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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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 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.
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.
File contains documents related to Jenny Munday's participation in the President's Advisory Committee for Theatre at St. Thomas University. The documents include correspondence; meeting minutes; proposals; information about events at STU, Black Box Theatre, and other theatre organizations; and other documents.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Red Deer College's production of Edward Bond's The Bundle. The costume is for a character named Basho as a court judge. The sketch shows a figure wearing the costume as well as a detail of the figure's profile.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Red Deer College's production of Edward Bond's The Bundle. The costumes are for the ferryman and his wife. The sketch shows two figures wearing the costumes.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Red Deer College's production of Edward Bond's The Bundle. The costumes are for a character (or characters) named Basho. The sketch shows two figures wearing the costumes.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Red Deer College's production of Edward Bond's The Bundle. The costume is for a character named To-Si and the sketch shows a figure wearing he costume.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Red Deer College's production of Edward Bond's The Bundle. The costume is for a character named Kung-Tu. The sketch shows a male figure wearing the costume as well as a detail of the character's profile.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Red Deer College's production of Edward Bond's The Bundle. The costume is for a character named Tor Quo and the sketch shows a figure wearing the costume.
Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Brock University's production of The Rover. The costume is for a character named Belville who is a soldier.
Sub-series comprises seven watercolour costume sketches, rendered on light-weight paper, for Red Deer College's production of Edward Bond's The Bundle, or New Narrow Road To The Deep North. Some of the watercolours have measurement sheets attached.
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.
Series contains documents related to Jenny Munday's time as Crake Fellow in Drama at Mount Allison University. The series includes correspondence, applications, contracts, and other records from the fellowship. The series also includes records from theatre courses taught by Munday at Mount Allison during her fellowship.
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.
Subseries contains 24 costume designs and two posters related to Brock University's 2002 production of The Rover by Aphra Behn. The production took place February 14-16, 2002 at the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre and was presented by the Theatre, Dramatic Literature & Drama in Education program at Brock University.
File also includes a single-page program for Nightwood Theatre's production, written by Jan Kudelka and Mary Vingoe from an idea by Irene Pauzer and script development by the company.
File also contains playbills and a program for Cape Breton University Boardmore Theatre's 42nd season, which included a production of The Company Store, directed by Todd Hiscock.
File also contains Mary Vingoe's email correspondence with Patrick Young, Artistic Director of Theatre Erindale, and a ticket from the the March 20, 2015 production at the Mississauga theatre.
File contains a program and two playbills for a pair of Samuel Beckett plays performed at Toronto's The Theatre Centre as part of a nuclear disarmament benefit. Happy Days was directed by Mary Vingoe.
File contains records related to a 2016 production of Christopher Marlowe's play "Edward II." Mary Vingoe directed the production, which was presented from September 29 to October 15, 2016 by University of British Columbia Theatre and Film. File includes an annotated play script, director's notes, costume tracking sheets, cue sheets, and other production records. File also includes a program.
File contains records created during Mary Vingoe's tenure as Crake Drama Fellow at Mount Allison University, including productions of Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) and Enemy of the People.
