D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Exit Condition Reports for Various Designs on Loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum
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Exit Condition Reports prepared by the Victoria and Albert Museum in respect of various theatre designs (mostly costumes with some props) formerly on long-term loan to V&A Theatre Collections. Designs by Luciana Arrighi, Patricia Freeborn, Osbert Lancaster, and Bruno Santini. The vast major...
D'Oyly Carte Family Papers: Bridget D'Oyly Carte (Correspondence Regarding Her Financial Affairs Following Her Death)
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(1). Newspaper cutting regarding Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte's Will ('Bequests may revive D'Oyly Carte company'). (2). Exchange of letters (1985) between Mrs Monica McConnell ('executrix') and Sir Hugh Wontner concerning Dame Bridget's personal papers, jewellery, and gifts of personal momentoes. (3...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Stills from Hamlet (Olivier, 1948)
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Fifteen black and white portraits, 'stills' from the British film adaptation of Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, 1948). They comprise: 4 photographs of Laurence Olivier as 'Hamlet'; 5 photographs of Jean Simmons as 'Ophelia'; 1 photograph of Basil Sydney as 'Claudius'; 2 photographs of Eileen Herlie a...
D'Oyly Carte: Correspondence and Papers Concerning Iolanthe (1)
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(1).Coloured sketches of 'Peers' Robes', and related costume notes including a letter (30 Jul 1919) to Miss Daw from B. J. Simmons & Co. (Historical and Theatrical Costumiers) on Iolanthe costumes. Also, autograph notes in W. S. Gilbert's hand on Iolanthe props (bespoke paper, 24 The Bolton...