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Adrian Varcoe Collection

Catalogue reference: VAR

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This record is about the Adrian Varcoe Collection dating from 1838 - 2002.

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Reference: VAR
Title: Adrian Varcoe Collection
Date: 1838 - 2002
Description: Material relating to Adrian Varcoe's career, as well as a number of items which refer to James Macready Chute and other members of the Chute family owners of the Prince’s Theatre in Bristol from the 1860s until 1931, and to Ethel & Murray Carrington and the Murray Carrington Company at the Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon- Avon.
Note: View the collection catalogue: http://www.calmview.co.uk/bristoltheatrearchive/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=VAR
Held by: University of Bristol: Theatre Collection
Creator(s): Unknown
Physical description: 347 items (19 boxes)
Administrative / biographical background: Adrian Varcoe (1944 ? 2005) was a Bristol based actor and drag artist who also amassed an extensive collection of important cuttings, programmes, correspondence, sheet music, menus and many other items spanning British theatre activity during the entire 19th and first half of the 20th century. Adrian Varcoe also appeared in various episodes of the popular science fiction TV series Blake 7 (1979) and K-9 and Company (1981).
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f7d131d2-7247-4d80-8210-64435c61c159/