ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collections
HMSS 0442 Canberra Repertory Society Records
Scope and Content Notes
| Call Number | HMSS 0442 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Canberra Repertory Society Records |
| Date Range | 1981-2011 |
| Quantity | 0.68m (4 manuscript boxes) |
| Access Conditions | open |
| Copying Conditions | with attribution |
| Related Collections |
Founded in 1932, Canberra REP is one of the oldest established theatre companies in Australia. REP is based at Theatre 3 which it has managed and performed in since 1974. It previously performed at the Albert Hall (1932-1952) and the 2CA Theatre (1940-1950), the Riverside Theatre (1953-1965), the Canberra Playhouse (1965-1972).
Canberra REP is a not-for-profit organisation and is registered with the ACNC as a Charity. REP's corporate structure is as a Company Limited by Guarantee. Canberra REP has received endorsement as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) through the Australian Taxation Office.
This collections consists of production files for productions staged 1981-2011. There is one file per production A production file will contain documentation of the business of putting on a production such as budgets, box office and front of house reports, stage manager reports, cast lists, rehearsal schedules and directorial correspondence. Some files may also contain set design plans.
Not all productions for the period covered have a production file and contents differ.
Box List
BOX NUMBER | NAME OF PRODUCTION | DATES OF PRODUCTION |
|---|---|---|
1 | Death of a Salesman | 6-30 May 1981 |
1 | Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for Boys | 3-27 February 1982 |
1 | Arms and The Man | 23 September - 16 October 1982 |
1 | Babes in the Wood | 19 November - 10 December 1983 |
1 | Aladdin | 22 November - 15 December 1984 |
1 | The 11th Old Time Music Hall '85 | 12 June - 6 July 1985 |
1 | Rookery Nook | 22 February - 16 March 1986 |
1 | American Days | 14 April - 25 May 1986 |
1 | The 12th Old Time Music Hall '86 | 11 June - 5 July 1986 |
1 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | 20 September - 11 October 1986 |
1 | The Sunny South | 8-26 January 1987 |
1 | Pride and Prejudice | 28 February - 21 March 1987 |
1 | The Real Thing | 10 April - 2 May 1987 |
1 | The 13th Old Time Music Hall '87 | 3-27 June 1987 |
1 | Lysistrata | 18 July - 8 August 1987 |
1 | Veronica's Room | 12 September - 3 October 1987 |
1 | You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown | 14 November - 5 December 1987 |
1 | Present Laughter | 19 February - 12 March 1988 |
1 | Charley's Aunt | 29 April - 21 May 1988 |
1 | The 14th Old Time Music Hall '88 | 3 June - 2 July 1988 |
1 | Pack of Lies | 3-24 September 1988 |
1 | Season's Greetings | 14 October - 5 November 1988 |
1 | Cabaret | 1-25 March 1989 |
1 | See How They Run | 28 April - 20 May 1989 |
1 | The 15th Old Time Music Hall '89 | 1 June - 1 July 1989 |
1 | An Ideal Husband | 28 July - 19 August 1989 |
1 | Gulls | 8-30 September 1989 |
2 | Amadeus | 20 October - 11 November 1989 |
2 | Sinners | 9 February - 3 March 1990 |
2 | The 16th Old Time Music Hall | 31 May - 30 June 1990 |
2 | 84, Charing Cross Road | 20 July - 11 August 1990 |
2 | Nude With Violin | 31 August - 22 September 1990 |
2 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 12 October - 3 November 1990 |
2 | The Fantasticks | 15 February - 9 March 1991 |
2 | Sons of Cain | 19 April - 11 May 1991 |
2 | The 17th Old Time Music Hall | 30 May - 29 June 1991 |
2 | The Rivals | 27 July - 17 August 1991 |
2 | The Life of Galileo | 6-28 September 1991 |
