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The comedy was first produced by the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow, in 1954, and later broadcast and televised.

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The proofs represent a subsequent and almost final revision of the manuscript (see MS.6517).

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Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.

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The proofs differ from the published text, but the few manuscript corrections which they contain were not made in the final version. Pages 1-5 and about four pages at the end are missing.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) 'Ivanhoe', proof pages corresponding to: volume i, pages 17-166; volume ii, pages 33-48. The pages corresponding to volume i, pages 87-166 are set in a different type from that of the rest of the proofs and of the published book.(ii) ‘Tales of my landlord' ('The bride of Lammermoor' and 'A legend of Montrose'), proof pages corresponding to: volume iii, pages 49-192; volume iv, pages 145-312, 325-330.(iii) ‘The Abbot’, proof...

Scope and Contents From the Series: There are also many comments by James Ballantyne, pointing out mistakes or raising questions, in consequence of which Walter Scott frequently alters the text.The quantities of text contained in these proofs are indicated in the descriptions of the individual manuscripts by reference to pages of the volumes of the first editions.At the beginning of MS.3401 is inserted part of the catalogue of the 1868 sale of Cadell's collection of Scott manuscripts, at which all...

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James Leslie Mitchell usually wrote at a typewriter, and few manuscripts survive. For the sake of economy, he frequently used the blank versos of his typescripts for another work at a later date.

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‘Quentin Durward’, proof pages corresponding to: volume ii, pages 3-331; volume iii, pages 3-357.

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James Leslie Mitchell usually wrote at a typewriter, and few manuscripts survive. For the sake of economy, he frequently used the blank versos of his typescripts for another work at a later date.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

James Leslie Mitchell usually wrote at a typewriter, and few manuscripts survive. For the sake of economy, he frequently used the blank versos of his typescripts for another work at a later date.

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James Leslie Mitchell usually wrote at a typewriter, and few manuscripts survive. For the sake of economy, he frequently used the blank versos of his typescripts for another work at a later date.

Scope and Contents From the Series: As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...

Scope and Contents There are also many comments by James Ballantyne, pointing out mistakes or raising questions, in consequence of which Walter Scott frequently alters the text.The quantities of text contained in these proofs are indicated in the descriptions of the individual manuscripts by reference to pages of the volumes of the first editions.At the beginning of MS.3401 is inserted part of the catalogue of the 1868 sale of Cadell's collection of Scott manuscripts, at which all...

Scope and Contents From the Series: There are also many comments by James Ballantyne, pointing out mistakes or raising questions, in consequence of which Walter Scott frequently alters the text.The quantities of text contained in these proofs are indicated in the descriptions of the individual manuscripts by reference to pages of the volumes of the first editions.At the beginning of MS.3401 is inserted part of the catalogue of the 1868 sale of Cadell's collection of Scott manuscripts, at which all...

Scope and Contents ‘The fortunes of Nigel’, proof pages corresponding to: volume i, pages i-xlviii, 1-313; volume ii, pages 1-334. There are three complete sets of proofs of the 'Introductory Epistle' (pages i-xlviii), each representing a stage in the process of correction.Thus, the manuscript corrections of the first are incorporated in print in the second, and those of the second in the third, which itself has further manuscript corrections.The first two sets have been...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The comedy was first produced by the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow, in 1954, and later broadcast and televised.

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Sydney Durward Tremayne, who was born in Ayr, worked for provincial newspapers before becoming a leader-writer for the ‘Daily Mirror’, the ‘Daily Herald’ and the ‘Sun’; he also published several small collections of poems. Apart from his autobiography, the papers do not concern his work as a journalist.

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Sydney Durward Tremayne, who was born in Ayr, worked for provincial newspapers before becoming a leader-writer for the ‘Daily Mirror’, the ‘Daily Herald’ and the ‘Sun’; he also published several small collections of poems. Apart from his autobiography, the papers do not concern his work as a journalist.

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Sydney Durward Tremayne, who was born in Ayr, worked for provincial newspapers before becoming a leader-writer for the ‘Daily Mirror’, the ‘Daily Herald’ and the ‘Sun’; he also published several small collections of poems. Apart from his autobiography, the papers do not concern his work as a journalist.

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The papers consist chiefly of manuscripts and typescripts of Edward Albert's educational works, manuscripts and typescripts of his works of fiction, and his correspondence.

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In the descriptions, references to publication generally give only the earliest traceable place and date.

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James Leslie Mitchell usually wrote at a typewriter, and few manuscripts survive. For the sake of economy, he frequently used the blank versos of his typescripts for another work at a later date.