The poisoned kiss or the Empress and the Necromancer, a romantic extravaganza written by Evelyn Sharp, music by R. Vaughan Williams
Scope and Contents
Published score, prompter's copy (M.W. Wigram). Signed on title page by Vaughan Williams, Evelyn Sharp and cast of first performance, Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 12-16 May 1936. Score marked with alterations, omissions. Typescript changes to libretto. With programmes, Arts Theatre and Sadler's Wells Theatre, London (18 May 1936); newscutting, and review of Cambridge performance.
Dates
- Creation: 1936 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 collection
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by David J. Scott, 1992
Subject
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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