'Acting Edition' of The Vagabond King published by Samuel French (reprint of 1929 edition). Music by Rudolf Friml; book and lyrics by W. H. Post and Brian Hooker. The publication is unmarked. Loosely inserted, a typed letter signed from Noel Woolf (Samuel French Ltd) to Mr Truelove (D'Oyly Cart...
'Acting Edition' of White Horse Inn, published by Samuel French Ltd (1957). Ownership signature of Martyn Wilmott. Otherwise unmarked. Music by Ralph Benatzky, original lyrics by Robert Gilbert. English book and lyrics by Harry Graham. Adapted for amateur operatic societies by Eric Maschwitz an...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence, Papers, Plans and Designs Concerning Particular Productions
Scope & Content:
Various material concerning the production of particular operas (not all operas are included): administrative correspondence, set designs, ground plans and lighting plots, costume designs, and some correspondence with members of the public.
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...