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Eve Smith holds a Collaborative Doctoral Award with Royal Holloway, University of London and the Victoria and Albert Museum Based in North London, Eve has just entered her second year as a PhD candidate supervised by Dr Kate Dorney and Professor Gilli Bush-Bailey.
Research Interests
[edit]She is currently researching private theatre collections, in particular the Gabrielle Enthoven Collection at the V&A and the Roy Waters Theatre Collection at Royal Holloway. Gabrielle Enthoven's vast collection formed the foundation of the V&A's theatre archives after being presented to the museum in 1924. Roy Waters devoted a lifetime to collecting theatrical ephemera, including playbills, posters and programmes, with a particular emphasis on ephemera relating to Oscar Wilde.
Pages to Create/Edit
[edit]- To create an article on the collector, playwright and amateur actress Gabrielle Enthoven, whose theatre collection was the founding collection of the V&A's theatre archives.
- To create an article on Roy Waters and his private theatre collection which is now held in the archives of Royal Holloway, University of London.
- To edit articles on people such as Edith Craig, Radclyffe Hall, Noel Coward and Mercedes de Acosta to include references to Gabrielle Enthoven.