| Description | This file documents various aspects in connection with the membership of the Joint Council, such as the opening of vacant positions on the Council, members resigning or joining; arrangements for Joint Council meetings; apologies for non-attendance; death of illustrious members of the council, such as Geoffrey Whitworth and Mrs L'Estrange Malone (1951); re-naming of the Old Vic Executive Committee of the Joint Council as the 'Old Vic National Theatre Sub-Committee' (1953); members notifying their wish to resign, such as Lewis Casson and Bronson Albery (1960); increase in the representation of the Joint Council (1959); Violet Bonham-Carter's complaint about meetings being announced at too short notice (1957); it also includes lists of names on the Council (1952 and 1956). |