The Barbara Hamilton Collection [1952-1996] includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, publicity material, scrapbooks, scripts, tape recordings and video tapes relating to the stage and  television career of Canadian actress and comedienne Barbara Hamilton (1926-1996).  Among her many roles, Ms.  Hamilton acted in Spring Thaw,  the Crest Theatre, and  created the role of Marilla Cuthbert in the first Charlottetown  Festival production of Anne of Green Gables.  Collection size: 4 boxes; .87 linear metres + 1 pkg. oversize material.

The Bill Glassco Collection (1966-1988) includes material from the career of theatre director and translator Bill  Glassco (b. 1935), founder of Toronto's Tarragon Theatre.  The collection includes scripts (sometimes several drafts)  for productions he directed at the Tarragon Theatre, CentreStage, and other theatres with extensive titles by  David Freeman, David French and Michel Tremblay.  There are also translations of plays by Tremblay, Simon Fortin et al done by Glassco (who frequently directed the English  premieres).  There are three binders of correspondence from his years as Artistic Director of the CentreStage Company at the St. Lawrence Centre.  Collection size: 14 boxes;  2.93 linear metres.  The archives of the Tarragon Theatre are  held at the University of Guelph.

Both collections are available for consultation by appointment only (416-393-7131).  Inventory sheets  providing a detailed listing of the holdings are available for  consultation in the Performing Arts Centre during all library hours.  A complete list of the Toronto Reference Library's performing  arts archival collections is available on the web at:
www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/PerArts/index.htm

For further information, please contact:
Lee Ramsay
Theatre Librarian
Performing Arts Centre
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario M4W 2G8
(416) 393-7013
(416) 393-7147 (fax)
lramsay@gwmail.mtrl.toronto.on.ca
 

"Théâtrales est une collection de textes et d'hypertextes en français sur le théâtre qui a été fondée le 1er mai 1995 par André G. Bourassa, professeur à l'Université de Québec à Montréal, et par Barry Russell, Visiting Fellow de l'Université Brookes d'Oxford, qui en assument tous deux la direction."
Un incontournable pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent de près ou de loin au théâtre. Que ce soit le glossaire du théâtre, les textes dramatiques, les pièces jouées à Paris durant la Révolution Française ou encore Théâtre-Québec, vous êtes assuré d'y trouver chaussure à votre pied. À visiter et à conserver dans vos signets:)

Bonne visite!

David Gardner has recently made a large contribution to the archives of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto with the donation of his extensive files and collection of theatre memorabilia.  The significant collection is contained in over 30 file drawers and 1826 vertical files. In addition, 6 cartons of John Holden materials contain production scripts, photos, an early diary, and a quantity of 19th century playscripts.  David has provided a finding aid and it will eventually be available on the Internet.