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Poster advertising a performance of a comedy called 'Newid Byd' [A changing world'] by the Mair Drama Company of Llanelli, 18 October 1945
  • This account book for the Covent Garden Theatre in London mentions the first manager of the theatre, John Rich, the tragic actor Spranger Barry (1719-1777) and the dancer Giovanni Gallini (1728-1805). The volume was acquired by George Powell (1842-1882) who was brought up on the family estate of Nanteos, near Aberystwyth. John Powell, one of the proprietors of the first Covent Garden Theatre, was an ancestor of George Powell.
Covent Garden Theatre Account Book, 1757-1758, front cover [image 1 of 10]
Programme for a production by Cymdeithas Ddrama Llangefni (Llangefni Theatre Society), 1963 [image 1 of 4]
Programme of the National Drama Festival Programme, Llangefni, 1954 [image 1 of 12]
  • Photographed by Geoff Charles.
A performance of 'Twelfth Night' by Caerphilly Grammar Schools, 13 July 1951
  • Photographed by Geoff Charles.
A performance of 'Twelfth Night' by Caerphilly Grammar Schools, 13 July 1951