Ref NoTHE/MAR
CollectionMarlowe Theatre Collection
TitleMarlowe Theatre Collection
Date1951-1980
Extent6 boxes
DescriptionPrimarily a collection of production photographs of early performances at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, supplemented with a series of head-shots and informal behind-the-scenes images.
Whilst many of the production photographs lack identification, some have been captioned and can be associated with the following productions:
The importance of being earnest (1951) - 3 photographs
Private lives (1961) - 1 photograph
Becket (1962) - 2 photographs
A man for all seasons (22-25 Aug 1962) - 1 photograph
The crucible (20-30 Mar 1963) - 2 photographs
The boy friend (13-27 Apr 1963) - 1 photograph
The physicists (04-07 Dec 1963) - 1 photograph
Come blow your horn (21 Apr - 02 May [1964]) - 1 photograph
Breaking point (05-09 Mar [1964]) - 1 photograph
Ten little Niggers (23 May - 06 Jun [1964]) - 1 photograph
Man and superman (11-22 Aug 1964) - 3 photographs
Simple spymen (08-19 Sep 1964) - 2 photographs
Mary Mary (29 Sep - 10 Oct 1964) - 1 photograph
Time remembered (30 Mar - 10 Apr 1965) - 1 photograph
Kind sir (04-15 May 1965) - 1 photograph
The hostage (18-29 May 1965) - 1 photograph
The way to keep him (15-26 Jun 1965) - 3 photographs
No no Nanette (24 Aug - 04 Sep 1965) - 1 photograph
Rattle of a simple man (21 Sep - 02 Oct 1965) - 1 photograph
Face to face (26 Oct - 06 Nov 1965) - 2 photographs
Lock up your daughters (09-20 Nov 1965) - 1 photograph
The visit (26 Nov - 04 Dec 1965) - 2 photographs
Babes in the wood (24 Dec 1965 - 15 Jan 1966) - 2 photographs
Dr Faustus (c. 1966) - 3 photographs
Tamburlaine (c. 1966) - 2 photographs
An ideal husband (09-23 Apr 1966) - 2 photographs
Busman's honeymoon (26 Apr - 07 May 1966) - 1 photograph
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? (10-21 May 1966) - 2 photographs
Bless the bride (24 May - 04 Jun 1966) - 1 photograph
Luther (21 Jun - 02 Jul 1966) - 1 photograph
Hotel Paradiso (05-16 Jul 1966) - 1 photograph
Home and beauty (09-20 Aug 1966) - 3 photographs
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum (23 Aug - 03 Sep 1966) - 1 photograph
On approval (20 Sep - 01 Oct 1966) - 2 photographs
Lady Windermere's fan (25 Mar - 08 Apr 1967) - 2 photographs
Busybody (12-22 Aug 1967) - 2 photographs
The government inspector (26 Apr - 06 May 1967) - 1 photograph
The dancing years (24 May - 10 Jun 1967) - 1 photograph
The confidential clerk (14-24 Jun 1967) - 1 pjhotograph
Lady be good (16 Aug - 02 Sep 1967) - 1 photograph
Robert and Elizabeth (17 Oct - 04 Nov 1967) - 1 photograph
Vanity Fair (05-16 Dec 1967) - 1 photograph
Dick Whittington [Dec 1967 - Jan 1968] - 2 photographs
The importance of being earnest (23 Mar - 06 Apr 1968) - 1 photograph
Relatively speaking (09-20 Apr 1968) - 2 photographs
The homecoming (23 Apr - 04 May 1968) - 1 photograph
Tom Jones (28 May - 08 Jun 1968) - 8 photographs
Serjeant Musgrave's dance (11-22 Jun 1968) - 2 photographs
The millionairess (25 Jun - 06 Jul 1968) - 2 photographs
Wait until dark (02-14 Sep 1968) - 2 photographs
A day in the death of Joe Egg (17-26 Sep 1968) - 2 photographs
Ghosts (03 Oct - 09 Nov 1968) - 3 photographs
The court of Luxembourg (13-30 Nov 1968) - 1 photograph
