Material relating to Adrian Varcoe's career, as well as a number of items which refer to James Macready Chute and other members of the Chute family owners of the Prince’s Theatre in Bristol from the 1860s until 1931, and to Ethel & Murray Carrington and the Murray Carrington Company at the Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon- Avon.
Adrian Varcoe Collection
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- ReferenceGB 811 VAR
- Dates of Creation1838 - 2002
- Physical Description347 items (19 boxes)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Adrian Varcoe (1944 – 2005) was a Bristol based actor and drag artist who also amassed an extensive collection of important cuttings, programmes, correspondence, sheet music, menus and many other items spanning British theatre activity during the entire 19th and first half of the 20th century. Adrian Varcoe also appeared in various episodes of the popular science fiction TV series Blake 7 (1979) and K-9 and Company (1981).
Arrangement
The collection is uncatalogued and so remains in the form of the original accessions.
Access Information
Open
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Custodial History
Purchased from Adrian Varcoe.
Accruals
None expected