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The collection comprises the personal and working papers of the actor, director and designer, John Moody, covering the period 1938 to 1959.
It includes promptbooks, programmes, set designs and models, production papers, scripts, correspondence and press cuttings relating to Moody's career with the Guildford Repertory Company (1938), the Old Vic Dramatic School (1940-1942), the Old Vic/CEMA at the Cambridge Arts Theatre and the Liverpool Playhouse (1942-1945), the Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1942-1945, 1949-1951), Bristol Old Vic (1954-1957), and the Ohel Theatre, Tel Aviv (1959).
In 1954 Moody succeeded Denis Carey as director at the Bristol Old Vic, a post he held until his resignation in 1959. During this time Moody worked with such actors as Sheila Allen, Peter Baldwin, Annette Crosbie, Rosemary Harris, Phyllida Law, Peter Nichols, Peter O'Toole, Eric Porter, Rachel Roberts, Moira Shearer, Eric Thompson, Wendy Williams and Barry Wilsher.
The collection also includes some material belonging to John Moody's wife, Nell Moody (nee Burra).
View a list of the contents of the John Moody Archive.
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