outbreak of the Second World War, Enthoven suspended her work at the Victoria and Albert Museum and returned to the War Office to work as the head of the Records Department of the Central Prisoners of War. Enthoven, in one of her scrapbooks at the museum, wrote: "Work ceased here on declaration of War Sep. 3 1939. I started work here alone on 13 August 1945." Death Enthoven died at her home in Cadogan Gardens, London aged 82 on 18 August 1950. An obituary appeared in both The Times and The New York Times. Before her death Enthoven confirmed: Enthoven bequeathed the residue of her estate to the Ministry of Education who, at the time, were responsible for the Victoria and Albert Museum's finances. The bequest states that Enthoven's money would be used to ensure that "proper accommodation for the Gabrielle Enthoven Theatrical collection continues to be provided and for the cataloguing, maintenance arrangement, and description of the Playbills, Prints, Printed Tickets, and other material". See also Theatre Museum References External links Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre and Performance Collections Victoria and Albert Museum Blog: Introducing Enthoven by Kate Dorney Victoria and Albert Museum Blog: The Private Life of Gabrielle Enthoven by Eve Smith Gabrielle Enthoven in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1868 births 1950 deaths Women dramatists and playwrights Archives in the United Kingdom English archivists Female archivists Collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum Former private collections in the United Kingdom English dramatists and playwrights