Add MS 89284/1/47

Material relating to Monty Python's stage shows and tours, as follows:

• Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry - festival programme (29 Jan-7 Feb), running order, photocopy of part of the script, 1971;
• First Farewell Tour UK - letter from John Martin to John Gledhill regarding the tour (24 Jan 1973), draft of accounts, draft of lists of sketches to be included (a combination of manuscript in Palin's handwriting and typescript with his notes), running order as at 11 May 1973, leaflet with tour dates (27 Apr-24 May 1973), list of proposed tour venues with gross and net figures, list of tour venues with dates and accommodation details and a complimentary ticket (marked 'Mrs Palin'), poster for the show and draft of text for the poster (a combination of manuscript in Palin's handwriting and typescript with his notes);
• First Farewell Show Canada - list of tour venues and dates, air travel schedule, flight ticket Vancouver to San Francisco (21 Jun 1973), box office figures, press cuttings with reviews of the show and postcards from the venues and flight tickets (pasted on sheets of paper);
• First Farewell Show Drury Lane - letter to Palin (and other Pythons) regarding arrangements for the show (14 Jan 1974) with attached running order, letter from Palin and Graham Chapman to the other Pythons reporting on the UK tour finances after a meeting with John Gledhill (18 Jan 1974), money received from the Drury Lane show;
• Monty Python Live, City Centre New York - Playbill, City Centre 55^th Street Theater, proposed running order at 21 Jan 1976, minutes of production meeting (3 Feb 1976), Michael Palin expenses;
• A Poke in the Eye (with a Sharp Stick) - advertising poster, Apr 1976.

The file also includes a copy of a letter from John Cleese about him being robbed in the street of New York during the tour, sent to Mrs Gibbins by a Monty Python fan in 2014.