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MS Mus. 1716/8/2
- Record Id:
- 040-001616355
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001616029
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001515.0x000287
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1716/8/2
- Title:
- Oscar Barrett: Pantomime, Such a Guy Mannering, Fowl Play, Field of the Cloth of Gold.
- Scope & Content:
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- 'Pantomime'. Score. Performed at the New Tyne Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne. Score dated 1867-1868.
- 'Ov to Song Pack. Pantomime'. Full score of pantomime, not named on score, probably by Oscar Barrett, probably performed at the Tyne Theatre, Newcastle ('N.T.T. N. Castle'), where Barrett worked from 1866. Initialled 'E.B' by copyist Eliza Barrett. Role names mentioned: Sir P., Timothy, Lady Don. Fragments of song text and cues mention the topics of electioneering, electricity and the River Tyne. Includes 'The Freebooters song' with a note in pencil 'written for & sung by Augusta Thompson'.
- 'Such a Guy Mannering'. 1868. Music by Oscar Barrett for the burlesque 'Such a Guy Mannering' by J Strachan. Score. With a note on the front cover, 'Produced at N.T.T. [Tyne Theatre, Newcastle], April 27th /68'. Oscar Barrett's monogram added.
- 'Fowl Play'. 1868. Orchestral score for the burlesques 'Fowl Play' (marked with N.T.T. [Tyne Theatre, Newcastle] Sept 6th 1868) and 'Field of the Cloth of Gold' (first performed at Drury Lane, September 1885).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001616029
036-001616299
040-001616355 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1716 : Drury Lane Theatre Archive
MS Mus. 1716/8 : Music by Oscar Barrett
MS Mus. 1716/8/2 : Oscar Barrett: Pantomime, Such a Guy Mannering, Fowl Play, Field of the Cloth of Gold. - Hierarchy:
- 032-001616029[0008]/036-001616299[0002]/040-001616355
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1716
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1867
- End Date:
- 1868
- Date Range:
- 1867-1868
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Largest size 260 x 310mm.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)