D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Souvenir programmes for tours of America and Canada
Scope & Content:
Souvenir programmes for 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1976 and 1978. The copies of the programmes for 1965 have all had some images taken out of them. The file also includes a booklet entitled ‘The Savoy Company Seventy-fifth Anniversary Dinner and Concert April 24, 1976. Philadelphia Crick...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence Relating to Performances of Sullivan's The Chieftain and The Beauty Stone
Scope & Content:
Various letters, largely concerning The Beauty Stone, including correspondence (1964) with Malcolm Easton, University of Hull, regarding sketches by Perry Anderson of costumes for The Beauty Stone (1898) - the correspondence includes two fabric samples.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Photographs of Principal Male Members of Cast (Surnames: Griffiths - Lyon)
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Photographs of: Neville Griffiths; George Grossmith; David Grundy; Jack Habbick; Thomas Hancock; Clive Harre; James Hay; Gareth Jones; Tom Lawlor; Adrian Lawson; Hilton Layland; Peter Lyon.
D'Oyly Carte: Various Exhibitions about D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and Gilbert and Sullivan
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Programmes and printed material relating to: An exhibition about The Mikado (100th anniversary) at The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985. ‘Gilbert and Sullivan A Window on the Victorian World. A Symposium’ at The Pierpont Morgan Library, November 1989-February 1990. ‘I do not long for all one sees t...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Opera Singers Pension Scheme
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Correspondence, meeting minutes and financial information about the Opera Singers Pension Scheme. The file also includes meeting minutes of the Sub-Committee Opera Pensions, 20th September 1973.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence concerning Carpenters and Stage Assistants, surnames B-G
Scope & Content:
Correspondence with the following: Shaun Britton, Stage Assistant, 1977-1981; James Bailey, Carpenter, 1951-1958; Jack Callaghan, Carpenter, 1967; Fred Clarke, Carpenter, 1963; Stewart Coghill, Carpenter, 1964-1968; David Dampier, Carpenter, 1966-1972; Paul Godman, Carpenter, 1976-1981; John Good...