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Description: | The Collection relates to the professional life of Cecil Madden. Madden had two careers, one as a playwright and the other with the BBC, for which he became the first television producer at Alexandra Palace in 1936. In 1940 he became Head of the Overseas Entertainment Unit, and in 1951 Assistant to the Controller of Television. Madden was a prolific playwright, producing original work in English, and translating a substantial number of French and Spanish plays. The Collection material includes over a dozen volumes of Madden's press cuttings and notes, concerning television and the theatre.; All catalogued items are searchable online. For all other collection items, contact the
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University of Bristol Theatre Collection, University of Bristol, | Format: | Playbills Correspondence Press cuttings Ephemera e.g. daybills & fliers Periodicals Books Posters Scrapbooks Programmes Notes on television and theatre Volumes | Subjects: | Authors and the theatre; Television | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Department of Drama, Cantocks Close,,
BS8 1UP | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Playbills Correspondence Press cuttings Ephemera e.g. daybills & fliers Periodicals Books Posters Scrapbooks Programmes Notes on television and theatre Volumes | Go to resource |
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