D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence concerning Wardrobe Staff, surnames F-K
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Correspondence with the following: K. Feeney, 1975; Ruth Gittins, 1972 (Closed until 2040); Miss Goring, 1977; Lily Hart, includes a photograph of Bridget D’Oyly Carte, correspondence dated 1971-1985; Maxine Henry, 1969-1970; Jeffrey Hesketh, 1972; Edward High, 1963; Joan Holehouse, 1967; B.J. H...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Newby, Herbert and Ceinwen - Correspondence
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Correspondence concerning Herbert Newby and his wife Ceinwen Newby (née Jones). The correspondence is mainly between Herbert Newby and Frederic Lloyd, the general manager, and is most frequently about casting and financial matters. The file also includes biographical information about Herbert Ne...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence regarding scenery and props in storage
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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: Orchestra Rehearsal Reports
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Orchestra rehearsal reports from theatres in the United States of America, Canada and England including in Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Bournemouth, Golders Green and Streatham Hill.
Rehearsal reports from theatres in the United States of America and Canada, including in Central City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Montreal and Boston.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Souvenir programmes for tours of America and Canada
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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
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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.