This collection brings together over 2,000 playbills from our theatre collections, including a small number of playbills from Kent theatres.
The collection is largely catalogued. The catalogue records for each playbill are indexed by:
- name (of playwright, composer, scene painter, director, actor, etc)
- person's role (ie playwright, composer, etc)
- name of theatre
- title of play
- subject of play
- type of playbill
Collection in brief
Contents: theatre playbills and posters
Period: 18th-20th century