| Level | Fonds |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | MS112 |
| Title | Louis Cohen Collection |
| Extent | 5 files and 2 albums |
| Date | 1883-1910 |
| Description | Albums and files of cuttings, programmes, playbills and manuscript items relating to performances of dramatic works by Louis Cohen (also known as Coen) |
| Access Conditions | Access to all registered researchers |
| Copyright | Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk). Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material. |
| Language | English |
| Finding Aids | A catalogue of this collection is available on the online archive catalogue. Click on the Finding Number to display the summary contents list of the catalogue and to view the full catalogue, or view the catalogue as a PDF file by clicking in the document field below. A paper copy is also available in the Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections Department. |
| Document | MS112.pdf |
| Access Status | Open |
| Administrative History | Louis Cohen (also known as Lewis, Loo or Lew Coen) wrote a number of short dramatic plays and historical sketches including 'The Widow Capet', 'The Drummer of the 76th' and 'Marshal Ney'. He was a member of the National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London where a number of his works were performed. His works were also performed in London and provincial theatres in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One of the newscuttings in the collection refers to him as 'a pioneer of the gold industry in South Africa'. |
| Custodial History | The two volumes and three of the five files were formerly numbered 5344-5348; one file was formerly numbered 2596; and one of the files was unnumbered. They were incorporated into a collection called the Theatre Collection but they have now been identified as an unconnected acquisition and catalogued as a discrete collection. The files use headed lined paper bearing the address 19 Upper Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, London W but there is no evidence of any connection between this address and Louis Cohen |
| Acquisition | Source and date of acquisition is unknown |
| Related Material | The Special Collections Department holds other personal and artificial collections of theatre playbills, programmes, newscuttings and associated materials. These smaller collections, which were formerly incorporated into the Theatre Collection, include the following:
Theatre Collection, MS38;
Heron-Allen album of playbills, MS107;
Colyer-Fergusson albums, MS108;
The Williams Theatre collection, MS109;
Volume of playbills, MS110;
Album of programmes, MS111;
Louis Cohen Collection, MS112;
The Kemp album, MS113;
Volume of Shakespearian souvenirs and programmes, MS114;
Album of presscuttings, photographs and theatre programmes, MS808;
Theatre programmes, MS897;
Birmingham Repertory Theatre programmes, MS934,
Theatre programmes collected by Andrew Leigh, MS937;
Collection of miscellaneous theatre programmes, playbills, and related items, MS939;
Regional theatre programmes: artificial collection, MS991;
Theatre programmes and ephemera, MS1016;
Theatre programmes, MS1035;
Scrapbook for the 1912 production of 'Twelfth Night', MS1058;
Ephemera relating to Victoria Wood, MS1061;
Theatre programme of 1912 production of 'Twelfth Night', MS1062. |