| Description | Correspondence and other records primarily regarding Margaret Barr and the School of Dance-Mime at Dartinton Hall.
Subjects include: the establishment, development, activities and performances by the School of Dance-Mime at Dartington Hall; the appointment of a musician; accommodation for professional group heads and students; budgets; a request by Staverton Church for the Christmas Miracle play to be produced by the School of Dance-Mime; a loan to buy a new car; arrangements for the 'Embassy' production; a meeting with Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst to discuss the work of Margaret Barr including her community work, professionalism, Estate drama and Matthew Uren; the activities of Kai Tai Chan including his new job in an architects office and his new choreography; and Margaret Barr Dance Drama Group's performances in Australia and production of 'Judith Wright - Australian Poet'.
Correspondents include: the Chairman of the Education Committee; Margaret Barr; Leonard Elmhirst; John Wales; Dorothy Elmhirst, Louise Soelberg; William Curry; Peter Goffin; Kai Tai Chan; and Paula Morel.
Additional material includes: notes regarding Headquarters for the Dance-Mime Department; budgets; a report on the years work of the 'Dance Mime Community Group' (1932-1933); a report on School of Dance-Mime for 1933 and Plans for next year; a report by Mark Tobey regarding the problems of the School of Dance-Mime and in particular comparisons between Louise Soelberg and Margaret Barr (1933); lists for dressers and dressing rooms; headed notepaper for the School of Dance-Mime; an advertisement for a film to be shown in the Hall of the Junior School 'October' by S M Eisenstein and G V Alexandrov; a synopsis for a Dance-Mime performance by Margaret Barr 'Theme of the People'; a paper 'The Dance-Drama Group: Beginnings and Development of a New Theatre-Form' (1935); press cuttings and articles; a programme for Margaret Barr Dance Drama Group, Sydney Season (1973); a leaflet advertising Margaret Barr Dance Drama Group's production of 'Judith Wright - Australian Poet'; and a printed pamphlet of the poetry of Judith Wright. |