File of papers of James Lawrie, chairman of the Board of Directors, including;
Minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, 1 Feb and 18 May 1955.
Memorandum of a meeting between the artistic directors, director Erwin Stein and the general manager, 23 Apr 1955.
Letters to and from Lawrie re funding and financial matters, productions, future plans, tours and other issues concerning the Board; including correspondence with the general manager, other Directors and the Arts Council.
The file also contains the following papers;
Financial prospects for 1955/56, as estimated on 31 Jan 1955.
Correspondence between Anthony Gishford and Peter Diamand re The Turn of the Screw at Holland Festival, Feb 1955.
Report by the general manager on his visit to Rome, Florence, Milan, Munich, Nurnberg and Brussels, 9 Mar 1955.
Note by chairman to members of Reorganisation Sub-committee, 10 Mar 1955.
Copy letter from the Arts Council of Great Britain offering grant of £4000, with a copy of the Council's Conditions of Association, 29 Mar 1955.
Typescript letter from Britten to Lawrie about the work of the general manager and Lawrie's work for the film premiere, 26 Apr 1955.
Copy letter from the general manager to Britten re Sol Hurok presenting the Group in Canada and USA in 1956, 27 Apr 1955.
Draft letter from the general manager to Sol Hurok re proposed American tour with estimate of costs, 2 May 1955.
Financial prospects for the year ending 31 Mar 1956, as estimated on 17 May 1955.
Revised recommendations of the Artistic Directors re Let's Make an Opera and the season at Scala Theatre, London; memo for Board meeting on 18 May 1955.
Proposed schedule for the Scala Theatre from 18 Sep to 1 Oct 1955, 20 May 1955.
Memo by the general manager re The Turn of the Screw in Schwetzingen, Munich and Florence from May to Jun, 13 Jun 1955.
Draft directors' report for the year ended 31 Dec 1954, 29 Jun 1955.
Names of singers and personnel for proposed tour of Canada and the USA in autumn 1956, Jun 1955.
To view the minutes click on the link below.
To view the financial prospects, letter from Britten, memo re The Turn of the Screw 13 Jun, draft directors' report for 1954 and details of proposed company for Canada and USA click in the link below.
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In the file of correspondence from tbe English Opera Group to Benjamin Britten is a memorandum by the general manager of a meeting between Britten, Anne Wood, Myfanwy Piper, John Piper, Peter Pears and Basil Douglas, 27 Jan 1955.
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