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The Beggars Opera, Aldeburgh Festival 1963

English Opera Group production of The Beggar's Opera (John Gay, in Britten's realization) at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, 20 June 1963. Act III, near end; at Newgate Gaol. Macheath (Peter Pears) centre background; left of lower steps, Lockit (Bryan Drake) and Lucy (Heather Harper); in right foreground Polly (Janet Baker) is restrained by Mrs Peachum (Anna Pollak) and Peachum (Harold Blackburn) Date: 1963

© Walter Rawlings/Mary Evans Picture Library

Peter Pears, Emanuel Hurwitz violin and chorus

Peter Pears rehearsing the title role in Britten's Saint Nicolas at Orford Church, 23 June 1963. The Aldeburgh Festival Choir and the choir pf Ipswich High School for Girls fills the background, with Emanuel Hurwitz, left, leading the English Chamber Orchestra Date: 1963

© Walter Rawlings/Mary Evans Picture Library

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Key figures behind tariff reform from Birmingham area

The key figures behind tariff reform from the Birmingham area. Tariff Reform introduced by Joseph and Austen Chamberlain in 1903. This move aimed to broaden the basis of taxation, to introduce a preference, and to stimulate home industries and increase employment. Date: circa 1904

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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