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Collection Summary

Collection Title

Edinburgh Kings Theatre: Box 2 (1938-71)

Unique Identifier

Mus.Box.250

Description

Edinburgh King's Theatre: Box 2 (1938-1971)
Collection of ca. 200 programmes from the Edinburgh King's Theatre. Performances of plays with music (many where the programme of music with titles and composers of pieces are noted), musicals, dance, ballet, pantomime, revues, operetta, opera, choral music. There are a few newspaper cuttings about particular performances. Organisations and individuals represented:
Ballets Jooss
'The Bohemians' Lyric Opera Company
Sadler's Wells Ballet
Anglo-Polish Ballet
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Music, Art and Drama Society
Metropolitan Ballet
The Old Vic Company
Glyndebourne Opera, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival of Music & Drama, 1950
Beatrice Lillie
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company
Ballet Rambert
Southern Light Opera Company
Sadler's Wells Opera
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Royal Ballet
Old Vic Company
Vienna Boys Choir, conducted by Uwe Mund [Nov. 1962 and 12/10/63]
Teatro San Carlo, Naples, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival, 1963
City of Edinburgh and Leith Boy Scouts' Association
English Opera Group
Royal Shakespeare Company
London's Festival Ballet
Andy Stewart
National Theatre
Opera of the National Theatre, Prague
Scottish Opera
Kenneth McKellar
Holland Festival
Württemberg State Opera, Stuttgart
Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe
Prospect Theatre Company

Format

Date range of collection

1938 - 1971

Accumulation Dates

-

Suggested Audience

Not Specific

Associated People or Organisations

• Edinburgh International Festival -
• Glyndebourne Festival Opera -
• Royal Ballet -
• Ballet Rambert -
• Royal Opera House, Covent Garden -
• Royal Shakespeare Company -
• English Opera Group -
• Ballets Jooss -
• Bohemians Lyric Opera Company -
• Sadler's Wells Ballet -
• Anglo-Polish Ballet -
• D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 1879 -
• Music, Art and Drama Society -
• Metropolitan Ballet -
• Old Vic Company -
• Lillie, Beatrice -
• Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company -
• Southern Light Opera Company -
• Sadlers' Wells Opera -
• Vienna Boys' Choir -
• Mund, Uwe -
• Teatro San Carlo, Naples -
• City of Edinburgh and Leith Boy Scouts' Association -
• London Festival Ballet -
• Stewart, Andy -
• National Theatre -
• Opera of the National Theatre, Prague -
• Scottish Opera -
• McKellar, Kenneth -
• Holland Festival -
• Württemberg State Opera, Stuttgart -
• Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe -
• Prospect Theatre Company -

Associated Places

• King's Theatre, Edinburgh

Associated Times

• 20th century - late 1971-1999
• 20th century - mid 1931-1970

This collection is about

• Press Cuttings
• Playbills
• Ballet
• Opera

Location Details

National Library of Scotland, Music Collections

George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW United Kingdom

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Website

http://www.nls.uk/collections/music/

Email

music@nls.uk

Telephone

+44 (0)131 623 3700

Fax

+44 (0)131 623 3701 

Visiting Information

Photocopying

Collections Overview

Large reference collection of printed, manuscript and audio-visual music material, including books, scores, periodicals, audio, video and multi-media formats. Legal deposit library.

For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record

Additional Collection Information

Accrual Status

Closed

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