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Theatre Collection
Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television
Cantocks Close
Bristol, UK
BS8 1UP

Phone: (0117) 3315086
Email: theatre-collection@bristol.ac.uk

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Theatre Collection Study Facilities

Archives
Our archive material includes production records, photographs, costume designs, prints, paintings, programmes, playbills, objects, videos, audiotapes, and other unique material from our Collections. These items are held in our strong-rooms and can only be accessed through Theatre Collection staff. The Collections are catalogued onto a database, which is available for searching on the Theatre Collection website. Not all Collections or items are catalogued yet, so please ask if you are unable to find what you are looking for. Please contact the Director before your visit if you wish to consult archive material to ensure that items are available - this is particularly important as our holdings are split across two sites. Staff are always on hand to assist with your enquiries.

Library

Reading Room
The Reading Room is a quiet study area, adjacent to the Theatre Collection library, for students of the University of Bristol and other visiting researchers. There are microfiche and audio facilities available on request. Researchers are welcome to use their own computers. In addition, there are computers available for searching the Theatre Collection archive database and library catalogue. We also have the Viewing Station for accessing the National Review of Live Art Video Archive here. We require all researchers to follow the Reading Room Rules and Guidelines.

Viewing Room
The Theatre Collection has a Viewing Room for consultation of archival audio visual material which can be booked through staff. Please contact us for details.