| Title | Brightlingsea Music and Operatic Society |
| Abstract | Album of photographs and cuttings from James Arthur Millatt who sang in many productions 1926 - 1931. Most were in the Foresters' Hall in Brightlingsea and by the Brightlingsea Music and Operatic Society, but there were also pantomimes and he was in at least one production by Thorington Men's Club.
Productions included in the album are
Bardell v Pickwick, Thorrington, January 1926
Cinderella
Yeoman of the Guard, February 1928
Tons of Money 1928-1929
The Gondoliers, February 1929
The Mikado, November 1929
Katinka, January 1931
The Sleeping Beauty or the Fiery Dragon, October 1931
Photographs are by Douglas Went Studio, Brightlingsea
There are also programmes and loose cuttings, also scanned.
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| Author | Tony Millatt |
| Source | Mersea Museum
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| ID | JA01_001
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| ImageID: | JA12_001 | | Title: | Bardell v Pickwick by Thorington Mens Club, in Thorington School.
Names from an attached paper:
Gardiner, Farrow, Mitchell, Scott ?, Fairweather ?, Broom, Webb, Leeder, Steady, Fisher, Rev. C. James ?, J. Millatt ?, C. Mitchell
W. Lee, B. Payne, B. Harvey, B. Andrews
J. Denney, Hammond ?, , H. Millatt, H. Broom | | Date: | 29 January 1926 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA12_007 | | Title: | Thorington Presentation to Mr Carter.
L-R 1. Farmer at Thorrington Hall, 2. Rev. H. Wilcox, 3. James Arthur Millatt, 4. Florence Carter née Andrews, 5. David Carter. David was postmaster in Thorrington for many years.
Photograph taken in Thorrington Village Hall. | | Date: | 19 October 1933 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA14_001 | | Title: | Brightlingsea Players in "Cinderella". | | Date: | 1920s | | Source: | Mersea Museum |
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| ImageID: | JA16_101 | | Title: | The Yeoman of the Guard. Programme page 1.
By W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, at the Foresters; Hall, Brightlingsea.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 14 February 1928 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA16_102 | | Title: | The Yeoman of the Guard. Programme page 2.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 14 February 1928 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA16_103 | | Title: | The Yeoman of the Guard. Programme page 3.
Synopsis of the story
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 14 February 1928 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA16_104 | | Title: | The Yeoman of the Guard. Programme pages 4 and 5.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 14 February 1928 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA16_106 | | Title: | The Yeoman of the Guard. Programme page 6.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 14 February 1928 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA16_107 | | Title: | The Yeoman of the Guard. Programme page 1.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 14 February 1928 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA18_001 | | Title: | Tons of Money. Dec and Jan 1928-29. Flashlight by Douglas Went, Brightingsea. | | Date: | December 1928 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_001 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_003 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
The Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Toro with their daughter Casilda, and Luiz (kneeling), the Duke's assistant. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_005 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_007 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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![The Gondoliers Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
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Another great success was scored by the Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society by their production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers. Scene 2, in which are the Duke of Plaza-Toro ( Mr L. Everett ), his daughter ( Miss D. Eagle ), The King ( Mr Arthur Lucas ), Inez ( Mrs M. Lambert ), the Grand Inquisiter ( Mr J. Millatt ), Tessa (Mrs B. Parker ), and Guiseppe ( Mr John Fowler ). [ From unknown newspaper ] JA20_009](MMThumbnails31/JA20_009.jpg) |
| ImageID: | JA20_009 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
"Another great success was scored by the Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society by their production of Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Gondoliers". Scene 2, in which are the Duke of Plaza-Toro ( Mr L. Everett ), his daughter ( Miss D. Eagle ), The King ( Mr Arthur Lucas ), Inez ( Mrs M. Lambert ), the Grand Inquisiter ( Mr J. Millatt ), Tessa (Mrs B. Parker ), and Guiseppe ( Mr John Fowler )." [ From unknown newspaper ] | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_011 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_013 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_015 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
The entrance of the Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Toro and their daughter Casilda, in the successeful performance of "The Gondoliers" by the Brightlingsea Choral Society this week. L-R The Duchess ( Mrs J.A. Fisher ), Herald ( A. Ruddock ), Attendant ( A. Woolnett ), The Duke ( L. Everett ), Man-At-Arms ( J. Maskell ), Herald ( R. Orton ), Casilda ( D. Eagle )
Photo by Douglas Went, caption from Town and Gazette 9 February 1929 | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_017 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_019 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_021 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_023 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_025 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_027 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
