Shirley Finch photographs and theatre ephemera

MLMSS 11453

fonds

1945-1955

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Textual Records, Clippings, Ephemera

9640845

0.16 metres of textual material (1 box) includes photographs

Shirley Finch, 1928-1998, was a stage actress in Sydney, New South Wales. Finch attended the Whitehall Academy of Dramatic Art, a training academy associated with the Whitehall Theatrical Productions company. Finch later performed in a number of Whitehall Productions at the Minerva Theatre through the mid-1940s.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Includes 16 photographs, 2 letters, 9 theatre programmes and newspaper clippings:
Folders 1-2
Photographs of Shirley Finch by Richard McKinney, John Hearder, Montgomery Dunn studio
Photograph of Lloyd Berrell by Russell Roberts with handwritten note to Shirley from Lloyd on photo
Photographs of Shirley Finch as bridesmaid and bride by John Hearder
Folder 3
Theatre programs, Whitehall Productions, Minerva Theatre, Kings Cross, ca. 1946-1949. Some copies signed by players in the cast.
Folder 4
Newspaper clippings, mainly reviews of Minerva Theatre productions
Folder 5
Letters to Shirley Finch from Sydney actor Ron Randell on Columbia Pictures letterhead, 7 January 1947 and 11 January 1947

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