[circa 1971-1973]
File containing various items;
- Typescript libretto with pencil annotations in several hands including Britten and Rosamund Strode, in a folder titled as Ethel's own file copy. Ethel Little was The Red House secretary at this time.
- Britten's Death in Venice file containing drafts, scenarios, libretto, and relevant correspondence with Myfanwy Piper. Includes a press cutting, projected dates for Death in Venice rehearsals and productions, handwritten notes and to-do lists by Britten and Myfanwy Piper, a seating plan for the Snape Maltings, a letter from the Royal Opera House with rehearsal and performance dates, photocopies of pages from La Musique Grecque by Theodore Reinach, provisional wardrobe breakdown and cast lists.
- Typescript Queries and remarks on 2nd draft of scenario from Colin Graham, 16 Aug 1971 - see item ref no. BBM/death_in_venice/1/19 for copy with annotations by Britten
- Typescript 'Distribution of chorus and movement group- provisional'
- Indications of stress on non-English words
This file also includes notes made by Rosamund Strode in Oct 1985, explaining that items from office files were added to Britten's original libretto materials in 1985.
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Archive
https://www.bpacatalogue.org/archive/BBM-death_in_venice-1-18
