D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Lord Chamberlain's Office Correspondence
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Correspondence between the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and the Lord Chamberlain’s Office. Correspondence concerns improvements to The Savoy Theatre, licences, fire safety and inspections. The file also includes a document entitled ‘Theatres Act 1968. Home Office Memorandum for Theatre Interests’. ...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Morgan Library & Museum Correspondence
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Correspondence concerning an exhibition at the Pierpont Morgan Library. The file includes a loan agreement for items loaned to The Pierpont Morgan Library by the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Bucknall, G.T. Correspondence
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Correspondence between G.T. Bucknall and the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. The file includes: Annuity policy between Mrs Helen Carte and G.T. Bucknell, 22nd May 1901; Letter from Mrs D’Oyly Carte, 23rd April 1901; Correspondence with Stephen Jessop, 1933.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Carrell, Dr Guy Correspondence
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Correspondence between the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and Dr Guy Carrell. The file also includes a letter to his wife Betty Carrell and typescript drafts of articles entitled ‘A Wand’ring Mistrel Disguised As A First Horn’, ‘An Ordinary’s Listener’s Sullivan’, ‘Serving The Sweet Late’, ‘Dickens a...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Ellerman, Sir John Correspondence
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Correspondence between the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and Sir John Ellerman (2nd Baronet).Sir John Ellerman was a supporter of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and contributed financially to it. The correspondence concerns casting choices, performances, wording of the operas and challenges facing t...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Fladgate and Co. Correspondence
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Correspondence between the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and solicitors firm Fladgate and Co. concerning the Savoy Theatre. The file includes correspondence on lighting, refreshments, building works, audits and borrowing money. The file also includes: List of deeds and documents relating to the ‘Sav...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: League of Audiences Correspondence
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Correspondence between the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and The League of Audiences and mainly concerns the formation of The League of Audiences and the creation of a National Theatre. The file also include newspaper articles and correspondence with The British Drama League, The New Shakespeare Com...