In the latest inspired response to the shutdown, the Victoria and Albert Museum's Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Performance, Simon Sladen, is giving a virtual tour of the V&A's theatre and performance collection on Twitter.
Highlights include actress Ellen Terry's wig, William Shakespeare's First Folio, and original Tommy Cooper posters. Get more updates via @theatrecurator
Time for a @V_and_A #Twitter Tour. Today it's....Tommy Cooper! pic.twitter.com/zMgvojoCig
- Simon Sladen (@theatrecurator) March 17, 2020
5: Posters pic.twitter.com/6S7lawFy73
- Simon Sladen (@theatrecurator) March 17, 2020
Time for another @V_and_A Theatre & Performance #TwitterTour. Today's theme: Marionettes pic.twitter.com/K1gxwUPdXX
- Simon Sladen (@theatrecurator) March 18, 2020
5. First Folio pic.twitter.com/uGf5WfvLsW
- Simon Sladen (@theatrecurator) March 20, 2020
Ready for Monday's @V_and_A Theatre & Performance #TwitterTour? Today it's Souvenirs #MuseumsfromHome pic.twitter.com/7iwr3jGKqM
- Simon Sladen (@theatrecurator) March 23, 2020
Time for another @V_and_A #TwitterTour of the Theatre and Performance Collections. Today's theme? Make-up! pic.twitter.com/SAkk8sNEsD
- Simon Sladen (@theatrecurator) March 25, 2020
5. Ellen Terry's Wig pic.twitter.com/Qg7mqXeX9s
- Simon Sladen (@theatrecurator) March 25, 2020
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