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Description: | The book and pamphlet collection includes over 120,000 published works, including histories, criticisms, trade literature and playtexts. It focuses on the history and practice of the British stage, and is strongest in the areas of drama and dance (especially ballet) but includes coverage of all the live performing arts. It incorporates several major independent libraries, such as those of the Society for Theatre Research, the London Archives of the Dance, and the Critics' Circle. It also contains the private libraries of collectors such as the actor Robert Eddison (mainly rare and early books and pamphlets relating to drama) and Professor Arnold Rood (specialist on Edward Gordon Craig and his circle). A large collection of some 60,000 titles was added to the collection in 1990, when the library of the British Theatre Association (previously known as the British Drama League) was passed to the Theatre Collections. This collection was especially rich in playtexts, in both printed and typescript form.
The V&A Theatre Archive Collections include many special collections and archives from performing arts companies and other organisations, as well as from individuals such as performers, stage designers and private collectors. | Subjects: | Visual arts Literature Performing arts Drama Theatre | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Telephone: | 020 7942 2000 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8333 | Go to resource |
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