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Small-bound prompt book for Iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan. The volume contains extensive annotations of stage directions from C William Morgan, and encloses a letter to Henry Bruce Freckingham from Bridget D'Oyly Carte, dated 11 Jan 1952, offering to loan the book for an upcoming tour.
Programmes for the D'Oyly Carte Opera company. This folder includes: four programmes for a season at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre for two weeks from 26 Sep 1938, one for each of the four shows The Gondoliers, The Mikado, Patience, and Princess Ida.a programme for performances of The Mikado at...
Programmes for the D'Oyly Carte Opera company. This folder includes: a programme for season at the Savoy Theatre, London, for 1961-1962 a programme for productions of Dramatic Licence, Trial by Jury, and The Sorceror as part of the D’Oyly Carte Centenary Season at the Savoy Theatre in 1975, w...
Programmes for the D'Oyly Carte Opera company. This folder includes: a programme for performances of Iolanthe and The Yeomen of the Guard at the Nottingham Theatre Royal on 23-28 May 1988, including four tickets for 18 Jun. two programmes for a tour of Iolanthe and The Yeomen of the Guard from ...
Souvenir booklets for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
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Souvenir booklets for the D'Oyly Carte Opera company. This folder includes: a souvenir booklet produced for the Festival of Britain in 1951 to celebrate 50 years of Gilbert and Sullivana souvenir booklet for the 1961-1962 tour of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Companythe Iolanthe Centenary Issue of The...
The Mikado Centenary Celebration Lunch at the Savoy Hotel
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Documents relating to a lunch at the Savoy Hotel to celebrate the centenary of the first performance of The Mikado. This folder includes: a compliment slip from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Companya ticket for the Mikado Celebration Lunch addressed to Mr Alan Bruce Freckinghama menu for the luncha pr...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company newsletters and press cuttings
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Flyers and cuttings relating to the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. This folder includes: a reproduction of a photograph of William Morgan and Henry Lytton a letter to Henry Bruce Freckingham from Albert -, dated 10 Jan 1974, regarding a planned production of The Grand Duke and originally enclosing...
Draft and final versions of cartoons by the cartoonist and designer John Donegan. Most of the cartoons included are black and white drafts, produced on paper and prepared for print with manuscript annotations including their width, style and reference number, with a third of the collection execu...
A notebook used by one Robert Bamford in the early 19th century. The notebook is largely used to record Bamford's accounts, income and expenditure, including the purchase of shoes, bank accounts, money and goods paid and received from other individuals, and a legacy from his uncle. Also recorde...
Diary and brewing memoranda of Henry Bean Mackeson
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Diaries and memoranda of Henry Bean Mackeson, co-owner of Mackeson's Brewery, Hythe, discussing experiments with new recipes and measures of ingredients, family life, and interests.