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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 220 Collections and/or Records:

Microfilm of manuscripts containing the six plays of Terence.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.789
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Manuscript written in Italy in 1438, containing the six plays of Terence (Adv.MS.18.2.10);

Manuscript, 12th century, of plays by Terence, and part of a grammatical treatise on ‘exigentia’ (Adv.MS.18.7.2).

Dates: 12th century, 1438.

Microfilm of plays, 1438, of Terence; and, various works of Ovid written by Nicolas Crabel, 1448-1449.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.424
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Various works of Ovid, written by Nicolas Crabel at Padua in 1448-1449, with additions of the later 15th and 16th centuries (Adv.MS.18.2.9).

Manuscript written in Italy in 1438, containing the six plays of Terence (Adv.MS.18.2.10);

Dates: 1438, 1448-1449.

Notebook containing the manuscript of a farce, 'Redwood', in two acts, with short stage instructions and occasional verses in the text.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9378
Scope and Contents

Watermark evidence suggests a date for the volume circa 1795.

Dates: [Circa 1795.]

Papers concerning Jane Welsh.

 File
Identifier: Acc.4463
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. letter, 1824, of Jane Welsh to Dugald Gilchrist

2. fragment of play, undated, of Jane Welsh

3. three letters, 1824-1825, of Mrs Welsh to members of the Gilchrist family.

Dates: 1824-1825.

Papers, including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, sketches and correspodence, of William McArthur.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6878 Box 1(1)-Box 13(30)
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1933-1961, undated.

Papers of Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents

Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.

Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.

Dates: 1928-1981.

Papers of Alexander Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12236
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, noteboooks, and manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, fiction, plays, autiobiographical and critical works.

Dates: 1931-1981.

Papers of and concerning Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10652
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of plays, short stories and poems, with correspondence.

Dates: 1929-1987.

Papers of and concerning Eric Linklater.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10282/1-69
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of plays, novels and poems, with over 500 letters of and to various correspondents.

Dates: 1916-1977.

Papers of and concerning John MacDougall Hay (1881-1919), father of the poet George Campbell Hay.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26793-26796
Scope and Contents

John MacDougall Hay became minister of Elderslie in 1909, but is best known for his work as a novelist and poet, particularly for his novel 'Gillespie' (London, 1914). He also wrote numerous articles for newspapers and periodicals.

Dates: 1904-1956, undated.

Papers of and concerning O H Mavor, pseudonym James Bridie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11309
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of plays, articles, broadcast talks and biography.

Dates: 1904-1988.

Papers of Annie S Swan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6003
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts of novels and plays, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: circa 1881-1943.

Papers of Arnold Kemp, Robert Kemp, and relating to the Kemp family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13323
Scope and Contents

Papers, circa 1960-2002, of Arnold Kemp, with papers and correspondence, circa 1851-1995, relating to Robert Kemp and the Kemp family.

Dates: circa 1851-2002.

Papers of David Morrison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9803
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of three plays and a short story.

Dates: 1988.

Papers of George Friel.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8797
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and plays, together with associated correspondence.

Dates: 1932-1974.

Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26941-26972
Scope and Contents

George Scott-Moncrieff spent much of his childhood in England, but returned to Scotland in the 1930s. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, including architecture, Scottish topography, fiction, drama and religious works, and the last two of these are well represented in his papers.

Dates: 1951-1970, undated.