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Script archive of the Traverse Theatre.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13381
Scope and Contents

The playscripts, with some related correspondence and readers` reports, constitute the literary archive of the Traverse Theatre, in continuation of earlier deposits, principally Dep.256.

Dates: c. 1972-2011.

Script of 'Lanark' by Alastair Cording, adapted from the novel by Alasdair Gray, with photographs and printed material relating to a production by TAG Theatre Company.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11295/1-3
Scope and Contents

Script and related materials for the 1995 production of 'Lanark', by Alasdair Gray, based on a script by Alastair Cording.

The production by the TAG Theatre Company opened at the Edinburgh Festival in August 1995, before touring Scotland from September to November 1995, ending at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow.

Dates: 1995.

Scripts of plays of Sean Hignett, and others, for television.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7573
Scope and Contents

With papers concerning Waverley Broadcasting Ltd.

Dates: 1971-1978.

Short pieces of manuscript poetry, prose, notes and letters of George Mackay Brown.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13911/1-3
Scope and Contents

A collection of assorted manuscript writings of George Mackay Brown, including some early notebooks, 1946-1948, and manuscripts of various poems, short stories and plays.

Dates: 1946-1995, undated.

Three BBC broadcast scripts.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5026
Scope and Contents

Scripts for:

1. "650th Anniversary Declaration of Arbroath"

2. "The Lerwick Crew"

3. play of Jack Gerson, "Stand in for a Hearse".

Dates: 1970.

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.

