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Title:
Michael White: 'Oh! Calcutta!' Archive
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, financial records, contracts, press cuttings and publicity material relating to Michael White's productions of the erotic revue 'Oh! Calcutta!', from its off-Broadway debut in 1969 to later productions in London and elsewhere in Europe.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1967-1995
Extent:

7 files, 1 album, 4 framed posters, 1 framed folio

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Title:
Legal, Financial and Production Correspondence Relating to 'Oh! Calcutta!'
Scope & Content:
Comprises approximately 100 typewritten and handwritten leaves. Includes: Correspondence between Willy Donaldson (who, Michael White claims, stole his idea for a show solely based on sex) and Kenneth Tynan outlining the ideas for the production of 'Oh! Calcutta!'. Main ideas included a 'small c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-1983
Extent:
1 file

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Title:
Joe Orton sketch written for 'Oh! Calcutta!': 'Until She Screams'
Scope & Content:
Two typed scripts of the sketch 'Until She Screams' written by Joe Orton. Covering letter to Michael White signed by Joe Orton. Script for the sketch 'Homage to St Dominic's' by Kenneth Tynan.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967
Extent:

1 file

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Title:
General Financial Correspondence Relating to 'Oh! Calcutta!'
Scope & Content:
Comprises approximately 30 letters. Includes: Letters regarding payments made from Michael White to Clifford Williams (director) and other individuals involved in the production. Letter concerning Samuel Beckett's removal of 'Breath' from the San Francisco production. Mention of the impossibili...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-1970
Extent:

1 file

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Title:
Financial Correspondence Relating to 'Oh! Calcutta!' at The Duchess Theatre
Scope & Content:
Contains approximately 50 letters and balance sheets. Includes: Disputes over the licensing of the play 'Oh! Calcutta!'. Letters acknowledging the end of the show and the final production on 2 Feb 1980. Handwritten summary of accounts for the year 1979 including number of seats and debts owed. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1977-1980
Extent:

1 file

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Title:
Legal, Personal and Professional Documents Relating to the Life of Kenneth Tynan
Scope & Content:
Comprises approximately 50 leaves and newspaper cuttings. Includes: Correspondence with Kathleen Tynan (Tynan's wife). Organising of the memorial service for Kenneth Tynan. Copies of Kenneth Tynan's will. Order of service for Kenneth Tynan's memorial service. Order of service for Kathleen Tynan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-1995
Extent:
1 file

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Title:
Correspondence Relating to 'Oh! Calcutta!' and 'Carte Blanche'
Scope & Content:
Comprises approximately 100 letters and postcards. Includes: Correspondence relating to the closure of 'Oh! Calcutta!' 1976. Royalties listings and profit distribution of the final totals. Correspondence regarding initial ideas for the production, such as possible ideas for sketches and costume...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-1979
Extent:
1 file

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Title:
Legal Documents for the Production of 'Oh! Calcutta!'
Scope & Content:
Comprises approximately 150 handwritten and typewritten leaves. Includes: Contracts for the writers of 'Oh! Calcutta!' including: Samuel Beckett, John Lennon, 'John Kingsley Orton' (Joe Orton) Estate, Thorpe Writers Ltd, David Mercer, Edna O'Brien. Financial documents for the London production ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1969-1980
Extent:
1 file

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Title:
Newspaper Cuttings and Cartoons for 'Oh! Calcutta!' London Production
Scope & Content:
Contains extensive collection of newspaper cuttings spanning the lead-up to the play in 1969 and the press's reaction to the London performance in 1970. Cuttings taken from papers including The Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Express. Mention of difficult...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1969-1990
Extent:

1 album

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Title:
Two Posters for the London Production of 'Oh! Calcutta!'
Scope & Content:
Two identical posters advertising 'Oh! Calcutta!' at the Roundhouse Theatre in 1970, featuring a painting by Clovis Trouille
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970
Extent:

2 framed posters