D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Ground Plans for Performances at Royal Hall Harrogate
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Soft-covered, Rowney drawing exercise book marked 'Royal Hall Harrogate' on the front cover. Contains plans drawn to scale, in blue and red ink, for several operas: The Mikado, The Yeomen of the Guard, Patience, The Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, and The Gondoliers.
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 Family Papers: Rupert D'Oyly Carte's Business Correspondence (Harbott Trust)
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A Trust in connection with the estate of Lucas D'Oyly Carte, in respect of Miss J. Harbott, late of Kelling Sanatorium, Holt, Norfolk (who died in 1923). Trust closed in June 1917. Minimal information in the file.
D'Oyly Carte Family papers: Rupert D'Oyly Carte's Business Correspondence (Marie Lemon)
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A letter (18 Jan 1917) from Marie Lemon thanking Rupert D'Oyly Carte for his kindness to her and her children. Further letters about Mrs Lemon follow. In a subsequent letter (22 Sep 1917) Rupert advises 'I have done all I am prepared to do in respect of your children'. In 1932, he enquires of two...
D'Oyly Carte Family Papers: Bridget D'Oyly Carte (Lloyds Bank, Pall Mall)
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A small file of correspondence, including two statements (1979). The first letter (copy, 1 Dec 1949) advises the Bank that Bridget D'Oyly Carte has just purchased Shrubs Wood, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire.