File contains a program from a recital, "Gems from the Oratorios," given at the Universalist Church on Brunswick Street, Halifax by the church choir and various members of the congregation: J.A. Cumming, Miss. L. Collins, Mr. A. Penny, Mr. Ruffell, Mr. A.L. Smith, Mrs. T.L. Covey, Allan M. Reid, Mrs. S. Stead, Mrs. Croucher, Miss. Ouseley, Mr. Herbert Walker, Mrs. Covey, Mr. Abbott Cumming, and Mr. Alexander.
File contains a program for the carol service given at the Truro Cathedral on Holy Innocents Day (December 28, 1910), as arranged by the late Archbishop Benson.
File contains two programs for organ recitals given at St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church, one by Charles M. Courboin of Antwerp, Belgium and the other by Joseph Bonnet of Paris, France. The file also includes a newspaper clipping of a review for Bonnet's organ recital with quotes from John Daniel Logan.
File contains two copies of a program for an organ and choral recital at St. Mary's Cathedral by the church organist, Edwin C. Helsby, and choir, directed by Rev. Gerald B. Phelan.
File contains programs for the following recitals presented at the Halifax School for the Blind: Michel Sciapiro (violin), presented by the Halifax Ladies' Musical Club; Mildred Dilling (harp), with Rose E. Seguin (soprano) and orchestra (conducted by L. Dorothea Webb); and an organ and vocal recital with unknown performers.
File contains the program and texts from the songs of "The Flower Queen" or "The Coronation of the Rose: A Cantata in Two Acts" by George F. Root, which was presented at Orpheus Hall on September 13 and 14, 1887. The performances featured Miss. B. Lownds, Mr. King Pooley, Mr. C.J. Ross, Mr. J.R. Forbes, Miss. Taylor, Miss. E. Pickford, Miss. H. Gossip, Miss. E. Wier, Miss. B. Salter, Miss. M. Partridge, Miss. Forbes, Miss. G. Taylor, Miss. Ward, Miss. G. Smithers, and Miss. A. Nichols.
File contains two copies of a program for a recital given by Mrs. Chester MacDonald (soprano), Julius Silverman (violin), and Mrs. H.W. Dodwell (piano), presented by the Local Council of Women. The date of the recital has been revised from November 25, 1924 to December 9, 1924.
File contains musical and theatrical programs for performances by Florence Glossop-Harris company; The Dumbells; Halifax Choral Union and Conservatory Orchestra, directed by Ifan Williams; Boston English Opera Company; Martin Harvey and N. de Silva; F. James Carroll Players; Boston Symphony Ensemble, directed by Augusto Vannini; Madame Germaine Schnitzer and George M. McDonald, accompanied by Marjorie Payne; and the Halifax Philharmonic Society.
File contains two programs with performances by members of the Halifax Ladies Musical Club: "An Evening with Canadian Creative Composers" with a lecture by Dr. J.D. Logan (November 1, 1921) and a "Debate" between the old masters and modern composers (November 21, 1922). File also contains two programs presented by the Club, for performances by the Hart House String Quartet (Geza de Kresz, Harry Adaskin, Milton Blackstone and Boris Hambourg) (November 28, 1924) and the Hambourg Trio (Greza de Kresz, Reginald Stewart, and Boris Hambourg) (January 11, 1924).
File contains programs for the following: a recital by Ernest Leslie Schofield, baritone with Harry Dean, piano (October 6, 1925); "The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of St. Luke," conducted by Harry Dean and presented by the Alumni Society (December 18, 1924); a lecture-recital by George M. McDonald, baritone, and Harry Dean, piano (October 4, 1921); and a pianoforte recital by Reginald Stewart, assisted by Luther Dickens Mott, bass-baritone, and Harry Dean, piano.
File contains the program from the First Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia for an organ recital by Joseph Bonnet (December 17, 1920) and three copies of an advertising pamphlet for the concert.
File contains two programs from concerts given at the Auditorium on Barrington Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The programs are for a "Weekly Twilight Recital" given by the New Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph (April 30, 1920); and Frances Pelton Jones (harpsichord) and Rose Seguin (soprano), presented by the Halifax Ladies' Musical Club (September 24, 1919) (3 copies).
File contains a program from the All Saints' Cathedral in Halifax, Nova Scotia for an organ recital given by George F. Austen with violinist Marian Hensley (January 23, 1912).
File contains programs for performances by the Russian pianist Mark Hambourg (October 2, 1911); American soprano Victorina Hayes; Canadian bass baritone Edmund Burke; American tenor Allen McQuhae; and the Pictou County Philharmonic Society, directed by George M. McDonald and assisted by Suzanne Kenyon (February 15, 1924).
File contains an autographed program for a concert sponsored by the Halifax Community Concert Association at Capitol Theatre. Mischa Elman was accompanied by Carroll Hollister on the piano.
