D’Oyly Carte Gilbert and Sullivan Centenary London Theatre Tour
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Papers concerning the ‘D’Oyly Carte Gilbert and Sullivan Centenary London Theatre Tour’, including correspondence, invitations and lists of attendees. The file also includes a contract between Savoy Theatre Limited and Bridget D’Oyly Carte Limited for the use of the Savoy Theatre for the D’Oyly C...
Papers concerning saving the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
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Business correspondence and a newspaper article about saving the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Including: Correspondence concerning performing The Pirates of Penzance on the H.M.S. Warrior; Supportive letters from business associates; Minutes of the Trustees’ meeting, c March 1981 and 23rd February...
Management Committee Meetings of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
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Meeting agendas and minutes for the Management Committee of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. The file also includes a report to the trustees and a budget for 1990.
D’Oyly Carte comments on the report ‘The Very Model of a Modern Opera Company’, the report was prepared by The Arts Business Limited for the Arts Council of England.
Papers concerning the formation of a second D’Oyly Carte Opera Company
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Papers include correspondence, accounts and lists of theatres. Most of the scenery, props and costumes for the previous second company had been destroyed during the Second World War.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Papers concerning Potential Donation from Sir Charles Forte
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Correspondence, newspaper articles and notes concerning a potential donation from Sir Charles Forte of TrustForte Housing to the D’Oyly Carte Opera Trust. Sir Charles Forte offered to pay for a publicity campaign for the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company.