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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 685 Collections and/or Records:

Corrected typescript drafts and page proofs of a novel of Robert Nye, "Falstaff" (1976), with associated manuscript notes.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7076
Scope and Contents

With corrected typescript versions of the play of Robert Nye and John Abulafia, "Falstaff" (1977).

Dates: circa 1976-circa 1977.

Corrected typescript drafts and revised versions of six plays of Ian Brown.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.7010/1-18
Scope and Contents

Comprising: 'Mary', 'Carnegie', 'The Knife', 'The Fork', 'New Reekie', and 'The Gala Opening'.

Dates: 1967-1977, undated.

Corrected typescript drafts of play, 'Beatrice', by Ian Brown, containing typescript draft and typescript project proposal., Circa 1989, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12081/5-18
Scope and Contents

This play was first performed by the Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company at the Traverse Theatre in 1989.

Dates: Circa 1989, undated.

Corrected typescript drafts of play, 'Margaret', by Ian Brown., Circa 2000.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12081/30-33
Scope and Contents

This play was first performed at the Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh, in 2000.

Dates: Circa 2000.

Corrected typescript drafts of play of Stewart Conn, "The King".

 File
Identifier: Acc.4433
Scope and Contents

With a copy of a review of the play.

Dates: circa 1967.

Corrected typescript drafts of play, 'Wasting reality', by Ian Brown, containing typescript proposal and some stray draft pages., Circa 1992, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12081/22-29
Scope and Contents

This play was first performed at Perth Theatre in 1992.

Originally entitled ‘The house that Jack built’.

Dates: Circa 1992, undated.

Corrected typescript of a dramatization in four parts by Robert McLellan of Sir Walter Scott's novel, ‘Waverley’, broadcast in the series 'This is my country'., 1957.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26395
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Apart from the plays written specially for radio, such as ‘The Carlin Moth’ and 'As ithers see us', Robert McLellan also wrote a number of short pieces, often as part of a larger series. Many of these were broadcasts for schools. He also contributed to programmes such as 'Scottish Life and Letters', and wrote for television.

Dates: 1957.

Corrected typescript of part 2 of ‘The Wallace’, a play by Sydney Goodsir Smith, broadcast on BBC radio (Scottish Home Service) in 1959., [1959, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26132
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: [1959, or before.]

Correspondence and notes concerning 'A Man of Pleasure', a proposed musical about James Boswell by Robert McLellan., 1962-1964.

 File
Identifier: MS.26390
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence with Irvin Graham, the American composer who was to write the music (folio l); (ii) Preliminary notes for the plot (folio 70).

Dates: 1962-1964.

Correspondence and papers of and concerning John MacDougall Hay., 1904-1956, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26793
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence, chiefly concerning 'Gillespie', 1904-1922 (folio 1); (ii) Manuscripts and cuttings of poetry, drama and other work by John MacDougall Hay, 1908-1914, undated (folio 61); (iii) Presscuttings about Hay and 'Gillespie', 1913-1956 (folio 104).

Dates: 1904-1956, undated.

Correspondence, novels, plays, articles and cuttings of Mairi MacDonald., 1915-1975, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.7708/33-83
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Papers of Alexander MacDonald, circa 1886-1962, including manuscripts of poems and essays, and associated correspondence. Also present are the papers of his daughter Mairi A MacDonald, 1915-1977, including manuscripts of novels, plays, and articles, with associated correspondence, including letters of Gordon Daviot. The collection also includes a book of poems by Isobel MacDonald, either the sister or mother of Alexander MacDonald; as well as some magazines and journals relating to Scottish...
Dates: 1915-1975, undated.