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[Arts and Letters Club : Chester Mysteries and Five Plays]

Item number (ISN):

234090

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1933/1935

Item number (ISN):

234090

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

ARTS AND LETTERS CLUB

Accession:

1995-0106

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1933/1935

Production company:

C.A.G. Matthews (Producer)

Description:

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Compilation of drama productions by members of the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto. The first play is one of the Chester Mysteries (originally performed by the guilds of Chester, England between the 13th and 15th centuries) performed at the Club on 16 and 17 December 1933. Music by Healey Willan, starring: Ernest Morgan, Dick Wagner, Basil Morgan, Walter Bowles, Elaine Wodson, Lorna Mclean, Nella Jefferies, Elton Johston; Ivor Lewis, Ernest Dale, and Joe McDougall. This is followed by: "The Poacher" performed in April 1935, and directed by Edgar Stone; "Michael" by Miles Malleson performed in 1934; "The Landlord of the Inn" by Joe McDougall performed at the Club's Christmas dinner in 1933, by H.E. Hitchman, Alfred Chapman, Ivor Lewis, Geoff Hatton, Herb Secord, Harvey Doney, Owen Staples, Billy Alexander, Tom Pomphrey, Sammy Sampson, Ernest Dale, and Dick Wagner; "The Marquise" by Noel Coward, directed by Edgar Stone, and performed in 1934; and "Orientale" featuring a vocal quartette, dancers and a magician. The film concludes with footage of special guests to the Club including Noel Coward, principles of the D'Oyly Carte Company, Martyn Greene and Sir Dan Godfrey, Barry Morse, Keith Winters, and Richard Harrison.

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. Please see Finding Aid in Reference Room and in the Collection File for details about these performances including cast and production credits.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

266653

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9509-0060

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.7%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

269190

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9511-0050

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

269191

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9511-0051

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

995052

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9511-0106

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

9507-0035
9509-0048
9509-0049
9509-0050
9509-0051
9509-0052
9509-0054

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

995053

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9511-0107

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

9509-0059
9507-0034
9509-0060
9509-0062

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9511-0050
V1 9511-0051

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, the Arts and Letters Club, is required to reproduce this material.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: the estate of C.A.G. Matthews.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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