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University of Bristol: Theatre Collection
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21 Park Row
Bristol
England
BS1 5LT
Correspondence address:
University of Bristol: Theatre Collection,Vandyck Building,Cantocks Close,Bristol,BS8 1UP
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Closed: Mondays, Bank Holidays, University closure days
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From May 2011, the collection hosts the Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson Theatre Collection
ARCHON code: 811
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Businesses (26)
- B J Simmons & Co, costumier, London London
- Bath Theatre Royal Co Ltd, Bath, theatre company Bath, Somerset
- Bristol Old Vic Co, Bristol, theatre company Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, London, theatre company
- Desperate Men, street theatre company
- Forkbeard Fantasy, performance art group
- Franko B, performance artist Milan, Italy;London
- Gog Theatre Company London
- Her Majesty's Theatre London
- Motley Theatre Design Group
- Old Vic Theatre, London, theatre London
- Osiris Players, all-female theatre group
- Palace Theatre, Bath Bath, Somerset
- Prospect Productions Ltd
- Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (STF), theatre company
- Shakespeare's Globe, London, theatre London
- Sheffield Repertory Company and Crucible Theatre Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Shoestring Theatre Company
- Show of Strength Theatre Company
- Theatre Alibi
- Theatre Bristol, theatre company
- Theatre Projects, theatre design company
- Thelma Holt Ltd., performing arts company. London London
- Third Angel, theatre company
- Tim Shortall, theatre designer
- Welfare State International Company, theatre group Ulverston, Lancashire
Organisations (22)
- Bristol University Drama Society Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Bristol University: Drama Department Bristol, Gloucestershire
- British Drama League
- Correspondence with Conflict
- Cosmorama Theatre Company
- DV8 Physical Theatre, physical theatre company, London London
- Gallery First Nighters' Club, London London
- Hull Time Based Arts Hull, Yorkshire
- Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection
- Medieval Players
- National Review of Live Art Glasgow, Lanarkshire;Nottingham, Nottinghamshire;London
- National Student Drama Festival London
- Rideout (Creative Arts for Rehabilitation)
- Royal Shakespeare Company, theatre company Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
- Royal Theatrical Fund
- Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, theatre company, Bristol Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Stagetext, theatre captioning charity Colchester, Essex
- The Women's Playhouse Trust (WPT)
- Theatre Roundabout, theatre company Golders Green, Middlesex
- Welfare State International Ulverston, Lancashire
- Women's Playhouse Trust
- Women's Theatre Collection
Persons (103)
- Ainley, Henry Hinchcliffe, (1879-1945), actor
- Ainley, Suzanne, (1875-1924), actress
- Allen, Jack, (1907-1995), actor
- Archer, Robin, (b1938), costume and set designer
- Aukin, Liane, (1936-2016), director, actor and writer
- Aveline, Joe, (fl 1950-), theatre production manager
- Ayrton, Norman, (b 1924), actor, director and teacher
- B, Franko, (b1960), artist Milan, Italy;London
- Baldwin, Peter, (1933-2015), actor Chidham, Sussex
- Baptiste, Thomas, (1929-2018), actor and opera singer
- Barlow, Graham, (d 2003), theatre designer Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Bart, Lionel, (1930-1999), composer, playwright, lyricist
- Baylis, Lilian Mary, (1874-1937), Theatre Manager
- Blackman, Honor, (b 1925), actor
- Blonski, Andrzej, (b1942), architect
- Burra, Ella, (fl 1890-1932), playwright
- Burrell, John Percy, (1910-1972), theatre director
- Clements, John, (1910-1989), actor and theatrical director and writer
- Clopet, Liliane, (1901-1987), doctor and writer
- Clunes, Alec, (1912-1970), actor
- Cole, Stephanie, (b1941), stage, television, and film actor
- Cooper, Harwood, (fl 1891-1910), actor
- Courtneidge, Cicely, (1893-1980), variety performer
- Craig, Edward Henry Gordon, (1872-1966), English modernist theatre practitioner
- Croall, John Alfred Louden, (1898-1979), actor Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Crofton, Cecil Frederick, (c1859-1935), actor
- Crooke, Frederick Kenneth, (1908-1991), theater designer
- Cruddas, Audrey, (1912-1979), costume and scene designer
- Davis, Rosemary, (1926-2014), actor and writer
- Davis, Thomas Joseph, (1912-1984), lighting designer
- Day, Richard Digby-, (b 1941), theatre director and teacher
- Donat, Robert, (1905-1958), actor
- Doncaster, Stephen, (1909-2007), theatre designer
