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Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 255 Collections and/or Records:
Archive of productions of Varsity Vanities and various dramatic groups
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1581
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: an archive of productions of 'Varsity Vanities', 1946-48, and various dramatic groups including Edinburgh University Dramatic Society, SRC Charities Week Office, Attic Theatre Co., Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group, and others.
The material is placed in two photograph albums and a "document store", which contain photographs, programmes, cuttings, posters and correspondence.
Dates:
1946-1951
Autograph letter signed from William Dickinson to his mother, reporting on his experiences of student life at Edinburgh, 28 November 1765
Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0043
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from William Dickinson (1745-1806) to his mother, reporting on his experiences of student life at Edinburgh, dated 28 November 1765, Edinburgh. Dickinson starts his letter by stating he is happy to hear about the recovery of his father; he then mentions "the two Gentlemen from Oxford" that came to his house. He is "very well pleased" with being at the University, "for Mr Ferguson (the Moral Philosophy Professor) is very clever and refin'd". He adds that he has had...
Dates:
28 November 1765
Booklet entitled "Edinburgh University Magazine Festival Review", August 1950
Item
Identifier: Coll-1581, vol. 2, no. 22
Scope and Contents
This is the Edinburgh University Magazine Festival Review printed in August 1950. On page 29 and 30, there is an article about the Edinburgh University Dramatic Society's production of "King Lear" as well as an advertisment for the play.
Dates:
August 1950
Booklet entitled "The Student", 5 December 1950
Item
Identifier: Coll-1581, vol. 2, no. 24
Scope and Contents
This is "The Student" magazine printed 5 December 1950. On page 187, there is a first nigth review for "The Man Who Came to Dinner" at the Little Theatre from 15 to 18 November 1950.
Dates:
5 December 1950
Booklet entitled "The Student", 13 February 1951
Item
Identifier: Coll-1581, vol. 2, no. 26
Scope and Contents
This is "The Student" magazine printed 13 February 1951. On page 318, there is a review of the Edinburgh University Dramatic Society's production of "King Richard III" at htee Little Theatre from 6 to 10 February 1951.
Dates:
13 February 1951
Collection of documents relating to student theatre in Edinburgh gathered together by Grahame Bulfield
Fonds — Box CLX-A-375
Identifier: Coll-1892
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 67 physical items, mainly theatre programmes, hand-outs, and newspaper cuttings relating to student theatre in Edinburgh in the late 1960s. Also includes an inventory, and a list of known student performances in Edinburgh from autumn 1964 to summer 1972. Most items are originals, but a few are copies.Click ...
Dates:
late 1960s
Collection of Edinburgh University Dramatic Society programmes gathered together by Anne (Padi) Mathieson
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1581
Identifier: Coll-1798
Content Description
This collection of programmes of the Edinburgh University Dramatic Society and Edinburgh Graduates Theatre Group includes those for the years...:1948-1954
1 x programme for 'What say they?', performed at Little Theatre by Edinburgh University Dramatic Society (EUDS), 10 November 1948.
2 x programmes for 'Varsity Vanities '49', performed at Little Theatre by Charities Revue, 29 April 1949.
1 x programme for 'Oedipus Rex', performed at Little...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1948-2010
Collection of Edinburgh University Dramatic Society programmes gathered together by Eric Robinson
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1566, Folder: Coll-1797 / SC-Acc-2017-0023
Identifier: Coll-1797
Content Description
This collection of Edinburgh University Dramatic Society programmes includes the following...:
1 x programme for 'What about it?', performed at McEwan Hall by Charities Revue, with first night 24 April 1944
1 x programme for 'Roundabout', performed at Usher Hall by Charities Revue, with first night 28 April 1945
1 x programme for 'A midsummer night's dream', performed at...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1944-1959
Collection of Edinburgh University Settlement Week, and Edinburgh University Dramatic Society programmes, and other material gathered together by Mae Wapienkowa
Collection — Box CLX-A-1567
Identifier: Coll-1800
Content Description
Collection of Edinburgh University Settlement Week, and Edinburgh University Dramatic Society programmes, and other material gathered together by Mae Wapienkowa. It includes...:
Photographs x 76... Varsity Vanities 1946, 1947, 1948, and Charities Day;
'Programmes x 8, being: 'Roundabout', Charities show, Little Theatre, April-May [1945]; 'Varsity Vanities 1946', Little Theatre, April-May 1946, with cast signatures; 'Varsity Vanities 1947', Little Theatre, April 1947, two copies;...
Dates:
1946-1950
Collection of Edinburgh University Settlement Week, and Edinburgh University Dramatic Society programmes (Varsity Vanities), and other material, gathered together by Bill Ewen
Collection — Box CLX-A-1566
Identifier: Coll-1799
Content Description
This collection of Edinburgh University Settlement Week, Edinburgh University Dramatic Society programmes (largely relating to Varsity Vanities), and other material, has been gathered together into an album.The album contains:
- News-cuttings showing sporting achievement;
- Photographs of various sketches, dances and performances;
- Poster, and Programme, 'Varsity Vanities', Little Theatre, April-May 1946;
- Programme, 'Jonah and the whale', Edinburgh...
Dates:
1946-1951