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From the archive · 1953

A new theatre
for Matlock?

In 1953, sixteen years after the company first met at the High Tor Guest House, the Players began campaigning in earnest for a theatre of their own in Matlock. These cuttings and photographs from the company archive record the fight.

Newspaper cutting: the 1953 campaign for a new theatre in Matlock
Headline from the campaign for a theatre of our own
Archive scan from the 1953 theatre campaign
Archive scan from the 1953 theatre campaign
The proposed theatre, as pictured in the campaign
Archive scan from the 1953 theatre campaign
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