Fonds contains photographs taken by Lionel Simmons during the 1970s, primarily of Neptune Theatre productions, rehearsals and people. The photographic format is overwhelmingly black-and-white negative film, but also includes contact sheets, prints and slides.
File contains records related to Mrs. Walford: A Month in Halsey Street, by Brenda Tyedmers, directed by Cheryl Theriault and produced by Geraldine McDonald. The play was performed from October 21-23, 2021 at Pond Playhouse and was the Theatre Arts Guild's first in-person post-COVID production. Records include a producer's report; program; press release; small poster; photographs by Josh Law; and a recording of the play on a USB flash drive.
Fonds primarily consists of documentation related to publicity, personnel, equity, and the Canada Council for the Arts as well as scripts, production-based records, administrative files, correspondence, PACT files, contracts, annual meeting notes, ROADies records, financial statements and information, board meeting notes, brochures, audio tapes, photographs, and production posters.
Fonds consists of records that document every aspect of Neptune Theatre as an organization, including various textual records and graphic and audio-visual material pertaining to productions, events, personnel, and the administration of the Theatre. Types of records include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and newsletters, financial records, box office records, applications, licenses, contracts, scripts, posters, newspaper clippings, production notes, programs, press kits, videocassettes, audiocassettes, negatives, contact sheets, slides, photographs, and other materials.
File contains records related to Noel and Gertie, by Sheridan Morley, with the words and music of Noel Coward, directed and produced by the Gratwick Partnership. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from October 7-23, 1999. Records include copies of newspaper reviews; a program; a small poster; and four photographs of the cast.
Accession consists of miscellaneous records relating to David Renton's acting and directing career, and includes publicity and performance photographs, correspondence, contracts, appointment calendars and diaries. There are also publicity photographs of Karine Renton's father announcing the CHNS radio program Now it Can Be Told.
Fonds consists of records relating to Renton's personal life as well as his acting and teaching careers. The personal papers include files on specific actors, athletics, clippings and publications, festivals and workshops, financial records, Portus Theatre Productions (the production company he founded), school-related theatrical education materials, committee work, unions, associations, and a variety of other subjects. Correspondence includes letters to, from, and about Renton and are primarily theatre-related. The scripts were accumulated by Renton throughout his career as an actor, director, and producer. The fonds also includes photographs and slides of numerous theatrical productions.
Item is a photograph of Jackie Richardson and Dutch Robertson dated to October 4, 2016. The photograph was used in a Local Xpress article: "Travelling with the Green Book in Juanita Peters' newest play."
Item is a photograph of director Juanita Peters and the cast of the play, "Settling Africville," in 2014. The play was written by George Elliott Clark.
Photographs feature Novelee Buchan, Drew O'Hara, Jacob Sampson, Naomi-Joy Blackhall, John O'Keefe, and others.
File contains a photograph of the cast of the Dalhousie Drama Club's production of "The President's Daughter" in 1908-1909. The photograph shows Jack Reid; Archie Sutherland; Helen Crichton; Grace Tupper; Marguerite H. L. Silver; Dorothy Constance Gorham; W. C. Ross; Frank Archibald; Jamie MacLeod; Stewart Mavor; Evan MacKenzie Forbes; and J. P. MacIntosh sitting or standing in several rows.
Item is a group photograph of Mrs. Harriette Richardson (translator); Lieutenant Governor Tory; Mrs. Tory, Mrs. Taylor; standing; Mr. L.M. Fortier; Mr. Richardson; Chief Justice Harris; and Colonel Almon.
File contains two contact sheet of photographs featuring Mary-Colin Chisholm, Chuck Campbell, Philip Shepherd, Iain Hill, Eileen Peddle and Joe Rutten.
Subseries contains photographs of famous musicians, composers, and actors, many of which are autographed. The photographs were obtained by John Daniel Logan in his capacity as a concert reviewer and for his personal collection. Many of the photographs were sent by the musicians and actors at his request, as evidenced by his correspondence with them.
File contains seven photographs of what appears to be a classical play (possibly Euripide's Hecuba), as well as three photographs of what may be an early architectural balsa-wood model of the Dalhousie Arts Centre complex.
Folder contains photographs of students performing "The Suicide" by Nikolai Erdman; directed by Svetlana Zylin, sets and costumes by Stephen Osler, lighting by Bruce MacLennan; David MacK. Murray Theatre, October 20th - October 23rd 1993. Jason Charters as Suspicious Character.
