SearchGetRecordMcCann Collection: Miscellaneous (1961-1967)
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Collection Title
McCann Collection: Miscellaneous (1961-1967)
Description
One scrapbook of programmes, from 1961 to 1967. The programmes are from concerts, dance performances, opera and musicals. The majority of programmes are from visiting artists. There are a number of programmes from a dance programme entitled “Spanish Fiesta”.
The programmes are from a variety of venues in the United Kingdom, but the collection also includes a small number of programmes from foreign venues. The venues represented in the collection are as follows: Town Hall, Birmingham; Gaiety Theatre [Dublin]; Princess Theatre, Torquay; Cork Opera House; Grove Theatre, Belfast; Congress Theatre, Eastbourne; Alhambra Theatre, Bradford; New Theatre, Kingston upon Hull; Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead; Guildhall, Portsmouth; Lewisham Concert Hall; Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham; Greenford Hall; Fairfield Hall, Croydon; Sunderland Empire Theatre; De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea; Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton; Esplanade Theatre, Bognor Regis; Theatre Royal, St. Helens; Grand Opera House, Belfast; King’s Hall, Hackney; Parr Hall, Warrington.
In addition, there are programmes from a Hungarian production of “West Side Story” and a performance of “Turandot” in Poland. There is a leaflet from the “Limerick Choral and Operatic Society Festival of Grand Opera”.
The programmes are from a variety of venues in the United Kingdom, but the collection also includes a small number of programmes from foreign venues. The venues represented in the collection are as follows: Town Hall, Birmingham; Gaiety Theatre [Dublin]; Princess Theatre, Torquay; Cork Opera House; Grove Theatre, Belfast; Congress Theatre, Eastbourne; Alhambra Theatre, Bradford; New Theatre, Kingston upon Hull; Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead; Guildhall, Portsmouth; Lewisham Concert Hall; Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham; Greenford Hall; Fairfield Hall, Croydon; Sunderland Empire Theatre; De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea; Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton; Esplanade Theatre, Bognor Regis; Theatre Royal, St. Helens; Grand Opera House, Belfast; King’s Hall, Hackney; Parr Hall, Warrington.
In addition, there are programmes from a Hungarian production of “West Side Story” and a performance of “Turandot” in Poland. There is a leaflet from the “Limerick Choral and Operatic Society Festival of Grand Opera”.
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Date range of collection
1961 - 1967
Accumulation Dates
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Suggested Audience
Not Specific
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Associated Places
- Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
- Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
- Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
- De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea
- Empire Theatre, Birmingham
- Empire Theatre, Sunderland
- Esplanade Theatre, Bognor Regis
- Fairfield Halls, Croydon
- Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
- Grand Opera House, Belfast
- Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
- Greenford Hall, Ealing
- Grove Theatre, Belfast
- Guildhall, Portsmouth
- King's Hall, Hackney
- Lewisham (Concert) Hall
- New Theatre, Kingston upon Hull
- Opera House, Cork
- Parr Hall, Warrington
- Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead
- Princess Theatre, Torquay
- Theatre Royal, St. Helens
- Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety)
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Location Details
Royal Academy of Music Museum
Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT Open Map
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020 7873 7374
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11.30am - 5.30pm Monday to Friday
12.00pm - 4.00pm Weekends
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Accrual Status
Closed
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