Fonds contains music manuscripts and published scores, photographs, and autograph letters written by well-known composers such as Jacques Offenbach, Giuseppe Verdi, and John Philip Sousa. Through his work as a music critic and journalist in Toronto and Halifax, Logan communicated with many prominent Canadian musicians in the early twentieth century. Many of the scores, photographs, and autographs included in this collection are a result of his contributions to music criticism. The music and theatre programs are frequently annotated with comments for reviews, and most of his correspondence with musicians and actors relates to his work as a music and theatre critic. Some of the scores were given to Logan as gifts from performers while others were sent to him for review or publication in newspapers. There are several manuscripts of songs by Edith Jessie Archibald, a prominent social activist and suffragist in Halifax. Letters sent to Logan also concern his poetic contributions, and there is a manuscript draft of one of his books, Preludes: Sonnets and other Verses (1906).
Fonds comprises administration, publicity and production records of 2b theatre company since their inception as Bunnies in the Headlights Theatre in 1999. Records types include manuscripts, correspondence, programs, posters, playbills and photographs.
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.
This collection consists of records regarding Theatre Arts Guild's management and productions from the establishment of the guild in 1931 to 1999. Materials include administrative documents and some financial records, programs, posters, newsletters, histories of Theatre Arts Guild and information about amateur theatre in Halifax, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks.
This fonds consists of records created and collected by both the Canadian Puppet Festival and the Chester Theatre Council related to the management of the Chester Playhouse, including financial records such as statements, budgets, balance sheets, and invoices; press releases; photocopies of reviews; advertising and marketing records; personnel files; construction and maintenance records; meeting minutes and agendas; reports such as attendance records and box office sales; grant applications and fundraising files; correspondence; and event files, including programmes, tickets, and other promotional materials.
Item consists of a four-page program for the Uptown Festival on Gottingen Street, from August 25 to September 9, 1989 (of which an ad for the "Black Wimmin" exhibition is featured).
Fonds consists of documents created and collected by Eyelevel Gallery that reflect all aspects of the gallery’s management. The fonds includes artist files, slides, administrative files, publicity files (including press releases), correspondence, publications, financial documents, contracts, minutes of board of directors meetings, photographs, fundraising files and membership lists, audio and videocassettes, CDs, DVDs, books, and programmes, catalogues, posters, reviews, guest books, and miscellaneous files regarding exhibitions and events. Some digital records in this collection have been migrated from CD's.
This fonds consists of records regarding the administration, membership, and productions of the Upstart Theatre Company. Types of records include press releases, press clippings, and other promotional materials, photographs, financial material, meeting minutes, reports, scripts, among others.
Fonds documents the management and theatrical productions of Two Planks and a Passion Theatre Company from 1992-2016. Series include Administrative, Education and outreach, and Production records, the latter being divided into subseries reflecting the types of materials generated by theatrical productions, including prompt books, posters and programs, photographs and reviews. A sousfond, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, contains records illustrating the development of the Centre , which was founded by Two Planks' artistic directors, Chris O'Neill and Ken Schwartz.
This collection contains materials related to the administration and productions of Theatre 1707 as well as the Bit Players society. The records include administrative documents, reports, programs, posters, proposals, newspaper clippings, reviews, and photographs.
This collection consists of records pertaining to the management and the productions of the Dartmouth Players from 1967-1975. The records include administrative documents, financial statements, correspondence, programs, and newsletters.
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.
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.
Fonds consists of scripts of the puppet plays as well as correspondence, photographs and slides, newspaper clippings of reviews, programs, videocassettes, and some administrative papers.
Item is a coloured pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's production of The Insect Comedy. The costume is for a character called the Parasite. The sketch shows a male figure wearing the costume.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's production of The Insect Comedy. The costume is for a character called the Fly. The sketch shows a male figure wearing the costume.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costume is for the Princess of France and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. There are also notes about three ladies in waiting on the sketch. There are fabric swatches taped to the sketch. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costumes are for two Muscovites and the sketch shows two figures wearing the costumes. There are fabric swatches taped to the sketch. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costume is for Mercade and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. There are fabric swatches taped to the sketch. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costume is for the King of Navarre and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costume is for Jaquenetta and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. There are fabric swatches taped to the sketch. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costumes are for Holofernes and Sister Nathaniel and the sketch shows two female figures wearing the costume. There are fabric swatches taped to the sketch. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costume is for the Forester and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costume is for Don Armado and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. There are fabric swatches taped to the sketch. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costume is for a scholar and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costume is for Jaquenetta and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costume is for Boyet and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. There are fabric swatches taped to the sketch. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costume is for a page named Moth and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. There are fabric swatches taped to the sketch. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costumes are for princesses named Rosaline, Katherine, and Maria and the sketch shows three figures wearing the costumes. There are fabric swatches taped to the sketch. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costumes are for Dumaine, Loganvialle, and Berowne and the sketch shows three figures wearing the costumes. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costume is for a constable named Dull and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume and holding an umbrella. The sketch is covered by a sheet of clear plastic which is attached to the sketch on all four sides with masking tape.
