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Programs from the Majestic Theatre

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.

Personal archives of David Renton

  • MS-3-23
  • Collection
  • 1926-2006
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.

Renton, David, 1934-2006

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 fonds

  • MS-3-1
  • Fonds
  • 1943-2017
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.

Neptune Theatre

Mulgrave Road Theatre fonds

  • MS-3-44
  • Fonds
  • 1972-2006
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.

Mulgrave Road Theatre (MRT)

Richard J.H. Perkyns fonds

  • MS-3-27
  • Fonds
  • Bulk, 1978-1985
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.

Perkyns, Richard, 1932-2008

Two programs for "Among his Peers," by Flo Trillo

File includes programs for the Theatre Arts Guild production of Flo Trillo's "Among his Peers," performed at the National Multicultural Theatre Festival in Edmonton, Alberta, on July 9-10, 1980, and at Theatre Festival 1980, Neptune Theatre, on June 4, 1970.

Mary Vingoe fonds

  • MS-2-777
  • Fonds
  • 1980-2019
Fonds includes manuscripts, scripts, and personal papers belonging to Mary Vingoe. Fonds also includes theatre programs, contracts, and photographs.

Vingoe, Mary

Dalhousie Theatre Productions presents : A midsummer night's dream : [program]

Dalhousie Theatre Productions presents : A midsummer night's dream : [program]

Item is a program created by Dalhousie Theatre Productions for the 1983 season production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The production was directed by Roger Blay and features a cast and crew of Dalhousie University students. The program contains a list of the cast and crew, and advertisements from Neptune Theatre and organizations at Dalhousie University.

A yoyage round my father : [program]

Item is a program for No Name Productions' A Voyage Around my Father, by John Mortimer, directed by Ernie MacAulay and performed at the TAG Pond Playhouse between June 27-30, 1984.

Up Start Theatre fonds

  • MS-3-34
  • Fonds
  • 1985-1993
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.

Up Start Theatre Company.

Working Theatre Project administrative records

File includes records documenting Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre's Working Theatre Project, which used theatre structures and methodologies with an adult education approach to literacy upgrading. Records include correspondence; reports; notes; a contract with Christopher Heide; budgets; project summary; and a program for "Time Out," the play produced by program's participants.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir and friends

File contains documents related to George Jordan, Eileen Joyce, jazz group Ladies in Blue, bassist Steve Lawrence, Owen Lee, Beverly Lewis, Lisa MacDougall, Frank MacKay, Donna MacKenzie, Kim McLeod, Scott MacMillan, Jimmy MacPherson, and Lorraine Klaasen.

Documents include newspaper clippings, posters, programs, and ephemera related to the Halifax Blues Festival, the Atlantic Jazz Festival, the Ladies in Blues' annual breast cancer benefit, the Atlantic Film Festival, the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert, album releases, and Neptune Theatre's productions of "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Musical" and "Cats: The Musical."

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir and friends

File contains documents related to Karl Falkenham, Jim Faraday, Shelley Fashan, Four the Moment musical group, Four Walls of Blue, Carolyn Fowler, Isaac Fraser, Rosie Fraser, Freedom Festival , Suzy Gangoo Hansen, Marsha Gannon, Neptune Theatre, the Gospel Heirs musical group, Adrien Gough, Judith Virginia Grace, Belinda Grant, and Glen Grant.

Documents include newspaper clippings, posters, programs, and ephemera related to the art exhibit "Mommay's Patches: Traditions and Superstitions" by Letitia Fraser, Four the Moment's final performance, the Gospel Heirs performances, Neptune Theatre's productions of "The Gospel at Colonus" and "To Kill a Mockingbird," and others.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir and friends

File contains documents related to Symphony Nova Scotia stage manager Jimmy Tasco, Sue Taylor, Johnny Theodore, Luvina Thomas, musical group Touch of Hope, Up on the Roof, Helen Vaughan, Pat Watson, Angels of Lightning, Gerry White, Cecily Williams, musical group The Williams Sisters, Eastern Front Theatre's production of Whylah Falls, Anne Marie Woods, David Woods, Woody Woods, and Carolann Wright-Parks.

Documents include programs, ephemera, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Halifax Comedy Festival, Theatre Art Guild's "Accidental Death of an Anarchist," various Nova Scotia Mass Choir performances and concerts, Natal Day festivals, the Atlantic Fringe Festival, Halifax Public Libraries' African Heritage Month, Eastern Front Theatre's "Whylah Falls," the Prismatic Arts Festival, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia's exhibit "Mary Lee Blendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts and Beyond," and Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia's exhibit "The Secret Codes: Contemporary African Nova Scotian Narrative and Picture Quilts."

The company store : [program]

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.

