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Description: | Records of the Cambridge Arts Theatre, 1937 to the early 1970s, including production files, administration files, accounts, box office returns, playscripts, and programmes.
The Cambridge Arts theatre was founded in 1936 by John Maynard Keynes, in association with architect George Kennedy and George 'Daddie' Rylands. He allowed amateur groups form the town and university to mount productions at the theatre. Many well known actors and personalities began their career their, including Ina McKellen, Trevor Nunn, Peter Hall, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Derek Jacobi. The theatre closed in 1993 to undergo refurbishment and redevelopment, and re-opened in 1996.
Archive reference number: THM/258. (277 boxes) | Format: | Correspondence Documents (production) Written / typed ephemera Playtexts (typescripts) Documents (business) Music scores Programmes | Subjects: | Theater - England - Cambridge - History - 20th century; Theatre management | Temporal: | 20th century 1937-1975 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, London,,
W14 0QX | Creator: | Cambridge Arts Theatre | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Correspondence Documents (production) Written / typed ephemera Playtexts (typescripts) Documents (business) Music scores Programmes | Go to resource |
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