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Theatre Collections

The Brian Smith Theatre Programme Collection Brian Smith was an avid theatregoer who kept the programme for every show he attended. Brian organised the programmes alphabetically by theatre and that is how they remain ordered in the archive. It is … Continue reading

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Collection of the Month- Brian Smith Theatre Programme Collection

Our Collection of the Month is one of our newer theatre collections- the Brian Smith Theatre Programme collection. Brian Smith was born in Bundaberg in Queensland Australia on 18th July 1930.  He was an extremely successful scholar but his parents … Continue reading

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Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste of Honey

Yesterday’s newspapers contained a number of obituaries to the writer Shelagh Delaney, who died on Sunday. She is best remembered for her play, A Taste of Honey, written when she was just 18 and which opened to both critical acclaim … Continue reading

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Collections Launch 7th November 2011

Monday evening saw a celebration to launch four of our newer collections- the Orange Prize for Fiction Archive, Publishing News Archive, Cary Ellison Theatre Programme Collection and the Brian Smith Theatre Programme Collection. The evening started at 6.30pm with our … Continue reading

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