Guide to the Robinson Performing Arts Program Collection

Finding created by Neeka Cannon
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium 2008
Libraries of The Claremont Colleges
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Claremont, CA 91711
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Descriptive Summary

Title: Robinson Performing Arts Center Collection
creator: Robinson, Robert
Dates: 1954 - 1983
Abstract:
Extent: 5 feet(5 boxes)
Repository: Claremont Colleges. Honnold/Mudd Library.
800 N. Dartmouth Avenue
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Claremont University Consortium
Claremont, California 91711
Collection Number: H617
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical Location: Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont University Consortium.

Information for Researchers

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robinson Performing Arts Program Collection. Special Collections, Honnold Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Robert Robinson.

Processing Information

Arranged and Processed by Neeka Cannon.

Accruals

No additions to the collection are anticipated.

Biography of Robert Robinson

Robert Robinson was born in Montreal Canada were he developed a love of classical music early in life. By the age of 17 he was a professional radio actor and by 19 was acting on stage in Canada. When his potential was recognized by several leading actors of the day they arranged for Robinson to receive a scholarship to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He lived and worked there from 1953-1984. The programs in this collection come principally from this period. Robinson went on to direct plays and teach master classes in regional theatres and universities in Britain and the United States.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

This collection consists of programs for musical and dramatic performances collected by Robert Robinson. Programs in this collection cover Theatre, Opera, Symphony, Ballet, and well-known individual performers across the musical spectrum. The programs come mainly from London, but also come from both Eastern and Western Europe and the United States. Large well-known productions such as the Salzburg Festival and Glyndebourne Festival Opera as well as well-known venues such as the Royal Opera House in Covent Gardens are prominently featured, but smaller venues are also common. Many programs in the collection feature well-known performers and/or conductors. A small contingent of play manuscripts sent to Robinson, including drafts of several published plays are also part of the collection. The repository retained the collector's original order. In most series materials are arranged by type of performance, venue, and date. The exception is series 5, Individual performers where some programs featuring well-known performers such as Judy Garland and Marlene Dietrich, have been arranged by performer irrespective of venue or type of performance. Folder/file titles were provided by the processor. The number in parentheses following each folder title reflects the number of programs/items in each folder.

Series Arrangement

Series 1 Orchestra/Symphony Programs
Series 2 Opera Programs
Series 3 Ballet Programs
Series 4 Theatre Programs
Series 5 Individual Performance Programs
Series 6 Manuscripts and Other Materials

Subject Headings

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Robinson, Robert
playbills
opera (performance)
ballet
orchestra (ensembles)
theater Programs
musical Performances
heater--England--London
City of London (England)


 

Series 1 Orchestra/Symphony Programs, 1954-1982

box 1, folder 1

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall (incomplete set) 1954-1972

box 1, folder 2

Edinburgh International Festival(incomplete set) 1961-1980

box 1, folder 3

Henry Wood Promenade Concerts(incomplete set) 1957-1970

box 1, folder 4

Henry Wood Promenade Concerts(incomplete set) 1957-1970

box 1, folder 5

London Philharmonic Orchestra (incomplete set) 1958-1977

box 1, folder 6

London Symphony Orchestra (incomplete set) 1955-1969

box 1, folder 7

London Symphony Orchestra (incomplete set) 1969-1975

box 1, folder 8

London Symphony Orchestra (incomplete set) 1976-1980

box 1, folder 9

New Philharmonia Orchestra (incomplete set) 1965-1967

box 1, folder 10

New Philharmonia Orchestra (incomplete set) 1968

box 1, folder 11

New Philharmonia Orchestra (incomplete set) 1969-1974

box 1, folder 12

New Philharmonia Orchestra (incomplete set) 1975-1982

box 1, folder 13

Philharmonia Orchestra (incomplete set) 1954-1960

box 1, folder 14

Philharmonia Orchestra 1959

box 1, folder 15

Philharmonia Concert Society (incomplete set) 1955-1959

box 1, folder 16

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (incomplete set) 1954-1974

box 1, folder 17

South Bank Summer Music Festival and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, London (incomplete set) 1962-1970

box 1, folder 18

Assorted Orchestral Performances in London and the Czech Republic 1955-1965

box 1, folder 19

Assorted Orchestral Performances in London and Paris 1967-1980

 

Series 2 Opera Programs, 1962-1983

box 2, folder 1

Bayreuth Festival (incomplete set) 1965-1966

box 2, folder 2

Bayreuth Festival 1966

box 2, folder 3

Bayreuth Festival 1968

box 2, folder 4

Bayreuth Festival 1968-1980

box 2, folder 5

Bayreuth Festival 1980

box 2, folder 6

Bayreuth Festival 1980

box 2, folder 7

English National Opera at the London Coliseum (incomplete set) Undated

box 2, folder 8

Sadler's Wells Opera (at the London Coliseum)(incomplete set) 1954

box 2, folder 9

Royal Opera House Convent Garden -- Opera Season (incomplete set) 1954-1961

box 2, folder 10

Royal Opera House Convent Garden -- Opera Season (incomplete set) 1962-1975

box 2, folder 11

Royal Opera House Convent Garden -- Opera Season (incomplete set) 1966-1969

box 2, folder 12

Royal Opera House Convent Garden -- Opera Season (incomplete set) 1970-1972

box 2, folder 13

Royal Opera House Convent Garden -- Opera Season (incomplete set) 1973

box 2, folder 14

Royal Opera House Convent Garden -- Opera Season (incomplete set) 1974-1976

box 2, folder 15

Royal Opera House Convent Garden -- Opera Season( incomplete set) 1978-1982

box 3, folder 1

Metropolitan Opera (incomplete set) 1967-1982

box 3, folder 2

London Opera Society(incomplete set) 1968-1970

box 3, folder 3

A Season of Italian Opera, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Undated

box 3, folder 4

Assorted Opera Performances 1957-1979

box 3, folder 5

Salzburg Festival incomplete set) 1969-1975

box 3, folder 6

Salzburg Festival 1979-1981

box 6, folder 1

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1961-1962

box 6, folder 2

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1963-1964

box 6, folder 3

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1971-1974

box 6, folder 4

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1976-1977

box 6, folder 5

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1978-1983

 

