| Description | File of correspondence and enclosures, meeting notes and file notes relating to the Lyttelton rear (or revolve) stage wagon, covering various matters, including machinery parts such as slipping columns and traction motors; selection of the sub-contractor with tenders, quotations and contracts and including correspondence with the eventual winner Tele-Stage Associates Ltd; noise specification; anticipated technical issues such as probability of failure; the specification and drawings; operational issues during Ivan Cankar and Death of a Salesman and subsequent inspection; removal of the old wagon (put in by Hall Stage Equipment Ltd) and installation of new one, including delays to completion dates; the new design, including features such as the revolve position re-setter design; liability for damage; preparation of handbooks and manuals and the Theatre's dissatisfaction with them; licencing and safety; inspections, commissioning tests, faults and failures; invoicing and possible penalties; the purchase of spares; continuing disputes about problems with the wagon's operation; Correspondents include: John Shemming; Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd; John Gawen; Sound Research Laboratories Ltd; Evershed Power-Optics Ltd; Newton Chambers Engineering; John Laing Construction Ltd; the South Bank Theatre Board; BD Engineering Services Ltd; Tele-Stage Associates Ltd; Vickers; British Rail Engineering Ltd; Elstree Engineering Services Ltd; the National Theatre; Compair Construction & Mining Ltd; Trepel A G; Lovell, Wright and King; Denys Lasdun, Redhouse & Softley; Task Power & Contro Ltd; Gorsuch Metals Ltd; the Greater London Council (GLC) Department of Architecture and Civic Design; The South Bank Theatre Board. The file also includes sketch number 904 SK 1237 'Lyttelton Theatre Rear Wagon Showing Present NT Requirement'; [draft] copies of the 'Revolve Wagon Specification' reference TPC/9233/RC from June and July 1979; a schedule of prices; and a draft legal agreement between Tele-Stage Associates Ltd and the South Bank Theatre Board. Original card folder kept as there are notes on the inside front cover. It has '9233 Revolve Wagon written on the spine and 9233 Rear Stage Wagon' written on the front. |