Correspondence and articles concerning producing films of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas. The file also includes correspondence about the film rights.
Correspondence and newspaper articles concerning producing films of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas. The file also includes correspondence about the film rights and copies of the ‘Licence of Cinematograph Rights in certain Operas and Options in connection therewith’.
Correspondence with the British Broadcasting Corporation
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Correspondence between the British Broadcasting Corporation and the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company about the broadcasting of Gilbert and Sullivan operas and performances by the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. The file also includes a typescript document entitled ‘The Rights of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Comp...
Correspondence concerning films and programmes for television
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Correspondence concerning television films and programmes about the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, Gilbert and Sullivan and the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas. The file also includes a leaflet entitled ‘Britain Unites Against Commercial TV’, issued by The National Television Council, c 1955.
Correspondence and newspaper articles concerning producing films of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas and the film The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan. The file also includes: ‘A Plan for the Production of Film Versions of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas’, c 1950.
Correspondence and newspaper articles concerning producing films of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas and the film The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan. The file also includes: Rough draft of an article about ‘The Filming of Mr Gilbert and Mr Sullivan’, c1953; Agreement between the D’Oyly Carte Opera ...
Correspondence concerning broadcasting the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas in America
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Correspondence concerning the broadcasting of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas in the United States of America. The file also includes a transcript of an interview with Bridget D’Oyly Carte and correspondence about a collection of Gilbert and Sullivan letters held by Reginald Allen.