Correspondence

Reference code: G/CC
Level: Sub-fonds
Title: Correspondence
Date: 1933-present
Quantity & Format: 70 linear metres; 1934-1964: 33,061 catalogued letters and documents stored in 60 boxes Extent
Repository: Glyndebourne Archive
Scope and content: Correspondence, papers and documents detailing the everyday running of Glyndebourne, from the foundation and early development through to 2010s. Includes correspondence from John Christie, Audrey Mildmay, Fritz Busch, Carl Ebert, Rudolf Bing, Moran Caplat, Brian Dickie, Anthony Whitworth-Jones, Nicholas Snowman, David Pritchard, and trustees.

Papers include Edinburgh Festival, Bath Assembly Concerts, Children's Theatre, Festival of Sussex, Chester Arts Week correspondence. In addition to Glyndebourne tours, including, GTO, Théâtre des Nations (Paris), Berlin Festival, Scandinavian Tour, Hong Kong, Théâtre du Châtelet, Japan and New York. Additionally correspondence for production specific tours of The Rape of Lucretia, The Beggar's Opera, The Rake's Progress, Albert Herring, Where the Wild Things Are and New Year.

Unless otherwise stated, the letters and documents in G/CC are written in English.

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