1.1 Reference code
Gen-Col
1.3 Dates
1700s - present
1.5 Extent and media
The items come from performances (including film, tv, and radio) which are based on or inspired by ancient dramatic and epic texts. The collection has a strong emphasis on 20th-century material but includes items from the 1700s onwards. The material relates to professional and amateur productions alike and encompass a variety of media, from handwritten and printed materials to audiovisual recordings.
2.1 Creator
Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin, Fiona Macintosh
2.2 Administrative History
The general collections archive has grown out of the items collected and donated by researchers and members of the public since the beginning of the APGRD project in 1996, in particular by Oliver Taplin, Edith Hall, and Fiona Macintosh.
3.1 Scope and Content
Various (programme notes; flyers; posters; scripts; photographs; designs; correspondence; personal notes; audio recordings; audiovisual recordings; webpages; newspaper articles and cuttings; reviews; academic writings; advertisements etc.)
3.4 System of Arrangement
Modern Production files are arranged by (the related) Ancient Author, thereunder by Ancient work, thereunder chronologically by (start) year of the performance.
4.1 Conditions of Access
Consult archivist
4.3 Languages and Scripts
Various
6.1 Archivist's note
New material is constantly being added to this collection.
7.2 Rules and Conventions
APGRD general conventions