D'Oyly Carte: Publicity for 'D'Oyly Carte in Concert'
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Papers concerning publicity for 'D’Oyly Carte in Concert', including draft programmes, related notes and poster designs. Includes stage plans for The Forum, Billingham.
D'Oyly Carte: Papers Concerning Various Exhibitions
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Correspondence concerning various exhibitions, small and substantial, across the United Kingdom, about the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and Gilbert and Sullivan. The file includes material relating to: Festival of Contemporary Arts (Bath, 1930); Sunday Times book exhibition (1934) at which the ori...
Correspondence concerning participation in 'The British Theatre Exhibition', Bingley Hall, Birmingham (23 May - 18 June 1949). Includes a list of 'works lent by Bridget D'Oyly Carte' and a printed exhibition prospectus.
D'Oyly Carte: Correspondence Regarding Proposed Exhibition at the Tea Centre, Piccadilly
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Correspondence relating to the organisation of a Gilbert and Sullivan Society exhibition, including notes of initial conversations with the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum. The file includes a report on 'The Possibilities of an Exhibition at the Tea Centre [...] to mark the end...
D'Oyly Carte: Correspondence Regarding an Exhibition at Royal Festival Hall London
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An exhibition to accompany performances of four operas at the Royal Festival Hall, 28 Jul - 21 Aug 1971. File includes correspondence and a draft programme.
D'Oyly Carte: 'D'Oyly Carte and Stage Design of the 1920s' (Birmingham)
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Correspondence, exhibition plans, notes and programmes relating to the exhibition ‘D’Oyly Carte and Stage Design of the 1920s’ held at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (25 Feb - 25 Apr 1993). The file includes plans and a printed programme for ‘The Twenties Festival Towards the Millennium’ (L...
D'Oyly Carte: Various Exhibitions about D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and Gilbert and Sullivan
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Programmes and printed material relating to: An exhibition about The Mikado (100th anniversary) at The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985. ‘Gilbert and Sullivan A Window on the Victorian World. A Symposium’ at The Pierpont Morgan Library, November 1989-February 1990. ‘I do not long for all one sees t...
D'Oyly Carte: Papers Relating to Concerts Entitled 'The World of Gilbert and Sullivan'
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Programmes, newspaper cuttings and correspondence concerning the concerts entitled ‘The World of Gilbert and Sullivan’. The papers are from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and mainly concern the misleading way the concerts were advertised as being by the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company.