The Wedgewood Playhouse was a dinner theatre located in Toano, Virginia where customers would be treated to a meal and a performance of a play. The theatre was created in 1963 and held productions until 1973.
Acc. 2013.056 was picked up by Special Collections staff from the donor on 3/14/2013.
Accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2013.
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Wedgewood Playhouse Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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Contains photographs, programs, scrapbooks, and other material concerning the Wedgewood Playhouse based in Toano, Virginia, located just west of Williamsburg, Virginia. Included in the records are negative and print photographs of various productions at the theater from 1963-1969; programs from productions in the 1960s; a scrapbook of clippings, photographs, and letters from the theater's 1963-1964 season; and ledger books containing the financial records of the theater from 1965-1971. More information about the history of the Wedgewood Playhouse can be found in Box 1 of the collection.
This box includes clippings about various productions by the Wedgewood Playhouse; minutes from different meetings of the players;and photographs and scrapbooks from various productions by the Wedgewood Playhouse.
This box contains three ledger books documenting the financial accounts of the Wedgewood Playhouse.
This box includes framed photographs as well as negatives from various productions of the Wedgewood Playhouse.
This box contains one scrapbook of news clippings, photographs, and other material from productions during the 1963-1964 season of the Wedgewood Playhouse. This item has been digitized.
This box contains photographic negatives of various productions by the Wedgewood Playhouse.
This box contains photographic negatives of various productions by the Wedgewood Playhouse.
(This box (tube) contains one oversize photographic print consiting of a composite of several productions by the Wedgewood Playhouse.