


Collection Description
Collection Title
Glasgow: Playbills and Programmes Kings Theatre (1904-66)
Unique Identifier
Mus.Box.250
Description
Collection of ca. 75 miscellaneous programmes from the Glasgow King's Theatre (1904-1966). Performances of ballet, opera, musicals, musical reviews, plays with music, music hall. Companies and societies represented:
Imperial Russian Ballet
Glasgow Light Opera Club
Minerva Club
Scottish Opera
Sadler's Wells Opera
Ballet Rambert
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Australian Ballet, as part of the Commonwealth Arts Festival, 1965
Trinidad Theatre Company, as part of the Commonwealth Arts Festival, 1965
Daniel Mayer Company
Pantheon Club
Lyric Club
Orpheus Club
Boy Scouts of Glasgow
Glasgow Grand Opera Society
Theatre Guild
Royal Ballet
Imperial Russian Ballet
Glasgow Light Opera Club
Minerva Club
Scottish Opera
Sadler's Wells Opera
Ballet Rambert
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Australian Ballet, as part of the Commonwealth Arts Festival, 1965
Trinidad Theatre Company, as part of the Commonwealth Arts Festival, 1965
Daniel Mayer Company
Pantheon Club
Lyric Club
Orpheus Club
Boy Scouts of Glasgow
Glasgow Grand Opera Society
Theatre Guild
Royal Ballet
Format
Date range of collection
1904 - 1966
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Royal Ballet -
- D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 1879 -
- Ballet Rambert -
- Imperial Russian Ballet -
- Glasgow Light Opera Club -
- Minerva Club -
- Scottish Opera -
- Sadlers' Wells Opera -
- Australian Ballet -
- Commonwealth Arts Festival -
- Trinidad Theatre Company -
- Daniel Mayer Company -
- Pantheon Club -
- Lyric Club -
- Orpheus Club -
- Boy Scouts of Glasgow -
- Glasgow Grand Opera Society -
- Theatre Guild -
Associated Places
Associated Times
Location Details
National Library of Scotland, Music Collections
George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW United Kingdom Open Map
Email
Telephone
+44 (0)131 623 3700
Fax
+44 (0)131 623 3701
Visiting Information
Photocopying
Collections Overview
Large reference collection of printed, manuscript and audio-visual music material, including books, scores, periodicals, audio, video and multi-media formats. Legal deposit library.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
Additional Collection Information
Accrual Status
Closed
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