MS 509 02
Reference code
MS 509 02
Title
Alec Clunes’s papers relating to the Arts Theatre
Level
Series
Administrative / Biographical history
The Arts Theatre opened on 20 April 1927 as a members-only club for the performance of unlicensed plays. In 1942 Alec Clunes took over the running of the theatre and during the 11 years he was in charge, it became one of the most distinguished theatres of its time.
Date
1927-1967
Extent & medium
8 boxes and 32 volumes
[8 sub-series]
[8 sub-series]
Content description
The papers mainly concern the various productions staged at the theatre between 1927 and 1953 and includes press cuttings and photographs. It also includes papers Clunes collected during his 11 years managing the theatre such as legal and financial papers and various items of ephemera.
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Number 2 of 3 at this Level
Beneath this record in the archive hierarchy
- Alec Clunes: Arts Theatre: Press cuttings books, (pre-Clunes’s management), MS 509 02 01, (1927-1939)
- Alec Clunes: Arts Theatre: Press cuttings books, MS 509 02 02, (1942-1953)
- Alec Clunes: Arts Theatre: Photographs – general, MS 509 02 03, (1945-1953)
- Alec Clunes: Arts Theatre: Photographs and Programmes – productions, MS 509 02 04, (1942-1953)
- Alec Clunes: Arts Theatre: Financial and legal papers, MS 509 02 05, (1943-1953)
- Alec Clunes: Arts Theatre: Arts Theatre: European Tour, MS 509 02 06, (1946-1947)
- Alec Clunes: Arts Theatre: General, MS 509 02 07, (1942-1967)