes with entries from June 1965 to April 1966 and signed by Humphrey Stanbury;
Slip for making contributions to the The Rep's Silver Jubilee fund (1938) with envelope;
Stage lighting installation notes and schedules of circuit numbers.
Personal -
School report on Barry Jackson at Lynton House, Selly Hill (summer term 1887) [aged eight] - came third in class of six boys, attendance record was 89 out of 128, of very good conduct, writing 'decided improvement, is careless at times', dictation was good, drawing was good, reading was excellent, general progress 'very good, works well and is a very attentive pupil';
Greetings telegram from Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies to John Greenwood at The Rep (04 September 1979) [presumably at time of exhibition at The Rep] 'loving remembrance of wonderful years with that wonderful man Barry V Jackson, a pioneer and amateur in the true sense, a lover of the arts, we honour him and love his memory';
Telegram from Barling (09 July 1956) ' I wish your enterprise today may thrive';
Letter from Maud Gill Vinden to [Edith] Barling (18 October 1938) thanking her for her comments on her book ['To See The Players'] 'I am so glad to know that it amused you and your father also, and that it reminded you of the old days at the Repertory. As you have stage managed you will know that my chapters on stage management are really not exaggerated. I never did 'The Dover Road' and am glad that I didn't have to deal with nightly kippers! But, as I said in my book, I did have to deal with fried fish in Eden Philpott's 'Secret Woman' and, as you said, I thought "Never again!";
Postcard with a drawing by Barry Jackson sent from France to Mrs Ash, Milton Road, Weston-super-Mare sent from France - shows the view from his window;
Postcards sent from Curigwen Lewis to Edith Barling (1938 and 1939);
Christmas card from Emile Littler (with caricature of himself) to Oliver Brunn (1931) with Birmingham Rep envelope it was sent in. |