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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1554 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Durham Dramatic Society

Covering Dates: 1937-2004

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Minute books (Ref: D/X 1554/1-3)
    • Seasonal programmes (Ref: D/X 1554/4-15)
    • Posters of productions (Ref: D/X 1554/16-35)
    • Programmes for productions (Ref: D/X 1554/36-51)
    • Newspaper reports of productions (Ref: D/X 1554/52-53)
    • Programmes of Productions by McDonald and Kirk in the Assembly Rooms, Durham (Ref: D/X 1554/54-68)
    • Poster for the A.K. Chorale in Elvet Methodist Church (Ref: D/X 1554/69)

Catalogue Description

Records given:

26 September 2006 Acc: 3286(D)

See also Durham Dramatic Society records, Ref D/DDS.

Catalogue Contents

Minute books (Ref: D/X 1554/1-3)Ref: D/X 1554/1

Durham Dramatic Society's directors' minutes, June 1987 - 26 November 1990
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 1554/2

Durham Dramatic Society's directors' minutes, 15 March 1990 - December 1996
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 1554/3

File of information of the Durham Dramatic Society, including: The new Articles of Association, 16 May 1995; membership and mailing list, 20 February 1996; charity performances list, November 1988 - July 1996; newsletters, December 1994 - February 1996; Green Room Committee meetings, 18 August 1992 - 27 November 1995; Little Theatre Guild, Production Committee meetings, 5 February 1990 - 15 January 1996
(1 file)

Seasonal programmes (Ref: D/X 1554/4-15)Ref: D/X 1554/4

Programme for the 1989 - 1990 season, 1989
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/5

Programme for the 1990 - 1991 season, 1990
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/6

Programme for the 1991 - 1992 season, 1991
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/7

Programme for the 1992 - 1992 season, 1992
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/8

Programme for the 1993 - 1994 season, 1993
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/9

Programme for the 1994 - 1995 season, 1994
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/10

Programme for the 1996 - 1997 season, 1996
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/11

Programme for the 1997 - 1998 season, 1997
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/12

Programme for the 1998 - 1999 season, 1998
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/13

Programme for the 2002 - 2003 season, 2002
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/14

Programme for the 2003 - 2004 season, 2003
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/15

Programme for the 2004 season, 2004
(1 paper)

Posters of productions (Ref: D/X 1554/16-35)Ref: D/X 1554/16

Poster advertising the production of When We Are Married, by J.B. Priestley, 24 - 28 January 1989
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/17

Poster advertising the production of Charley's Aunt , by Brandon Thomas, 27 June - 1 July 1989
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/18

Poster advertising the production of Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward, 24 November - 28 November 1989
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/19

Poster advertising the production of Who' s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, 6 - 10 April 1992
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/20

Poster advertising the production of Uncle Vanya , by Anton Chekov, 3 - 7 November 1992
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/21

Poster advertising the production of Table Manners, by Alan Ayckbourn, 19 - 23 January 1993
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/22

Poster advertising the production of 84 Charing Cross Road , by Helene Hanff, 22 - 26 June 1993
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/23

Poster advertising the production of The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, 23 - 27 November 1993
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/24

Poster advertising the production of Relative Values, by Noel Coward, 8 - 12 February 1994
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/25

Poster advertising the publication of Key For Two , by John Chapman and Dave Freeman, 26 - 30 March 1996
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/26

Poster advertising the production of Beyond Reasonable Doubt , by Jeffrey Archer, 16 - 20 January 1996
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/27

Poster advertising the production of Night Must Fall, by Emlyn Williams, 11 - 15 June 1996
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/28

Poster advertising the production of Shirley Valentine , by Willy Russell, 9 - 13 July 1996
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/29

Poster advertising the production of The Farndale Avenue Estate Townswomen' s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery , by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jnr., 14 - 18 January 1997
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/30

Poster advertising the production of My Mother Said I Never Should , by Charlotte Keatly, 18 - 22 March 1997
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/31

Poster advertising the production of Absent Friends, by Alan Ayckbourn, 3 - 7 June 1997
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/32

Poster advertising the production of Under Milk Wood , by Dylan Thomas, 8 - 12 July 1997
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/33

Poster advertising the production of Ten Times Table, by Alan Ayckbourn, 28 October - 1 November 1997
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/34

Poster advertising the production of Anyone for Breakfast , by Derek Benfield, 9 - 13 June 1998
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1554/35

Poster advertising the production of Dangerous Obsession, by N.J. Crisp, 14 - 8 July 1998
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Programmes for productions (Ref: D/X 1554/36-51)Ref: D/X 1554/36

Programme for the production of Lovers' Leap, by Philip Johnson, 15 - 17 April 1937
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/37

