Moran Caplat Correspondence, General Correspondence, 1949

Reference code

G/CC/8/1/3

Level

File

Title

Moran Caplat Correspondence, General Correspondence, 1949

Date

1949

Quantity & Format

320 letters

Repository

Glyndebourne Archive

Creator(s)

Caplat, Moran
Bing, Rudolf KBE (Sir)

Scope and content

The folder also contains letters addressed to or from Rudolf Bing

Contains correspondence to and from -
Folder 1
A
Miss Aria (02 letters)
The Arts Council of Great Britain (03 letters)
Arts Council Touring List (01 document)
Arts News and Review, December (01 document)
Miss Ash (02 letters)
Basil Ashmore (02 letters)

B
K.M.Baxter, Cambridge University Women’s Appointment Board (03 letters)

Sir Thomas Beecham (01 document)
[Document = Copy of a speech entitled ‘A Village Romeo & Juliet by Frederick Delius’ delivered by Sir Thomas Beecham at E.M.I Studios]

Miss Bennett (01 letter)
A.Borsdorf, London Philharmonic Orchestra (02 letters)
Owen Brannigan (03 letters)
Percival Bridgman Ltd (02 letters)

Charles Brill, Conductor (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Programme for ‘The London Mozart Orchestra’ conducted by Charles Brill]

The British Theatre Exhibition (05 letters, 06 documents)
[Documents = 06 publicity documents relating to The British Theatre Exhibition]

L.Bullock Webster (01 letter)
John and Edward Bumpus (01 letter)

Folder 2
C
Chappell & Co (01 letter)
The Children's Theatre (02 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Production costs for Great Expectations]

City Display Organisation (04 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Programme for ‘The international tourist exhibition of hospitable Europe’]

Claridge (01 letter & 03 documents)

W.Hudson Clegg (02 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 01 February 1949, “Nearly every theatre and opera house that is built particularly in recent years, is unsatisfactory for one reason or another. Very often too much attention is paid to the auditorium and not nearly enough to the stage and its equipment, and also quite often a lot of essential points are sacrificed to make way for some pet theory regarding the relation between stage and audience. I think I am probably right in saying there does not exist anywhere in the world the perfect opera house for all sizes of production, even now.”

Covent Garden, The Royal Opera House (13 letters, 07 documents)
[Documents = 07 Royal Opera House programmes covering December 1948 - March 1950]

Eric Crozier (03 letters)
Eric Crozier writes, 28 October 1949, “...writing to congratulate you on your appointment as General Manager of Glyndebourne. I had meant to do this ever since I saw the announcement in The Times, but I kept postponing it and feel ashamed now that it comes so late! Even if they are late, the congratulations are most sincere, and I do hope that you will be very happy in the job.”

D
The Daily Mail (01 letter)
Dean & Dawson (02 letters)
Peter Diamand (02 letters)

E
East Sussex Education Committee (08 letters)
Eastbourne Publicity (03 letters)
W.E.Edwards (04 letters)
Alberto Erede (04 letters)

Folder 3
F
The Favil Press Ltd (05 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Proof copy of Glyndebourne’s 1949 Christmas Card)

Finnigan’s (02 letters)
Hilde Flatter (03 letters)

Ministry of Food (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Rationing slip for extra tea on the grounds of increased staff at the 23 Baker Street office]

G
Roberto Gerhard (03 letters)

Reginald Godden (05 letters, 01 document)
[Document = An invitation card for Mr & Mrs Christie to attend a piano recital by Reginald Godden]

H
Ingrid Hageman (02 letters)
L.Hahn (02 letters)
Hove County Grammar School for Boys (02 letters)

J
R.F.Jessup (02 letters)

K
John Kentish (01 letters)

L
Richard Lewis (01 letters)

The London Arts Centre (01 document)
[Document = Copy of a general letter]

The London Choral Society (03 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Publicity leaflets for the London Choral Society events]

London Musical Events (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Programme for Musical Europe]

The London Opera Club (07 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Meeting Minutes; Membership Subscription Form]

Lynford-Joel Productions (01 letter)

Folder 4
M
Mailing List (02 letters)
Andre Mertens, Columbia Records (02 letters)

N
National Car Parks (01 letter)
New Theatre Magazine (03 letters)
F.Scott Norman (07 letters)

O
Offers of Service from-
Warwick Armstrong, Designer (01 letter)
Lawrence Byard, Musician (01 letter)
Joseph Elam, Stage Carpenter (04 letters)
Priscilla Harris, Violinist (01 letter)
Vivien Meyrick-Jones, Typist (01 letter)
Gwyneth Miller, Clerical Assistant (02 letters)

Lyell Paget, Conductor (04 letters, 05 documents)
[Documents = Programmes and publicity material for the County Borough of West Ham]

Ivor Powell, Administration (02 letters)
Irene Segalla, Designer (02 letters)
W.Williams, Waitress (02 letters)
Bruce Worsley, Managerial (02 letters)

Orpheus Opera Society (01 document)
[Document = Minutes from the inaugural meeting in London, 08 March 1949]

Organisation Artistique Internationale (02 letters)
[01 letter is written in French]

Folder 5
P
Paddington Music Society (01 document)
[Document = Publicity poster for ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ at Porchester Hall directed by Jani Strasser]

Alberto Pedrazzoli (02 letters)

St Peter Upon Cornhill (07 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Programmes for concerts]

Photographs Publicity (07 letters)

R
Railway Executive (01 letter)
Margaret Ritchie (05 letters)
Romeike & Curtice Ltd, Press Cuttings (11 letters)

Royal Academy of Music (05 letters, 05 documents)
[Documents = Programme for the R.A.M. Club’s presentation of ‘Two One-Act Operas’ and an information leaflet entitled ‘Seas to Follow’]

The Royal Albert Hall (01 letter)
Shirley Russell (01 letter)

S
Sadler’s Wells (05 letters)
Maria Scotti (01 letter)
T.Seabridge (02 letters)
L.C.Smith & Corona Typewriters Ltd (02 letters)
J.Baxter Somerville, Theatre Royal Brighton (04 letters)

Stoll Theatre (04 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Stoll Theatre Newsletter, 23 April 1949, ‘Opera Returns to Stoll’]

Sussex Rural Community Council (05 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Programme for the ‘The Cradle Song’ presented by Lindfield Dramatic Club]

Folder 6
T
Tabs (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Copy of the magazine entitled Tabs published by The Strand Electric and Engineering Co. Ltd in the interests of Amateur Theatre]

Tempo (02 letters)

The Theatrical Managers Association (47 letters, 05 documents)
[Documents = Copies of the Monthly Report (February & July 1949); a Report of Council Management; an Agreement between a conglomerate of committees and a copy of a publication called The Theatre Industry]

Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd (02 letters)

Michael Tippett (02 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Publicity leaflet for the first London performance of ‘L’incoronazione di Poppea’ by Morley College Concerts Society]

Liesl Topol (05 letters)
Typewriting Bureau (01 letter)

W
Who’s Who in Music (02 letters)
[01 letter is also a publicity document for the publication]

E.W.Wyatt (03 letters)
[includes 01 letter dating from 04.01.1950]

Content language

English
French