| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Description | A research file collated by Max Tyler about the music hall performer Ada Reeve, b.1874, d.1966. The file includes:
A one page typed document titled "Ada's family background".
A print out from Oxford OLIS in 2003 listing songs sung by Ada Reeve in their database.
Two copies of an article titled "Ada Reeve's 80th birthday" from the Daily Telegraph (not dated).
A promotional postcard for "Winnie Brooke, Widow". Ada Reeve stars as "Winnie Brooke". Also featured are Henry Vibart, Eric Lewis, and Roland Bottomley.
Colour photocopy of a portrait of Ada Reeve (not dated).
A copy of the script for an episode of "This is your life" featuring Ada Reeve, broadcast Monday 15th October, 1956. The production was filmed at King's Theatre and presented by Eamonn Andrews. Stamp on cover states "Issued by WAC Written Archives Centre... BBC record management archives. The reference number TELI/D421/460/14086 is handwritten at the top of the page.
An index of songs performed by Ada Reeve from an unknown publication.
Typed document featuring three extracts, two from "A tale of two theatres" and "Fifty years of Vaudeville".
Typed, one page document featuring a short biography of Ada Reeve.
Copies of the sheet music, song sheet and lyrics for "Ladies - beware!", composed and sung by Harry Fragson.
Photocopied image of Ada Reeve. In the photograph a life size Ada Reeve is holding two marionettes (whihc are in fact photographs), one in each hand, both in her image. From the 'Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'. January 7th, 1905.
Copy of a cutting from 'The Era', March 2nd 1901, regarding Ada Reeve coming back to the music halls, specifically the Palace Theatre.
Photocopy from an unknown publication featuring images of Ada Reeve and the various songsheet covers of songs she performed.
Photocopy of 3 pages from the book "Who was who in the theatre", shwoing Ada Reeve's entry.
Photocopy of an image pasted on to card with a handwritten note, "Arthr Roberts & Ada Reeve, Illus. Sporting & Dramatic News, Dec. 26th, 1903, p.724, G.C. Collection". The image show Artur Roberts posing in a toga with Ada Reeve poitning at him in full Edwardian dress. Underneath the photograph is written "With Miss Ada Reeve in "Milord Sir Smith".
Typed document with a transcript from 'The Era', June 17th, 1898, regarding Ada Reeve's stay at "the Palace" [theatre?].
Two small photographs (3.5"x 2.5"), one depicts [Ada Reeve] and a small dog standing outside of a large house, the other shows the same house at a later date, with two men standing outside.
Copy of an article titled "Ada Reeve: Yes - I remember her well" by Gwen Adeler, form an unknown publication.
Facsimilie of a songsheet "Foolish Questions", written by William See, composed by A. Baldwin Sloane, and sung by Miss Ada Reeve. There are some handwritten lyrics on the reverse of one page and some annotations throughout in pencil, all made by Max Tyler.
Typed and copied lyric sheets for the songs "Foolish questions", "Little Jim", "But they do" and "I never forget I'm a lady". |