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Notes for and some manuscripts of Nancy Brysson Morrison's books and shorter works.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Nina, Countess of Minto was the daughter of General Sir Thomas Hislop and granddaughter of Hugh Elliot. Lady Minto's papers reflect her wide ranging interests. She was the author of ‘A memoir of the Right Honourable Hugh Elliot’, of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1751-1806’, and of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1807-14’. Her papers contain much material relating to these publications and also to her unpublished works....

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Charles Murray's literary output was almost entirely poetic, and he was widely known as 'Hamewith', the title of his most popular collection, first published in 1900. These papers reflect both his literary work and his early travels in South Africa.

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The single poems are arranged in the order in which they appear in Edwin Muir's ‘Collected poems’, 1963. They are followed (folio 80) by 'A Righteous Man' and "The Breaking' (published in the ‘Times Literary Supplement’, 21 December 1979, page 158), ‘The Christmas' (from ‘One foot in eden’, 1956), and pages containing more than one poem and drafts of unidentified works. Finally there is the corrected typescript of 'The Return', a verse drama on the return of Odysseus (folio 99).

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This is a box list of the papers of Janet Paisley, as received by the Library. No attempt has been made currently to review the order of the papers, to date them or to otherwise interpret them. The aim of the box list is to facilitate access in advance of any fuller arrangement and description.

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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.

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The play was first produced in 1947.

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Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, short stories and a novel, "Reality and Dreams".

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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.

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Notes for and some manuscripts of Nancy Brysson Morrison's books and shorter works.

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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.

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The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript of Act I, entitled 'The Flint and the Flame', undated (folio 1). This is not the version written for broadcasting. (ii) Two typescripts of a version intended for broadcasting, undated (folio 15). The second (folio 56) is heavily corrected and has pencilled remarks by Peggy Morrison. (iii) Annotated typescript of the broadcast, 1954 (folio 90). (iv) Fragments of typescripts, 1952, undated (folio l36).

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Act III scenes 1 and 2 are omitted, and there are two manuscripts of Act II scene 2. It is followed (folio 123) by drafts of the songs and of Act III scene 4, and by a few pages of typescript.

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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.

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The plays 'Some day' and 'The Purple Patch' are represented by pages from the ‘Scottish Nation’, 30 October 1923, and the ‘Northern Review’, May 1924 (folios 76, 122). The manuscript also contains designs for the dust-jacket and titlepage which were not used (folio 193).

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Many of the scenes are heavily reworked, and some exist in several versions.

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John Westland Marston wrote his version of the play for the actor Hermann Vezin, to whom this manuscript belonged. There are numerous annotations of the actors' movements and cuts in the text.

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John Westland Marston wrote his version of the play for the actor Hermann Vezin, to whom this manuscript belonged. There are numerous annotations of the actors' movements and cuts in the text.

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On folio 41 is a note in the same hand as the text, 'G.H. Gates. Prompter. Royal Lyceum Theatre 1863'.