| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 397/9/227 |
| Date | 1946-1964 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Title | The Rape of Lucretia |
| Creator Name | Britten, Edward Benjamin; Baron of Aldeburgh (1913-1976); composer |
| Duncan, Ronald Frederick Henry (1914-1982); author, poet and librettist |
| Boys, Henry (1910-1992); musician, teacher and writer |
| Description | Boosey & Hawkes first edition. Musical score H.15846. Vocal Score by Henry Boys. Dedicated to Erwin Stein. A signed Ronald Duncan bookplate is affixed inside the front cover. Includes six inserts comprising:
- A programme from the 26th July 1946 performance of 'The Rape of Lucretia' at Glyndbourne Opera festival
- News cutting from The Sunday Telegraph September 20th 1964 'English Opera Group leaves for Russian tour'
- 'Theatre Newsletter' 8th December, 1951 including a review of Benjamin Britten's opera 'Billy Budd'
- News cutting "Lear a challenge to opera" by John W. Klein
- An annotated news cutting from The Daily Telegraph "Peter Pears in Shining Musical Premiere" by Peter St Adlen
- 'Sexational Art' cartoon pamphlet inscribed 'Musical life in New York & San Francisco is nothing if not active, but pressing a sense of balance is more difficult truly by far' |
| Format | Printed Material |
| Language | English |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | Bristol Old Vic, literary executor, Estate of Benjamin Britten, estate of Henry Boys, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Telegraph, Theatre Newsletter, various others |