| Collection | David Drummond Pantomime Collection |
| Description | Contains material related to the Conquest family, along with theatre programmes, libretti and playbills for productions at the Surrey Theatre (1852-1921) and Grecian Theatre (1855-1881) , mostly produced whilst under the management of George Conquest. Also includes two programmes from the Temple Opera House and Theatre, Leeds respectively.
Family material includes 1 photographic postcard, 8 photographs and a programme for a production at the Bradford Alhambra featuring Daphne and Betty Conquest in 1938. |
| Admin history | George Augustus Conquest (1837-1901) was a playwright, theatre manager and acrobat. His father, Benjamin Conquest, acquired the Grecian Theatre and Eagle Tavern in 1851. George helped run the theatre and inherited it upon his father's death. He sold it in1879 before embarking on a tour of North America in 1880 where he performed in The Grim Goblin. On his return to England in 1881 he then took over the Surrey Theatre in Lambeth, which he ran until his death in 1901, after which his son, George Jnr, took over. |
| Related Person | Conquest, George Augustus (1837-1901) |