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Title: Collection on Thomas Hardy and the Hardy Players
Date (inclusive): 1908-1971, undated
Date (bulk): 1908-1925
Collection Number: MS 216
Creator:
Evans, A. H. (Alfred Herbert)
Creator:
Tilley, T. H.
Extent:
2.94 linear feet
(5 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection contains manuscripts, programs, photographs, publications, and other materials pertaining to the English novelist
and poet, Thomas Hardy, and the Hardy Players, a group of performers. Included are manuscripts with programs and related material,
photographs and sketches of individuals and performances, publications regarding performances and the works of Thomas Hardy,
and correspondence.
Languages: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by
copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions
apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for
obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Collection on Thomas Hardy and the Hardy Players (MS 216). Special Collections
& University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Purchased in 1972.
Processed by Jamie Madrigal, Student Processing Assistant, 2016.
Processing of the Collection on Thomas Hardy and the Hardy papers was completed by undergraduate students from the University
of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015.
This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Bergis Jules, University and Political Papers Archivist, and
Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts Curator.
Thomas Hardy, 1840-1928, was an English novelist and poet best known for his novels such as
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874),
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), and
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891). Most of Hardy's fiction works were first published in serials and set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex. Hardy
was considered a Victorian Realist and many of his works focused on the social constraints of life in Victorian England. The
Hardy Players were a group that performed adaptations of novels by Thomas Hardy. Members of The Hardy Players originated
from the Dramatic Section of the Old Dorchester Debating Society. The group mainly performed in Dorchester and London, but
occasionally performed where the story was set.
This collection contains manuscripts, photographs, publications, and other material pertaining to Thomas Hardy, an English
novelist and poet, and the Hardy Players, a group that performed adaptations of Hardy's work. Materials document the production
of stage adaptations made by A. H. Evans and T. H. Tilley of Thomas Hardy's novels and stories as well as the original works
by Thomas Hardy. A substantial amount of programs and notes accompany the manuscripts which document performances, costume
details, stage directions, and other related topics. Of additional significance are the numerous press clippings and publications
pertaining to performances and the works of Thomas Hardy, photographs and sketches depicting Thomas Hardy, the Hardy Players,
landscapes, and performances, and correspondence between T.H. Tilley, Mrs. Hardy, and others.
This collection is arranged into three series as follows:
- Series 1. Documents, 1908-1971, undated
- Series 2. Press clippings, 1910-1925, undated
- Series 3. Visual material, 1910-1928, undated
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Postcards
Screenplays