File contains a booklet entitled "Tributes to F.H. Torrington," signed by Frederick Herbert Torrington (founder and conductor of various Toronto festivals, orchestras, choruses, and the Toronto College of Music). The booklet contains reprints of newspaper articles written about Torrington, a list of festivals in Toronto directed by Torrington, and a partial list of works performed in Toronto under his direction.
File contains the autograph of the tenor Leo Slezak of the Metropolitan Opera Company, signed on a piece of letterhead from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
File contains an autographed program by the Hambourg Trio (Geza de Kresz, violin; Reginald Stewart, piano; and Boris Hambourg, cello). The program is from a recital at Pythian Castle, Saint Join, New Brunswick. File also contains J.D. Logan's 1909-1910 season pass for the Massey Music Hall in Toronto, Ontario.
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.
The records in this series comprise rehearsal scripts, research notes, production notebooks, costume and set sketches, performance programs, media reviews, and related correspondence for theatrical productions directed by Linda Moore between 2000-2010.
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.
The collection contains a variety of theatre and music programs from across Canada, with a special emphasis on events held in and around Halifax, Nova Scotia. There are also programs from England, United States, France and Russia. Programs date from 1937 to 1986 with a gap between 1941 and 1950.
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.
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 three ladies in waiting 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 costume is for Costard the Clown 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 1995 production of Red Noses. The costumes are for three characters named Henry, Sabine, and Mother Metz. The sketch shows Henry and Mother Metz leaning on a cart full of corpses while Sabine sits on top of it.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costume is for characters called the Flotes. The sketch shows three figures wearing the costumes. One of the figures is playing a horn and another is sitting on the ground.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costume is for characters called the flagelants and another character called Grez. The sketch shows Grez looking on while two flagelants flagellate themselves.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costume is for a character named Evaline. The sketch shows one female figure wearing the costume.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costume is for two characters named Bonville and Madame Bonville. The sketch shows one male figure and one female figure wearing the costumes.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costume is for one of the Boutros Brothers, who is missing his right leg. The sketch shows one figure wearing the costume and leaning on a crutch.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costume is for one of the Boutros Brothers, who is missing his left leg. The sketch shows one figure wearing the costume and leaning on a crutch.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costume is for a character named Viennet, a lawyer plague victim. The sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costumes are for three townspeople. The sketch shows two male figures and one female figure wearing the costumes. One of the male figures is mooning the audience.
