Tradition and Superstition in the Theatre
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Tradition and Superstition in the Theatre
Classmark: LAVC/SRP/2/109
Creator(s): Carter, Julie
Site Location(s): Subject - Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.7965, -1.54785 ); Subject - London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom( 51.5085, -0.12574 )
Date(s): 1980
Size and medium: 45 unbound typed leaves.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/410145
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
A collection of theatrical superstitions and traditions, gathered from actors, actresses, musicians and theatre staff working in Leeds and London.
The first of six chapters cites the recent changes in the theatre and theatrical life. Chapter Two gives thirty-nine examples of belief, superstition and tradition, as related by the collector's informants. Chapter Three covers theatrical idioms (technical and general terms, slang including Polari); Chapter Four concerns practical jokes, Chapter Five ghosts in the theatre, and the final chapter offers some concluding remarks.
A newspaper cutting from the 'Yorkshire Post', concerning the collector's research, is included.
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