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Post-1945 Theatre Royal Archive

18th century playbill

York St John University acts as custodian for the post-1945 Theatre Royal Archive.

 

The archive contains scripts, prompt copies, stage plans, programmes, photographs, show tapes, books of playbills, posters, press cuttings and information on actors. The collection receives updated material on a regular basis.

 

Members of staff, students and the general public may access the collection by prior appointment. For further information please contact us.

The image above is of a playbill held at York Minster Library, and digitised as part of the Yorkshire Theatres Playbills and Posters project. The partners in the project are York St John University, University of York, the Minster Library, York City Archive, the Borthwick Institute and York Theatre Royal.

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