Black Eyed Susan: GABRIELLE ENTHOVEN’S MARKED-UP COPY

Gabrielle Enthoven’s marked up copy of a French’s Acting Edition (No.338) of Black Eyed Susan. Enthoven was an English playwright, amateur actress, theatre archivist, and prolific collector of theatrical ephemera relating to the London stage. Much of her private collection of playbills, programmes and associated ephemera is now in the theatre and performance archives of the V & A.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Card wrappers well thumbed but in very good condition. String stitched binding still holding soundly. Reinforced to spine with a thin strip of adhesive tape. Numbered ‘338’ and priced ‘6d or 15 cents’ to front. Advertisement to rear. An inscription to the title page reads ‘Presented by [Mrs] Enthoven’. The number 117754 is written to the tail of the leaf. Text annotated and underlined in pencil throughout. Loss of a triangular section to top corner of pp. 3 & 4 measuring approx 8 cm x 7 cm x 9cm. Otherwise 40 pp. collated and complete.