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Add MS 88983/4
- Record Id:
- 040-001882340
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001882331
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x00015a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88983/4
- Title:
- Financial Correspondence Relating to 'Oh! Calcutta!' at The Duchess Theatre
- Scope & Content:
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Contains approximately 50 letters and balance sheets. Includes:
Disputes over the licensing of the play 'Oh! Calcutta!'. Letters acknowledging the end of the show and the final production on 2 Feb 1980. Handwritten summary of accounts for the year 1979 including number of seats and debts owed. Letters of agreement regarding the show at the Duchess Theatre. Correspondence with cast and company stating the end of all contracts in November 1979. Notice of royalties to be payed to the authors of the play including John Lennon, Clovis Trouille and Kenneth Tynan. List of artists appearing at The Roundhouse in 1979. List of seat prices for 1979 and 1978. Problems regarding production times due to a confusion in the press, audiences arrived for the production at the wrong time. Salary list for the company and stage management. Mention of a 'Calcutta deal' for Australia which was eventually censored and banned. Letters to authors regarding changes in the payment of royalties. Concerns over how to maintain the quality of the show, fears that the show is 'in danger of becoming a fossil'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001882331
040-001882340 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88983 : Michael White: 'Oh! Calcutta!' Archive
Add MS 88983/4 : Financial Correspondence Relating to 'Oh! Calcutta!' at The Duchess Theatre - Hierarchy:
- 032-001882331[0004]/040-001882340
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88983
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1977
- End Date:
- 1980
- Date Range:
- 1977-1980
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)