Jackson, Barry, 1879-1960

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Sir Barry Jackson was the owner and founder of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. He had formed an amateur company called the Pilgrim Players, the success of which led to the creation of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1913. This was the first purpose built repertory theatre and was home to the Birmingham Repertory Company. Jackson's Birmingham Rep had a wide repertoire, including innovative modern dress Shakespeare, Greek drama, and modern experimental drama. Many of the plays transferred to London or abroad. Jackson had an eye for young talent, and gave valuable experience to many actors, including Laurence Olivier, Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans, Ralph Richardson, Julie Christie, and Derek Jacobi. He transferred to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company at Stratford in 1946, and though he returned to Birmingham Rep in 1948, he retired from running the company. Jackson died in 1961.

From the guide to the Barry Jackson photographic collection, 1926-1933, (V&A Department of Theatre and Performance)

Founder of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

From the description of Letter : Birmingham, to Claud Lovat Fraser, March 18. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 27557239

Epithet: dramatist and theatre director

Title: Knight

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x000307
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creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. Malvern Festival 1929 season announcement of scheduled productions and performances, Malvern Theatre, Malvern England, Aug. 19-31, 1929. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Vol. XX (ff. 279). Undated correspondence.includes:f. 1 Sinead Acheson, of London: Letter to G. B. Shaw of Sinead Acheson: n.d.: Imperf. f. 2 Eugen d' Albert, d 1932 German composer and pianist: Letter to G. B. Shaw of Eugen d' Albert: n.d. f. 3 Mary... British Library
creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. Malvern Festival 1949 season announcement of scheduled productions and performances, invitation and announcement of Theatre Holiday Plan, Malvern Theatre, Malvern England, Aug. 8- Sept. 2, 1949. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. Malvern Festival 1933 season announcement of scheduled productions and performances, Malvern Theatre, Malvern England, July 25 - Aug., 22, 1933. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Jackson, Barry Vincent, Sir, b. 1879. The Sir Barry Jackson archive of Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham Central Library, [1908-ca. 1960] microform Houghton Library
creatorOf Shaw Program Collection. The Apple Cart / by G.B. Shaw - program of presentation at the Malvern Theatre directed by Sir Barry Jackson, Aug. 1929. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn 'THE SPANISH LADY': libretto and musical sketches for the unfinished opera 'The Spanish Lady' by Sir Edward Elgar (libretto the composer and Sir Barry Jackson, after Ben Jonson's play 'The Devil is an Ass'); 1932-1933. The libretto typewritten with a..., 1932-1933 British Library
creatorOf Vol. X (ff. 172). 1924 -1933.includes:f. 1 Noël Sullivan, of San Francisco: Letter to R. Quilter,: 1924.f. 3 Geoffrey Harding: Letter to R. Quilter,: 1924.ff. 4, 12, 16, 106 Raimund von Zur Mühlen, German tenor and teacher: Letters to R. Quilt..., 1924-1933 British Library
creatorOf Portraits of notables - reproductions and postcards, photographs of friends, business associates, actors and actresses and Charlotte Shaw University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. Malvern Festival 1936 season announcement of scheduled productions and performances, Malvern Theatre, Malvern England, July 25 - Aug., 22, 1936. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Arbuthnot, Malcolm, 1877-1967. George Bernard Shaw Collection. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Vol. XVII (ff. 381). 1944-1945.includes:f. 1 Elsie Fogerty, Principal, The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art: Letters, etc., to G. B. Shaw of Elsie Fogerty: 1936-1944: Partly signed and printed. f. 2 F. Murphy, engineer, of Wigan: Le..., 1944-1945 British Library
referencedIn Fonds Edward Gordon Craig Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des arts du spectacle
creatorOf Photocopies and copies of letters from Shaw toNancy, Viscountess, Astor, 1929-1950, with a copy of one letter to Shaw. Dame Edith Evans, 1924-1943. Sir Barry Jackson, 1912. Alma Murray (Mrs Forman), 1886-1892. Ellen Terry, 9 Nov [1913], year torn..., 1886-1950 British Library
creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. Back to Methuselah / by Bernard Shaw ; directed by Sir Barry Jackson - program of production at the Royal Court Theatre, London, March 1928. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. Heartbreak House / by Bernard Shaw ; directed by Barry Jackson - program for production at the Queen's Theatre, London, April 25, 1932. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Letters, 1922-1950. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Max Reinhardt papers, 1899-2006 British Library: Western Manuscripts
creatorOf Letters from Sir Barry Jackson , 1915-1943 British Library
creatorOf Vol. V. (ff. 227). 6 June 1938-29 May 1943, n.d. Including a letter to G. B. Shaw of 14 July 1946.includes:ff. 1-63 passim, 101, 163 Medicine and Surgery: James Stuart Hensman, MRCS; LRCP: Cuthbert Esquire Dukes, OBE; MB, ChB., MD: Raphael Roche, [..., 1938-1946 British Library
creatorOf Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- University of Michigan
creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. An Exhibition on the Life of Sir Barry Jackson (1879-1961), presented in conjunction with the University of Birmingham's Dept. of Drama and Theatre Arts, Birmingham Theatre and Conference Centre, Oct. 1-4, 1975 - exhibiton catalogue. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. The Apple Cart / by Bernard Shaw ; directed by Sir Barry Jackson - program of production at the Malvern Festival Theatre, England, Aug., 19, 1929. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn McMullan, Frank Alonzo, 1907-. Frank Alonzo McMullan papers, 1939-1976 (inclusive), 1945-1966 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Herbert M. Prentice papers, 1925-1960 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Papers regarding the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1917-1960 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Frank Alonzo McMullan papers, 1939-1976 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn The Gordon Bottomley Papers, 1773, 1831-1958, nd British Library: Western Manuscripts
creatorOf Jackson, Barry Vincent, Sir, b. 1879. Letter : Birmingham, to Claud Lovat Fraser, March 18. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. Malvern Festival season outline announcing scheduled productions including works by Shaw, July 26 - Aug., 21, 1948. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Rutherston, Albert Daniel, 1881-1953. Letters, ca. 1915-1945. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Shaw Program Collection. Too True To Be Good / by Bernard Shaw ; presented by Barry Jackson ; produced by H.K. Ayliff - program of presentation at New Theatre, September 13, 1932. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn William Archer Collection, 1868-1990 V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
creatorOf MS Mus. 1640. Vol. xv. Constantinesco-Ramsay MacDonald.ff. 204. 305 x 230mmincludes:ff. 1-8. Harriet Cohen, CBE; pianist: Grégoire Constantinesco, Romanian Envoy: Letters from Grégoire Constantinesco to Harriet Cohen: 1931, n.d.: Fr.f. 7. Harriet... British Library
referencedIn Herbert M. Prentice papers, 1925-1960 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles / by Bernard Shaw - program for the Malvern Festival Theatre, July 29, 1935. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf SUPPLEMENTARY SHAW PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 251). Miscellaneous correspondence of G. B. Shaw; 1905-1949, n.d. Partly autograph.Drama: Literary History: George Bernard Shaw, author: Correspondence and papers of George Bernard Shaw: 1888-1950, n.d.includ..., 1905-1949 British Library
referencedIn Papers regarding the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1917-1960 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Prentice, Herbert M, 1890-. Herbert M. Prentice papers, 1925-1960. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. Back to Methuselah / by Bernard Shaw; directed by Sir Barry Jackson - program of production at the Royal Court, Feb., 18 to March 6, 1924. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. Back to Methuselah: Part 1 / by Bernard Shaw - program of production at the Wyndham's Theatre, Dec., 9 1927. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf RUTLAND BOUGHTON CORRESPONDENCE. Vol. I (ff. 186). A-Scott, including:-(a) Frederic Austin; 1915, 1924. Partly signed. F. 1 printed, in part, by Hurd, on p. 56. ff. 1-4;-(b) Granville Bantock; 1913-1946. Partly signed. F. 7 printed on pp. 43-4. ff...., 1913-1954 British Library
creatorOf Barry Jackson photographic collection, 1926-1933 V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
referencedIn Phillips, Cyril L. Papers regarding the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1917-1960. New York Public Library System, NYPL
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