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ELTA Project

ELTA Project. V&A Theatre Collections. Who We Are. Formerly called the Theatre Museum Collections founded at the V&A in1924 The National collections of performing arts material Archives, ‘museum objects’, library collections

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ELTA Project

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  1. ELTA Project V&A Theatre Collections

  2. Who We Are • Formerly called the Theatre Museum • Collections founded at the V&A in1924 • The National collections of performing arts material • Archives, ‘museum objects’, library collections • Now the V&A Theatre Collections – new galleries open at the V&A on 18th March

  3. V&A Contribution • 10,000 images • Contextual essays • Gazetteer of 100 East London Theatres • Intensive focus on 3 venues: Britannia Theatre, Hoxton Standard Theatre, Shoreditch Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel

  4. Digital Material • Playbills • Programmes • Books of words • Ledgers – London Pavilion Ltd • Illustrations • Plans

  5. Playbills

  6. Programmes

  7. …and their adverts

  8. Texts, ‘Books of Words’

  9. Periodicals

  10. Not all popular entertainment…

  11. Illustrations

  12. Plans

  13. Contextual Essays • Blackface • Crime and Punishment • East London Immigration • Local Interest • Nautical Drama • Stage Adaptations • World of Work

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