• Title
  Sydney John Kay - scrapbooks concerning the Mercury Theatre, 1940s-1950s.
• Creator
  Sydney John Kay, 1906-1970
• Call number
  MLMSS 7164/Boxes 1X-2X
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1940s-1950s
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Ephemera, Photographs, Clippings
• Reference code
  413500
• Physical Description
  0.80 metres of textual material (2 volumes in 2 outsize boxes) - clippings, printed, photographs
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  The Mercury Theatre was formed in Sydney in 1946 by Sydney John Kay and Peter Finch. They began by presenting 3 classic European one-act plays. In 1947 Kay designed a folding stage to fit on a truck and the Mercury Mobile Players took classic comedy to audiences in factories, schools, hospitals and public halls. In 1948 Laurence Olivier and Vivien leigh saw Finch in a Moliere play at O'Briens Glass factory. The Mercury theatre ceased operations in 1949 when Finch went to London. Kay revived the theatre in 1952 but was forced to close down in late 1953 owing to financial problems.
• Scope and Content
  Theatre programs, photographs and newscuttings. Also includes letters from, and photographs of, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - The material has been extracted from the original scrapbooks and is now loosely interleaved. Some items are also fragile
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1002091
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967
  Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989
  
• Name
  Finch, Peter, 1916-1977
  Mercury Theatre
  
• Subject
  Theater--New South Wales--20th century.
  Theater programs--Australia.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1063469

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