RefNoLD1680
TitleSheffield Playgoers' Society
AdminHistoryThe Sheffield Playgoers' Society was an amateur dramatics society in Sheffield.

The Society was established in 1910 (although the pre-First World War records are no longer extant). The aim of the Society was to foster interest in the theatre, as well as to perform.
DescriptionMinutes of the General Committee, 1925 - 1960 (LD1680/1)
Treasurers' accounts, 1924 - 1939 (LD1680/2)
Bank account books, 1923 - 1932 (LD1680/3)
Memoranda book, listing officials and plays performed, 1931 - 1940 (LD1680/4)
Scrapbooks, 1927 - 1948 (LD1680/5)
Files of vouchers for payments, 1923 - 1952 (LD1680/6)
Vouchers for payment and correspondence [loose sheets, unfiled], 1919 - 1968 (LD1680/7)
Account book for the production of 'Pride and Prejudice', 1937 (LD1680/8)
Manuscript and printed playscripts, [20th cent], (LD1680/9)
Licences and agreements, 1922 - 1923 (LD1680/10)
Certificates, 1937 - 1938 (LD1680/11)
Miscellaneous papers, including a draft constitution, letters, agreements and schedules for scenery hiring, 1927 - 1948 (LD1680/12)
[Ticket sales books?], [c.1920 - 1960] (LD1680/13)
Date1919 - 1968
Extent40 items
AccessStatusOpen
LevelCollection
RelatedMaterialSheffield City Archives:
Minutes of the Drama Section, [Sheffield Playgoers' Society], May - Sep 1929 (MD1391)
Scrapbook, 1925 - 1946 (X835)

Sheffield Local Studies Library:
Sheffield Playgoers' Society programmes (AM DRAM CABINET)

Sheffield Playgoers' Society: dramatic and musical entertainment in aid of the prisoners of war fund [on] Sun 16 1916 (MP 253 S)

Sheffield Playgoers' Society - session 1917-18 [details of inaugural meeting and forthcoming events], 1917 (MP 252 S)
AcquisitionSourceThese records were deposited with Sheffield Archives by the Sheffield Playgoers' Society in Nov 1975.
ArchNoteTypescript lists typed up by Joanne Gawthorpe; catalogue prepared by Cheryl Bailey, Sep 2016.
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