The D’Oyly Carte Archive is currently being catalogued. For more information, please telephone 0844 606 0007
The Archive contains:
Correspondence
Company correspondence from the 1900s
Financial Records
D’Oyly Carte accounts from 1880s
Music Parts
Music parts for non G & S operas e.g. The Vicar of Bray, The Chieftan, The Rose of Persia, The Mountebanks
Photographic Records
Production and Publicity photographs from early 1900s
Press Records
Press Cuttings from the 1900s
Programmes
Company programmes from the 1930s
Prompt Books
Prompt books from early 1900s
Vocal Scores
Vocal scores from 1920s
The Archive has the following surplus items available for sale:
| The Savoyard (1962-1982) (most issues available) | £2 each |
| D’Oyly Carte for Schools – pack containing teacher’s notes, stage and character cut-outs for The Pirates of Penzance | £8 |
| Posters | |
| The Yeomen of the Guard (Dudley Hardy repro. 1920s) | £100 |
| Billboard 1920s | |
| The Gondoliers (Hassal) | £600 |
| The Mikado (Hassal) | £600 |
| The Yeomen of the Guard (Hardy) | £600 |
| HMS Pinafore (Peter Goffin design) | £25 |
| The Mikado (Peter Goffin design) | £25 |
| Iolanthe/The Yeomen of the Guard 1988 | £8 |
| Various New D’Oyly Carte 1989-1998 | £8 |
| Photographs | |
| Various productions & artists (details available on request) | £3-£10 |
| Programmes | |
| 1958-2002 including souvenirs (details available on request) | £3-£7 |
| Booklets | |
| The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company 75th anniversary of first USA tour – 1955 | £8 |
| The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company Souvenir – 1961/62 | £8 |
| D’Oyly Carte in Gilbert & Sullivan Australia & New Zealand – 1979 (large item) | £10 |
| The Mikado – A Centenary Celebration, The Pierpoint Morgan Library, New York City – 1985 | £3 |
| D’Oyly Carte Opera – A Pictorial History – 1982-1995 | £3 |
All items subject to V.A.T. @17.5% plus postage