Theatre and Performance collections

Special Collections and Archives' theatre collections comprise a number of large and varied archives of theatrical texts, ephemera, documents and images dating from the 18th century to the present day.

We hold a wide variety of theatre and performance related material, including playscripts, books, journals, magazines, photographs, ephemera and objects. The collections are particularly strong in material dating from Victorian and Edwardian Britain. 

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A playbill for Aladdin at the Palace Theatre of Varieties on January 23rd, 1939, with an illustration of a genie with Aladdin
​ David Drummond Pantomime Collection (drumm135).
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