A Tale of Two Cities
On the 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s death, Special Collections Librarian, Julie Ramwell, looks at his relationship with Manchester.
Tag: Theatre history
Women who Shaped Manchester: The Magical Annie Horniman
As we are approaching Halloween, it is appropriate to concentrate a blog on one of our most flamboyant Manchester women,Continue Reading
The Uses of History: Pit Prop and Radical Theatre
Dr Phil O’Brien writes: On October 15 1979, Pit Prop Theatre Company staged its first production: Secret Society of 1812.Continue Reading
On this day in 1946… Much Ado about Nothing
A guest post by Dr Victoria Lowe, Lecturer in Drama and Screen Studies, The University of Manchester: Robert Donat (1905-58)Continue Reading