The collection includes:
- theatre history
- biography
- memoirs
- playtexts
- programmes
- magazines
One of the most interesting of the periodicals is the Play Pictorial, which we have catalogued in detail.
Most of the earlier gifts, amounting to some 4,000 volumes, are catalogued. Further donations are gradually being catalogued.
You can search the book collection in LibrarySearch.
Collection in brief
Contents: books, playtexts, programmes, magazines
Period: 16th-20th century