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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 89510 Name Thorndike, Agnes Sybil, actress, 1882-1976 Level [40] File

1. Add MS 89510/1/9

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Title:
Letters from Dame Sybil Thorndike
Scope & Content:
Letters to Sir Ralph Richardson and Meriel Forbes from Dame Sybil Thorndike, conveying personal news. These letters also discuss arrangements for meetings, plays and actors, and convey thanks for various presents.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1953-1964
Extent:
1 folder

2. Add MS 89510/2/12

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Title:
Letters to Meriel Forbes: T-W
Scope & Content:
Letters and cards to Meriel Forbes-Robertson from friends and colleagues with surnames beginning with T, V, and W. Senders include: Angela Thorne, Sybil Thorndike (Casson), David Tomson, Irene Van Brugh, Hugo Vickers, June Vose, Zeroline Wagg, Gwen Watford, Mrs Warren, ASG Watkins, Miriam Whel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931-1998
Extent:
1 folder

3. Add MS 89510/4/9

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Title:
Service sheets for funerals and memorials
Scope & Content:
Service sheets for funerals and memorials attended by or involving Ralph Richardson. This folder contains: the order of service for the memorial to Henry Ainley on 13 Nov 1945the order of service for the memorial to Vivian Leigh, on 15 Aug 1967 the order of service for the memorial to Terence ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1976
Extent:
1 folder

4. Add MS 89510/10/5

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Title:
Broadcasts and articles written by Ralph Richardson
Scope & Content:
Broadcasts and articles written by Ralph Richardson during the 1970s. This folder contains: an introduction to a reading of some of Hillaire Belloc's poetryan article entitled Home Movies celebrating Laurence Olivier's peerage an article dated 5 Sep 1970 concerning modes of transport the pref...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1979
Extent:
1 folder

5. Add MS 89510/14/17

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Title:
Photographs of visits to friends and Brighton
Scope & Content:
Photographs depicting Ralph, Meriel and Charles during trips to the seaside, two garden parties, and photographs of John Gielgud and Sybil Thorndike.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1958
Extent:
1 folder (37 photographs)

6. Add MS 89510/14/18

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Title:
Photographs of Brighton and at home with pets
Scope & Content:
Photographs depicting Ralph, Meriel and Charles on a trip to Brighton, Ralph's car, Sybil Thorndike in a garden, and the family dog and hamster. This folder also contains two original Wallace Heaton photograph envelopes annotated by Ralph with the years and months covered by the photographs insid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959
Extent:
1 folder (34 photographs)

7. Add MS 89510/15/20

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Title:
Photographs of Ralph Richardson in 'Peer Gynt'
Scope & Content:
Black and white photographs and two colour transparencies depicting Ralph in costume as Peer in Peer Gynt. These photographs include depictions of the ensemble, including Sybil Thorndike as Ase, and Laurence Olivier as the moulder of buttons. A few of these photographs have been marked with a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944
Extent:
1 folder (21 photographs and two colour transparencies)

8. Add MS 89510/15/53

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Title:
Photographs depicting the opening of the Kenya National Theatre, at the premier of 'Exodus', and on tour with the Shakespeare Festival Company
Scope & Content:
Photographs depicting Ralph Richardson and Meriel Forbes as guests at various events. The photographs in this folder include: five photographs depicting Ralph and Meriel arriving at the opening of the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi in 1951 one photograph depicting Ralph and Meriel at the Gal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1964
Extent:
1 folder (11 photographs)

9. Add MS 89510/15/57

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Title:
Photographs depicting the unveiling of a portrait of Ralph Richardson and other events
Scope & Content:
Photographs depicting Meriel Forbes as a guests at various events. This folder contains: two photographs depicting the unveiling of a portrait of Ralph Richardson as Sir John Falstaff in 1984, including one photograph of Meriel and the painter Ruskin Spear in front of the imageone photograph of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 folder (13 photographs)

10. Add MS 89510/19/4

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Title:
Telegrams and cards of congratulation on the birth of Charles Richardson
Scope & Content:
Cards and telegrams to Ralph and Meriel offering congratulations on the birth of Charles Richardson on 1 Jan 1945. Senders include John Burrell, Peter Hall, Emile Littler, Nancy Nevison, Jane Priestley, and Sybil Thorndike.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 folder