Noel and Gertie

File contains records related to Noel and Gertie, by Sheridan Morley, with the words and music of Noel Coward, directed and produced by the Gratwick Partnership. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from October 7-23, 1999. Records include copies of newspaper reviews; a program; a small poster; and four photographs of the cast.

Babes in the Wood

File contains records related to Babes in the Wood, by Paul Reakes, directed by Jeff Pocock. The pantomime was performed at Pond Playhouse from December 3-19, 1999. Records include a copy of a newspaper review; a program; a small poster; and a videocassette.

2b theatre company fonds

  • MS-3-50
  • Fonds
  • 1999 - 2019
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.

2b theatre company

Robinson Crusoe

File contains records related to Robinson Crusoe, written by James Morley, directed by Jeff Pocock and produced by Carolyn McDonald. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from December 1-17, 2000. Records include a program; small poster, newspaper review; and 24 photographs of the cast and crew.

Sylvia

File contains records related to Sylvia, written by A.R. Gurney and directed by Nick Jupp. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from April 12-29, 2000. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster, newspaper review; and 17 photographs of the cast and crew.

Tainted Justice

File contains records related to Tainted Justice, written by Don Nigro, based on the book by David Newton, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from July 6-22, 2000. Records include copies of newspaper reviews; a program; 14 photographs of the cast; and a videocassette recording.

The Lion in Winter

File contains records related to James Goldman's The Lion in Winter, directed by Rebecca Humphreys and produced by Cheryl Theriault. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from October 12-28, 2000. Records include a program; newspaper review; and four photographs of the cast.

Summer Readings (also called Radio Night) and Variety Night

Files includes a program for Theatre Arts Guild double bill summer reading of The World of Food (Gustatory Explorations) and The Incomparable Kern (Presenting in words and music the story of the "King of Broadway."). It was performed on August 18, 2001 and produced by C and J Musical Productions (Connie Eaton and John O'Halloran). File also contains an outline and tech crew script for the Variety Night on March 3, 2001.

Arsenic and Old Lace

File contains records related to Arsenic and Old Lace, by Joseph Kesserling, directed by Colette Lambert and produced by Tom Patillo. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from July 5 - July 21, 2001. Records include a producer's report; program; newspaper review; photographs of the cast, crew and stage; and one videocassette.

The Boy Friend

File contains records related to The Boy Friend, by Sandy Wilson, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by John Gatwick, with music direction by Vanessa Buhr and choreography by Sandy Lund. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from October 4-20, 2001. Records include a small poster; two newspaper reviews; photographs of the cast, crew and stage; and one videocassette.

Don't Dress for Dinner

File contains records related to Don't Dress for Dinner, a comedy by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Robin Hawdon and directed by Frank MacLean, with production and stage management by VanGorder Productions. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from April 19 to May 5, 2001. Records include a producer's report; program; newspaper review; photographs of the cast, crew and stage; and one videocassette.

Fatal Attraction

File contains records related to Fatal Attraction, by Bernard Slade, directed by Nick Jupp and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from February 8-24, 2001. Records include a program; small poster, newspaper review; and videocassette recording.

Aladdin

File contains records related to Aladdin, a Christmas Pantomime by Norman Robbins, directed by Lorne Abramson and produced by Cheryl Theriault, with music direction by Leslie Grantham and Wayne MacIntyre and choreography by Louise Renault. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from December 6-22, 2001. Records include a producer's report; small poster; email correspondence with budget information; and photographs of the cast, crew and stage.

Wuthering Heights

File contains records related to Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, a stage adaptation by Charles Vance, directed by Nick Jupp and produced by Tom Patillo. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from February 14 - March 2, 2002. Records include a program and two newspaper reviews.

Bell, Book and Candle

File contains records related to Bell, Book and Candle, a romantic comedy by John Van Druten, directed by Bill VanGorder and produced by Peter Strain. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from July 4-20, 2002. Records include a small poster; a program; a newspaper review; three pages of photocopied photographs of the cast and crew; and a letter of appreciation from an audience member.

Summer Readings (also called Radio Night) and Annual Variety Show

File contains a program for Summer 2002 Double Bill: The World of Creatures, Small & Great, by John and Lyn Gatwick, and Nick Jupp's Choices. The latter was TAG's entry in the Liverpool International Theatre Festival in May 2003. File also contains a program and video recording of the Annual Variety Show held March 22, 2003.

Culture Shock

File includes records related to Culture Shock, by Chris Lorne Elliott, directed by Frank MacLean and produced by Deb Pollock Post. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from April 18 - May 4, 2002. Records include a small poster; a program; a newspaper review; and three photographs of the cast.

Cinderella

File includes records related to Cinderella, a pantomime by Jeffery Pocock with the assistance of the Gratwick Partnership. It was performed at the Pond Playhouse from December 5-21, 2002. Records include a program; two drawings of the set design; and 21 photographs of the cast and crew.
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