Archives Catalogue

Alive Theatre presents the Stratford stories : a comedy of terrors : [program]

MS-2-777, Box 12, Folder 12
File
[198-?]

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Theatre Antigonish presents a festival of one act plays : [program]

MS-2-777, Box 12, Folder 35
File
[198-?]

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains one program for a festival adjudicated by Mary Vingoe.

Photographs taken at the Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre

MS-2-806, Box 9, Folder 14
File
[199-?]

Part of Jenny Munday fonds

File contains photographs of offices, costumes, staff, the building, and other subjects at the Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre in Guysborough, Nova Scotia.

One journey back : [synopsis, outline, and manuscript]

MS-2-8, Box 33, Folder 32
File
[200-?]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

Autographed print of Florence Marryat

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 4
File
1885

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an autographed print of the British author and actress Florence Marryat from a performance at the Halifax Academy of Music.

Photograph of Dalhousie University Theatre group

PC1, Box 9, Folder 11, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1908]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the Dalhousie University theatre group wearing costumes and sitting or standing on a stage.

Hayward, J.C.M.

Photograph of theatre group

PC1, Box 9, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
[between 1908 and 1909]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a theatre group sitting or standing in three rows.

Photograph of the cast of 'The President's Daughter'

PC1, Box 29, Folder 35
File
[between 1908 and 1909]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

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.

Gauvin & Gentzel

Photographs of Theatre Group

PC1, Box 9, Folder 11
File
[between 1908 and 1909]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains two photographs of theatre groups.

Autographed photographs of Sir John Martin-Harvey

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 5
File
May 1921

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains two autographed photographs of the English actor John Martin-Harvey, signed for John Daniel Logan following a performance in Halifax on May 19, 1921. One of the photographs shows him in costume for a role.

Correspondence from Harry Irvine

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 30
File
1925

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from the English actor Harry Irvine in response to John Daniel Logan's criticism of his performance in "Othello" at an unidentified theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The letter mentions a future lecture at Dalhousie College on "William Shakespeare: A Human Being."

Programs from the Majestic Theatre

MS-5-1, Box 4, Folder 1
File
1919-1925

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

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.

Dalhousie University : The Class in Modern Drama presents four plays

MS-2-299, SF Box 36, Folder 22, Item 3
Item
1926

Part of Avis (Marshall) McCurdy fonds

Item is a program for plays (Worzel Flummery, Ile, Press Cuttings and Quality Street) performed at the Halifax School for the Blind on March 15, 1926.

Photograph taken at Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal, at the first English reading of Harriet Richardson's translation of Marc Lescarbot's Le Theatre de Neptune

MS-2-808, PB 19, Folder 45
Item
August 1926

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.

Richardson, Harriet Taber

Programs from theatre productions

MS-2-299, SF Box 36, Folder 3
File
[ca. 1927]

Part of Avis (Marshall) McCurdy fonds

File contains four programs from theatre productions that took place in Halifax. The shows include "The First Year" by the Dalhousie University Players; "Four Short Plays" by the Dalhousie University class in modern drama; "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by the Glossop-Harris English Repertory Company; and "That Girl Patsy"by the F. James Carroll Players.

Richard Ward fonds

MS-5-7
Fonds
1927-1928, 1932-1933, 1937

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.

Ward, Richard, (fl.1888-1977)

William Bruce Almon fonds

MS-3-15
Collection
[1935?]-1940

This fonds consists of correspondence from Arthur Winters of the Anglican Young People’s Association to Almon, and a Theatre Arts Guild rehearsal schedule. Some local theatre programs were also donated with the fonds which have been relocated to the MS 3 Reference materials.

Almon, William, Bruce, Lt. Col.

Neptune Theatre : The Taming of the Shrew 1967

Subseries
1967

Part of Robert Doyle fonds

Neptune Theatre : Servant of Two Masters

Subseries
1971

Part of Robert Doyle fonds

Neptune Theatre : Colour the Flesh the Colour of Dust

Subseries
1972

Part of Robert Doyle fonds

Don Allison fonds

MS-3-28
Fonds
1967 - 1972

Fonds comprises records created and collected by Don Allison that document his work as an actor in Neptune Theatre's 1967 production of The Wooden Ship, as well as his own poetry and prose writings. There is also a small number of letters from someone named Anna.

Allison, Don

Holiday inn

MS-3-1, OS Folder 315
File
May 4, 1973

Part of Neptune Theatre fonds

File contains original and annotated copies of stage diagrams for the Holiday Inn in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Inn at Willow Tree. The Holiday Inn drawings were drawn by Trevor Parsons.

Parsons, Trevor

Neptune Theatre : Peer Gynt

Subseries
1973

Part of Robert Doyle fonds

Joseph Svoboda exhibition

UA-36, Box 12, Folder 37
File
1974

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

File consists of records related to the Joseph Svoboda exhibition, held at Dalhousie Art Gallery from October 4-24, 1974.

Records consist of a list of artworks, press release drafts, newspaper clippings, photographs (photocopies), correspondence between Mern O'Brien (Director, Dalhousie Art Gallery) and Gerry Grace (Archives, National Arts Centre), condition report, invitation cards, and insurance documents.

Svoboda

UA-36, Box 6, Folders 16 and 17
Item
1974

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

Item is a catalogue for an exhibition of scenography by Josef Svoboda presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery in October 1974.

Catalogue contains an introduction by Lionel H. Lawrence (Chairman, Department of Theatre, Dalhousie University), photographs of Svoboda and his creations, a biography and curriculum vitae, and quotes from Svoboda.

Neptune Theatre : The Torch-Bearers