Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre: Images
Images of Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre and the company from 1955 to 1976. Click on an image to enlarge.
The acting space in Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre as it appeared in its opening season in 1955. The image was used on a promotional postcard and is likely to be the first production, Circle of Love.
Copyright: Studio Theatre Ltd
Holding: Borthwick Institute for Archives
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Copyright: Studio Theatre Ltd
Holding: Borthwick Institute for Archives
Do not reproduce images without permission of the copyright holder.
The male dressing room at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre - actually a single room was divided into both male and female dressing rooms as well as costume storage and administration (and anything else needed!)
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Holding: Borthwick Institute for Archives
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Copyright: Studio Theatre Ltd
Holding: Borthwick Institute for Archives
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Image Notes
Copyright regarding many of the images associated with Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre is not clear.
From 1955 to 1962, Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre was run by Studio Theatre Ltd which moved from Scarborough to Stoke-on-Trent in 1962 leading to the Scarborough company being run by Theatre in the Round Ltd from 1962 - 1963 and Scarborough Theatre Trust from 1964 to 1976.
No documentation survives regarding what rights or property moved to where and whether or what copyright was transferred between companies. Adding confusion to this is many of the pictures were not commissioned but taken by the theatre manager Ken Boden, who retained copyright of the images.
Matters are further clouded by where items are held. Scarborough Library holds many of Stephen Joseph's early sketches. Ken Boden gifted various parts of his photograph collection along with copyright to both Alan Ayckbourn and Scarborough Theatre Trust, other items are legitimately held in archive.
From 1955 to 1962, Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre was run by Studio Theatre Ltd which moved from Scarborough to Stoke-on-Trent in 1962 leading to the Scarborough company being run by Theatre in the Round Ltd from 1962 - 1963 and Scarborough Theatre Trust from 1964 to 1976.
No documentation survives regarding what rights or property moved to where and whether or what copyright was transferred between companies. Adding confusion to this is many of the pictures were not commissioned but taken by the theatre manager Ken Boden, who retained copyright of the images.
Matters are further clouded by where items are held. Scarborough Library holds many of Stephen Joseph's early sketches. Ken Boden gifted various parts of his photograph collection along with copyright to both Alan Ayckbourn and Scarborough Theatre Trust, other items are legitimately held in archive.
All research by Simon Murgatroyd. Do not reproduce the images without permission of the copyright holder.