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Description: | The Collection relates to the professional life of the actor Eugene Wellesley (c.1883-1970). It contains material from Wellesley's work with the Donald Wolfit Company (founded 1937) such as programmes, press cuttings, autographs from most of the Company, correspondence from Wolfit, fan mail, rehearsal schedules and contracts. This provides a valuable insight into British theatre during World War II, as the Donald Wolfit Company continued to perform during the London blackouts. The archive holds some unusual items, notably a Two Gentleman of Verona prompt book full of notes, diagrams, and drawings and paintings of members of the cast. There are book manuscripts for two comic stories, with printed pages, lino-cut print illustrations and lino-cut blocks. In addition, there are postcards and photographs of actors and actresses, a vast collection of press cuttings and programmes spanning 1903 to 1930, and a number of Wellesley's personal items and papers. Wellesley performed regularly at the Prince's Theatre, Bristol between 1904 and 1938, and was a contemporary and friend of the actor and playwright Eric Jones Evans (see the Eric Jones Evans Collection Level Description).; All catalogued items are searchable online. For all other collection items, contact the
Keeper.
University of Bristol Theatre Collection, University of Bristol, | Format: | Certificates Correspondence Documents (production) Print blocks Press cuttings Documents (business) Personal items Cartoons Programmes Souvenirs Prints Playtexts (prompt books) Documents (personal) Passport Written / typed ephemera Playtexts (parts & acting copies) Autographs Books Paintings Scrapbooks Playtexts (printed) Drawings | Subjects: | Ye Ballade of Hyacinth; Two Gentlemen of Verona; Merchant of Venice; King Richard III; Othello; As You Like It; Twelfth Night; Volpone; The Scarlet Pimpernel Actors and actresses; Artists and the theatre; Promptbooks; Theatrical companies; Theatre and war; Theatre Biography; Performers; Tragedy; Historical drama; Comedy; Travelling theatre | Temporal: | 1880 1930 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Department of Drama, Cantocks Close,,
BS8 1UP | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Certificates Correspondence Documents (production) Print blocks Press cuttings Documents (business) Personal items Cartoons Programmes Souvenirs Prints Playtexts (prompt books) Documents (personal) Passport Written / typed ephemera Playtexts (parts & acting copies) Autographs Books Paintings Scrapbooks Playtexts (printed) Drawings | Go to resource |
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