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Libretto for the first American production of Gilbert & Sullivan's supernatural opera Ruddygore; or, The Witch's Curse, by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at New York's Fifth Avenue Theatre, beginning 22 January 1887. Unlike in the United Kingdom,…

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Full length photograph of Rutland Barrington in naval dress uniform holding sword in left hand on photographer's card mount of Stereoscopic Co., London.

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Full length photograph of Rutland Barrington and Courtice Pounds as Venitian gondoliers each with right arm raised above head on photographer's card mount of Barraud, London.

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Three-quarter length photograph of Rutland Barrington in Japanese robe arms across chest on photographer's card mount of Barraud, London. Mount is marked "Mr Barrington in 'The Mikado.'"

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Photograph of Rutland Barrington's face within the face of a grandfather clock on the photographer's card mount by Alfred Ellis, London. Mount is marked "Mr Rutland Barrington as The Proctor in 'Jane Annie'" and signed on the mount by Barrington.

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Gray ceramic pot lid for "Sanolin Tooth Paste" with central figure of three women in kimonos holding closed fans near their faces.

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Decorative program and menu for the "Savoyard Celebration Dinner" sponsored by the O.P. Club, and held at the Hotel Cecil, Strand, London. The event celebrates the start of the first London repertory season of Gilbert & Sullivan operas. W. S.…

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Secretarial letter, signed R. D'Oyly Carte," on engraved writing paper of “D’Oyly Carte’s Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company,” dealing with performance rights for The Pirates of Penzance

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Silk sachet with image of Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, and Peep-Bo: a souvenir of a production of The Mikado at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.

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First edition of W. S. Gilbert's Songs of a Savoyard, inscribed on front title by Gilbert (to actress Agnes Wyatt) "With the author's kind regard and sincere thanks. Graemes Dyke, Harrow Weald, 30th Oct 1890." Dedicated to Sir Arthur Sullivan.
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