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MS Mus. 24

Record Id:

040-001946005

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001945975

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000332

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MS Mus. 24

Title:

Francis Chagrin: Incidental music, 1943-1946

Scope & Content:

1. ff. 1-2. ‘Heartbreak House’; 1943. Incidental music for the play by George Bernard Shaw, produced by John Burrell at the Cambridge Theatre, London. No. 1 only. Recorded 15 Feb. 1943 (f. 1).

2. ff. 3-194. ‘The King Stag’: ‘a tragi-comical fairy tale’; 1946. Incidental music for the play by Carlo Gozzi, produced in 1946-7 by George Devine at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith with the Young Vic Theatre Company. For programme, see MS Mus. 72, ff. 14-18, and for newspaper cuttings, see MS Mus. 73, ff. 35-50.

i. ff. 3-14. Notes and timetables.

ii. ff. 15-22. Correspondence relating to the preparations for the performances. Comprises:

f. 15 Letter to F. Dambman, General Secretary, Musicians' Union, from George Devine, dir., The Young Vic Theatre; 1946: Typewritten, signed. ff. 16-17, 22 Letters and postcard to F. Chagrin from Cecil Clarke, stage director, The Young Vic Theatre; 1946: Partly autogr.; partly typewritten, signed.f. 18 Letter to F. Chagrin from George Devine, dir., The Young Vic Theatre; 1946: Typewritten, signed. f. 19 Letter to Elizabeth Mills, flautist, from Stephen Arlen, business manager, The Young Vic Theatre; 1946: Typewritten; carbon copy. f. 20 Letter to Joyce Riddle, pianist, from Stephen Arlen, business manager, The Young Vic Theatre; 1946: Typewritten; carbon copy. f. 21 Letters to F. Chagrin from Philip Cardew, clarinettist, band leader and arranger; 1943-6: Partly autogr.; partly typewritten, signed.

iii. ff. 23-7. Lists of musical items.

iv. ff. 28-136. Typewritten script. Adaptation by Carl Wildman.

v. ff. 137-56. Sketches.

vi. ff. 157-86. Full score. Dated 19 Dec. 1946 (f. 185).

vii. ff. 187-94. ‘Suite Galante’, arranged from the incidental music to ‘The King Stag’; n.d.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Music Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001945975
036-001946000
040-001946005

Is part of:

MS Mus. 2-83 : Francis Chagrin Collection: Music manuscripts and papers of the composer, conductor and administrator Francis Chagrin (1905-1972)
MS Mus. 21-25 : Francis Chagrin Collection: Stage Works

MS Mus. 24 : Francis Chagrin: Incidental music, 1943-1946

Hierarchy:

032-001945975[0004]/036-001946000[0003]/040-001946005

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 2-83

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (194 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1943

End Date:

1946

Date Range:

1943-1946

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Largest size 365 x 277mm.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Arlen, Stephen, business manager The Young Vic Theatre
Cardew, Philip, clarinettist band leader and arranger
Clarke, Cecil, stage director The Young Vic Theatre
Dambman, Frederic, musician and trade union leader, 1880-1952
Devine, George Alexander Cassady, theatre manager and director, 1910-1966
Gozzi, Carlo, playwright, 1720-1806
Mills, Elizabeth, flautist
Riddle, Joyce, pianist
Shaw, George Bernard, author and playwright, 1856-1950,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080436250
Wildman, Carl, writer