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:
Gaelic material extracted from the papers of the author, broadcaster and schoolmaster, Hector MacIver (1910-1966).
Series
Identifier: MSS.14973-14976
Scope and Contents
The material extracted from MSS.26276-26300 consists chiefly of typescripts of Hector MacIver’s plays and broadcasts.
Dates:
1934-1962, undated
Galley proofs of Christopher Murray Grieve, “Hugh MacDiarmid's” translation of Bertolt Brecht's play ‘The threepenny opera’., [1973, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27050
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...
Dates:
[1973, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Prose works of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Books of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Manuscripts, typescript and proofs of Christopher Murray Grieve, “Hugh MacDiarmid's” translation of Bertolt Brecht's play ‘The threepenny opera’.
Galley proofs of the verse drama ‘Fotheringhay’ by George Moncrieff-Scott, with corrections and additions., 1953.
File
Identifier: MS.26949
Scope and Contents
A typescript list of cuts made in the first production is included (folio 47).
Dates:
1953.
‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1934, and second edition, 1936), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1934, 1936.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.14382 (i)-(ii)
Dates:
1934, 1936.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1934), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1934.
Item
Identifier: MS.14382 (i)
Dates:
1934.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
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‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1934, and second edition, 1936), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.
‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare, second edition (Cambridge, 1936), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1936.
Item
Identifier: MS.14382 (ii)
Dates:
1936.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
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‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1934, and second edition, 1936), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.
Heavily reworked manuscript of Acts I-III of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.
Item
Identifier: MS.26169
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The play was broadcast in 1959; the first stage production was in 1960, and an edition of the text was published in the same year.
Dates:
1958.
Heavily reworked manuscript of Acts IV-V of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.
Item
Identifier: MS.26170
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The play was broadcast in 1959; the first stage production was in 1960, and an edition of the text was published in the same year.
Dates:
1958.
Heavily reworked manuscript of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26169-26170
Scope and Contents
The play was broadcast in 1959; the first stage production was in 1960, and an edition of the text was published in the same year.
Dates:
1958.
‘Henry IV’, part I by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1946.
Item
Identifier: MS.14383 (i)
Dates:
1946.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
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‘Henry IV’, parts I and II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.
‘Henry IV’, part II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1946.
Item
Identifier: MS.14383 (ii)
Dates:
1946.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
/
Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
/
New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
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‘Henry IV’, parts I and II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.
‘Henry IV’, parts I and II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1946.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.14383 (i)-(ii)
Dates:
1946.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
/
New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
‘Henry V’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1947), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1947.
Item
Identifier: MS.14384
Dates:
1947.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
/
New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
Henry VI’, part I by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.
Item
Identifier: MS.14385
Dates:
1952.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
/
New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
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‘Henry VI’, parts I-III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.
‘Henry VI’, part II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.
Item
Identifier: MS.14386
Dates:
1952.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
/
Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
/
New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
/
‘Henry VI’, parts I-III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.
‘Henry VI’, part III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.
Item
Identifier: MS.14387
Dates:
1952.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
/
Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
/
Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
/
New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
/
‘Henry VI’, parts I-III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.
‘Henry VI’, parts I-III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14385-14387
Dates:
1952.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
/
Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
/
Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
/
New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
'Hypocrite' by Robert McLellan, a play first performed in 1967., 1966-1967.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26376-26380
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:
1966-1967.
Incomplete manuscript of a novel, and a manuscript of a play, by Cecilia Combe., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7457-7458
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.
The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.
The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Incomplete manuscript, undated, of a play, probably in three acts, set in a castle in the Highlands by George Moncrieff-Scott., Mid 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.26962
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains Act I and part of Act II.
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Interleaved copy of William Shakespeare, "Timon of Athens" (1851), with annotations by George MacDonald.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8956
Dates:
1851.
'Kamera!' by Joe Corrie, an absurd comedy written for broadcasting., 1938.
File
Identifier: MS.26513
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript, with numerous corrections and additions, and the original title, 'Radishes in Rhapsody' (folio l); (ii) BBC script with manuscript cuts and corrections (folio 36). It has two versions of the ending.
Dates:
1938.
'Kilellan', a series of short plays written by Robert McLellan for television., 1960.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26407-26409
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:
1960.
'Kirstan and the Vikar: a parable in Scots' by Robert McLellan., 1959.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26352-26355
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:
1959.
Late 15th-century manuscript of an incomplete copy of the verse drama 'Istoire de la destruction de Troye la grant' by Jacques Milet, composed between 1450 and 1452.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.9
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is incomplete, containing only the prologue and the first two out of four ‘journées’. There is also a folio missing between folios 8 and 9, containing lines 11-54 of the first `journée`. Three gatherings have been misplaced: folios 253-286 should follow folio 310. Stage directions in French and Latin are placed centrally, not in the margins. Written in one hand throughout. Three spaces were left for decorated initials (folios 1, 8) and there are a few large initials, probably...
Dates:
Late 15th century.