D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: 'Personal Reminiscences of Historical Interest'
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A small file of letters received from researchers and members of the public regarding matters 'of historical interest'. Includes a photocopy of an autograph letter (1910) from Helen [D'Oyly] Carte.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Three Corporate Display Items on Card
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(1). 'D'Oyly Carte in Association with Barclays Bank Presents Gilbert& Sullivan'. Display sign on card decorated with colour illustrations of Gilbert and Sullivan characters (380 x 470 mm). (2). 'D'Oyly Carte Opera'. Plain black and white sign on card (280 x 295 mm). (3). 'Towards the Twen...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Various Talks and Presentations
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(1). 'Lecture-Recital' by Rita Emmett on Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Presented at Central Ordnance Depot, Greenford, Middlesex (12 March 1941) and R.A.F. Depot, Uxbridge, Middlesex (11 Apr 1941). Two typed texts. (2). Michael Jefferson, 'An Evening with Gilbert & Sullivan'. Duplicated script...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: The Gilbert & Sullivan Operas Illustrated (Seasons 1926 and 1939)
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Two magazine-style publications providing photographic records of D'Oyly Carte productions for the years 1926 and 1939: (1). The Gilbert & Sullivan Operas Illustrated Season 1926. Published by 'The Sphere'. Black and white and colour photographs taken at Prince's Theatre London. Two copies i...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: George Sinclair (bass-baritone)
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Two signed agreements: (1). Memorandum of Agreement between Miss Melnotte, of the Comedy Theatre, and Mr G[eorge] Sinclair. 'This engagement to commence on or about the 25th October 1886.' (2). Agreement between Helen D'Oyly Carte, of the Savoy Hotel, and George Sinclair, 'to sing, act, and perf...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: The Gilbert & Sullivan Operas Illustrated (1932-33 Season)
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Two copies of The Gilbert & Sullivan Operas Illustrated: A Pictorial Record of the 1932-1933 Season. Published by The Sphere, 346, Strand, London. Sepia photographs throughout. One of the copies includes an insert stating 'From the Estate of Eveline Thomas (2007)', and also includes two add...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Eleanor Lord Lewis, Thesis on W. S. Gilbert
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Eleanor Lord Lewis, 'W. S. Gilbert, A Comic Opera Librettist Who Seems Uniquely Immune to the Passage of Time'. Carbon copy of typed thesis, Vassar College, 1937. Title-page, pp. 1-68, and Bibliography.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: 'I Have a Song to Sing O!' (Education Project)
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Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Birmingham. Education Project. 'Teachers' Notes' and, for pupils, 'Words' for Gilbert and Sullivan songs. Two spiral bound workbooks.