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RECORDS OF THE GREEN ROOM PLAYERS, 1911-1956

Catalogue reference: 792 GRP

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792 GRP
Title
RECORDS OF THE GREEN ROOM PLAYERS, 1911-1956
Description

The Collection contains two series of minute books - one for the Green Room Amateur Dramatic Society (GRADS) and another for the Liverpool Playgoers Club - five annotated typescripts and a scrap book of memorabilia, as well as assorted programmes covering productions during the period 1925 - 1967.

Arrangement

792 GRP/1 GRADS Minute Books

792 GRP/2 Liverpool Playgoers Club Minute Books

792 GRP/3 Typescripts of plays

792 GRP/4 GRADS Memorabilia Scrapbook

792 GRP/5 Miscellaneous items

792 GRP/1

Held by
Liverpool Record Office
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Green Room Amateur Dramatic Society, Liverpool</corpname>
Physical description
5 series
Access conditions

Access will be granted to any accredited reader.

Immediate source of acquisition

F. Whitby deposited the records on indefinite loan on 17th May 1972.

Physical condition
Fair
Administrative / biographical background

Founded in the summer of 1901, the Green Room Amateur Dramatic Society operated on a strictly non-profit making basis, with all proceeds going to local charities. The society evolved from private theatrical performances at the Sefton Park home of Mr. H.F. Burrows and original members were principally recruited from Mersey Bowmen Lawn Tennis Club and from amongst Mr. Burrow's close friends.

Throughout its more than sixty years in existence, the society specialised in giving first performances of new plays. The first performance, Liberty Hall, was given on 15th December 1901 at the Sefton Park Assembly Rooms, Aigburth. This was the venue for all performances by the Green Room Players until 1910, when a performance of The Adventures of Lady Ursula was given in Kelly's Theatre. After a brief interval at the Playhouse, the society was the first amateur group to stage its productions at the Crane Theatre (later the Neptune Theatre) in 1919.

The Liverpool artist, Mr. Robert E. Morrison, took a great interest in the newly-formed group and his daughter, Nina, designed the frontispiece for the programmes, which was used from the inception of the society, until it disbanded c. 1967. During its existence the society donated over £12,000 to local charitable organisations.

The Green Room was the starting point for a number of talented amateurs who later went on to achieve fame on the professional stage, including Dorothy Mather, Brian Aherne and Andrew Malandrinos. Further reading is given below.

The Liverpolitan, IV, No. II p. 21 Nov 1935.

Lancashire at the Opening of the XX Century: Contemporary Biographies, T. Pike (ed) Pike's new Country Series No. 9, Brighton: W.T. Pike & Co., 1903, p. 327

See also newscuttings, under Green Room Amateur Dramatic Society.

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RECORDS OF THE GREEN ROOM PLAYERS, 1911-1956