The collection is primarily concerned with Nottingham Playhouse and contains the following series.
Nottingham Playhouse, a repertory theatre, opened in November 1948 in a disused cinema building in Goldsmith Street, Nottingham. The first performance was of George Bernard Shaw's 'Man and Superman'. In 1958, Nottingham City Council proposed the building of a new theatre. Construction began on Wellington Circus, Nottingham in 1961 and the first production, 'Coriolanus', opened in December 1963. The performance featured John Neville, Dorothy Reynolds, Leo McKern and Ian McKellen. Neville (born 1927) was the theatre's artistic director from 1965 to 1968, after holding the position jointly for two years. After leaving Nottingham, he worked mainly in Canada but also acted in a number of plays at the National Theatre.
The collection has been divided by document type into series. Within these series, items have been arranged chronologically.
ACCESS: Pending full processing, access to the collection is limited and is possible only for registered users by advance notice and agreement.
LANGUAGE: English
REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.
COPYRIGHT: Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk).
The collection was given to The University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections in 1994.
