D'Oyly Carte: Prompt Book (The Pirates of Penzance)
Scope & Content:
An undated exercise book incorporating adhered pages from the published libretto. Autograph stage management notes and annotations in black ink throughout.
Bespoke prompt book, with printed libretto pasted-down and detailed facing notes throughout. Accompanied by an original label that identifies the prompt book as providing 'confirmation of cuts made by B.D.C. [Bridget D'Oyly Carte] 1954'. (The label also refers to a related prompt book as belongin...
Surveys of D’Oyly Carte Opera Company audiences. Includes audience from The Hippodrome, Bristol; Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London; Theatre Royal, Plymouth; New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham; The Hawth Theatre, Crawley; Grand Theatre, Swansea; Grand Theatre, Leeds; Civic Theatre, Darlington; and oth...
General correspondence concerning: C. Gibbons; Mr and Mrs P. Gibbons; John E. Gibbs; Reginald Gibbs; Colonel A. de V. Gibson at the Brent Health District; Gwen Gibson at the Chicago Tribune; Neal Frederick Gibson; R.A. Gibson; Jack Gladwin; jean Giffin; Ruth Gilbert; J. Gill; C. Gillinson; Leonar...