Patrick Newley Archive

This archive contains diaries, ephemera, taped interviews and research material relating to the life and career of Patrick Newley.

Patrick Newley (born Patrick Galvin, 1955-2009) was an Irish writer, journalist, and agent. After a brief career on stage, Newley founded a theatre agency, acting as agent to Douglas Byng, Rex Jameson, Quentin Crisp, and writer Robin Maugham, among others. He worked as a freelance journalist, regularly wrote obituaries for The Times and The Stage , and was editor of the British Music Hall Quarterly . He wrote a number of biographies, and an autobiography, The Krays and Bette Davis (2006).

This collection has been arranged into the following series:

• THM/6/1 - Diaries
• THM/6/2 - Correspondence and Writing
• THM/6/3 - Press and Marketing
• THM/6/4 - Photographs and Images
• THM/6/5 - Interview Recordings
• THM/6/6 - Players Magazine Ephemera
• THM/6/7 - Savage Club Ephemera
• THM/6/8 - Douglas Byng Research

This archive collection is available for consultation in the V&A Blythe House Archive and Library Study Room by appointment only. Full details of access arrangements may be found here: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/archives/

Access to some of these files may be restricted. These are identified at file level.

Given by Diana Galvin, 2010.

Information on copying and commercial reproduction may be found here: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/archives/.

This collection was appraised in line with collection management policy.

No further accruals are expected.

See also the core collections of the V&A Department of Theatre and Performance. Relevant material may be found in several collections, including the biographical, productions, company and photographs files.

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