| Description | The file contains internal and external correspondence with enclosures regarding direct contractors, with labelled sections for Ainslie Controls Ltd; Alice (Stancoil) Ltd; Jones + Jennings Ltd; Theatre Projects Services; and miscellaneous contractors. There are loose pages at the front of the folder relating to P E Kemp Engineers Ltd . Subjects covered in the correspondence include extra facilities required in the large rehearsal room and G P O equipment room; luminaire accessories; signage; publicity photographs for Newman Electric Motors; scaffolding; false proscenium recovering; silhouettes; Lower Theatre operating/maintenance instructions; contract variations; alterations and additions to amplifier racks; start dates and labour for Theatre Projects Sound Ltd; the appointment of the National Building Agency (NBA); loudspeaker installations; sound installation defects; site access; quotes for plugs, sockets, leads, control boxes and indicator boxes; sound mixing desks; spiral wrap; working light racks; front of house contactor panel; houselight faults; alternative arrangements for the Theatre due to an unfinished rear stage wagon; paint frame; and support brackets. Correspondents include Theatre Projects Lighting Ltd, Ken Creasey Ltd, Sandy Brown Associates, Genell Designs Ltd, C C T Theatre Lighting Ltd, Olympiad Signs Ltd, Rea Publicity (Western) Ltd, Flay (Services) Ltd, Theatre Projects Services Ltd, Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd, Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd, Theatre Projects Sound Ltd, Jones + Jennings Ltd, Alice (Stancoil) Ltd, Ainslee Controls Ltd, Crown House Engineering Ltd, Faraday Switchgear Ltd and P E Kemp Engineers Ltd. Items include a sketch of a control box and its circuitry; a sketch 'Olivier Theatre Drum Revolve (New Personnel Lift for "Tamburlaine";and drawing number B/2949 'National Theatre South Bank Paint Frame'. 'Direct Contracts' was written on the spine.
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