File contains photographs of Jeremiah Sparks performing as Louis Armstrong in Eastern Front Theatre's production of "The Satchmo Suite" in 2008. The play was written by Hans Böggild and Doug Innis.
File contains photographs related to Eastern Front Theatre and the National Arts Centre's theatrical production, "Whylah Falls," in 2000. The play was written by George Elliot Clark.
Photographs feature Linda Carvery, Novelee Buchan, and others.
File contains photographs of Walter Borden printed onto 8.5 x 11 in. pieces of paper. Photographs feature Walter Borden in the productions, The Epistle of Tightrope Time and Driving Miss Daisy.
File contains photographs related to the African Nova Scotian Music Association. Photographs feature the cast of "Elephant's Graveyard," a theatrical production by the Dartmouth Players. Written by George Brant. Directed by Tamara Smith.
File contains a series of prints of paintings and photographs of the English actor Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) in and out of costume. One of the prints is autographed by the actor.
File contains records related to Puss in Boots, by Dave Jeanes, directed by Lorne Abramson with musical direction by Bunny Shore, and produced with Angela Butler. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between November 28 and December 14, 2013. Records includes a program, photograph and two small posters.
The fonds consists of records related to Richard Perkyns' research undertaken in writing The Neptune Story: Twenty-Five Years in the Life of a Leading Canadian Theatre and editing Major Plays of the Canadian Theatre 1934-1984 . The fonds also includes a copy of his doctoral thesis, The Impact of the Expressionists Movements on British and American Drama and Theatre Practice (1968) and records which pertain to his involvement with the Halifax Independent Theatre. Records include correspondence, minutes from meetings, research notes, drafts, newspaper clippings, reviews, manuscripts, photographs, and interviews recorded on audio cassettes. The fonds has been arranged in four series: The Neptune Story, Major Plays of the Canadian Theatre, Doctoral Thesis, and Halifax Independent Theatre.
The fonds contains photographs of singers and musical groups, theatrical paraphernelia, and documents regarding the construction of Ward's home on Beaufort Avenue in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as other printed material.
Fonds consists primarily of papers relating to Robert Doyle’s career as a costume and set designer. There are also research, administrative, and class papers from his office. The fonds consists of correspondence (1964-1997), Dalhousie University papers (1975-1997), Costume Studies program course materials (1974-1997), financial papers (1967-1994), legal documents (1972-1996), research notes and related materials (1970-1996), association related materials (1968-1997), production related materials (1976-2012), and miscellaneous papers and photographs (1968-1996) collected by Robert Doyle.
File contains records related to Robinson Crusoe, written by James Morley, directed by Jeff Pocock and produced by Carolyn McDonald. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from December 1-17, 2000. Records include a program; small poster, newspaper review; and 24 photographs of the cast and crew.
File contains records related to Romance with a Twist, directed by Pam Lutz and produced by John Gratwick and Eric Rountree. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from October 2-18, 2003. Records include a producer's report; program; newspaper review; and two photographs of the cast and crew.
File contains a program and photograph of Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling, directed by Nick Jupp and produced by Sandra Witherbee. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between September 19-October 5, 2013.
File contains records related to Sylvia, written by A.R. Gurney and directed by Nick Jupp. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from April 12-29, 2000. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster, newspaper review; and 17 photographs of the cast and crew.
File contains records related to Tainted Justice, written by Don Nigro, based on the book by David Newton, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from July 6-22, 2000. Records include copies of newspaper reviews; a program; 14 photographs of the cast; and a videocassette recording.
File contains a program, two reviews and a headshot of Corey James from TAG's joint production of W.O. Mitchell's The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon with the Dartmouth Players, performed at the du Maurier Studio, Neptune Theatre, from March 4-9, 2003.
File contains records related to The Boy Friend, by Sandy Wilson, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by John Gatwick, with music direction by Vanessa Buhr and choreography by Sandy Lund. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from October 4-20, 2001. Records include a small poster; two newspaper reviews; photographs of the cast, crew and stage; and one videocassette.
File contains records related to The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman, directed by Bill VanGorder and produced by Kate Hendry. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between April 5-21, 2018. Records include a program, small poster, photograph and producer's report.
File contains records related to The Drowsy Chaperone, music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from June 21-July 8, 2012. Records include a program; newspaper review; and photographs of the cast and crew.
File contains records related to The Frog Prince: A Webbed Pantomime by Brenda Tyedmers and Cheryl Theriault, directed by Cheryl Theriault with musical direction by Wayne MacIntyre. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between November 24-December 10, 2016. Records include a program; small poster; photographs of the cast and crew; and a DVD recording.
