RESTRICTED ACCESS:
Richard Smith Collection
Bristol Theatre Collection Playbills, MSS, portraits etc. 5 vols. 1672-1843. B7976-80
Vol.1 contains holograph letters from David Garrick to Hannah More. (photocopies of volumes 1-3 {in 5 vols.} B31457 – not restricted)
Hippodrome Stoll Herald
Forthcoming attractions 1921-1932. B27988
Jacob’s Wells Theatre
Account Book 1741-1748 MS B11204. (photocopy B30810- not restricted)
Robert Lang Collection
Opera, playbills, newscuttings 1824-1884. B22248
New Theatre Royal, Park Row Playbills 1867-1884. B25088
Playbills Collection Misc. playbills from Theatre Royal & others; broadsides, newsheets & lotteries 1796-1835. B35086
Prince’s Theatre
Spring-Autumn engagements 1907-1913. B24386
Booking plan, n.d. MS B25130
Playbills 1884-1920. B25087
Playbills 1906-1914. B24384
Playbills March-November, 1940. B24387
Playbills, stage directions, programmes 1908-1935. B1870-1872
Programmes Pantomimes 1905-1911, 1916. B24391
Prince’s Theatre, Theatre Royal & New Star Music Hall
Volume of programmes 1885-1895. B21557
Stokes Croft Theatre
Notes. MSS. B22537
Bristol Theatre Royal
Catcott, George. Cast, prologue, epilogue
Conscious Lovers, first play 1766, and playbill and
Quaker Remonstrance 1764. Autograph Book of GC. B22477 (Microfilm B24651 – not restricted)
Five deeds 1771-1837 King Street. B21774-21778
Playbills 1853-1868 B25089
OPEN ACCESS (card catalogue Local Studies/Drama):
Bristol Guild Players
Callboy 1946. B18356. (Plus 3 programmes 1944,1946,1948.)
Bristol’s Little Theatre
Criticisms of plays 1923 to 1972. B12212, 12213—
Playbills 1923-24. B12236
Bristol’s Little Theatre
Playbills 1968-? B24482
Programmes 1923 onwards. B12224
Newspaper Cuttings 1947-66. B24024
Chute FamilyR
Reminiscences of Macready-Chute family and Bristol Theatres newspaper extracts. 1882. B22831
John Hippisley
Flora (2nd ed.) 1729. Ref. 822.5
Journey to Bristol – farce. 1731. B14122
Bristol Hippodrome
Volume of newspaper cuttings 1948-78. B29376
Misc. programmes 1960s/1970s
Histrionic Club
Playbills, tickets, newspaper extracts 1877-1883. B1887
Histrionic Club rules 1871. B1886
Sir J.H.B. Irving
Volume of newspaper extracts, illustrations, portraits. B15905
Hannah More
Fatal Falsehood: tragedy. 1780. B19496
Inflexible Captive: tragedy. 1774. B19498
Percy. 1778. B17491
Search after Happiness, pastoral drama. 1773. B13362
New Theatre Magazine (Bristol)
1959-1973. B22389
Newspaper Cuttings
Theatre in Bristol 1878-1895. B22831
Playgoers Club
Programmes 1925-1938/39. B19089
Amateur Theatre in Bristol
Programmes 1945-61 (compiled K. Barker) B31749
Princes Theatre
Programmes 1879-1912. B27442
Bristol Theatre Royal
Playbills 1957-1967. B21003
Programmes – various 19th & 20th centuries
Programmes 1943 to date. B19946
Newspaper cuttings 1929-1966. B24025
Playbills
Volume of miscellaneous Bristol playbills. B22762
Theatre Magazines and Local Newspapers
The Reference Library holds various theatre magazines and backcopies of local newspapers. See Bristol Central Library's
Serials List for further details.
Play Texts
The Library stocks plays from 18th,19th, 20th centuries, including 18th century versions of Behn and Jonson AND general criticisms of drama/plays.
For further information about these and other collections visit the
Bristol Central Library Reference Library web page.