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Comedies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Light and amusing stories.

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Dramatic works by George Scott-Moncrieff., [1945]-[circa 1970], undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26941-26963
Scope and Contents

George Scott-Moncrieff wrote a number of plays, of which only ‘Fotheringhay’ was published (Edinburgh, 1953), although others were performed on the stage or broadcast. Most of the surviving typescripts are undated.

Dates: [1945]-[circa 1970], undated.

Duplicated copy, undated, of 'Try and be sensible: a comedy in three acts' by George Moncrieff-Scott., [Before 1951.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26958
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

George Scott-Moncrieff wrote a number of plays, of which only ‘Fotheringhay’ was published (Edinburgh, 1953), although others were performed on the stage or broadcast. Most of the surviving typescripts are undated.

Dates: [Before 1951.]

Duplicated rehearsal script of 'Young Auchinleck' by Robert McLellan, for the television adaptation., 1965.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26364
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Robert McLellan's early plays were intended for the stage, but he later wrote for both radio and television. Not all were published, and many circulated in typescript copies.

Dates: 1965.

Final version of ‘The gentle shepherd, a Scots pastorall comedy’ by Allan Ramsay., 1724-1725.

 Item
Identifier: MS.15972
Scope and Contents

The text has been edited by Burns Martin and John W Oliver, with notes by Alexander M Kinghorn and Alexander Law, in ‘The works of Allan Ramsay’ (Scottish Text Society), volumes ii, pages 204-277, and vi, pages 96-103.

Dates: 1724-1725.

Manuscript and typescript of 'The Hoopoe: a comedy in three acts' by George Moncrieff-Scott., [Circa 1970.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26951-26952
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

George Scott-Moncrieff wrote a number of plays, of which only ‘Fotheringhay’ was published (Edinburgh, 1953), although others were performed on the stage or broadcast. Most of the surviving typescripts are undated.

Dates: [Circa 1970.]

Manuscript of 'The Hoopoe: a comedy in three acts' by George Moncrieff-Scott., [Circa 1970.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26951
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

George Scott-Moncrieff wrote a number of plays, of which only ‘Fotheringhay’ was published (Edinburgh, 1953), although others were performed on the stage or broadcast. Most of the surviving typescripts are undated.

Dates: [Circa 1970.]

Manuscripts and duplicated typescript of the comedy 'Right Royal' by Alexander Scott., [1954, or before.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26475-26476
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: [1954, or before.]

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.

Manuscripts, undated, of the comedy 'Right Royal' by Alexander Scott., [1954, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26475
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript of 'Uneasy Lies', undated, an early version of the play, written for radio (folio 1); (ii) Manuscript of the stage version of 'Right Royal' (folio 28). The text differs considerably from that of MS.26476.

Dates: [1954, or before.]

Short plays for radio with titles from G-J by Joe Corrie., 1948-[circa 1960], undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26518
Scope and Contents Contains the following plays: (i) 'The Goat', a comedy. Typescript (folio 1) and BBC script of the production, 1950. (Folio l9.) (ii) 'Golden Wedding: a rural comedy', BBC script, 1961. (Folio 48.) (iii) 'Hewers of Coal', circa l960. (Folio 58.) A radio version of the stage play (MS.26492, folios 1-25). (iv) 'The House with the Green Shutters', undated. (Folio 80.) An incomplete dramatisation for radio of the novel by George Douglas Brown. For a stage version, see MS.26492, folios 72-87. (v)...
Dates: 1948-[circa 1960], undated.

Three typescript versions of "The Hoolit's Nest", a three-act comedy by Joe Corrie set in 1780 with the alternative title, 'Rory the Reiver'., [Circa 1945]-[circa 1955.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26501-26503
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the typescripts are undated, and relatively few have been published. Some of the one-act plays were written for amateur drama groups competing in Scottish Community Drama festivals. Joe Corrie sometimes wrote more than one play with the same plot, and he would alter an act of a longer play to make it a one-act play in its own right. He also adapted some of his stage plays for broadcasting.

Dates: [Circa 1945]-[circa 1955.]

Typescript of 'Honeymoon House: a comedy in three acts' by Joe Corrie., [Circa 1955.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26500
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the typescripts are undated, and relatively few have been published. Some of the one-act plays were written for amateur drama groups competing in Scottish Community Drama festivals. Joe Corrie sometimes wrote more than one play with the same plot, and he would alter an act of a longer play to make it a one-act play in its own right. He also adapted some of his stage plays for broadcasting.

Dates: [Circa 1955.]

Typescript of "In Time o' Strife" by Joe Corrie., 1926-1927.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26504
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the typescripts are undated, and relatively few have been published. Some of the one-act plays were written for amateur drama groups competing in Scottish Community Drama festivals. Joe Corrie sometimes wrote more than one play with the same plot, and he would alter an act of a longer play to make it a one-act play in its own right. He also adapted some of his stage plays for broadcasting.

Dates: 1926-1927.

Typescript of "The Hoolit's Nest", a three-act comedy by Joe Corrie set in 1780 with the alternative title, 'Rory the Reiver'., [Circa 1945.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26501
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the typescripts are undated, and relatively few have been published. Some of the one-act plays were written for amateur drama groups competing in Scottish Community Drama festivals. Joe Corrie sometimes wrote more than one play with the same plot, and he would alter an act of a longer play to make it a one-act play in its own right. He also adapted some of his stage plays for broadcasting.

Dates: [Circa 1945.]

Typescript of "The Hoolit's Nest", a three-act comedy by Joe Corrie set in 1780 with the alternative title, 'Rory the Reiver'., [Circa 1950.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26502
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the typescripts are undated, and relatively few have been published. Some of the one-act plays were written for amateur drama groups competing in Scottish Community Drama festivals. Joe Corrie sometimes wrote more than one play with the same plot, and he would alter an act of a longer play to make it a one-act play in its own right. He also adapted some of his stage plays for broadcasting.

Dates: [Circa 1950.]

Typescript of "The Hoolit's Nest", a three-act comedy by Joe Corrie set in 1780 with the alternative title, 'Rory the Reiver'., [Circa 1955.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26503
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the typescripts are undated, and relatively few have been published. Some of the one-act plays were written for amateur drama groups competing in Scottish Community Drama festivals. Joe Corrie sometimes wrote more than one play with the same plot, and he would alter an act of a longer play to make it a one-act play in its own right. He also adapted some of his stage plays for broadcasting.

Dates: [Circa 1955.]

Typescript of 'The Hoopoe: a comedy in three acts' by George Moncrieff-Scott., [Circa 1970.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26952
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

George Scott-Moncrieff wrote a number of plays, of which only ‘Fotheringhay’ was published (Edinburgh, 1953), although others were performed on the stage or broadcast. Most of the surviving typescripts are undated.

Dates: [Circa 1970.]

Typescript of the play ‘The Open: a comedy' by Alexander Brown Paterson., [1950, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26483
Scope and Contents

The play was first produced in 1950. There are a few pencilled corrections and cuts, possibly dating from the 1960 production.

Dates: [1950, or before.]

Typescript, undated, of 'Just the Thing: a farcial comedy in three acts' by George Moncrieff-Scott., Mid 20th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26954
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

George Scott-Moncrieff wrote a number of plays, of which only ‘Fotheringhay’ was published (Edinburgh, 1953), although others were performed on the stage or broadcast. Most of the surviving typescripts are undated.

Dates: Mid 20th century.