Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1970-1991. (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
177 boxes (Offsite Storage), 4 parcels, 4 tubes, 4 folders.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Twelfth Night Theatre Company was founded in Brisbane in 1936 by Rhoda Felgate. It was an amateur society at first, then became a professional company in 1971. In 1979, the TN! Theatre Company was established It was separate from the Twelfth Night Theatre Complex and had a more adventurous artistic policy. It formed a partnership with the Brisbane College of Education, which gave it access to a performance space in Fortitude Valley. In 1986, the company moved to the Princess Theatre. After 1988, financial difficulties beset the company Its last production was in 1991.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Records, 1970-1991
Collection alternatively titled as: TN! Theatre Company Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers include some records of Twelfth Night Theatre Company. Administration records, financial records, company reports and working papers; arts funding applications and appraisals of company. Marketing records include advertisement mock-ups, brochures, posters and newspaper cuttings of advertisements and reviews. Records of plays produced include playscripts, production notes, musical scores, a rehearsal tape and miscellaneous photographs of productions and actors. Files also include papers relevant to the company's history and censorship, especially the 1969 production of Alexander Buzo's play Norm and Ahmed. Also included are stage designs, lighting plans, architectural plans and posters.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital copies of some items held in Fryer Library (Restricted) collection in UQ eSpace.
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Twelfth Night Theatre (Brisbane, Qld.) (Subject)
- TN! Theatre Company (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Migrated
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.