Respondent or information from other source:
Prof Mike Pearson, Organiser
Aims, policies, purpose/impetus for project:
To sort, catalogue and improve access to the archive of Welsh theatre company Brith Gof
To make available and to reassess a number of productions for a contemporary audience: through a series of public events such as today's reunite together company members with material from the archive and that include presentations, demonstrations, showings, discussions
Identification of a substantial deposit of unsorted documentary material in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
Dates: March 2007 On-going
Key individuals and roles involved
Mike Pearson and Margaret Ames, Department of Theatre, Film and Television, Aberystwyth University with assistance from 2 PhD students
Former company members including Lis Hughes Jones
Paid or voluntary, training in oral history: Voluntary. Not trained
Project funded by:
Largely self-funded
£1500 grant from academic department
Management of project:
Currently university department.
Brith Gof shortly to be re-launched as limited company
Format of interviews: 4 x one-day symposia on mini-DV
How interviewees are selected and located:
Invitation.
Announcements in Welsh press and SCUDD
Interview running time: Approx 20 hours in toto
Copyright in interviews. Assignment rights?: n/a
Location of interview copies: University department
Accessibility to public: Not currently
Collection contact details/website: No
Interview transcripts/lists of topics or other content indexes: No
Cataloguing: No
Future plans for project/interviews?:
Yes. At least 2 further public symposia with full recordings.
Materials used for publications, exhibitions, conferences, radio/TV programmes or performances etc or future plans for this?:
Not currently
Project website: No
List on a joint (possibly STR) website: Yes
Join listserv/emailing list/forum: Yes
Further information:
SC Note: Brith Gof project recordings are group sessions, not individual interviews
List of interviewees provided: No
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