Three re-bound copies of the libretto (Chappell & Co.) with extensive stage management annotations. One copy formerly used by Leslie Rands (signed) includes some annotated cast names for 1925 and 1929 performances.
Prompt book with printed libretto pasted-in. Annotated throughout in pencil and black ink, thought to be by Stage Manager William H. Seymour. Originally kept with two other Iolanthe prompt books at Coutts Bank, The Strand, London (see Add MS 89231/10/16 and 18).
Exercise book (hard covers) used as a prompt book, printed libretto pasted-in. Stage management notes throughout in the hand of Mr J. M. Gordon. Originally kept at Coutts Bank, The Strand, London, along with two other Iolanthe prompt books (see Add MS 89231/10/16-17).
Three re-bound copies of the published libretto (Chappell & Co.), each annotated with stage management notes throughout. Copies formerly used by Leslie Rands, H. T. Holmes, and 'JS'.
Five copies of re-bound libretto, each annotated. Formerly used by: Leslie Rands, 'Mr Pool', Joe Davis (address label affixed to front cover), Peter Riley (Stage Manager), and a fifth copy. Also, a further prompt book in the form of photocopied pages (identified as 'Master') annotated in anothe...
Letters from members of the public supporting the D’Oyly Carte Appeal. The file also includes a letter from former D’Oyly Carte performer David Palmer, 27th August 1975.
Letters from members of the public supporting the D’Oyly Carte Appeal. The file also includes a photocopy of comments from the D’Oyly Carte Company suggestion box about ways to save the company and a report of the D’Oyly Carte Gala Evening.
D'Oyly Carte: Correspondence and Papers Concerning Thespis
Scope & Content:
Correspondence with the general public about the score, libretto and recordings of Thespis as well as notes about celebrating the centenary of the opera, a programme for a production by the University of London Opera Group and Gilbert and Sullivan Society, December 1962, and a copy of the origina...