This is a selection of our larger designer collections (set, costume, posters etc). More designer collections can be found by exploring our catalogue via the advanced search option.

Designer	Description
Adron, Ralph	The archive of the theatre designer Ralph Adron (b. 1937), active mainly in the UK from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Archer, Robin	The archive of the theatre designer Robin Archer, who worked predominately with English touring theatre companies from 1961 - 1981.
Barlow, Graham	The design archive of the Theatre Designer Graham Barlow (d. 2003) from his time at the Bristol Old Vic, and academic archive from his time spent teaching in Bristol and Glasgow.
Clancy, Deirdre	Archive of the theatre and film costume designer Deirdre Clancy (Deirdre Clancy Steer). Since the late 1960s she has worked with The National Theatre and The Royal Shakespeare Company, and internationally.
Crooke, Frederick	Collection of original theatre designs, prompt books, correspondence, production photographs and ephemera once belonging to designer and tutor Frederick Crooke (1908 - 1991) illustrating his work for London Old Vic, Sadler's Wells and touring productions.
Elvery, John	The John Elvery (1939 - 1997) Collection contains original artwork for costume and set designs, set models, production and personal papers. Elvery was the Head of Design at Bristol Old Vic from 1972 to 1986.
Lambourne, Norah	Norah Lambourne was an artist and theatre designer who worked on the set and costumes for the revived York Mystery Play cycle in 1951 - 1957.
Messel, Oliver	Oliver Messel (1904 - 1978), was a major theatre, ballet and film designer of the first half of the twentieth century.
Robertson, Patrick and Vercoe, Rosemary	The archive of husband and wife theatre design team Patrick Robertson (1922 - 2009) and Rosemary Vercoe (1917 - 2013) who worked with the Bristol Old Vic, Royal Shakespeare Company and English National Opera, among others.
Simmons, B. J. & Company	Collection of 30 costume designs by B. J. Simmons & company, mostly for a production of The Balkan Princess (1910).
Smyth, Owen Paul	Archive of the theatre designer, landscape painter, actor and theatre manager Owen Paul Smyth (1895 - 1979), who worked in Norwich and at the London Old Vic.
Sonnabend, Yolanda	The archive of theatre / ballet designer and painter Yolanda Sonnabend (1935 - 2015).
Stone, Alix	A collection of 72 costume and set designs by British theatre designer and artist Alix Stone (1913 - 2010), from her designs for Tobias and the Angel at the Bristol Old Vic in 1947 through to more recent work in the 1980s.
Tagg, Alan	Archive of British theatre designer Alan Tagg (1928 - 2002). Includes his designs for John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (1956) and The Entertainer (1957).
Trevelyan Oman, Julia	Julia Trevelyan Oman (1930 - 2003) was one of the most highly-rated British theatre, opera and ballet designers of her day.
Walker, David	Archive of the prominent English theatre designer David Walker (1934 - 2008).