The poisoned kiss or the Empress and the Necromancer, a romantic extravaganza written by Evelyn Sharp, music by R. Vaughan Williams

This material is held atCambridge University Library

  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Add.8909
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1936 (Circa)
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 collection

Scope and Content

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.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Presented by David J. Scott, 1992

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