| Level | Fonds |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | MS114 |
| Title | Shakespearian souvenirs and programmes |
| Extent | 1 vol |
| Date | 1899-1939 |
| Description | Scrap album containing theatre programmes, illustrations and photographs and other printed materials relating to performances of Shakespeare's plays and to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| 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 Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult.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 | Detailed cataloguing of the contents of this volume is in progress |
| Access Status | Open |
| Custodial History | The volume was formerly numbered 5361 and incorporated into a collection called the Theatre Collection. However, it appears to be unconnected with the Theatre Collection and has now been catalogued as a discrete collection. The compiler of the volume is unknown |
| Acquisition | Source and date of acquisiton 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. |