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Corrected manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and a play of David Morrison.
Corrected typescript drafts and page proofs of a novel of Robert Nye, "Falstaff" (1976), with associated manuscript notes.
With corrected typescript versions of the play of Robert Nye and John Abulafia, "Falstaff" (1977).
Corrected typescript drafts and revised versions of six plays of Ian Brown.
Comprising: 'Mary', 'Carnegie', 'The Knife', 'The Fork', 'New Reekie', and 'The Gala Opening'.
Correspondence, production files, scripts, cuttings and other papers of John McGrath.
The bulk of the material dates from ca.1979-1990, though there are some earlier and later items. Much of it concerns McGrath’s work outside 7:84, the theatre company which he and others established in 1971.
Drafts and corrected typescript of Forbes Macgregor, "The Gowks of Mowdieknowes".
With associated correspondence, and photocopies of a play and three poems.
Literary papers and correspondence of Henry Mackenzie.
Includes manuscript of, notes for and letters, circa 1810, 1812-1821, concerning Mackenzie`s "Life of Home". With manuscript page, undated, of "Douglas" by John Home and a diary, circa 1803, of Home`s journey to Bath with David Hume in 1776.
Literary papers, correspondence and artwork of Alasdair Gray.
Literary papers of A L Kennedy, mainly relating to `What Becomes` and `The Blue Book`.
Literary papers, c.2009-2011, of A L Kennedy, mainly relating to `What Becomes` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2009) and `The Blue Book` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2011).
Literary papers of Stewart Conn.
Literary, personal and political papers of James Kelman, with digital archive.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of the stage production and published version of "Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off", by Liz Lochhead.
Microfilm of eight ledgers of Alasdair Gray, containing work notes for stories, poems, plays, and his last novel, with draft of letters and many diary entries.
Papers, including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, sketches and correspodence, of William McArthur.
Including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, and sketches, and circa 500 letters to, and copies of letters of McArthur, mostly concerning the broadcasting of his works.
Papers, including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, articles and reviews, of Robert Nye; with manuscript and typescript drafts of the anthologies, 'The English sermon, 1750-1850' (1976), and 'The faber book of sonnets' (1976), edited by Nye, with associated correspondence.
Papers of David Morrison.
Includes manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of three plays and a short story.
Papers of James Kennaway, including literary notebooks and drafts of novels, plays and short stories.
Papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Includes manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of poems, plays and articles.
Papers of the Hon William Douglas Home.
Includes manuscript drafts and typescripts of a play, memoirs and reviews, together with correspondence on theatrical matters.
Photocopy of typescript of "The Stick-Up", a play by Sydney Goodsir Smith, with autograph emendations and additions by Robin Orr, being a draft of the libretto of his opera "Full Circle".
Playscripts of Andrew Dallmeyer, with related papers.
Successive typescript texts, fragmentary notes, and revisions of 'The last heir', a dramatization, in four acts, of ‘The bride of Lammermoor’ by Sir Walter Scott, made for Sir John Martin-Harvey by Stephen Phillips; together with an orchestral score by Norman O'Neill.
The first four drafts (MSS.7151-7157) are entitled 'The bride of Lammermoor'.
Two manuscript drafts and typescript of the play of Stanley Eveling, "The Lunatic, the Secret Sportsman and the Women next door".
Typescript draft of "Ibsen's ghost" by Sir James Matthew Barrie, with corrections and revisions in the hand of the author.
"Ibsen's ghost" was the first play written entirely by Sir James Matthew Barrie to be publicly performed; it was staged in 1891 at "Toole's Theatre", hence the alternative title given in the typescript, and cancelled, 'or Toole-up-to-date'. It has not been published. Many of the alterations in this draft are in the nature of cuts; in particular the rhyming finale has been cut.