| Description | The file contains correspondence between Theatre Project Consultants Ltd and The Tell Precision Co Ltd, and between Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd and the Institut Für Technologie Kultureller Einrichtungen (Institute for the Technology of Cultural Institutions) in relation to preliminary discussions and early planning for the National Theatre. The file includes proposals for design and machinery for the Open, Proscenium and Studio stages provided by the institute and a summary of the costs for each stage provided by The Tell Precision Company Ltd; a press clipping titled 'The economic miracle of East Germany' by journalist Rene Elvin; a sketch 'Two Section Fire Safety Curtain Principle Schemes Vertical Sections', and a programme for Richard Brett's and Richard Pilbrow's visit to the Institute in Berlin. Some of the correspondence is in German. Original card folder disposed of. 'the National Theatre: Tell-I.T.T.' was written on the spine. |