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Picture book of full page scenes and quotations from The Yeomen of the Guard. Six pages of full color, six in black and red only. The drawings are based on the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's Savoy Theatre production of 1887-1888. Full color cover…

Letter to soprano Geraldine Ulmar explaining the decision to cast Courtice Pounds as Colonel Fairfax, principal tenor in The Yeomen of the Guard.

First night illustrated card program for W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera Ruddygore; or, The Witch's Curse at the Savoy Theatre, London. Program includes the statement that "On this occasion the opera will be conducted by the…

Large burgundy silk souvenir celebrating the grand reopening of the Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds, with a touring production of The Mikado by R. D'Oyly Carte's Celebrated Repertoire Opera Company.

Color lithograph card announcing D'Oyly Carte Opera Company touring production of Princess Ida "about to visit your neighbourhood." Cover depicts three young men in court attire scaling a wall.

Letter written in pencil to a Mrs Trevor thanking her for her well wishes and describing his illness on the opening night of Princess Ida.

Decorative card program for W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri at the Savoy Theatre, London, along with the vaudeville Mock Turtles (music by Eaton Faning, words by Frank Desprez).

First night paper program for W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri at the Savoy Theatre, London. Program includes the statement that "On this occasion the opera will be conducted by the composer."

Early first run program with for H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor by the Comedy-Opera Company at the Opera Comique, London. The program also includes The Spectre Knight, an operetta with words by James Albery and music by Alfred…

First edition libretto of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's nautical comic opera in two acts H.M.S. Pinafore; or The Lass that Loved a Sailor. It was produced at the Opera Comique Theatre, London, 25 May 1878.