Records of Curtain Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland

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Programmes relating to productions of the Curtain Theatre, 1936-1939
Scripts from the Curtain Theatre including prompt scripts, stage manager's, and actors', c1937-c1939
Letter from Robert McLellan to Douglas N Anderson, stage designer, concerning The English Siller or Jamie the Saxt, drawings by R McLellan and Douglas Anderson for the stage design of Jamie the Saxt, 1937

Microfilm of material relating to the Curtain Theatre including:

Programmes, 1935-1940
Press cuttings, 1933-1937
Lord Chamberlain's certificates, 1937-1938
Report of the administrative committee, 1938-1939

Administrative / Biographical History

The Curtain Theatre was founded by an amateur group led by Grace Ballantine in 1933 with the aim of encouraging Scottish playwrights by giving them an opportunity to see their plays in performance. It operated from a former drawing room of a Victorian terraced house at 15 Woodside Terrace, Glasgow, Scotland. Initial funds were raised from public subscription but it was later funded as a club. Playwrights performed by the Curtain included Robert McLellan (1907-1985), Robins Millar (1889-1969), Norman Bruce and Paul Vincent Carroll (1900-1968). Many of the future leading actors in Scottish Theatre worked for the Curtain including Molly Urquhart (1906-1977) and Duncan Macrae (1905-1967). The Theatre closed in 1940 .