The Gondolier's song | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_029 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
The Grand Inquisiter - Mr James Millatt | | Date: | February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_031 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_033 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
Luiz proposing to Casilda. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_041 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 9 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_043 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_045 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_047 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
East Anglian Daily Times | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_049 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_051 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
Times and Gazette | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_053 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA20_055 | | Title: | The Gondoliers
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 5 February 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA23_101 | | Title: | The Mikado by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, at the Foresters' Hall, Brightlingsea. Programme Page 1.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 19 November 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA23_102 | | Title: | The Mikado. Programme Page 1.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 19 November 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA23_103 | | Title: | The Mikado. Programme Page 1.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 19 November 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA23_104 | | Title: | The Mikado. Programme Page 1.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 19 November 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA23_106 | | Title: | The Mikado. Programme Page 1.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 19 November 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA23_107 | | Title: | The Mikado. Programme Page 1.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 19 November 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA23_201 | | Title: | The Mikado.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 19 November 1929 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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![Katinka by Rudolph Friml at Foresters' Hall, Brightlingsea. Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
</p><p>A scene in Act 1 showing Boris ( Mr J. Millatt ) and Katinka ( Mrs Dorothy Everett ) and the dancing girls. [Photograph by Douglas Went, caption from East Anglian Daily Times] JA26_001](MMThumbnails31/JA26_001.jpg) |
| ImageID: | JA26_001 | | Title: | Katinka by Rudolph Friml at Foresters' Hall, Brightlingsea.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
A scene in Act 1 showing Boris ( Mr J. Millatt ) and Katinka ( Mrs Dorothy Everett ) and the dancing girls. [Photograph by Douglas Went, caption from East Anglian Daily Times] | | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_003 | | Title: | Katinka.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
Left Ivan ( Mr Jack Gilders ) and Boris ( Mr James Millatt ) | | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_005 | | Title: | Katinka.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_007 | | Title: | Katinka.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
James Millatt centre. | | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_009 | | Title: | Katinka ?.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_013 | | Title: | Katinka.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_101 | | Title: | Katinka by Rudolph Friml at Foresters' Hall, Brightlingsea. Programme Page 1.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_102 | | Title: | Katinka Programme Page 2.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_103 | | Title: | Katinka Programme Page 3.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_104 | | Title: | Katinka Programme Pages 4 and 5.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_106 | | Title: | Katinka Programme Page 6.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society.
The Fiona School of Dancing, East Hill, Colchester
Berry's Super Coaches
| | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_107 | | Title: | Katinka Programme Page 1.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 1 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum |
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| ImageID: | JA26_108 | | Title: | Katinka Programme Page 8.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_201 | | Title: | Katinka Programme Page 1.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA26_203 | | Title: | Katinka Programme Page 1.
Brightlingsea Musical and Operatic Society. | | Date: | 27 January 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA30_001 | | Title: | Brightlingsea Players success. A Fairy Pantomime.
Two further performances of Dr. E.P. Dickin's play were given Saturday 31 October in the Foresters' Hall, Brightlingsea.
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It took the form of a fairly pantomime "The Sleeping Beauty or the Fiery Dragon.".
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Mr Ivor Priest, the dragon ... | | Date: | 31 October 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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| ImageID: | JA30_003 | | Title: | The Dragon appeared in a pantomime play, by Dr Dicken, of Brightlingsea. Mr Ivor Priest was the impersonator.
Douglas Went, Brightlingsea, photo. | | Date: | 31 October 1931 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / T.B. Millatt |
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