Correspondence relating to playwright David Cregan

This material is held atStaffordshire University Special Collections

Scope and Content

Correspondence between Victoria Theatre and David Cregan.

Includes details of David Cregan's contract for Red Riding Hood (1979), discussion regarding characters and stage business in the play, details of payments to the playwright.

Early letters relate to the first production of a David Cregan play at The Vic Theatre in 1978, How We Held The Square. Following this production is a letter from Peter Cheeseman inviting David Creegan to write the 1979 Christmas play for children, Red Riding Hood. The file contains a copy of Cregan's contract for Red Riding Hood. His subsequent manuscript letters include details regarding the characters and a change of stage business in the play. Other letters give details of payments to the playwright, including the late payment of royalties.