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Total number of records: 4619

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Archives4550
Art items69

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Brotherton Collection4383
Rudolf Laban Collections1060
English Literature237

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theater programs3
theatrical producers and directors2
communism and culture1
dance1
film festivals1
jewish theater1
motion pictures1
photographs1
stage photography1
theater1

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Laban, Rudolf Von (1879-1958)263
Rudolf Laban263
Rudolf Jean-Baptiste Attila Von Laban263
Rudolf Johann Baptiste Attila263
Hodgson, John (1927-1997)102
Phoenix Dance Company17
Phoenix Dance Theatre17
Liza Ullmann13
Ullmann, Lisa (1907-1985)13
Laban, Renee (1892-)12

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From 19003131
From 20001338

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Up to 19993071
Up to latest1439

Archive Collection

Workshop Theatre productions, photographs, programmes and an acting text of Etherege's The Man of Mode

c.1968-1998

Comprises miscellaneous theatre programmes for Workshop Theatre productions dated between the early 1970s and 1998, many dozens of black and white and colour photographs of productions, some architect...

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Papers of George Devine

Devine, George (1910-1966)

1943-1978

George Alexander Cassady Devine CBE born 20 November 1910 and died 20 January 1966, was a British actor, theatrical director, theatre manager and teacher. Most notably he was a founding member of the ...

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Archive Sub-collection

Leeds Playhouse archive

Leeds Playhouse

1964-1995

This sub-collection contains material from the Leeds Playhouse campaign from 1964-1970. These encompass papers relating to the Leeds Theatre Trust Ltd. It also includes material relating to producti...

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West Yorkshire Playhouse archive

West Yorkshire Playhouse

1989-2016

This sub-collection includes material relating to the building of the West Yorkshire Playhouse at Quarry Bank. It contains comprehensive files for the stage management and production of the Playhouse...

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Peter Lichtenfels Archive

Lichtenfels, Peter (1949-)

c.1975-c.1992

Includes scripts, theatre programmes, press cuttings and reviews, diaries, notebooks, personal papers, and correspondence. Some relating to the Traverse Theatre and others to the Leicester Haymarket.

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John Hodgson Archive

Hodgson, John (1927-1997)

1891-2001

Comprises Hodgson's own papers as well as a collection of Alan Ayckbourn scripts, original artwork and papers (including some correspondence and manuscripts) of Rudolf Laban, and an extensive collecti...

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William Gaskill, papers principally relating to his period at the Royal Court Theatre, 1965-1972

Gaskill, William (1930-2016)

1892-2010

There are two accruals in this collection. One received in 2003, the second in 2016. See the attached record BC MS 20c Gaskill/1 for details of the second. The first accrual includes: 1) Folders...

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Alec Baron, archive compiled by Baron relating to theatrical life in Leeds from the late 1920s to the 1950s, principally Leeds Unity Theatre, supplemented by material relating to Leeds Film Theatre and world cinema.

Baron, Alec (1913-1991)

1928-1991

Archive compiled by Alec Baron relating to theatrical life in Leeds from the late 1920s to the 1950s, principally Leeds Unity Theatre, supplemented by material relating to Leeds Film Theatre and world...

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Archive Sub-series

Archive File

Archive Sub-collection

Laban Collection

Hodgson, John (1927-1997); Laban, Rudolf von (1879-1958)

1891-2001

The Laban Collection includes papers and artworks by Laban and interviews with Laban's pupils and colleagues. The archives also include notes made by John Hodgson and publications relating to Laban a...

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