Offstage
This section is a catch-all for the wide range of people who keep the theatre business operational behind the scenes. For example: producers, managers, agents, marketing and wardrobe professionals. Here is a selection of our collections relating to offstage.
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| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Aveline, Joe | Archive of the stage production manager, writer and theatre historian Joe Aveline, composed largely of material from a variety of British and European theatrical management projects. Of particular interest is a collection of historical material (c.1900 - 1960s) retrieved from the Playhouse Theatre, London during a period when it lay empty in the 1980s. |
| Ayrton, Norman | Records relating to the career of Norman Ayrton (1924 - 2017); actor, theatre and opera director, drama teacher and principal of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) from 1966 to 1972. |
| Davis,Joe | The archive of lighting designer Joe Davis (1912 - 1984). |
| Farjeon, Herbert | Herbert Farjeon (1887 - 1945)was a dramatic critic, lyricist, librettist, presenter of revues, playwright, theatre manager, and theatre researcher. |
| Mackintosh, Iain | Material collected by the British theatre producer, designer and historian Iain Mackintosh (b. 1937). Much of this collection is related to the Prospect Theatre Company and its tenure at the London Old Vic 1977 - 1982. |
| Santos, Manolo | Archive of Manolo Santos, stage manager with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company from the mid-1960s into the 1970s. |
| Taylor, Ross | Archive of British Theatre Producer, director, dancer and choreographer Ross Taylor (1929 - 2017) who described himself as "the first working class impresario". |
| Woddis, Carole | Archive of theatre critic Carole Woddis, professionally active from the early 1980s. |