D'Oyly Carte: Administrative Papers Regarding Performances at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London (6)
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File belonging to Peter Riley, Stage Director. Includes call sheets, 'stage and electrics' time sheets, lighting layout, and papers relating to other practical matters.
D'Oyly Carte: Correspondence with The Multiple Sclerosis Society Regarding a Performance at St. James's Palace
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A D'Oyly Carte Evening of Gilbert and Sullivan in the presence of H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, at St. James's Palace, 18 Nov 1970. The file includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, programme, and a record of expenditure and income.
D'Oyly Carte: Administrative Papers Regarding Performances at the Savoy Theatre, London
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Includes: 'Draft Agreement between the Society of West End Managers and the National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees, in respect of Theatres in the City of Westminster, the Borough of Holborn, and the Scala Theatre in the Borough of St Pancras'. Printed. In operation from 5 Jan 1948...
D'Oyly Carte: North American Tour 1976 (Musical Director's Reports)
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Brief memoranda reports sent to London by Royston Nash, Musical Director. Signed and dated: 24 Apr, 4 May, 28 May, 28 May (second report with same date), and 25 June 1976.
Includes an exchange of letters (Dec 1954) between Frederic Lloyd (General Manager) and Groucho Marx, regarding the prospect of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company touring San Francisco and Los Angeles in the summer of 1955. Marx replies, briefly: 'When you get into town, give me a ring'.