Series 3 Ballet Programs, 1954-1981

box 3, folder 7

Royal Opera House Convent Garden -- Ballet Theatre (incomplete set) 1954-1961

box 3, folder 8

Royal Opera House Convent Garden -- Ballet Theatre (incomplete set) 1962-1966

box 3, folder 9

Royal Opera House Convent Garden -- Ballet Theatre (incomplete set) 1968-1972

box 3, folder 10

Royal Opera House Convent Garden -- Ballet Theatre (incomplete set) 1974-1981

box 3, folder 11

Royal Ballet 1964, 1973 (incomplete set) 1964 - 1973

box 3, folder 12

Assorted Ballet Programs Undated

 

Series 4 Theatre 1954-1982

box 3, folder 13

Royal Court Theatre, various Undated

box 3, folder 14

Old Vic Company/The National Theatre (incomplete set) 1955-1965

box 3, folder 15

Old Vic Company/The National Theatre (incomplete set) 1966-1967

box 3, folder 16

Old Vic Company/The National Theatre (incomplete set) 1969-1982

box 3, folder 17

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company (incomplete set) 1955, 1957

box 3, folder 18

Royal Shakespeare Company (incomplete set) 1962-1971

box 3, folder 19

Royal Shakespeare Company (incomplete set) 19676-1982

box 4, folder 1

World Theatre Season: Alwych Theatre (incomplete set) 1964-1975

box 4, folder 2

Palace Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, Saville Theatre (incomplete sets) 1962-1969

box 4, folder 3

Piccadilly Theatre, Theatre Royal Haymarket, The Queen's Theatre, Globe Theatre, Savoy Theatre (incomplete sets)) 1972-1982

box 4, folder 4

Mermaid Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, St. Martin's Theatre, Duke of York's Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre (incomplete sets) Undated

box 4, folder 5

Comedy Theatre, Criterion Theatre 1976 and undated, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Royal Exchange Theatre Company (incomplete sets) Undated

box 4, folder 6

Assorted Playbills from France, Spain, Germany, and other countries Undated

box 4, folder 7

Assorted Playbills from England 1954-1982 and undated

box 4, folder 8

Night of the Hundred Stars-Production for The Actor's Orphanage (incomplete set) 1956-1960

 

Series 5 Individual Performers Undated

box 4, folder 9

Caballé, Montserrat, assorted performances Undated

box 4, folder 10

Dietrich, Marlene, assorted performances Undated

box 4, folder 11

Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, assorted performances Undated

box 4, folder 12

Garland, Judy, assorted performances Undated

box 4, folder 13

Hochhauser, Victor, assorted performances Undated

box 4, folder 14

Horowitz, Vladimir, assorted performances Undated

box 4, folder 15

Kaye, Danny, assorted performances Undated

box 4, folder 16

Oistrakh, David, assorted performances Undated

box 4, folder 17

Richter, Sviatoslav, assorted performances Undated

box 4, folder 18

Rubinstein, Artur, assorted performances Undated

box 4, folder 19

Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth, assorted performances Undated

box 4, folder 20

Assorted programs featuring major performers Undated

box 4, folder 21

Assorted programs featuring major performers Undated

 

Series 6  Manuscripts and other Materials 1987-2006

box 5, folder 1

Anouilh, Jean -- Leocadia -- Manuscript Undated

box 5, folder 2

Capek, Karen -- The White Plague -- Manuscript 1987-1988

box 5, folder 3

Capek, Karen -- The White Plague -- Manuscript 1987-1988

box 5, folder 4

Capek, Karen -- The White Plague -- Manuscript 1987-1988

box 5, folder 5

Fannon, Cecilia -- Green Icebergs -- Manuscript Undated

box 5, folder 6

Fannon, Cecilia -- Green Icebergs -- Manuscript Undated

box 5, folder 7

Fannon, Cecilia -- To Distraction -- Manuscript Undated

box 5, folder 8

Davis, Luther -- L. A. Red's Blues -- Manuscript 1994

box 5, folder 9

Davis, Luther -- The Doctor is In -- Manuscript 1996

box 5, folder 10

Grass, Günter -- The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising: A German Tragedy -- Published Copy Undated

box 5, folder 11

Grumberg, Jean-Claude -- The Workshop -- Manuscript Undated

box 5, folder 12

Lewis, Carter W. -- Golf with Alan Shepard -- Manuscript Undated

box 5, folder 13

Lewis, Carter W. -- Golf with Alan Shepard -- Radio Version Manuscript Undated

box 5, folder 13

Lewis, Carter W. -- Golf with Alan Shepard -- Radio Version Manuscript Undated

box 5, folder 14

Peditto, Paul -- BUK: The Life and Times of Charles Bukowski, -- Manuscript January 20, 1992

box 5, folder 15

Peditto, Paul -- BUK: The Life and Times of Charles Bukowski, -- Manuscript January 20, 1992

box 5, folder 16

Sandel, Adam -- This is Not My Life -- Manuscript February 2006

box 5, folder 17

Simonson, Eric -- Bang the Drum Slowly -- Manuscript 1992

box 5, folder 18

Villareal, Edit -- My Visits with MGM (My Grandmother Marta) -- Manuscript October 1991

box 5, folder 19

Acting with an Accent -- Books and Tapes Undated