D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Costume Designs for The Gondoliers by Luciana Arrighi (1)
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Thirty-two signed original sketches (ink and watercolour) by Luciana Arrighi for the 1968 production (by Anthony Besch) of The Gondoliers. This is the first of two such boxes of sketches. This box contains: Original typed box contents list, checked and initialled 2009 [Victoria & Albert Mus...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Costume Designs for The Gondoliers by Luciana Arrighi (2)
Scope & Content:
Thirty-three signed original sketches (ink and watercolour) by Luciana Arrighi for the 1968 production (by Anthony Besch) of The Gondoliers. This is the second of two such boxes of sketches. The numbering and ordering below continues from the first box and follows that of the enclosed checklist ...
D'Oyly Carte Family Papers: Bridget D'Oyly Carte (Reginald Allen's Drafts for First Night)
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An incomplete set of typed drafts (carbons) for Reginald Allen, The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan (1958), for which Bridget D'Oyly Carte wrote a Foreword. The drafts were sent to Bridget D'Oyly Carte, who gave some assistance to Allen's research. The file includes some brief autograph notes ...
Correspondence concerning the copyright of Gilbert and Sullivan operas in Switzerland
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Correspondence, newspaper articles and agreements concerning the performing of Gilbert and Sullivan operas in Switzerland. The file includes: An agreement between Nancy McIntosh and Chappell and Co.; Performing Rights Contract between Reiss A.G. Publishers and The Management of the Basler Municip...
H.T. Jamieson and Co. correspondence concerning performing right payments
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Correspondence between the firm of chartered accountants H.T. Jamieson and Co. in Canada and the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company concerning performing right payments.
Papers concerning the D’Oyly Carte Opera Trust. The file also includes: Photocopy of a statutory declaration by Martin Balfour Radcliffe about Bridget D’Oyly Carte giving some papers relating to Iolanthe to the D’Oyly Carte Opera Trust, 1982; Photocopy of an agreement between The Worcester Buildi...