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Autograph letter signed: W. S. Gilbert to Joseph Harker

Autograph letter concerning the set design that Joseph Harker was working on for W. S. Gilbert and Edward German's comic opera Fallen Fairies at the…

Autograph letter signed: W. S. Gilbert to Metzler & Co.

Autograph letter concerning copyright of W. S. Gilbert and Frederic Clay's comic opera Princess Toto, originally performed in 1869

Autograph letter signed: W. S. Gilbert to Mrs. Cudlip

Gilbert seeks permission to call his new play "On Guard". It opened at the Court Theatre, London, on October 28, 1871, but ran for only three weeks.…

Autograph manuscript score: I Will Mention the Lovingkindnesses

Autograph manuscript full score of "I will mention the lovingkindnesses," Easter anthem for tenor solo, chorus, and organ. Dedicated to John Stainer.

Autograph manuscript score: On Shore and Sea

Autograph manuscript full score of On Shore and Sea, dramatic cantata for large orchestra, soloists and chorus. The manuscript is displayed open to a…

Autograph musical quote: Frederick Clay from Ages Ago

Album page with four bars of music with lyric from Ages Ago: "Tis done - the spell is broken, We must away we must away (Ages Ago)" signed "Frederic…

Bertha Lewis as Lady Blanche and Nellie Briercliffe as Melissa in Princess Ida

Photograph of two female performers in Princess Ida. Photo is stamped on back "Stage Photo Co., London."

Business reply post card: D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

Business reply post card detailing the posters shipped from Richard D'Oyly Carte at the Savoy Theatre, London, to Mr. R. Morgan at the Theatre Royal,…

Captain Billy

Libretto for Captain Billy, an operetta in one act written for the Savoy Theatre, London. Words by Harry Greenbank, and music by François Cellier.

Cast of The Gondoliers on stage

Souvenir of the 65th performance of The Gondoliers by Francis Wilson & Co. at the Broad Street Theatre, Philadelphia.