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.
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 Bigod. The sketch shows one 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 two whores or courtesans named Camille and Marie. The sketch shows two female figures wearing the costumes.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costumes are for two characters named Father Toulon and Archbishop Monselet. The sketch shows two male figures wearing the costumes.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costumes are for three lepers. The sketch shows three figures wearing the costumes, two standing and one kneeling.
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 Sonnerie. The sketch shows one 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 two characters named Scarron and Druce, the Raven Corpse Bearers (Bekrers?). The sketch shows two figures wearing the costumes and holding crooks.
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 Sir Charles Rochefort. The sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume and holding a sword.
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 Pope Clement VI. The sketch shows one figure wearing the costume and holding a scepter.
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 Marguerite Delair. 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 a character named Le Grue. The sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume and holding a staff.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costumes are for two characters named Lefranc and Pellico. The sketch shows two male figures standing behind a cart full of gold.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costumes are Dr. Antrechau, a quack doctor, as well as Cistercian monks, Flote, and his friends. The sketch shows a male figure wearing one of the costumes and standing with his hand on his head beside three figures wearing monk costumes.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1994 production of The Lucky Chance. The costume is "good clothes" for a character named Gayman. The sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume. There are fabric swatches attached to the sketch.
