Plays.
Found in 468 Collections and/or Records:
Carbon typescript of 'Before the Wedding: a play in a prologue and three acts' by George Moncrieff-Scott., [Before 1970.]
The original title, 'A Man of Steel', has been corrected in manuscript.
Carbon typescript of 'The Fiddler calls the Tune: a comedy in three acts' by George Moncrieff-Scott., [1945.]
There are a few manuscript corrections, and two newspaper cuttings (folio 83) concerning the first production of the play in Edinburgh.
Carbon typescript of the revised edition of ‘Jamie the saxt’ by Robert McLellan., [1937, or before.]
The play was first performed in 1937, and a revised version published in 1971. MSS.26335-26336 are annotated acting copies: MS.26335 appears to have been used in several productions (for another similar typescript, see MS.26465). MS.26336 includes the later revisions in manuscript, and MS.26337 is a carbon typescript of the revised version.
Carbon typescript, undated, of 'Invitation to Hell: a play in three acts' by George Moncrieff-Scott., Mid 20th century.
The play was originally entitled 'One Night of Hell'.
Carbon typescripts of 'Blood upon the Rose: a play in three acts' by George Moncrieff-Scott., [?1956.]
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.
'Clubfuit', by Tom Scott, and two fragments of plays., Undated.
Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.
‘Comedy of errors’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1962), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1962.
Corrected duplicated copy of the final typescript of ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith, with an explanatory note by R L C Lorimer., 1959.
Corrected galley-proofs and a printed copy of ‘Toom Byres’ (Glasgow, 1936) by Robert McLellan., 1936.
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.
Corrected galley-proofs of 'Toom Byres' by Robert McLellan., 1936.
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.
Corrected typescript drafts of play, 'A great reckonin', by Ian Brown., 1999.
This play was first performed at Perth Theatre in 2000.
Originally entitled ‘Another Orpheus’.
Corrected typescript drafts of play, 'A great reckonin', by Ian Brown., 1999-2000.
This play was first performed at Perth Theatre in 2000.
Originally entitled ‘Another Orpheus’.
Corrected typescript drafts of play, 'A great reckonin', by Ian Brown, containing typescript proposal and copies of letters., 1992-2001, undated.
This play was first performed at Perth Theatre in 2000.
Originally entitled ‘Another Orpheus’.
Corrected typescript drafts of play, 'Beatrice', by Ian Brown., Undated.
This play was first performed by the Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company at the Traverse Theatre in 1989.
Corrected typescript drafts of play, 'Beatrice', by Ian Brown, containing typescript draft and typescript project proposal., Circa 1989, undated.
This play was first performed by the Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company at the Traverse Theatre in 1989.
Corrected typescript drafts of play, 'Margaret', by Ian Brown., Circa 2000.
This play was first performed at the Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh, in 2000.
Corrected typescript drafts of play, 'The Scotch play', by Ian Brown., Undated.
This play was first performed at Perth Theatre in 1991.
Originally entitled ‘Harry Lauder’.
Corrected typescript drafts of play, 'Wasting reality', by Ian Brown., 1991-1992, undated.
This play was first performed at Perth Theatre in 1992.
Originally entitled ‘The house that Jack built’.
Corrected typescript drafts of play, 'Wasting reality', by Ian Brown, containing typescript proposal and some stray draft pages., Circa 1992, undated.
This play was first performed at Perth Theatre in 1992.
Originally entitled ‘The house that Jack built’.
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.
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.
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.]
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.
Corrected typescripts and proofs of ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1959.
Correspondence and notes concerning 'A Man of Pleasure', a proposed musical about James Boswell by Robert McLellan., 1962-1964.
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).
Correspondence and papers of and concerning John MacDougall Hay., 1904-1956, undated.
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).