Production files, scripts and administrative papers of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
Scope and Contents
This collection dates mainly from after 1988, when John McGrath and Elizabeth MacLennan resigned from the company which they had established, with David MacLennan, in 1973. Following the funding crisis in 2006, the company had to leave its base in the STUC building in Glasgow, and it was at this point that much of the material in this accession was presented to the National Library of Scotland.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1946, 1971-2006.
Creator
- 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
317 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection covers the entire range of the Company’s work, though the bulk of it relates directly to the productions, both touring and outreach. The Company differentiated between the two and that practice has been followed as far as possible in the arrangment of the archive.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 2008, by 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) Ltd, Glasgow.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk