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Plays.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Dramatic compositions, arranged for enactment, as by actors on a stage.

Found in 685 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscripts, correspondence and other papers relating to the play 'A spell for green corn' by George Mackay Brown., 1966-1967, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4864/10-20
Scope and Contents

This play was first broadcast by the BBC in 1967.

Dates: 1966-1967, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, including poetry, plays, broadcasts, correspondence and reviews, of George Mackay Brown. / Plays of George Mackay Brown.

Manuscripts, in the author's hand, and typescripts of dramas by William Sharp and 'Fiona MacLeod', and of two dramas by Maurice Maeterlinck translated by Sharp., [Before 1906.]

 File
Identifier: MS.8776
Scope and Contents

The manuscripts range from early drafts to fair copies.

Dates: [Before 1906.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts and typescripts of the writings of William Sharp and of the works in the Celtic vein which Sharp wrote under the name of 'Fiona MacLeod'.

Manuscripts of and relating to William Hutchison Murray, 1944-2002.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13936/24-38
Dates: 1944-2002.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of William Hutchison Murray and Anne Burnet Murray / Literary papers of and relating to William Hutchison Murray

Manuscripts of assorted plays by Naomi Mitchison., 1920s-1971

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10888/49-54
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of six assorted plays by Naomi Mitchison.

Dates: 1920s-1971
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries and literary manuscripts of Naomi Mitchison. / Fiction manuscripts of Naomi Mitchison.

Manuscripts of Eric Linklater of plays., 1937, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.10155/38-39a
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of addresses, articles, broadcast talks and poems, with correspondence.

Dates: 1937, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Eric Linklater.

Manuscripts of parts of George Scott-Moncrieff's verse drama ‘Fotheringhay’, and of his history of the Catholic Church in Scotland, ‘The mirror and the cross’.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19628-19631
Dates: 1951, 1960.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscripts of plays and other works., Undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12765/22-26
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie (1913–1998) and his family. Robert Blair Wilkie was the curator of the Old Glasgow Museum 1965-1998 (formerly known as the People’s Palace Museum). Active member of the Scottish Nationalist movement (joined Scottish Nationalist Association under John MacCormick in 1937), in 1945 he was the SNP candidate in West Renfrewshire, and in the following year he was appointed editor of the Scots Independent...
Dates: Undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts, correspondence, and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie and his family. / Manuscripts and drafts of works, mostly plays, of Robert Blair Wilkie, with related papers.

Manuscripts of plays by Alexander Scott., 1948-1961, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26474
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) 'Gift to the Queen', a play for radio on the 16th century poet, Alexander Scott (folio 1). Written in 1948, it was broadcast in 1949. (ii) “The Rape o' Helen”, 1950 (folio 20). A shortened version under the title 'The Last Time I saw Paris' was published in the ‘Saltire Review’, volume iv (1957), pages 23-36. (iii) ‘Untrue Thomas’, 1951 (folio 36). The play was broadcast in 1952 and published by the ‘Caledonian Press’ in the same year. (iv) 'Cutty Sark', 1951...
Dates: 1948-1961, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of work by Alexander Scott (1920-1989).

Manuscripts of poems and translations by Edwin Morgan (1920-2010).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27493-27494
Scope and Contents

Edwin Morgan was educated in Glasgow and joined the English Department of Glasgow University in 1947, becoming Titular Professor in 1975.

Dates: 1959-1984.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscripts of the title page, 'dramatis personae', and scenes xi, xii, and xiii of ‘Firmilian’ by William Edmondstoune Aytoun; and fragments of corrected proofs, 1854, or before.

 File
Identifier: MS.4920
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers consist mainly of letters written by authors to Blackwood as their publisher, and by others in search of publication, but they also include some manuscripts and proofs of works considered for publication, together with some papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun and John Wilson ('Christopher North'). Broadly, this is the incoming correspondence of the firm during the nineteenth century. The outgoing correspondence, so far as it is represented by copies in letter-books, etc.,...
Dates: 1854, or before.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers. / Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.

Manuscripts of various works of David MacBeth Moir ('Delta')., Circa 1818-[1851, or before].

 File
Identifier: MS.4851
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript of part of an article, 'Extracts from a lost (and found) memorandum book', published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, March 1821 (folio 1);(ii) Manuscripts of five poems, 'Four lyrics' (folio 9) and 'Lament of Selim' (folio 15), published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, May 1834 and July 1851.(iii) Manuscripts of ten apparently unpublished poems: 'British Eclogues, no. 2', circa 1818, 'Rural invitation', circa 1820,...
Dates: Circa 1818-[1851, or before].
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers. / Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.

Manuscripts, typescripts and printed books of Eric Linklater.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5665 Box 1(1)-Box 12(5)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, plays, translations, and historical and critical works.

Dates: Circa 1923-1971, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of literary works by Neil Munro., 1909, ?1928, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26917
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Plays, including dramatised versions of 'Castle dark' and ‘The daft days’, undated (folio 1); (ii) Articles and introductions, 1909, ?1928, undated (folio 71). They include pieces on Joseph Conrad, Kipling and other literary figures (folio 73), and two fragments of ‘John Splendid’ (folio 152); (iii) Poems in English and Gaelic, undated (folio 154).

Dates: 1909, ?1928, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts and papers of and concerning the novelist, Neil Munro (1863-1930). / Literary works of Neil Munro.

Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems and articles of John Morrison Caie (1878-1949).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.9889-9890
Dates: 1st half of 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of work by Alexander Scott (1920-1989).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26474-26481
Scope and Contents

Alexander Scott was educated in Aberdeen, and after service in the army during the Second World War, became a lecturer in Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He was the editor of the ‘Saltire Review’, 1954-1957, served on a number of literary committees, and edited work by William Soutar and Sydney Goodsir Smith, among others. His own literary work consisted of poetry, drama, and criticism.

Dates: 1948-1970, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and correspondence of Alasdair Gray, mainly concerning 'Working legs', as well as other works.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11655/1-34
Scope and Contents

Includes extensive working papers and proofs for 'Working legs', including cast notes and publicity materials, as well as papers relating to the 1997 editions of 'Why Scots should rule Scotland' and 'Unlikely stories, mostly'.

Dates: 1966-1997.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

‘Martirium Saneti Adriani’, a drama in Latin iambics in three acts.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.8.2
Dates: 1607.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

“Mary’s Bower, or the Castle on the Glen: a Pastoral Drama of five acts,” by Robert Brown of Newhall.

 Item
Identifier: MS.817
Scope and Contents

This version, apparently in the author’s autograph, contains an introduction and notes which do not occur in the edition printed in 1811, and there are differences in the dialogue.

Dates: 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

'Master of Men', a radio version by Mary Corrie of the stage play (MS.26505) by Joe Corrie., 1945, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26514
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Corrected typescript, undated (folio 1); (ii) BBC script of the broadcast, 1945 (folio 58).

Dates: 1945, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the playwright and author, Joe Corrie (1894-1968). / Typescripts, often with manuscript corrections, of plays by Joe Corrie. / Typescripts and radio scripts of plays for broadcasting by Joe Corrie.

Material concerning literary matters, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott., 17th century-early 19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.891-900
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Much of the material was collected by Sir Walter Scott, partly for use in his works; some must have been accumulated by John Gibson Lockhart.

Dates: 17th century-early 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order. / Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.

Material of and concerning Nancy Brysson Morrison relating to the play 'The gowk storm'., 1948.

 File
Identifier: MS.27299
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Heavily corrected typescript, [?1948], of 'The gowk storm', a play in three acts by Nancy Brysson Morrison and Dorothy Black (folio 1). This is a dramatised version of N Brysson Morrison's novel of the same name, published in 1933. (ii) Photographs of the production by Dundee Repertory Theatre, 1948 (folio 34).

Dates: 1948.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary papers and correspondence of the novelist and biographer, Nancy Brysson Morrison (1903-1986). / Literary papers of Nancy Brysson Morrison.

Material of Nancy Brysson Morrison for a play on Edward Irving., 1947-1948, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27296-27298
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Notes for and some manuscripts of Nancy Brysson Morrison's books and shorter works.

Dates: 1947-1948, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary papers and correspondence of the novelist and biographer, Nancy Brysson Morrison (1903-1986). / Literary papers of Nancy Brysson Morrison.

‘Measure for measure’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1922), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1922.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14390
Dates: 1922.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.

‘Merchant of Venice’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1926), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1926.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14391
Dates: 1926.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.

‘Merry wives of Windsor’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1924), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1924.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14392
Dates: 1924.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.

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