Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items of the Miranda Musical Society including program of Side by side by Sondheim.
The papers filmed include: a typescript draft of the Gardiner family tree and notes on the Gardiner, Eagle and Fletcher Families compiled by Leslie J. Wilmoth; correspondence from Sarah Gardiner, 1814-1865, including reference to John Gardiner's proposed journey to Australia, Miriam Scott, Melbourne 1865, and John Gardiner's parents, John and Martha Gardiner, and a manuscript entitled 'The Gardiners of Gardiner's Creek' by L.J. Wilmoth (1959).
Collections selectively filmed by the AJCP held at the Staffordshire Record Office include: Documents of Daniel Bate; Records of the Littleton Family of Teddesley and Hatherton; Records of the Bill family of Farley Hall; Records of the Sutherland-Leveson-Gower Family, Dukes of Sutherland; Records of Willenhall Furnaces and the Barnett Family; Records of Manby and Steward, solicitors of Wolverhampton; Records of the Dyott family of Freeford; Records of the Whitehouse Family of Sedgley; Records of Harward and Evers of Stourbridge; Documents of Alderman G. Shufflebotham; Records deposited by the Business Archives Council; Records of St Mary's Anglican Church, Stafford and Records of the Legge Family, Barons and Earls of Dartmouth. These collections are represented in correspondence, invoices, account books and other financial records, legal documents, pamphlets, maps and photographs.
1. Journals 1855-85. Subjects include: Indian Mutiny; impressions of Melbourne and other Victorian towns; Melbourne defences; Victorian politics; reports on Australian defences; and social events. Also includes accounts by his secretary of Scratchley's illness and death.
The Mystery of Charles Dickens played to tremendous acclaim in London's West End, then toured the UK and finally transferred to further acclaim on Broadway. This remarkable one man play is a tour de force which brilliantly interweaves Dickens' turbulent life with some of his most memorable fictional characters brought to life by Simon Callow's breathtaking performance.