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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 690 Collections and/or Records:

'Traitors for the camp, or the death of the king [James I]. A melodramatical tragical poem in three parts' by George Wilson., 1830-1831, 1853.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14238
Scope and Contents

A note on folio 134 states that the drama was originally written in 1830-1831, but was revised and augmented in 1853.

Dates: 1830-1831, 1853.

Two melodramas by George Wilson, the author of ‘The Scottish laverock’.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14237-14238
Scope and Contents

George Wilson, George. 'The Scottish laverock' (Edinburgh, 1829).

Dates: 1852-1853.

Two notebooks and part of a playscript of Naomi Mitchison.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10818
Scope and Contents

Notebooks concern Africa and family historical research, and the script is on an African theme.

Dates: 1983 and undated.

Typescript, 1952, with manuscript additions and corrections, of 'Colickie Meg' written 1949-1950, by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1949-1950, 1952.

 File
Identifier: MS.26131
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Sydney Goodsir Smith wrote a number of plays, of which the best known is ‘The Wallace’ (Edinburgh, 1960). Most of the manuscripts of his plays are unpublished and undated.

Dates: 1949-1950, 1952.

Typescript and broadcast script of a dramatised biography of Robert Burns in three parts by Robert McLellan, broadcast in 'This is my country'., ?1951-1956.

 File
Identifier: MS.26392
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Original typescript with manuscript corrections, ?1951 (folio l); (ii) Broadcast script, 1952 (folio 37); (iii) Parts 1 and 2 of the broadcast script, with manuscript corrections, 1956 (folio 97). The corrections were to anglicise the text, and were incorporated into MS.26393, folios 59-109.

Dates: ?1951-1956.

Typescript annotated acting copies of ‘Jamie the saxt’ by Robert McLellan., [1937, or before.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26335-26336
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The play was first performed in 1937, and a revised version published in 1971. MSS.26335-26336 are annotated acting copies: MS.26335 appears to have been used in several productions (for another similar typescript, see MS.26465). MS.26336 includes the later revisions in manuscript, and MS.26337 is a carbon typescript of the revised version.

Dates: [1937, or before.]

Typescript annotated acting copy of ‘Jamie the saxt’ by Robert McLellan., [1937, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26335
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The play was first performed in 1937, and a revised version published in 1971. MSS.26335-26336 are annotated acting copies: MS.26335 appears to have been used in several productions (for another similar typescript, see MS.26465). MS.26336 includes the later revisions in manuscript, and MS.26337 is a carbon typescript of the revised version.

Dates: [1937, or before.]

Typescript annotated acting copy of ‘Jamie the saxt’ by Robert McLellan, with later revisions in manuscript., [1937, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26336
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The play was first performed in 1937, and a revised version published in 1971. MSS.26335-26336 are annotated acting copies: MS.26335 appears to have been used in several productions (for another similar typescript, see MS.26465). MS.26336 includes the later revisions in manuscript, and MS.26337 is a carbon typescript of the revised version.

Dates: [1937, or before.]

Typescript draft for play 'Warrender Chase'., 1952.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11621/158
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, short stories and a novel, "Reality and Dreams".

Dates: 1952.