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The item consists of three audio recording containing a informal discussion between Phoebe Smith, Annie Adamson, Sylvia Risk, Sydney Risk, and interviewer Michael Meiklejohn. They discuss: theatre, theatre in Canada, theatre in British Columbia, experiences in British theatre, recollections of the pre-war theatre in Canada, radio drama, the Vancouver Little Theatre, the Winnipeg Little Theatre, Joy Coghill, Robert Speight, etc.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Peter Mannering collection RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-12-11 SUMMARY: Ben Kopelow discusses his association with Max Power and their various theatre activities in Vancouver over the years. Max was involved with the Vancouver Little Theatre since high school; Phoebe Smith; Ian Dobbie; the Barnstormers; getting involved with Theatre Under the Stars; theatre company in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre; Dorothy Davies and "The Diary of Anne Frank"; Denman auditorium; Doug Hellyer; Summer Theatre; Robert Ellison and the McPherson Theatre.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-08-19 SUMMARY: Cathryn and James Johnston recall their experiences in the world of Vancouver theatre. They became involved with theatre through the drama club at Britannia High School in the early 1930s, early productions with the Sun Rays, the Strolling Players, the Victory Players and the Vancouver Little Theatre. Radio drama: Fletcher Markle's "Imagine Please" at CKWX, which led to work for CBC Vancouver. Discussion of Theatre Under The Stars: people, productions, administration. Totem Theatre. The Frederick Wood Theatre. The Arts Club. Many stories about missed cues and forgotten lines. Everyman Theatre, later the Avon Players. Stories about Lon Chaney Jr. and other visiting guest stars. More on CBC and the long-running "Farm Broadcast" serial.

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.) [?], 1956-01-11 SUMMARY: At the Dominon Drama Festival, Pamela Stirling presents her adjudication of the Vancouver Little Thatre stage production of Sdney Kingsley's "Darkness at Noon". York Theatre.;

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.) [?], 1956-01-11 SUMMARY: A recording of the Vancouver Little Theatre stage production of "Darkness at Noon" by Sidney Kingsley (based on the novel by Arthur Koestler), which ran from 1955-11-28 to 1955-12-03. The performance ;on this recording was presented at the York Theatre in January 1956 as an entry in the Dominion Drama Festival.;

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979-08-02 SUMMARY: Dorothy Somerset, a veteran of Vancouver and Victoria theatre, discusses: starting to act with the Harvard Dramatic Club; joining the Vancouver Little Theatre; Sam Payne; Jessie Richardson; Vivian Ramsay; Franklin Johnson; Gaby Faye; Dominion Drama Festival; the Players Club -- director there for five years; became Head of the Drama Section of the Extension Department; Summer School of Theatre, 1938-64; International Festival; starting the Freddie Wood Theatre; teaching drama in the English Department at UBC; Freddie Wood Theatre became home of Holiday Theatre; Theatre Department at UBC.

CALL NUMBER: T1334:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1965?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Beeman describes her family's arrival in Vancouver in 1889; early impressions; appearance of the city; Christ Church Cathedral; Dominion Day races; family history; her father's library ;position; Christmas parties; Vancouver's theatres; Sarah Bernhard; theatrical productions; Vancouver Little Theatre Association in 1921; "Belle of Burrard" and B.C. Hilliam. TRACK 2: Mrs. Beeman continues with her recollections of B.C. Hilliam; anecdotes about theatrical productions; Savoy Theatre; personalities; Kerrisdale; the first church in Kerrisdale; Alvo von Alvensleben; local characters; English Bay; origins of the Vancouver Public Library; and Andrew Carnegie.

CALL NUMBER: T1334:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1965?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Beeman continues with her recollections about the early Vancouver library; Mr. Fred Dyke; and the local choral society. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979-08-03 SUMMARY: Doris Buckingham, Thora Anders and Barney Potts discuss early theatre in Vancouver. Barney and Thora both started as musicians; first radio experiences; Fletcher Markle; joining Theatre Under the Stars; involvement in Vancouver Little Theatre -- Doris involved in later years, not when she was young; Thor Arngrim; Thora mentions some early theatre ventures in Victoria; funny experiences at TUTS; Robert Goulet; John Emerson.

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1979-06-16 SUMMARY: Jack Droy and Stuart Kent discuss theatre in Vancouver and Victoria in the late 1940s and the 1950s: Totem Company; Variety Time comedy series on CKMO radio; Phoebe Smith; exclusivity of Vancouver Little Theatre -- but both men started there; Ian Dobbie; CBC experiences; Marjorie Entwistle; Frank Lambert Smith; Juan Root's Summer Theatre productions (neither Jack nor Stuart were involved, but both remember hearing about it); Totem finances; Everyman Theatre; Evonne Firkens' role in the creation of Totem; formation of Totem Theatre in West Vancouver; Thor Arngrim; Doris Buckingham; Elfi Koenig; clashes over content in plays -- moral issues.

