Theatre
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = Baillie
Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:
Research archive of John Martin concerning the History of Student Theatre at the University of Edinburgh
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1942
Scope and Contents
The fonds consists of the research archive of John Martin relating to his on-going project on student theatre, which aims to compile a history of student theatre in Edinburgh from 1850 to 1970. In order to understand the wider student context in which theatre groups had arisen, John Martin started to work on two "spin-off" projects to support his research: one on student numbers at the University of Edinburgh between 1836 and 1966, and a second one on student societies in Edinburgh...
Dates:
2017-2021
Russian-English word-list relating to Theatre and Theatre Organisation
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1424
Scope and Contents
The Russian-English ink manuscript glossary takes up only 5 pages of a small ledger. It is entitled in hand A glossary of Russian theatrical terms. Its ambition was greater than the reality. According to the handwritten title-page, it was intended to list words relating to: theatre organisation; front of house; stage management; acting; production; and authorship and criticism. There was also an intention to list: foreign plays whose titles were adapted in Russian;...
Dates:
1900-1917
Scrapbooks of Margaret Jane Campbell Hunter and Daisy Helen Burnley-Campbell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2080
Content Description
These two scrapboosk were compiled by Margaret Jane Campbell Hunter (a.k.a. Mrs Burnley-Campbell of Ormidale (1857-1938)) and her daughter Daisy
Helen Burnley-Campbell (later Warrand (1891-1973)). Dealing with both public and private life, they contain a substantial quantity of material relating to Margaret’s participation in the Gaelic movement, including events devoted to Gaelic language, Highland culture, games and music. They also record her involvement in the suffragette movement,...
Dates:
1909-1919
Two playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, 19 March 1824, 1 May 1824
File
Identifier: Coll-1848/23-0036
Scope and Contents
These are two single-sheet playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. The first, for the evening of Friday 19 March 1824, advertises performances of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, and The Lying Valet by David Garrick. The second, for the evening of Saturday, 1 May 1824, advertises performances of The Way to Keep Him by Arthur Murphy and The Romp by...
Dates:
19 March 1824; 1 May 1824
Typescript entitled "The Wallace" by Sydney Goodsir Smith, 1959
Item — Box CLX-A-1703
Identifier: Coll-1848/21-0035
Scope and Contents
This is a bound typescript of "The Wallace", a theatre play written by Sydney Goodsir Smith. The present copy is copy no. 1 and is dated 24 June 1959; it was presented by Sydney Goodsir Smith to his father. It is inscribed in the hand of the publisher: "Sir Sydney Goodsir Smith with the Compliments of S. G. Smith, R.L.C. Lorimer & Oliver Boyd Ltd." On the back of the title plage there is a printed note that reads: "this typescript is the property of S. G. Smith and supersedes all...
Dates:
1959
Why we find it hard to let go of the old taboos (The Scotsman), 12 Nov 2002
Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/6/49
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.
Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.
Dates:
12 Nov 2002