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Special Collections and Archives' theatre collections comprise a number of large and varied archives of theatrical texts, ephemera, documents and images dating from the 18th century to the present day.
We hold a wide variety of theatre and performance related material, including playscripts, books, journals, magazines, photographs, ephemera and objects. The collections are particularly strong in material dating from Victorian and Edwardian Britain.
![A playbill for Aladdin at the Palace Theatre of Varieties on January 23rd, 1939, with an illustration of a genie with Aladdin](https://media.www.kent.ac.uk/se/19996/Drumm135_inline.jpg)
David Drummond Pantomime Collection (drumm135).