CALL NUMBER: T3877:0007 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979-08-01 SUMMARY: Joy Coghill and Jack Thorne discuss early theatre in Vancouver: Everyman Theatre; University Holiday Theatre; beginnings of the Playhouse Theatre; Freddie Wood theatre; "Seagull" experience; some work in the Vancouver Little Theatre before involvement with Playhouse Theatre; Vancouver International Festival; characters in Vancouver theatre -- Sam Payne, Evonne Firkens, Phoebe Smith, E.V. Koenig, Jane Heyman.

CALL NUMBER: T3877:0008 track 1 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979-08-01 SUMMARY: Continuation of Jack Thorne and Joy Coghill interview.

The fonds consists of records generated by Lew M. Parry between about 1930 and 1987 in the course of his activities as a film maker based in Vancouver, including records generated by the companies Trans-Canada Films Ltd., Lew Parry Film Productions and Parry Films Ltd. The fonds also includes records generated by Lew Parry through his activities as art director and set designer for the Vancouver Little Theatre Association in Vancouver from about 1933 until about 1947. Also included are a few personal records such as photographs of Parry's home, family and friends. The fonds consists of Parry's films and library footage, comprising industrial films of bridge, power plant and dam construction, and of the mining, logging and fishing industries, as well as documentaries, travelogues, promotional films, newsreels, educational and training films, dramatic short films, docudramas, theatrical trailers and television programs and commercials. The fonds also includes photographs of Parry's activities making promotional films, and making industrial films of the mining industry and of bridge, dam and power plant construction projects. There are also photographs of the filming of the pilot television program North of 53 and of The Littlest Hobo program; of film studios, film sets, and recording studios; photographs of actors (including actors from Paramount Studios) and a few personal photographs of Parry's home, family and friends. In addition the fonds includes a scrapbook containing Vancouver Little Theatre Association programs (1933-1947), correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, black and white photographs, including some of the Vancouver Diamond Jubilee parade, graphite sketches and colour drawings of set designs, art sketches (including possibly a storyboard for a “screen ad” for Roger's Sugar), invitations and an invoice. The fonds also includes four award certificates (1957, 1986-1987).

CALL NUMBER: T3877:0008 track 2 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1979-09-06 SUMMARY: Norma MacMillan discusses early theatre in Vancouver and Victoria: working on CBC radio in Toronto, doing children's voices; New York radio; son Stefan got into acting as a child, as did daughter Alison; husband Thor's involvement with Totem; her writing and acting skills; starting as a girl in Kiwanis shows at the Strand; getting on with the Vancouver Little Theatre; Evonne Firkens; Phoebe Smith; "Peg o' my Heart" experience; working at Totem; the Janolwskis; Elsie Graham.

CALL NUMBER: T3877:0009 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1979-09-06 SUMMARY: Continuation of Norma MacMillan's interview with Peter Mannering.

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1953-10 SUMMARY: A recording of the Vancouver Little Theatre stage production of the play "Room Service", by John Murray and Allen Boretz, as presented at the York Theatre.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-08-02 SUMMARY: Sam Payne and Gay Scrivener discuss their involvement in early theatre in Vancouver and Victoria. Sam was in the New Westminster Little Theatre group as a youth, then joined Vancouver Little Theatre; eventually went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for a period. Gay started off as a dancer at McPherson Playhouse; Ivy Ralston and Ann Mossman; Dominion Drama Festival inspired many small amateur groups; Gay's involvement with the Strolling Players; Old Victoria Theatre School -- Gay; Gay's brief involvement with the Totem theatre; Sam joins Theatre Under the Stars, 1939; during WW II, Sam also performed in Island Theatre Company; Totem Theatre company -- Sam's involvement in that; Sam's years in Toronto theatre groups; Sam came back to Vancouver in 1953 and was involved with TUTS and Totem; forming the Vanguard Summer Theatre in the late 1950s; TUTS anecdotes; John Emerson; Betty Phillips; the beginnings of the International Festival in 1958.

The item consists of 3 audio copies containing an interview with an unidentified group of people associated with the theatre in Vancouver. They discuss theatre; drama; the stimulus provided to theatre in British Columbia and Canada by the Dominion Drama Festival; the Dominion Drama Festival in the 1930s; the prominent players; etc.

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1979-08-29 SUMMARY: Thor Arngrim and Stuart Kent discuss theatre in Vancouver and Victoria: Jessie Richardson; moving the Totem company to Victoria; help of Ian Thorne's company; worked backstage at Vancouver Little Theatre production as a youth; influence of Dorothy Davies and Same Payne; Juan Root and Summer Theatre; Gaslight productions with Little Theatre; Frank Lambert Smith; being part of Everyman Theatre; "Saint Joan" experience; Harold Patten; Totem anecdotes; one of first groups on west coast to display local art; financial problems after Totem moved to Victoria; not enough children's theatre with Totem; Kitty Ducher; the Janowskis; granddame of west coast theatre, Phoebe Smith; Evonne Firkens; Doris Buckingham; Doreen Greenwood.