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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/3343
Title'Princess Ida' by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Extent1 file
Date1884-1954
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Princess Ida' with photographs of members of the cast; typescript page gives cast lists and dates; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the opera

Performed at The Savoy Theatre, London, 5 Jan 1884; The Princes Theatre, London, 30 Dec 1919; The Princes Theatre, London, 3 Mar 1924
The Princes Theatre, London, 22 Nov 1926; The Savoy Theatre, London, 2 Dec 1929; [libretto by W. S. Gilbert; music by Arthur Sullivan];orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent; setting by [W.] Bridges Adam and Percy Anderson; The Savoy Theatre, London [27 Sep] 1954; presented by the D'Oyly Carte Company; [produced by Bridget D'Oyly Carte]; [musical director Isidore Godfrey]; scenery and costumes by James Wade

Casts: George Grossmith, Richard Tempple, Warwick Grey, Rutland Barrington, Henry Bracey, Charles Ryley, Durward Lely, Rosina Brandram, Kate Chard, Jessie Bond, Sybil Grey, Lilian Carr, Henry Lytton, Darrell Fancourt, Joseph Griffin, Charles Goulding, Sydney Granville, Leo Darnton, Eileen Sharp, Winifred Lawson, Derek Oldham, Leslie Rands, Sybil Gordon, Nellie Briercliffe, Victoria Sladen, Muriel Harding, Fisher Morgan, Donald Adams, Thomas Round, Trevor Hills, Leonard Osborn, John Banks, Jeffrey Skitch
Access StatusOpen

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