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Collection name
Edinburgh Kings Theatre: Box 1 (1907-37)
Unique identifier
Mus.Box.250
Description
Edinburgh King's Theatre: Box 1 (1907-1937)
Collection of ca. 150 miscellaneous programmes from the Edinburgh King's Theatre (1907-37, but with several large breaks in the run). Programmes from 1907-1910 are mainly variety shows of dance, music and comedy, with ca. 12 different performers in every show. Programmes from 1919 are usually one group or individual per performance, with opera, pantomime, operetta, ballet, musicals, band music, and plays with music. From 1930, the programmes for plays with music list the musical programmes, many directed by A. Douglas Willcox and played by the King's Orchestra (sometimes called the King's Theatre Orchestra) or King's Quartette. There are also a few newspaper cuttings about particular performances and a leaflet with handwritten notes inserted into one programme.
Other organisations and individuals represented:
Sir Thomas Beecham Opera Co.
British National Opera Company
Old Vic Shakespeare Company
Edinburgh Grand Opera Society
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Covent Garden Opera Company
Anna Pavlova Company
Nikita Balieff's Chauve Souris Theatre
Vic-Wells Ballet
Lew Leslie's Blackbirds
Edinburgh Battalion, The Boys' Brigade
Ballets de Monte Carlo
Carl Rosa Opera Company
Performances of variety shows, musicals, plays with music, pantomime,
Date range
1907 - 1937
Associated People and Organisations
British national Opera Company 1922 - 1929
Carl Rosa Opera Company -
Sir Thomas Beecham Opera Company -
Willcox, A. Douglas -
King's Orchestra, The -
King's Quartette -
King's Theatre Orchestra, The -
Old Vic Shakespeare Company -
Edinburgh Grand Opera -
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 1879 -
Covent garden opera company 1929 - 1938
Anna Pavlova Company -
Nikita Balieff's Chauve Souris Theatre -
Vic-Wells Ballet -
Lew Leslie's Blackbirds -
Edinburgh Battalion, The Boys' Brigade -
Ballets de Monte Carlo -
Associated Places
King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Associated Times
20th century - early 1900-1930
20th century - mid 1931-1970
Associated Content
Ballet
Opera
Annotations
Press Cuttings
Playbills
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Location details
National Library of Scotland, Music Collections
George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW United Kingdom Open Map
DOMUS
Website
http://www.nls.uk/collections/music/
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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.
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Additional Collection Information
Accrual Status
Closed
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