Programme for the production of Relatively Speaking, by Alan Ayckbourn, October 1975
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1554/38

Programme for the production of When We Are Married, by J.B. Priestley, January 1989
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1554/39

Programme for the production of Present Laughter, by Noel Coward, 7 - 11 November 1989
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1554/40

Programme for the production of Relative Values, by Noel Coward, 8 - 12 February 1993
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/41

Programme for the production of The Day They Kidnapped The Pope , by Joao Bethencourt, 14 - 18 September 1993
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/42

Programme for the production of The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, 23 - 27 November 1993
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/43

Programme for the production of California Suite , by Neil Simon, 24 - 28 October 1995
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1554/44

Programme for the production of Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas, July 1997
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1554/45

Programme for the production of Ten Times Table, by Alan Ayckbourn, 28 October - 1 November 1997
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1554/46

Programme for the production of The Deep Blue Sea, by Terence Rattigan, 13 - 17 January 1998
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1554/47

Programme for the production of Anyone For Breakfast, by Derek Benfield, 9 - 13 June 1998
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1554/48

Programme for the production of Dangerous Obsession, by N.J. Crisp, 14 - 18 July 1998
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1554/49

Programme for the production of The Time of My Life, by Alan Ayckbourn, 3 - 7 November 1998
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1554/50

Programme for the production of two plays for a members' evening: A Separate Peace, by Tom Stoppard, and Singing in the Wilderness , by David Compton, n.d.
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/51

Programme for the seventeenth Sedgefield Drama Festival of one act plays, including details of the Durham Dramatic Society's production of A Visit from Miss Prothero, by Alan Bennett, 14 September 1992
(1 booklet)

Newspaper reports of productions (Ref: D/X 1554/52-53)Ref: D/X 1554/52

Newspaper article, including photograph, from the Durham Advertiser , relating to Durham Dramatic Society's production of Move Over Mrs. Markham, 7 June 1990
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/53

Newspaper article, including photograph, from the Advertiser , relating to Durham Dramatic Society's production of The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen' s Guild Dramatic Society's Production of Macbeth , week ending 1 February 1992
(1 paper)

Programmes of Productions by McDonald and Kirk in the Assembly Rooms, Durham (Ref: D/X 1554/54-68)Ref: D/X 1554/54

Programme for the production of Black Chiffon , by Lesley Storm, presented by McDonald and Kirk in the Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 21 September 1953
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/55

Programme for the production of The Family Upstairs , by Harry Delf, presented by McDonald and Kirk in the Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, 29 September - 3 October 1953 and Jubilee Hall, Bishop Auckland, 3 October 1953
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/56

Programme for the production of The Chiltern Hundreds , by William Douglas-Home, presented by McDonald and Kirk, in the Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 12 October 1953
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/57

Programme for the production of Actresses are Hell , by David Kirk, presented by McDonald and Kirk, Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 21 September 1953
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/58

Programme for the production of Dangerous Corner , by J.B. Priestley, presented by McDonald and Kirk, Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 9 November 1953
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/59

Programme for the production of Love in a Mist , by Kenneth Horner, presented by McDonald and Kirk, Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 16 November 1953
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/60

Programme for the production of The Dream of Olwen , by Robert Bell, presented by McDonald and Kirk, Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 14 December 1953
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/61

Programme for the production of Jane Eyre , by Charlotte Bronte, presented by McDonald and Kirk, Assembly Rooms Theatre, week commencing 18 January 1954
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/62

Programme for the production of Candida , by Bernard Shaw, presented by McDonald and Kirk, Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 25 January 1954
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/63

Programme for the production of George and Margaret , by Gerald Savory, presented by McDonald and Kirk, Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 22 March 1954
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/64

Programme for the production of Wuthering Heights , by Emily Bronte, presented by McDonald and Kirk, Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 29 March 1954
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/65

Programme for the production of Meet the Wife , by Lynn Starling, presented by McDonald and Kirk, Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 5 April 1954
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/66

Programme for the production of Smilin' Thru , by David Kirk, presented by McDonald and Kirk, Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 12 April 1954
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/67

Programme for the production of Camille, from The Lady of the Camellias , by Alexander Dumas, Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 26 April 1954
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1554/68

Programme for the production of Ten Little Niggers , by Agatha Christie, presented by McDonald and Kirk, Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham City, week commencing 19 April 1954
(1 paper)

Poster for the A.K. Chorale in Elvet Methodist Church (Ref: D/X 1554/69)Ref: D/X 1554/69

Poster advertising A.K. Chorale , a St. George's Day Concert of English Music, by Handel, Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Gilbert and Sullivan, conductor Arthur Kay, Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, 23 April n.y.
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm.)



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