Includes Leeds Playhouse campaign 1964-1970; minutes and accounts, programmes and photographs, 1970-1990; new theatre development, 1984-1990; West Yorkshire Playhouse administrative files 1-96; programmes, 1990-1999; posters, 1990-2000; stage management and prompt play copies, 1970-2001; press cuttings 1970-1996; and community project records, 1970-2000
Archives of the Leeds Playhouse, afterwards West Yorkshire Playhouse
Archive Collection
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- ReferenceGB 206 Brotherton Collection MS 20c Theatre West Yorkshire Playhouse
- Dates of Creation1964-2001
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description36 shelves
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Following a campaign begun in 1964, the Leeds Playhouse opened in 1970 in premises loaned to the Leeds Theatre Trust by the University of Leeds. The Company moved to the permanent site of the West Yorkshire Playhouse at Quarry Hill in 1990.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Deposited by the Leeds Theatre Trust Limited, June 2001
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
Contents listed in Handlist 123