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Collection name McCann Collection: Miscellaneous (1961-1967)
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Description One scrapbook of programmes, from 1961 to 1967. The programmes are from concerts, dance performances, opera and musicals. The majority of programmes are from visiting artists. There are a number of programmes from a dance programme entitled “Spanish Fiesta”.

The programmes are from a variety of venues in the United Kingdom, but the collection also includes a small number of programmes from foreign venues. The venues represented in the collection are as follows: Town Hall, Birmingham; Gaiety Theatre [Dublin]; Princess Theatre, Torquay; Cork Opera House; Grove Theatre, Belfast; Congress Theatre, Eastbourne; Alhambra Theatre, Bradford; New Theatre, Kingston upon Hull; Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead; Guildhall, Portsmouth; Lewisham Concert Hall; Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham; Greenford Hall; Fairfield Hall, Croydon; Sunderland Empire Theatre; De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea; Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton; Esplanade Theatre, Bognor Regis; Theatre Royal, St. Helens; Grand Opera House, Belfast; King’s Hall, Hackney; Parr Hall, Warrington.

In addition, there are programmes from a Hungarian production of “West Side Story” and a performance of “Turandot” in Poland. There is a leaflet from the “Limerick Choral and Operatic Society Festival of Grand Opera”.
Date range 1961 - 1967
Associated People and Organisations Limerick Choral and Operatic Society Festival of Grand Opera - Spanish Fiesta -
Associated Places Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Alhambra Theatre, Bradford Congress Theatre, Eastbourne De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea Empire Theatre, Birmingham Empire Theatre, Sunderland Esplanade Theatre, Bognor Regis Fairfield Halls, Croydon Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Grand Opera House, Belfast Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton Greenford Hall, Ealing Grove Theatre, Belfast Guildhall, Portsmouth King's Hall, Hackney Lewisham (Concert) Hall New Theatre, Kingston upon Hull Opera House, Cork Parr Hall, Warrington Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead Princess Theatre, Torquay Theatre Royal, St. Helens Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety)
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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