D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

A collection of signed photographs, books and ephemera related to the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, comprising: an album featuring signed photographs of Gilbert & Sullivan performers (Jean Barrington, Beryl Dixon, Jean Hindmarsch, Gillian Knight, Mary Sansom, Anne Sessions, Jennifer Toye, Joyce Wright, Donald Adams, Neville Griffiths, Philip Potter, Peter Pratt, John Reed, Joseph Riordan, Thomas Round, Kenneth Sandford, Jeffrey Skitch, Alan Styler and others); two Gilbert & Sullivan dress pins; an album featuring a collection of 92 cigarette cards depicting Gilbert & Sullivan characters, red faux-leather, oblong 8vo; an autograph album signed by the Nicholas Brothers, Eddie Gray, Arthur Askey, Arthur Haynes, Ken Morris, Frankie Howard, Stewart MacPherson, green faux-leather, oblong 8vo, 1940s; souvenir programmes from performances from the 1950s and 1960s; a photo album featuring some promotional photographs of Gilbert & Sullivan productions as well as stage door candid shots of actors and actresses; a red wooden fan signed by various Gilbert & Sullivan performers (Marian Martin, Kenneth Sandford, Thomas Round, Donald Adams, John Reed, Mary Sanson, Peggy Ann Jones, Joyce Wright, Anne Sessions, Gillian Knight, Alan Styles, Jennifer Toye), 67 cm when open; Baily (Leslie) The Gilbert & Sullivan Book, signed by Anne Sessions, Dawn Davies, John Mason and others on front free endpaper, dust-jacket, hardback, 4to, Cassell, 1956; Wood (Roger) A D'Oyly Carte Album. A Pictorial Record of the Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, featuring over 60 signatures on front endpapers dated Manchester, 18th -19th March 1960 (Thomas Round, Peggy Ann Jones, Beth Lloyd-Jones, Donald Adams, John Reed, Jennifer Marsh, Gillian Knight, Jennifer Toye, Daphne Gill and others), Foreword signed by Bridget D'Oyly-Carte, Peter Pratt signature on page 9, hardback, 4to, Adam & Charles Black, 1958. (qty)

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