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Description: | Photographs, correspondence and designs collected by Emile Littler throughout his career. Littler was a manager and producer, whose early career embraced both general theatrical management and stage management before he started in management on his own in 1934. By the 1950s he was presenting plays, musicals and pantomimes. He also wrote and directed over fifteen productions at various London theatres and over 200 throughout Britain.
The photographs in this collection are a mixture of press and display pictures from Littler productions, including pantomime, musicals and plays. The correspondence includes letters to and from many members of the theatre professions, including C. B. Cochran, Norman Hartnell, Fay Compton, Irving Berlin, Laurence Olivier, and Arthur Askey. The designs are mostly for productions at Daly's Theatre, 1912-26; Prince's Theatre, Manchester, 1915 and 1919; and miscellaneous designs. Many of these are not connected with Littler productions. The collection also contains some scrapbooks, posters and miscellaneous business documents. The costume designs from this archive have been digitised and can be found on the V&A's Search the Collections website.
Archive reference number: THM/144. | Format: | Correspondence Set designs Documents (business) Posters music scores Licenses Photographs (production) Scrapbooks | Subjects: | Hartnell Olivier 1888-1989 1894-1978 Fay Compton 1907-1989 Berlin Attilio Comelli Musical theatre; Set design England) Arthur Askey Laurence Sir Cochran 1872?-1951 Daly's Theatre (London Theaters - Stage-setting and scenery; Pantomine (Christmas entertainment) - Pictorial works; Theatre - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Theatrical managers; Musicals - Great Britain Charles Blake Irving Prince's Theatre (Manchester Norman. 1901-1979 | Temporal: | 1906-1966 20th century | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, London,
W14 0QX | Creator: | Littler, Emile, 1903-1985 | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Correspondence Set designs Documents (business) Posters music scores Licenses Photographs (production) Scrapbooks | Go to resource |
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