Lists performances of theatre productions at York, Leeds, and London. Information includes register number, title of production, notes and remarks, description, number of acts and scenes, authors, adapters and composers.

Performances of various productions in York, Leeds, London, Birmingham, Harrogate, Scarborough, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Blackpool, Douglass, Newcastle, and Paris. Includes pantomimes and ballets in York and Leeds. Includes visits to Savoy Theatre for operas and ballets. Has table of contents.

Book listing theatre performances in a series of lists with various orders - chronological, alphabetical by title, by location. Includes lists of pantomimes. Locations include York, Leeds, Sheffield, Hull, Bradford, Wakefield, Scarborough, Birmingham, Newcastle, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Paris. Includes loose note at front stating that the volume was examined on the August Bank Holiday 1921 and found 'to be about correct' by Cuthbert Joseph Kleiser.

Records theatre performances 1905-1909 and 'A Record of London Visits 1869-1911. Includes loose 'List of plays in this book for which information is sought'

Lists Cuthbert Kleiser's visits to London, 1869-1911 and attendances at performances of plays and operas in York and Leeds 1872-1926.

Record of performances of various cultural performances including pantomimes, ballets, spectacles, sketches, operas and Shakespearian productions. Locations include York, Leeds, Bradford and London.

Notes on performances at various York venues

This series includes 37 programmes for theatre and operatic performances by various amateur theatrical and operatic groups, at various venues around York. There is also a menu for a dinner for the Gallery First Nighters' club. The collection was probably compiled by Cuthbert Joseph Kleiser (1855-1929) who had a keen interest in the theatre.

Programme for performance of Highwayman Love by York Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society at York Theatre Royal.

Programme for performance of Dorothy by York Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society at York Theatre Royal. The Society had previously performed Dorothy in April 1904, see KLE/3/8

Programme for performance of The Gondoliers by York Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society in aid of York County Hospital, at York Theatre Royal. The Society had previously performed The Gondoliers in April 1907, see KLE/3/11

Programme for performance of Killibegs by York Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society, at York Theatre Royal.

Programme for performance of H.M.S. Pinafore by York Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society, at York Theatre Royal.

Programme for performance of The Rebel Maid by York Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society, in aid of York County Hospital, at York Theatre Royal.

Programme for performance of The Pirates of Penzance, by York Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society, in aid of York Hospital, at York Theatre Royal.

Programme for performance of Dorothy by York Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society, in aid of York Hospital, at York Theatre Royal. The Society performed Dorothy again in April 1913, see KLE/3/2.

Programme for performance of Merrie England by York Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society, in aid of York County Hospital, at York Theatre Royal.

Programme for performance of The Gondoliers by York Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society in aid of York County Hospital, at York Theatre Royal. The Society performed The Gondoliers again in March 1929, see KLE/3/3.

Programme for the performance of The Mask and the Face by The Guild of York Players, at the Art Gallery, York.

Programme for performance of An Old Nativity Play by York Everyman Theatre, at the Guildhall, York.

Programme for the performance of The Shewing-up of Blanco Poset, preceded by The Twelve Pound Look, by York Everyman Theatre, at the Art Gallery, York.

Programme for the performance of Overture by York Everyman Theatre, at the Co-Operative Hall, Railway Street, York,. Note that the year is not included on the front of the programme but 'forthcoming productions' on back page indicate this performance was in October 1925,

From J. Bannister Howard of Comic Operas Ltd of Fleet Street London. Regarding travels of Aladdin pantomime company through York, Bridlington, Peterborough, King's Lynn, Gusiborough and Lincoln, Next year will be 'Babes in the Woods.' Reply to Kleiser's earlier letter.

Includes programmes for theatrical and musical performances in and around York, principally for choral music, light music, operas, and operettas. Many of the programmes relate to performances by amateur and community groups. These programmes were collected by Freda Freer during the course of her lifetime.

Information contained in each programme varies, but many of the programmes include some information about the society performing the production, information about the production itself, information about the performers and producers, lists of past performances by the society, lists of performances by other societies, and lists of other performances at the same venue.

Many of the programmes contain artwork on the covers and advertisements, in particular those for businesses based in York and for products and services relating to music and drama.