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Add MS 89231/18/117
- Record Id:
- 040-003441243
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003398156
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075625587.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89231/18/117
- Title:
- D'Oyly Carte Family Papers: Bridget D'Oyly Carte (Reginald Allen's Drafts for First Night)
- Scope & Content:
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An incomplete set of typed drafts (carbons) for Reginald Allen, The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan (1958), for which Bridget D'Oyly Carte wrote a Foreword.
The drafts were sent to Bridget D'Oyly Carte, who gave some assistance to Allen's research. The file includes some brief autograph notes she made, including the remark that some of the draft chapters were destroyed by her in January 1979. The lengthy correspondence between them (see particularly Add MS 89231/18/108-111) chronicles the course of Allen's research and Bridget D'Oyly Carte's enthusiastic support for the project.
The file contains the following elements:
- (1). Bridget D'Oyly Carte's autograph notes.
- (2). Introduction (dated 1958).
- (3). Thespis.
- (4). Iolanthe.
- (5). Princess Ida.
- (6). Utopia Ltd.
- (7). The Grand Duke.
- (8). Revivals.
- (9). Press Comments
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003398156
036-003416957
040-003441243 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89231 : D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive
Add MS 89231/18 : D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Papers of the D'Oyly Carte Family
Add MS 89231/18/117 : D'Oyly Carte Family Papers: Bridget D'Oyly Carte (Reginald Allen's Drafts for First Night) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003398156[0018]/036-003416957[0120]/040-003441243
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89231
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1958
- End Date:
- 1958
- Date Range:
- 1958
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Allen, Reginald, American author, Gilbert and Sullivan collector, 1905-1988