2 | Hay Fever | 8-30 November 1991 |
2 | Summer and Smoke | 14 February - 7 March 1992 |
2 | Under Milk Wood | 2-25 April 1992 |
2 | The 18th Old Time Music Hall | 27 May - 30 June 1992 |
2 | The Journey of the Fifth Horse | 24 July - 15 August 1992 |
2 | After the Lions | 11 September - 3 October 1992 |
2 | The School for Scandal | 20 November - 12 December 1992 |
2 | Born Yesterday | 12 February - 6 March 1993 |
2 | The Golden Age | 7 April - 1 May 1993 |
2 | The 19th Old Time Music Hall | 2 June - 3 July 1993 |
3 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | 16 July - 7 August 1993 |
3 | Henceforward | 27 August - 18 September 1993 |
3 | The Importance of Being Earnest | 8-27 November 1993 |
3 | Steel Magnolias | 11 February - 12 March 1994 |
| 3 | Rules of the Game | September 1993 |
3 | A Spring Song | 22 April - 21 May 1994 |
3 | A Doll's House | 2 September - 10 October 1994 |
3 | Blithe Spirit | 11 November - 10 December 1994 |
3 | Dancing at Lughnasa | 16 February - 1 March 1995 |
3 | Beyond Reasonable Doubt | 27 April - 20 May 1995 |
3 | Tartuffe | 3-26 August 1995 |
3 | Jigsaws | 14 September - 7 October 1995 |
3 | Noises Off | 15 November - 9 December 1995 |
3 | Away | 15 February - 9 March 1996 |
3 | Breaking The Code | 11 April - 4 May 1996 |
3 | Servant of Two Masters | 18 July - 10 August 1996 |
3 | Rumours | 14 November -7 December 1996 |
3 | Time of My Life | 5-27 March 1999 |
3 | An Inspector Calls | 30 April - 22 May 1999 |
3 | The 25th Old Time Music Hall | 16-26 June 1999 |
3 | One Flew over the Cuckoo's Next | 2-25 September 1999 |
3 | Cat on a hot tin roof | 27 April - 19 May 2001 |
3 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | 22 February - 16 March 2002 |
3 | Sleuth | 14 February - 8 March 2003 |
3 | Gross Indecency - The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde | 2-24 May 2003 |
3 | The 29th Old Time Music Hall | 12-21 June 2003 |
3 | The Secret Rapture | 18 July - 9 August 2003 |
3 | The Madness of George III | 19 September - 11 October 2003 |
3 | Pass the Butler | 21 November - 13 December 2003 |
3 | Communicating Doors | 20 February - 13 March 2004 |
3 | Bus Stop | 7-29 May 2004 |
3 | The 30th Old Time Music Hall | 17-26 June 2004 |
3 | The Foursome | 23 July - 14 August 2004 |
4 | 'Night, Mother | 24 September -16 October 2004 |
4 | On the Razzle | 19 November - 11 December 2004 |
4 | Proof | 13 February - 12 March 2005 |
4 | Comic Potential | 15 April - 7 May 2005 |
4 | I Never Sang for my Father | 5-27 August 2005 |
4 | The Woman in Black | 21 September - 15 October 2005 |
4 | Sly Fox | 18 November - 10 December 2005 |
4 | Lend Me A Tenor | 17 February - 11 March 2006 |
4 | Arcadia | 21 April - 13 May 2006 |
4 | The 32nd Old Time Music Hall | 15-24 June 2006 |
4 | Don's Party | 4-26 August 2006 |
4 | The School For Scandal | 22 September - 14 October 2006 |
4 | I'll Be Back Before Midnight | 17 November - 9 December 2006 |
4 | The Odd Couple | 22 February - 15 March 2008 |
4 | The One Day of the Year | 11 April - 3 May 2008 |
4 | The 34th Old Time Music Hall | 12-21 June 2008 |
4 | It's My Party (And I'll Die If I Want To) | 25 July - 16 August 2008 |
4 | Pygmalion | 12 September - 4 October 2008 |
4 | Cosi | 21 November - 13 December 2008 |
4 | I Hate Hamlet | 20 February - 14 March 2009 |
4 | Jazz Garters | 11-27 June 2009 |
4 | It Runs in the Family | 20 November - 12 December 2009 |
4 | Secret Bridesmaids' Business | 4-19 March 2011 |
4 | Humble Boy | 6-21 May 2011 |
4 | Jazz Garters | 24 June - 9 July 2011 |
4 | Life x 3 | 5-20 August 2011 |
4 | The Pig Iron People | 16 September - 1 October 2011 |
4 | Out of Order | 18 November - 3 December 2011 |