Jack Rosenthal and Maureen Lipman

The Western Bank Library exhibition from June 2012 - Jack and Maureen: a creative partnership - has been transferred to the Manchester Jewish Museum in Manchester, and will run until 9^th June. It includes many items from the Jack Rosenthal and Maureen Lipman archives, both of which are held by the Special Collections Department in the University of Sheffield Library. Further details can be found at http://www.mjm.org.uk/exhibitions

Also in Manchester, and using one of the scripts from the Jack Rosenthal Drama Scripts Collection here at Sheffield, Gareth Kavanagh has put on a production of “The Best” at the Lass O’Gowrie pub. This is Jack Rosenthal’s previously unproduced play about the footballer George Best. In the past, Gareth has put on productions based on Jack Rosenthal’s early Coronation Street scripts, two of which were shown at the launch of the Jack and Maureen exhibition here last year. Further information can be found at http://www.thelass.co.uk/index.php and on the BBC website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21741182