resources
What it cost to run the Lyceum
Agreements and receipts show the business behind a production. Bristol’s Theatre Collection describes a £100 receipt covering twenty performances of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, an agreement involving W G Wills and Don Quixote, and music correspondence connected with Sullivan and Macbeth. These records give specific examples of the work behind the Lyceum’s programme. Their terms and dates matter: a draft agreement, a final contract and evidence of a performance answer different questions.
Sources and further reading
Irving, Stoker and T. Norton Longman: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde · BTC30/2/1/13. Holding institution’s source.
Correspondence concerning W. G. Wills’s Don Quixote · BTC30/2/1/14. Holding institution’s source.
Arthur Sullivan and Bram Stoker correspondence concerning Macbeth music rights · BTC30/2/1/31. Holding institution’s source.
Reading the evidence
These institutional records identify the surviving material and its sources. Selected online images do not establish that a complete file has been digitised. Follow the holder’s record for access and reproduction conditions.