Theatre programmes, playbills, postcards of cast members, photographs, newspaper cuttings, magazines, letters, and personal record books, with accompanying explanatory notes, collected by Charles Woods, and including programmes and posters from his own shows as Horace Watson. The programmes are grouped into sets: New Theatre and Theatre Cinema (over 1,000 items), Festival Theatre (c. 100), Arts Theatre (over 2,000), London Theatres (c. 300), and Horace Watson items (c. 50). There is also a card index of play titles, compiled by Woods and updated by his widow.
Theatre Programme Collection
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.8544
- Dates of Creation
- 1906-1981
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 49 archive box(es) 49 boxes
Scope and Content
Access Information
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
Presented by Mrs C.M. Woods, 1982.
Other Finding Aids
A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.