| Ref no | 39041 |
| Title | Records of the Rapier Players Ltd |
| Date | 1930s-1960s |
| Description | Records of the Rapier Players Ltd, during their tenure of the Bristol Little Theatre, including programmes, playbills, phototgraphs and miscellaneous documents |
| Level | Collection |
| Extent | 3 boxes |
| Administrative history | The Rapier Players was formed by Ronald Russell who married leading lady Peggy Ann Wood in 1937 and together ran the group. The Rapier Players managed the Little Theatre at the Colston Hall for 28 years from 1935 until 1963 when the theatre was taken over by the Bristol Old Vic and the group was wound up. The leftover money was used to set up a scholarship for the benefit of University of Bristol drama students. Ronald Russell died in 1994 and Peggy Ann Wood in 1998. |
| Subject | plays & playbills |
| Related material | See also 31645 |
| Custodial history | Unfortunately there is no formal accession paperwork for this deposit, it was identified in the strongroom and listed in 1985 |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1751 | Theatre; Rapier Players Limited | |
| NA1752 | ; Bristol Little Theatre | |