Metadata: Newcastle Jewish Players
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Tyne and Wear Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Tyne and Wear Archives
- Postal address:
- Tyne and Wear Archives, Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JA
- Phone number:
- 44(0)191 2772248
- Web address:
- https://twarchives.org.uk/
- Reference number:
- SX79
- Title:
- Newcastle Jewish Players
- Title (official language):
- Newcastle Jewish Players
- Creator/accumulator:
- Sunderland and North East Jewish Community Legacy Project
- Date(s):
- 1951/2013
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 32 items
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
- This collection includes a list of productions 1982-2013, and 31 programmes for plays between 1951 and 2012.
- Archival history:
- Held by creating organisation/individual until gifted to Tyne and Wear Archives.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Originally formed in 1903 as Newcastle Jewish Literary Society, but ceased to function on the outbreak of the First World War. Reformed 1923 but again terminated 1938. The Society reformed again in 1944. A Dramatic Section was formed in 1948 and later renamed Newcastle Jewish Players.
- Access points: locations:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Subject terms:
- Theatre
- Access, restrictions:
- Depositor's consent is required for access to these records.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Tyne and Wear Archives
- Author of the description:
- Daniel Stoker; North East Museums; 2025
