D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Ground Plans and Set Designs for La Vie Parisienne
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Ground plans and set designs by Francis O'Connor for D'Oyly Opera Company Birmingham, dated July 1995. Plans drawn to scale, comprising: (1). 'Window trucks /S.R. Wall' (600 x 850 mm); (2). 'Stage Left Wall + Moulding' (600 x 850 mm); (3). 'Curved Walls' (600 x 850 mm); (4). 'Ground Plan / Sect...
D'Oyly Carte: Administrative Papers Relating to the 1975 Season at Savoy Theatre, London
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The file includes: Correspondence regarding a BBC recording of The Mikado (1 Apr 1975). Schedule for a Royal visit (3 Apr 1975). Details of Centenary Season programme (25 Mar - 5 Apr 1975). Script (photocopy typescript) for the curtain-raiser to Trial by Jury, and suggested stage layout.
D'Oyly Carte: Correspondence, Cuttings and Reports on Future Tours and Provincial Theatre Closure
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Includes a bound report prepared by Charted Accountants for D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust Ltd (13 Jan 1976), notes on 1975 Autumn Tour and 'the financial outlook', and a 'Report on the Future'. The newspaper cuttings refer to widespread fears about the future of provincial theatres (following a report...
D'Oyly Carte: Correspondence with the Rank Organisation about Performances in Various Cinemas
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Correspondence with the Rank Organisation about performances in their cinemas in London (Golders Green, and Streatham), and in Taunton, Ipswich and other cinema locations.
D'Oyly Carte Family Papers: Richard D'Oyly Carte (The National Heating Company of New York)
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Power of Attorney, Dr G. H. Wynkoop to Richard D'Oyly Carte regarding 5,000 shares in The National Heating Company of New York. Signed and sealed 18 Oct 1888.
D'Oyly Carte Family Papers: Bridget D'Oyly Carte (Shrubs Wood, Mr and Mrs Down)
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Correspondence file, largely copy letters to Mr and Mrs Down, commencing 1952: 'I am writing to confirm that I can offer you and your wife a situation with me at my house.' Includes payment records for 1961-62.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence Regarding Works by W. S. Gilbert
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Correspondence regarding the following works by W. S. Gilbert: (1). Engaged (1877). Various letters and some cuttings (1961-81). (2). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1891). Letters concerning copyright (1941). (3). The Mountebanks (1892). Various letters and cuttings (1924-1979). Includes royalty ...