The archive consists of Pam Schweitzer's collection of scripts, and information about a range of Theatre-in-Education (TIE) companies collected during the 1970s when she was accumulating information for the three volumes of TIE she edited for Eyre Methuen, collecting key works for Infant, together with some material relating to her involvement in SCYPT and articles by Pam Schweitzer and the report on Theatre-in-Education she wrote for the Arts Council in 1975.
Pam Schweitzer Theatre-in-education archive
Archive Collection
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- ReferenceGB 3407 ps
- Dates of Creation1971 - 1980
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 archive box
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Pam Schweitzer was centrally involved in the burgeoning Theatre-in-Education movement in Britain in the 1970s. She edited three key collections for Infants, Junior and Secondary school children and collected scripts and workpacks from many of the theatre companies active across the country as part of that working process and wrote a report on Theatre-in-Education for the Arts Council in 1975.
Arrangement
- Directory
- Reports
- Photos and other visual material
- Teaching packs
- Scripts
Access Information
Access is available to bona fide researchers and theatre professionals by appointment, bookable in advance through the Library at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance: library@bruford.ac.uk
Acquisition Information
The collection was given to the college by Pam Schweitzer.
Alternative Form Available
Copies of Pam Schweitzer's TIE anthologies and her book on Reminiscence Theatre are in the College library. Copies of Age Exchange reminiscence publications can be found in Bexley Libraries.
Archivist's Note
Described by Dr Susan Croft, one time Clive Barker Research Fellow at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance and co-Director of Unfinished Histories.
Custodial History
The collection was given to the college by Pam Schweitzer. It complements the archive of her later work on reminiscence theatre and her work with Age Exchange placed at the same time with the University of Greenwich.
Location of Originals
Materials are housed in the Special Collections at Rose Bruford College.
A detailed description of the contents of the archive can be found here: Pam Schweitzer archive