D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence regarding scenery and props in storage
Scope & Content:
Correspondence with Jim Murray, storekeeper of the Horsley Street Stores concerning the storage, sale and destruction of scenery and props belonging to the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence concerning wigs and costumes
Scope & Content:
Notes on wigs and costumes for Trial By Jury, The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe, Princess Ida, The Mikado, Ruddigore, The Gondoliers, The Yeomen of the Guard, Cox and Box.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Fabric samples and costume pattern
Scope & Content:
Six pieces of A4 cardboard with fabric samples attached and the names of cast members underneath, 1963; One piece of cardboard with a fabric design for a dress stitched onto it; Paper pattern for Nanki Poo’s coat; Wig join net.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Lighting plots, property plots, blocking and set designs
Scope & Content:
Papers originally within a folder entitled ‘Sets/Property Plots Colonel Charles Budd Collection’. All undated. Autograph letter concerning the blocking for Ruddigore. Unsigned but addressed ‘My dear Blackie’ [John Stuart Blackie?]; Lighting Plots for Iolanthe, The Mikado, Patience, The Gondoliers...
Lighting Plots and Property for the D’Oyly Carte 1990 tour
Scope & Content:
Props list for The Pirates of Penzance; Props list for The Mikado; Covering list for The Pirates of Penzance; Cast list for the 1990 D’Oyly Carte Spring Tour; Lighting synopsis for The Pirates of Penzance; Props crew schedule; Lighting plot for The Mikado.