Writing and Performance Collections

The Samuel Storey Writing and Performance Collection

The Samuel Storey Trust generously funded the setting up of the Samuel Storey Writing and Performance Collection within the University Library and Archives. This has enabled the acquisition of a number of archives of individual playwrights, screenwriters and comedy writers. The Samuel Storey Writing and Performance Collection currently includes the archives of:

Preparatory sketch by Alan Ayckbourn for 'Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays' ,

playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn
playwright and screenwriter Charles Wood
novelist and playwright David Storey
comedy writer Barry Took
playwright Julia Pascal
comedian and entertainer Frankie Howerd
playwright Robert Holman

You can find more information about the Frankie Howerd Archive on our online microsite.

Other collections

We have also acquired a number of archives relating to writing and performance outside of the funded Samuel Storey Writing and Performance Collection. These include:

director Cordelia Monsey
actress and writer Yvonne Mitchell
comedy writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran
playwright Peter Whelan
television producer Ernest Maxin
television writer and director Ian Curteis
screenwriter and novelist David Whitaker