| Description | The file contains 'client' correspondence and enclosures, including meeting minutes and progress reports, largely sent between members of Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd and the National Theatre, and between Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd and the South Bank Theatre Board. Topics covered include the Theatre's concerns about the Olivier being in a finished state for the first performance; noise at rehearsals; progress towards completion for various parts of the equipment installation; standby systems; the opening of the Olivier; temperature measurements; negotiating for site access for contractors with the National Theatre; concerns about equipment not working as intended and the need for modifications, particularly in the Lyttelton; extra-contractual payments and clearing payments with the relevant public bodies; pressure on sub-contractors to correct defects and complete on time; rates of pay; problems with Evershed Power Optics Ltd contract; meetings of the Progress Sub-Committee and Council meetings; indemnity insurance; and a disagreement with Peter Hall about the work ethic of the consultants and contractors. Other correspondents include Evershed Power-Optics Ltd; the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA); Denys Lasdun & Partners; Hall Stage Equipment Ltd; Humphrey's Holdings; Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd; Mole Richardson (Stage & Studio Engineering) Ltd; Pye Business Communications Ltd; Tele-Stage Associates Ltd; Davis, Belfield and Everest; Rank Strand Electric Ltd; Alice (Stan coil Ltd); Theatre Projects Services Ltd; the National Building Agency (NBA); and the Department of Education and Science. There is also a 'Statement on Theatre Installations' listing items of equipment, whether they are complete, and comments on the performance of the related sub-contractors; some telegrams and telexes of congratulations and good luck from Richard Pilbrow to other key members of the project, including Denys Lasdun and Laurence Olivier; the first rep leaflet for the new building; and press clippings regarding funding and 'nit-picking'. The original card folder has been disposed of. 'NT 1A(4)' was written on the front, and '[9]04/1A the National Theatre File 4 From March 1976 Closed' was written on the spine. |