Record

Ref NoT/ADR
TitleT Arts: Drama
DescriptionArts Drama records include correspondence with Michael Chekhov and other members and students of the Chekhov Theatre Studio; budget information for drama activities including the drama school; letters and reports of Beatrice Straight; a British Aliens Register (c1940) for members of the Chekhov Theatre Studio; records documenting the rural drama movement in Devon (with correspondence from Mary Kelly (British Drama League) and others); formative records of the Children's Theatre Service; and records of the Travelling Repertory Theatre and its leader, Basil Langton.

Also included are Barn Theatre records; programme records; Playgoers' Society records, including those of the amateur group, the Northerners; sketches and set designs, including those by Reece Pemberton; drama course information and production records. Finally there are records of an American Theatre Summer School held in 1950, including seminars with Arch Lauterer.
Date1935-1950
SubjectTheatre
Refugees
Drama
Theatre directors
Related MaterialMC
FormatManuscript
Person_CodeNA418
DS/UK/657
340
NA445
NA447
NA443
DS/UK/660
NA531
NA541
DS/UK/658
NA450
DS/UK/662
DS/UK/1912
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
NA418Chekhov; Michael (1891-1955)1891-1955
DS/UK/657Chekhov Theatre Studio; 1936-19421936-1942
340Straight; Beatrice Whitney (1914- 2001)1914- 2001
NA445Prey; Deirdre Hurst du (1906-2007)1906-2007
NA447Kelly; Mary
NA443Langton; Basil (1912-2003); actor, director1912-2003
DS/UK/660Playgoers' Society; 1946-1946-
NA531British Drama League; Village Drama Society
NA541Barn Theatre
DS/UK/658Travelling Repertory Theatre; 1941-1941-
NA450Lauterer; Arch
DS/UK/662Children's Theatre Service; 1941-19431941-1943
DS/UK/1912Dartington Hall; The Northerners
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