Albums of UK press cuttings, and cuttings photocopied and loose, including material from a wide range of provincial newspapers. A few albums include press cuttings from American newspapers (as indicated in the titles of individual albums) but most US press cuttings are in the next Series: Add MS ...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Photograph Albums of Productions
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Albums of photographs of various productions, arranged by opera. Includes an album of photographs of stage scenery. In addition, a set of postcard size colour prints of H.M.S. Pinafore at the Savoy Theatre (2000), and three photographs of the first production of The Mikado (1885).
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: General Business Correspondence
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General business correspondence of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. This sequence was arranged alphabetically by the company however, this is inconsistent regarding whether this was by name, surname, company or thematically. The original order has been maintianed.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Contracts with UK Theatres
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Signed contracts with individual UK theatres. The contracts, supplied by D'Oyly Carte, are pre-printed proformas with details added by hand, indicating that a given theatre has 'booked your Company' (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company) for a specified number of nights; for its part, the theatre undertak...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Administration of the Company Archive
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In the main, correspondence with researchers and members of the public regarding a wide range of matters relating to the archive. Includes progress reports from the Company archivist to the Trustees, and applications for funding to undertake cataloguing. Also included, a record of Gilbert and Su...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence with UK Theatres, and Papers Regarding Overseas Tours
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Administrative papers and correspondence with individual theatres and theatrical agents regarding UK productions, and further files relating to overseas tours. In addition to correspondence and various papers relating to practical aspects of stage production, the files frequently include public...