Scope and Contents Letter, 31 May 1822, of Sir Walter Scott to James Ballantyne regarding payments, presumably for 'Halidon Hill'. Folios i-ii.Manuscript of 'Halidon Hill', 1822. The dramatic sketch describes the battle of Homildon Hill fought in 1402 between Scottish and English forces. Scott changed the name to Halidon Hill 'to avoid breaking my shins against Hotspur' (Sir Henry Percy). The work focuses on the actions of Sir John Swinton and Sir Adam de Gordon. Folios 1-37. Provenance...

Scope and Contents The manuscript here is of a play entitled ‘Don Garcia’ in an unidentified hand. The play contains five acts and concerns Cosmo, the Duke of Florence. The list of Dramatis Personae includes Cosmo, Lorenzo, Garcia, Piero, Doria, Leonora and Julia. Although a previous description had attributed this work to Byron, this seems unlikely. No reference to this work has been located, either in the correspondence of Byron or his published works.Act 1 Scene 1: folios 2-3;...

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Typescripts of six assorted plays by Naomi Mitchison.

Scope and Contents Kathleen Jamie was born in Johnstone in 1962, and studied at the University of Edinburgh. These papers date from the period 1988 to 1997. During this time, Kathleen Jamie was writer in residence to various organisations, including the Workington Docks Project and the University of Dundee, and was awarded the Scottish Arts Council Scottish-Canadian Fellowship in 1994. The collection includes papers relating to the following published or broadcast works:The Golden Peak (London:...