Guide to the Programs and ephemera regarding Garnet H. Carroll Management, February 1940-June 1973
Collection context
Summary
- Collection number:
- CarrollM
- Extent:
- 155 items
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Acknowledgement of use this material should refer to the Ephemera PROMPT collection.
Citation of items from this collection should include references to author's/organisation's name, date, item title, Publisher and place of publication.
Example: J.C. Williamson (Firm). Theatre Royal (Adelaide, S.A.). 1950, Gilbert Sullivan opera season [theatre program] : The gondoliers J. C. Williamson Ltd [Adelaide]
- Availability:
- Available
Background
- Content Summary:
- Printed materials in the PROMPT collection include programs and printed ephemera such as brochures, leaflets, tickets, etc. Theatre programs are taken as the prime documentary evidence of a performance. The list is based on imperfect holdings, and is updated as gaps in the Library's holdings are filled. Unless otherwise stated, all entries are based on published programs in the PROMPT collection.
- Biographical / Historical:
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Garnet H Carroll (1902-1964), entrepreneur, protégé of Benjamin Fuller (1930's) acquired the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, in the 1940's, presenting touring productions including Whitehall Theatrical Productions from Sydney. From the 1950's onwards commercial plays and musicals were presented in competition with J C Williamson. Some productions toured in conjunction with the Australian Elizabethan Trust and Tivoli Circuit. After his death the Princess Theatre continued to be managed by Garnet H Carroll Management directed by the Carroll Family.
- Arrangement:
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Programs in the National Library' PROMPT collection are arranged chronologically / by entrepreneur and/or management company name, etc.
Access and use
- Preferred citation:
-
Acknowledgement of use this material should refer to the Ephemera PROMPT collection.
Citation of items from this collection should include references to author's/organisation's name, date, item title, Publisher and place of publication.
Example: J.C. Williamson (Firm). Theatre Royal (Adelaide, S.A.). 1950, Gilbert Sullivan opera season [theatre program] : The gondoliers J. C. Williamson Ltd [Adelaide]
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
- Contact: