Theatre and Performance Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum Under Threat

Abstract:

The largest and most significant archive devoted to the history of British theatre is hosted by the Victoria and Albert Museum and is now referred to as the Theatre and Performance collections. Originally known as the Enthoven collection, it was established in 1924 by Gabrielle Enthoven, who had lobbied for such a collection to be established for many years. In 1911 Enthoven proposed in a letter to the Observer: a comprehensive theatrical section in an existing museum to comprise specimens of all the different branches necessary to the workings of a play from the construction of the theatre, the designing of the scenery and costumes, to the smallest workings necessary in the house. Also a library and a collection of playbills, prints, pictures and relics etc. I want the section to be the place where the producer, actor, author and critic will naturally go for information, both on what is being done in this and other countries …

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2021

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