Plays.
Found in 468 Collections and/or Records:
‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1934), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1934.
‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare, second edition (Cambridge, 1936), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1936.
Heavily reworked manuscript of Acts I-III of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.
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.
Heavily reworked manuscript of Acts IV-V of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.
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.
Heavily reworked manuscript of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.
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.
‘Henry IV’, part I by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1946.
‘Henry IV’, part II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1946.
‘Henry IV’, parts I and II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1946.
‘Henry V’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1947), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1947.
Henry VI’, part I by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.
‘Henry VI’, part II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.
‘Henry VI’, part III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.
‘Henry VI’, parts I-III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.
'Hypocrite' by Robert McLellan, a play first performed in 1967., 1966-1967.
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.
Incomplete manuscript of a novel, and a manuscript of a play, by Cecilia Combe., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
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.
Incomplete manuscript, undated, of a play, probably in three acts, set in a castle in the Highlands by George Moncrieff-Scott., Mid 20th century.
The manuscript contains Act I and part of Act II.
'Kamera!' by Joe Corrie, an absurd comedy written for broadcasting., 1938.
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.
'Kilellan', a series of short plays written by Robert McLellan for television., 1960.
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.
'Kirstan and the Vikar: a parable in Scots' by Robert McLellan., 1959.
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.
Later typescript, with a few manuscript corrections of 'The Old Byre at Clashmore' by Robert McLellan., 1965.
The part of Nessie was written for the actress Effie Morrison.
Letters, chiefly addressed to the Reverend John Archibald Glover Thomson, minister of St John's, Hawick., 1895-1935.
The letters are from Mary Pigot, 1913, enclosing a letter by Mrs Stevenson, mother of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1895 (folios 122-127); from Donald Carswell, 1928 (folio 129); from Florence MacCunn, 1935 (folio 133); and from A S M Hutchinson, 1935 (folio 135).
At folios 120-121, 128, are newspaper cuttings, concerning a lecture on Lord Braxfield, undated, the death of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1914, and a play by Donald Carswell, 'Count Albany', undated.
Letters of Sir Compton Mackenzie to L E Berman at the Royalty Theatre concerning one-act plays by Sir Compton Mackenzie., [1911], 1928-1930.
Also included are the typescripts of two plays, 'Self-consciousness', produced at the Apollo Theatre in 1911, and 'The babes in the zoo', 1930, adapted from the novel ‘Poor relations’.
Letters to and miscellaneous papers of Bessie MacArthur., 1929-1973, undated.
Literary manuscripts and papers of Iain Crichton Smith., 1962, 1981, undated.
Literary papers of Hector MacIver., 1936-1966, undated.
Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.