- Elvery, John, (1939-1997), theatre designer
- Elyot, Kevin, (1951-2014), playwright and actor Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Farjeon, Herbert, (1887-1945), author, dramatic critic and theatrical manager
- Fletcher, Cyril, (1913-2005), comedian
- Forse, Henry Augustine, (fl 1902), builder
- Freeman, Kathleen, (1897-1959), Scholar and Novelist as Mary Fitt
- Freistadt, Berta Rosa, (1942-2009), writer
- Fuller, Rosalinde, (1901-1982), actress Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Grand, Phyllis le, (b 1888), actor and singer
- Gregory, Raymond George (R G), (1928-2018), poet and founder of Word And Action (Dorset) Ltd
- Grenfell, Joyce Irene, (1910-1979), actress and entertainer
- Haddon, Mark, (fl1960-1970), set and costume designer, prop maker and artist
- Hare, Arnold, (d 1999), Theatre Historian
- Harris, Christopher Clifford, (1942-2014), actor, writer and director Bridgwater, Somerset;Portishead, Somerset
- Harvey, Sir John Martin-, (1863-1944), Knight and actor manager
- Holt, Thelma, (b1932), theatre producer and actress
- Hulbert, Jack, (1892-1978), actor, director and screenwriter
- Irving, Sir Henry, (1838-1905), Knight, actor
- Johnson, Chris, (1952-2017), writer, performer, director, teacher, and workshop facilitator
- Jones, Henry Arthur, (1851-1929), dramatist
- Jones-Evans, Eric, (fl 1928-1976), physician and theatre historian
- Karl, Charles , (fl1885-1934), costume designer
- Karlin, Miriam, (1925-2011), actress
- Lawrence, William John, (1862-1940), Theatre Historian
- Leigh, Andrew, (b1941), theatre manager and producer
- Lorraine, Val , (1920-2001), actress and writer
- Lutz, Wilhelm Meyer , (1829-1903), composer and conductor
- Macnamara, Margaret, (1874-1950), playwright
- Mantle, Doreen, (b1926), actress
- Marshall, Henry, (fl 1960), actor
- Messel, Oliver Hilary Sambourne, (1904-1978), artist and stage designer London
- Moody, John Percivale, (1906-1993), Actor, Director and Designer
- Murray, Hannah, (b 1989), actor
- Noble, Audrey , (1915-2016), actress
- Norton, Frederic, (1869-1946), composer
- Oman, Julia Trevelyan, (1930-2003), set designer
- Pennington, Michael, (b1943), actor
- Rayman, Sylvia , (1923-1986), playwright
- Relph, George, (1888-1960), actor
- Rice, Peter Anthony Morrish, (1928-2015), stage designer
- Ridley, William Arnold, (1896-1984), OBE, actor and playwright
- Robson, Flora, (1902-1984), actress
- Santos, Manolo , (d2010), theatre company manager and translator
- Shaw, Glencairn Alexander Byam, (1904-1986), theatre director
- Shepherd, Jack, (b 1940), actor
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, (1751-1816), dramatist and politician Dublin, County Dublin
- Sickert, Walter Richard, (1860-1942), painter
- Smith, Phil, (fl 1977-2015), academic and performance artist
- Smyth, Dame Ethel Mary, (1858-1944), composer and Suffragist
- Sonnabend, Yolanda, (b 1935), theatre designer and artist
- Southern, Richard, (1903-1989), theatre consultant
- Stanbury, Robert, (fl1950-1960), stage lighting designer
- Tagg, Alan, (1928-2002), theatre designer
- Taylor, John, (fl1940-2010), composer
- Taylor, Ross, (1929-2017), musical theatre producer and director. dancer and choreographer
- Thesiger, Ernest, (1879-1961), actor
- Thornton, Clare, (1970-2019), visual artist and performer
- Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm, (1852-1917), Knight, actor manager
- Tree, Iris, (1897-1968), poet and actress
- Truman, Olivia, (1888-1970), Author
- Tuckey, Anthony, (b1932), actor Whitchurch, Shropshire
- Tyzack, Margaret, (1931-2011), actress
- Vickers, John William Harrison, (1916-1976), photographer London
- Walker, Christopher, (b1947), composer London
- Walker, David, (1924-2008), ballet, theatre and opera designer
- Wickham, Glynne, (1922-2004), professor of drama
- Woddis, Carole, (fl 1960 -), theatre journalist and critic
- Wood, Peggy Ann, (1912-1998), actress Chiswick, Middlesex;Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Wreford, Edgar, (1923-2006), actor London
- York, Susannah, (1939-2001), actress Chelsea, Middlesex
Diaries (8)
- Barker, Kathleen, (fl 1966), theatre historian
- Booker, Claire, (fl 2012), playwright
- Drew, Rani, (fl 1999-2015), poet and playwright
- Farjeon, Joan Jefferson, (1913-2006), theatre designer
- Garth, Phyllida, (fl 1980), poet
- Hallett, Terry, (fl 1950-2000), theatre historian Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Lambourne, Norah, (fl 1949-1957), artist and designer
- Rowell, George, (1923-2001), theatre historian
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (2)
- NRA 44655 Bristol University Theatre Collection: accessions 1957-1998
- NRA 30758 Olivia Truman, author: corresp and misc papers
Accessions
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