| Collection | David Drummond Pantomime Collection |
| Description | Research file compiled by Richard Findlater about the history of pantomime and British theatre. Topics covered include the theatre in the provinces, theatres across London, the history of playhouses, playgoers, and court spectaculars more generally,prices, costs, villains, parliamentary acts, the actor George Frederick Cook, Shakespeare's plays including Richard III and Henry VIII, royalty, the court, masques, scenery, dress and style,and post-Restoration theatre. Richard Findlater's own chapters are included, as well as correspondence, press cuttings, and an essay titled Professor Pepper's Phantasmagoria. |
| Related Person | Bain, Kenneth Bruce Findlater (1921-1985), otherwise known under the pen-name Richard Findlater |