| Description | The file contains internal Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd memorandums and correspondence and enclosures sent mainly between Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd and Rank Strand Electric Ltd regarding production lighting in the Upper and Lower Theatres (direct contract no. 5), specifically payments to Rank Strand, acceptance of the final installation and the issue of interim and final certificates; outstanding electrical work; noisy beam lights; extensions for installations; unreliability of the Lightboard due to environmental conditions; the maintenance agreement; defects and remedial works; stalls connectors, plugs and sockets; appropriate hourly rates; the issue of handbooks; colour change and remote control equipment; ventilation and heat load problems in the Lightboard computer room; and safety devices for the flying system. Correspondents include Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd; Davis, Belfield and Everest; the South Bank Theatre Board; Rank Strand Electric Ltd; Denys Lasdun, Redhouse & Softley; the National Theatre; Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd; and Flint & Neill Ltd. Items include manufacturer literature about Canon DL connectors. Original card folder disposed of. 'Other Way Up; 904-7A. Production Lighting; File 5; Nov. 1978-' was written on the front cover; '904 7A National Theatre Production Lighting File 5' was written on the spine; and 'NT Production Lighting; This Way Up!' was written on the back.
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