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Plays. 221
Typescripts. 114
Manuscripts. 54
Poetry. 49
Correspondence. 46
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Novels. 34
Drafts. Documents. 32
Scripts. Documents 28
Short stories. 28
Letters. Correspondence. 22
Articles. 20
Notebooks. 19
Photographs. 16
Diaries. 14
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 14
Notes. 11
Scripts. Documents. 11
Annotations. 10
Photocopies. 9
Essays. 7
Microfilms. 7
Speeches. Documents. 7
Translations. Documents. 7
Biographies. 6
Proofs. Printed matter. 6
Copies. Derivative objects. 5
Publications. 5
Sketches 5
Accounts. 4
Drawings. Visual works. 4
Fiction. 4
Proofs. printed matter 4
Radio scripts. 4
Audiocassettes. 3
Autobiographies. 3
Broadcasts. Events. 3
Memoirs. 3
Personal papers. 3
Professional papers. 3
Programmes 3
Reviews. Document genre 3
Reviews. Document genre. 3
Administrative records. 2
Books 2
Commonplace books. 2
Criticism. 2
DVDs. 2
Documentaries. 2
Family papers. 2
Fliers. Printed matter. 2
Fragments. 2
Histories. 2
Illustrations. Layout features. 2
Interleaves. 2
Lists. 2
Literature (writings). 2
Printed materials. Object genre. 2
Prompt books. Scripts. 2
Reports 2
Scores. 2
Sketches. 2
Slides. Photographs. 2
Songs. Musical compositions. 2
Travel journals. 2
Treatises. 2
Africa. Continent. 1
Albums. 1
Architectural drawings. 1
Authors 1
Autographs (manuscripts). 1
Ballads. 1
Bindings. Binding components. 1
Botswana. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 24.0000. Latitude: -22.0000. 1
Business letters. 1
Business records. 1
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 1
Children's literature. Literature (writings). 1
Comedies. 1
Compact discs. 1
Contracts. Agreements. 1
Drafts. Documents 1
Dummies. Printed matter. 1
Ephemera. 1
Essays 1
Excerpts. 1
Exhibition catalogues. 1
Financial records. 1
Floppy disks. Magnetic disks. 1
Illuminated manuscripts. 1
Inscriptions. 1
Journals. Accounts. 1
Lectures. 1
Memorabilia. 1
Memorandums. 1
Mexico. North and Central America. Nation. Longitude: -102.0000. Latitude: 23.0000. 1
Minutes. Administrative records. 1
Mountaineering. 1
Musical plays. 1
Negatives. Photographs. 1
Newspapers. 1
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Language
English 164
Undetermined 50
Latin 3
French 1
French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) 1
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Names
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 11
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 6
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 6
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 5
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 4
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Home, Hon William Douglas, playwright, 1912-1992 4
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 4
Brown, Ian, Professor of Drama, Kingston University, London, b 1945 3
Campbell, Donald, poet and dramatist, b 1940 3
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 3
Dunlop, William, playwright, b 1951 3
Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh 3
McGrath, John Peter, playwright, director, 1935-2002 3
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 3
British Broadcasting Corporation 2
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 2
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 2
Cording, Alastair, actor and playwright, fl 1971-2008 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Downie, Anne, playwright, b 1939 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 2
Macdonald, Norman Malcolm, writer and dramatist, 1927-2000 2
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 2
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 2
Purves, David, poet and playwright, b 1924 2
Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329 2
Shakespeare, William, playwright, 1564-1616 2
Soutar, William (poet) 2
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 2
Abulafia, John, writer and director, b 1947 1
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Bain, Robert, dramatist and poet, 1865-1955 1
Barry, Michael, writer and producer, b 1942 1
Barry, Michael, writer and producer, b 1942: former owner 1
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Black, R MacKelvie, playwright, fl 1930 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Browne, John Hutton Balfour-, barrister, 1845-1921 1
Campbell, Austin, film director, fl 1960-1971 1
Campbell, Thomas (poet) 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Chiari, Joseph, author and critic, 1911-1989 1
Citizen's Theatre (TAG, Glasgow, theatre company) 1
Citizen's Theatre, TAG, Glasgow, theatre company 1
Clark, Margaret, playwright, pseudonym Lesley Storm, née Cowie, 1898-1975 1
Clark, Margaret, playwright, pseudonym Lesley Storm, née Cowie, 1898-1975. 1
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
Close, Ajay, writer, b 1959 1
Cooper, June, Pittenweem, fl 1994 1
Dallmeyer, Andrew (playwright, theatre director and actor) 1
Dionysia Press, Edinburgh, publishers 1
Donald, Henry, playwright, fl 1974-1986 1
Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association 1
Dundee Repertory Theatre 1
Dunlop, Agnes Mary Robertson, author, pseudonyms Elisabeth Kyle and Jan Ralston, b 1901 1
Dunnett, Sir Alastair MacTavish (Journalist and newspaper editor) 1
Edinburgh International Festival 1
Eveling, Harry Stanley, playwright, 1925-2008 1
Fifth Estate Theatre Company 1
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 1
Fraser, Olive, poet, 1909-1977 1
Freeway Films, film company 1
Friel, George, George (novelist) 1
Gerson, Jack, author and scriptwriter, 1928-2012 1
Gielgud, Lewis, Lieutenant-Colonel, Head of Bureau of Personnel and Management, UNESCO, 1894-1953 1
Gilchrist, Dugald, correspondent of Jane B Welsh Carlyle, poet and writer, fl 1824-1825: recipient 1
Gordon, Patrick, General, 1635-1699 1
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hamilton, James Hay, playwright, fl 1975-1977 1
Hendry, Joy Mclaggan, Editor of 'Chapman', b 1953 1
Hignett, Sean, playwright and novelist, fl 1971-1987 1
Home, John (minister, soldier and author) 1
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 1
Kay, William, writer and broadcaster, b 1951 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kelsall, Moultrie Rowe, actor and producer, 1904-1980 1
Kemp, Arnold, editor, 'The Glasgow Herald', 1939-2002. 1
Kemp, family 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Kennedy, Alison Louise (writer) (b 1965) 1
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 1
Leigh, Vivien, actress, 1913-1967 1
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 1
MacDonald, George, poet and novelist, 1824-1905 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 1
Macintosh, Denis, playwright, fl 1960-1990 1
Mackenzie, Donald, playwright, 1913-1999 1
Mackenzie, Henry, author of "The Man of Feeling", 1745-1831 1
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 1
Martin, Theodore, Sir, Knight (author) (1816-1909) 1
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
McKail, David, actor and writer, pseudonym Frederic Mohr, fl 1951-2003 1
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