Amateur Theatre

This sketch-book contains drawings of costumes for various Edinburgh University student productions. There are also notes about the costume and fabric.

This is a black and white photograph showing a male student in the foreground with other students behind him at the Little Theatre for the Varsity Vanities production from 28 April to 3 May 1947. They are participating in "Join the Frivolity".

This file contains draft manuscript and typescript copies of sketches for the "Varsity Vanities" of 1947. The author is given as "E. W. Wright".

This is a handwritten poem/dialogue entitled "The Twins". Also included is a copy of the dialogue showing the back of the original leaf.

This is a handwritten poem with the first line "Der Friends, I'm the Curate of Slushford-on-Creek". The author is unknown. There is also a copy of the poem, which displays the back of the original leaf.

This is a newspaper clipping from the Evening Dispatch. It contains a photograph of the Varsity Vanities production from 28 April to 3 May 1947. The photograph is also within the collection.

This is a newspaper clipping of a first night press review for the Peer Gynt production at the Central Hall, Tollcross from 30 August to 9 September 1949. The newspaper is not determined.

This is a clipping from the Evening Dispatch dated 9 November 1948. It contains a posed press photograph at dress rehearsal for "What Say They?" at the Little Theatre.

This is a newspaper clipping of a first night press review of the Peer Gynt production at the Central Hall, Tollcross from 30 August to 9 September 1949. The newspaper is unknown.

This is a newspaper clipping of a first night press review of the Peer Gynt production at the Central Hall, Tollcross from 30 August to 9 September 1949. The newspaper is undetermined.