| Collection | David Drummond Pantomime Collection |
| Description | Research file compiled by Richard Findlater about Principal Boys in pantomime and in British theatre. Included are handwritten and typed notes, as well as press cuttings, photographs, and correspondence from Sir St. Vincent Troubridge. Principal Boys that feature within the file include Vesta Tilley, Emily Scott, Dorothy Ward, Patricia Burke, Jean Telfer, Moyna Cope, Helen Russell, Erica Torke, Miss Ostell, Miss Mann, Alma Cogan, Miss Poole, Edith St. Clare, Shani Wallace, Ada Reeve, Violet Loraine, Hetty King, Lily Morris, Harriet Vernon, Lil Hawthorne, Marie Loftus, Miss Povey, Clarice Mayne, Ella Retford, Nora Delaney, Stephanie Voss, Jean Carson, Eve Lister, Lian-Shin Yang, Nell Gwynne, Elisabeth Bergner, Jean Forbes-Robertson, Harriet Vernon, Queenie Leighton, Ella Shields, Sybil Arundale, Anita Douglas, Evelyn Laye, Fay Compton, Ada Blanche, Ida Heath, Connie Gilchrist, Noele Gordon, Christine Norden, Betty Frankiss, Hy Hazell, Pat Kirkwood, Millie Hilton, Florrie Forde, Zoe Gail, Maggie Duggan, Fanny Leslie, Anne Catley, Elizabeth Poole, Annie Poole. Mention is also made of individuals such as Nellie Wallace, Norman Wisdom, Robert Nesbitt, David Hughes, and Emile Littler. Findlater's own articles and chapters from his book about pantomime and British theatre are included. |
| Related Person | Bain, Kenneth Bruce Findlater (1921-1985), otherwise known under the pen-name Richard Findlater |