Barnard Castle, Durham mb-code DCA_116597 Eartha Kitt backstage at rehearsals

Eartha Kitt backstage at rehearsals for TV play 'Valiant' 7th May 1956

'From The Ring Cycle of operas by German composer Richard Wagner

The upper half shows exhibits from the United States of America and Russia

'Last in bed puts out the candle'

'Pictures for Posterity'

Barnard Castle, Durham mb-code DCA_116597 Eartha Kitt backstage at rehearsalsBarnard Castle, Durham, c1905. View of the ruins of the castle overlooking the River Tees. The castle was originally built by the Normans but reached the height of its importance in the second half of the 12th century when it was in the hands of the Balliol family. It later came into the hands of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, and passed to King Richard III through his wife, Anne, who was the Earl's daughter. The castle fell into ruin in the 16th