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John Christie Correspondence, General Correspondence, M/Mac/Mc Correspondents

Reference code: G/CC/1/2/14
Level: File
Title: John Christie Correspondence, General Correspondence, M/Mac/Mc Correspondents
Quantity & Format: 123 letters
Repository: Glyndebourne Archive
Creator(s): Christie, John
Scope and content: Contains correspondence to and from -
Marjorie Madan, 1958 (2 letters)
John Christie writes, “This work has advanced a lot during its 18 years of life.”

The Editor, Manchester Evening Guardian, 1957 and 1958 (2 letters + newspaper clipping from Manchester Evening Guardian, 21 April 1958)

John Christie writes, 26 July 1957, “Why does Mr Clift wish to attack Glyndebourne’s seat charges, when we are sold out completely in a week 2.5 months before we open and 4.5 months before we finish? Many of our patrons decide to save money in order to come to Glyndebourne. Opera is costly. We are literally unsubsidised by the State.”

The Rev Prebendary Manning, 1941 (1 letter)

Giles de la Mare, Oxford University Opera Club, 1959 (1 letter)

Captain Margesson, 1941 (5 letters, including copy letters from JC Mitchell & S Weaver)

Walter Marmorek, 1960 (2 letters)

H Marshall, 1936 (5 letters)

Haigh Marshall, 1945 (1 letter + 2 copies of a programme for a concert of the Western Philharmonic Orchestra at Exeter Civic Hall)

Ian Marshall, 1950 (1 letter)

J.W.Martin, Shell-Mex and B.P.Ltd, 1958 (2 letters)

John Martin, 1960 (5 letters)

Hubert Martineau, 1959 (2 letters)

Queen Mary and other members of the Royal Household, Marlborough House and Buckingham Palace, 1946 (4 letters)

D.K.Mason, 1958 (2 letters) discussion of problems with the sightlines from Row O Number which John Christie concedes, “After this season, I will go over the whole matter, and get the errors removed.”

Mr Massey, 1936 (1 letter)

Vincent Massey, Office of the High Commissioner for Canada, 1943 (1 letter)

F.Vincent Mathias, 1959 (3 letters)

Major J.S. Matthews, City Archives Vancouver, 1959 (2 letters)

John Masefield,1936 (2 letters)

Ita Maximowna, 1959 (2 letters)

David Maxwell, 1958 (2 letters)

Dorothy Mayer, 1959 (2 letters)

Sir Robert Mayer, 1936, 1939, 1958 and 1959 (9 letters + flybill for ‘Students of Music Endowment Fund’)

Mayne, letter to General Sir Brian Robertson/copy to John Christie, 1959 (1 letter)

Amery Melchers, 1957 and 1958 (5 letters)

J.Ivan Menzies, 1962 (1 letter)

Sir Thomas Merton, 1958 (1 letter)

Rudolph P Messel, 1949 (1 letter)

Bernard Miles, Mermaid Theatre Trust, 1957 (1 letter)

Mrs Miller, Folkington Manor, 1958 (2 letters) disappointed at not being able to secure seats, despite being a donor of £25 per year. John Christie’s Private Secretary writes to say, “There has been very heavy demand for tickets again this year from Members of the Festival Society, and in fact, out of 3,000 Members, some 2,800 sent in their ticket applications on the first day of booking.”

M.Miller, Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, 1959 and 1961 (5 letters, including 2 to Lord Shackleton of Burley)
The 1959 letter is in response to John’s letter sent to every member of the first night audience following the unfavourable review in The Times of Der Rosenkavalier

O.B.Miller, John Lewis Partnership, 1960 (4 letters)

W.M.M. Milligan, 1959 (3 letters)

Harry Milner Gulland, 1945 and 1960 (4 letters)

Lady Constance Milnes Gaskell, on behalf of the Duchess of Kent at Kensington Palace, 1959 (2 letters)

The Clergyman, Mitcham Parish Church, 1936 (1 letter)

Janet Moores, Secretary Glyndebourne Productions Ltd, 1950 (1 letter)

Ruth, Lady Monk Bretton, 1958 (2 letters)

M.E.Moreland, The Welsh National Opera Company, 1958 (1 letter)

Guy Morgan, 1959 (2 letters)

Clive Morrison Bell, c.1942/3 (1 letter)

T.Mortimer, 1960 (1 letter)

Desmond Morton, 10 Downing Street, 1940 (2 letters)

Mabel Moss, 1958 (2 letters)

Claude Muncaster, 1958 (2 letters)
John Christie writes “It seems to me that as soon as you are appointed by the State, it doesn’t matter how hopeless the result. The Arts Council has never been right. It was originally known as C.E.M.A - the Council for the Encouragement of Mediocre Artists!”

Bjarne Mund Hopen,1961 (1 letters)

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Charles MacInnes, 1941 & 1942 (3 letters)

Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister, 1957 and 1959 (4 letters)
Harold Macmillan writes, 22 January 1957, “I wish that I could feel that politicians could build anything as lasting and valuable as Glyndebourne.”

Andrew Macpherson, The Andrew Macpherson Singers, 1959 (1 letter)

Mc
Leona McBride, 1962 (2 letters)

J C McClean, National Council of Music in Wales, 1934/5 (3 letters)

G.N.McClearly, Handel Opera Society, 1960 (1 letter)

Gerald McDonald, The Liverpool Philharmonic Society, 1957 (1 letter)

Sir John McEwen, The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1960 (1 invitation)

Patricia McJaur, 1957 or 1958 (1 letter)

J.H.McLoughlin, 1960 (2 letters)