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Description: | A collection of material relating to the first production of John Masefield's play, 'The coming of Christ', performed in the nave of Canterbury Cathedral on 28 and 29 May 1928. George Bell, then Dean of Canterbury, was keen to see drama staged in the Cathedral and invited Masefield to write a Nativity play for performance at Canterbury. The play had music by Gustav Holst, costumes by Charles Ricketts, and enthusiastic support from the theatre designer, Laurence Irving, who himself appeared in the production.
Archive reference number: THM/88. (2 boxes) | Format: | Correspondence Press cuttings Documents (business) Photographs (production) Scrapbooks Programmes | Subjects: | G. K. A. (George Kennedy Allen) 1866-1931 Gustav Bell 1883-1958 Theater - Religious aspects Laurence John Masefield Theatre 1874-1934 Ricketts Charles S. 1897-1988 Irving 1878-1967 Holst | Temporal: | 1920-1950 20th century | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, London,
W14 0QX | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Correspondence Press cuttings Documents (business) Photographs (production) Scrapbooks Programmes | Go to resource |
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