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Description: | This collection comprises papers relating to the many organisations with which Charles Landstone was connected. Landstone was a business manager, theatre administrator, and playwright. He worked for many theatre companies including a large number of West End and 'fringe' theatres, and was booking manager for the Old Vic. He also worked at CEMA, Arts Council of Great Britain, Theatre Royal Bristol, and was involved in many professional organisations including the Theatrical Management Association and the Council of Repertory Theatres. Other organisations he was involved in included Provincial Theatre Council, English Arts Theatre Committee Ltd, International Theatre Institute, and the Federation of Repertory Playgoer's Societies. He wrote a number of plays and books and for many years was drama critic of the Jewish Chronicle.
This collection mainly consists of committee papers and correspondence.
Archive reference number: THM/201. (9 boxes) | Format: | Correspondence Written / typed ephemera Ephemera e.g. daybills & fliers Documents (business) Programmes Documents (personal) | Subjects: | International Theatre Institute Arts Council of Great Britain Old Vic Theatre (London Arts Theatre Club (London Theatrical managers; Theater management; Repertory theater - Great Britain; Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century Theatrical Management Association Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (Great Britain) England) | Temporal: | 20th century 1943-1978 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, London,
W14 0QX | Creator: | Landstone, Charles, 1897- | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Correspondence Written / typed ephemera Ephemera e.g. daybills & fliers Documents (business) Programmes Documents (personal) | Go to resource |
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