The killing of Sister George (22 Apr - 03 May 1969) - 3 photographs
The private secretary (20-31 May 1969) - 4 photographs
The prime of Miss Jean Brodie (03-14 Jun 1969) - 1 photograph
Black Comedy, and The white liars (17-28 Jun 1969) - 7 photographs
Kiss me Kate (01-12 Jul 1969) - 2 photographs
When we are married (18-30 Aug 1969) - 3 photographs
Dead silence (02-13 Sep 1969) - 4 photographs
The ghost train (16-27 Sep 1969) - 1 photograph
Out of the crocodile (30 Sep - 11 Oct 1969) - 2 photographs
The seagull (28 Oct - 08 Nov 1969) - 2 photographs
The fire raisers (11-22 Nov 1969) - 2 photographs
She stoops to conquer [25 Nov - 06 Dec 1969] - 4 photographs
Hay fever (c. 1969/70) - 1 photograph
Cinderella [Dec 1969 - Jan 1970] - 3 photographs
Twelfth night or 'what you will' (28 Apr - 09 May 1970) - 1 photograph
Boeing Boeing (15-26 Sep 1970) - 1 photograph
Not now darling (10-24 Apr 1971) - 1 photograph
The hollow (27 Apr - 08 May 1971) - 2 photographs
Hamlet (09-19 Jun [1971]) - 1 photograph
What the butler saw (21 Sep - 02 Oct 1971) - 1 photograph
The lodger (05-16 Oct 1971) - 1 photograph
See how they run (10-20 Nov 1971) - 2 photographs
Aladdin [Dec 1971 - Jan 1972] - 2 photographs (and possibly 2 captioned 'Widow Twankey')
Arms and the man [1971] - 1 photograph
Santa Claus [1971] - 1 photograph
Opera for all - Cinderella (1971-1972) - 1 photograph
Opera for all - The barber of Seville (1971-1972) - 1 photograph
Opera for all - The fair maid of Perth (1971-1972) - 1 photograph
Opera for all - A Turk in Italy (c. 1971-1972, though not performed) - 1 photograph
Rebecca (16-27 May 1972) - 3 photographs
Irma La Douce (13-24 Jun 1972) - 2 photographs
Jack and the beanstalk [Dec 1972 - Jan 1973] - 2 photographs
Caste October [1973] - 1 photograph
Pride and prejudice (02-13 Apr 1974) - 1 photograph
Collection and the lover (28 May - 08 Jun 1974) - 1 photograph
Ten little Niggers (03-14 Sep 1974) - 2 photographs
The owl and the pussycat (17 Dec 1974 - 10 Jan 1975) - 1 photograph
Lloyd George knew my father (14-25 Jan 1975) - 1 photograph
Sweeney Todd (20-30 May 1975) - 1 photograph
Gaslight (19-30 Aug 1975) - 3 photographs
Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat [1976] - 2 photographs
Toad of Toad Hall [Dec 1976 - Jan 1977] - 1 photograph
The boy friend (06-30 Apr 1977) - 1 photograph
Macbeth (26 Oct - 12 Nov 1977) - 1 photograph
Gigi (02-26 May 1979) - 1 photograph
Side by side by Sondheim (12 Sep - 06 Oct 1979) - 1 photograph
Charley's Aunt (31 Oct - 17 Nov 1979) - 1 photograph
Aladdin (14 Dec 1979 - 12 Jan 1980) - 3 photographs
NotesThe titles of some of these programmes reflect contemporary attitudes and language used within this period. All such terms are used in the interest of historical accuracy, as altering them would risk falsifying the historical record. It would also be problematic to source non-offensive modern equivalents with a similar meaning. These items do not reflect the views or opinions of the University of Kent, Special Collections & Archives or our staff. We apologise for any offence that our inclusion of these items may cause.
PhysicalDescriptionPhotographs
LevelCollection
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