New Theatre Collection, 1914-2021

fonds

1914-2021

Graphic Materials, Textual Records

825735

New Theatre was founded in 1932 and is now the oldest continually producing theatre company in New South Wales. The theatre began in Pitt Street Sydney as The Sydney Workers' Art Club and in 1936 both the Sydney and Melbourne groups adopted new names, Sydney’s being Sydney's New Theatre League. In 1945 the name was shortened to New Theatre. Between 1963 and 1973 New Theatre was located at Darlinghurst. In 1973, needing more space for major productions, workshop acting classes, children's theatre and street theatre rehearsals, the Theatre moved to its King Street, Newtown location.

The New Theatre Collection comprises organisational records such as minutes, reports and correspondence as well as playscripts, posters, printed material, recorded material and video tapes covering the period 1914-2015. The collection was acquired in several consignments:

COLLECTION 01
New Theatre records, 1914-1990
Acquired from New Theatre, 1991

COLLECTION 02
New Theatre records, 1952-1991
Acquired from New Theatre, 1995

COLLECTION 03
New Theatre further records, 1936-1997
Acquired from New Theatre, 1997

COLLECTION 04
New Theatre further records, 1998-2000
Acquired from New Theatre, 2002

COLLECTION 05
New Theatre further records, 1980s-2003
Acquired from New Theatre, 2004

COLLECTION 06
New Theatre further records, 2001-2004
Acquired from New Theatre, 2005

COLLECTION 07
New Theatre further records 2001-2005
Acquired from New Theatre, 2006

COLLECTION 08
New Theatre further records, 1947-2015
Acquired from New Theatre, 2015

COLLECTION 9
New Theatre further records, 1954-2017
Acquired from New Theatre, 2017

COLLECTION 10
New Theatre further records, ca. 1987-2018
Acquired from New Theatre, 2019

COLLECTION 11
New Theatre further records 2003-2005
Acquired from New Theatre, 2007

COLLECTION 12
New Theatre further records 2005-2007
Acquired from New Theatre, 2008

COLLECTION 13
New Theatre further records 1969-2008
Acquired from New Theatre, 2009

COLLECTION 14
New Theatre further records 2007-2010
Acquired from New Theatre, 2010

COLLECTION 15
New Theatre further records 2007-2012
Acquired from New Theatre, 2012

COLLECTION 16
New Theatre further records 1940-2013
Acquired from New Theatre, 2013

COLLECTION 17
New Theatre further records 1981-1984
Acquired from New Theatre, 2021

COLLECTION 18
New Theatre further records 1948-2021
Acquired from New Theatre, 2021

New Theatre Stage models and posters
Acquired from New Theatre, 1992,1996

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