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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 468 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook containing much of ‘Fotheringhay’ by George Scott-Moncrieff., 1951.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19629
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The beginning of Act I is not included and pages which probably contained the end of Act II and beginning of Act III are missing from MS.19629. This manuscript includes additional material for all three acts and a list of suggested titles. The manuscripts were written in 1951 (MS.19629, folio 20) and the play was first performed in 1953.

Dates: 1951.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts of parts of George Scott-Moncrieff's verse drama ‘Fotheringhay’, and of his history of the Catholic Church in Scotland, ‘The mirror and the cross’. / Notebooks containing much of ‘Fotheringhay’ by George Scott-Moncrieff.

Notebook containing unpublished poetry of Thomas Stoddart., 1825-1826.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10292
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

MSS.10292-10293 both contain versions of a drama, 'Orval' or 'Olthazzar'.

Dates: 1825-1826.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Notebooks of Thomas Tod Stoddart containing verses, angling notes and a few prose works by the angler poet. / Notebooks containing unpublished poetry of Thomas Stoddart.

Notebook containing unpublished poetry of Thomas Stoddart., 1827.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10293
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

MSS.10292-10293 both contain versions of a drama, 'Orval' or 'Olthazzar'.

Dates: 1827.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Notebooks of Thomas Tod Stoddart containing verses, angling notes and a few prose works by the angler poet. / Notebooks containing unpublished poetry of Thomas Stoddart.

Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, originally labelled on the spine, 'Hocus Pocus, 1834-1837', containing epigrams, poems and unfinished verses., 1834-1837.

 Item
Identifier: MS.4916
Scope and Contents Most of the volume (folios 10-70, 115 verso-152 verso) is taken up with a draft of a verse drama on Richard Coeur de Lion, which was apparently unpublished (see also MS.4915). The remainder of the volume contains sixteen shorter complete poems, of which the following were published in “Blackwood’s magazine”: 'The minstrel's curse' (folio 96), 'The Count of Greiers' (folio 98), 'The castle by the sea' (folio 99 verso), 'Midnight music' (folio 100 verso) in March 1836; 'The Dream' (folio 99),...
Dates: 1834-1837.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers. / Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.

Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, originally labelled on the spine, 'My Barbarossa Succedaneum 1833-1834'., 1833-1834.

 Item
Identifier: MS.4915
Scope and Contents The notebook contains various jottings and quotations, fragments of a verse drama on Richard Coeur de Lion (folios 31 verso, 46) (see also MS. 4916), an early draft of parts of a translation of Goethe's 'Faust' (folios 36-44, 60-98, 100-124, 128-135) (see also MS. 4923), and thirty-one poems. Of the poems, 'Blind old Milton', only part of which is in existence here, was published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, December 1841 (folio 27). The following were published in “Tait's...
Dates: 1833-1834.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers. / Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.

Notebook, undated, containing a translation by Lady Anna Maria Elliot of a German play, 'The Birdcage'., Early 19th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12838
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Dates: Early 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family.

Notebook, undated, of James Hyman Singer, ‘Burns Singer’, containing drafts of poems, fragments of essays, a scene from a play, and part of a story set in a Dutch prison., 3rd quarter of 20th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.27434
Dates: 3rd quarter of 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary manuscripts and correspondence of the poet James Hyman Singer (1928-1964) who wrote under the name 'Burns Singer'. / Notebooks containing drafts of poems, prose pieces and jottings of James Hyman Singer, ‘Burns Singer’.

Notebooks containing much of ‘Fotheringhay’ by George Scott-Moncrieff., 1951.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19628-19629
Scope and Contents

The beginning of Act I is not included and pages which probably contained the end of Act II and beginning of Act III are missing from MS.19629. This manuscript includes additional material for all three acts and a list of suggested titles. The manuscripts were written in 1951 (MS.19629, folio 20) and the play was first performed in 1953.

Dates: 1951.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts of parts of George Scott-Moncrieff's verse drama ‘Fotheringhay’, and of his history of the Catholic Church in Scotland, ‘The mirror and the cross’.

Notebooks containing unpublished poetry of Thomas Stoddart., 1825-1827, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10292-10294
Scope and Contents

MSS.10292-10293 both contain versions of a drama, 'Orval' or 'Olthazzar'.

Dates: 1825-1827, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Notebooks of Thomas Tod Stoddart containing verses, angling notes and a few prose works by the angler poet.

Notes and typescript of 'Culloden', a play by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1962.

 File
Identifier: MS.26138
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: 1962.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975). / Plays of Sydney Goodsir Smith. / Synopsis, manuscript and corrected typescript of 'Culloden', a play by Sydney Goodsir Smith.

Notes chiefly on Balloon Tytler's life from published works, and manuscript of the play for radio by Robert McLellan., 1962.

 File
Identifier: MS.26365
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: 1962.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family. / Plays written by Robert McLellan. / 'Balloon Tytler', a play for radio by Robert McLellan, produced in 1962.

Notes followed by a corrected typescript of 'The Jolly Beggars: a parable in three acts' by Sydney Goodsir Smith., ?1960.

 File
Identifier: MS.26134
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: ?1960.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975). / Plays of Sydney Goodsir Smith. / Manuscripts and typescripts of 'The Jolly Beggars: a parable in three acts' by Sydney Goodsir Smith.

Notes for and corrected typescript, undated, of 'The Bull of Crete: a fable in three acts' by Sydney Goodsir Smith, also based on the Theseus and Ariadne legend., Mid 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.26130
Scope and Contents

There are three title-pages (folios 37-39), one of which gives the author's name as John Abbot, and another gives alternative titles.

Dates: Mid 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975). / Plays of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

Notes, manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of Sydney Goodsir Smith of dramatisations of scenes from the ‘Noctes Ambrosianae’ of John Wilson ('Christopher North'). , Mid 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.26140
Scope and Contents

Included is a radio version, with introductory dialogue (folio 5), and synopses and text of a version for television (folio 9).

Dates: Mid 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975). / Plays of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

Notes of the characters and major scenes, sketch map of Kinraddie, and a manuscript draft of some of the scenes by Bill Craig, of the BBC television production of 'Sunset song', by James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'., 1970.

 File
Identifier: MS.26110
Dates: 1970.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts, correspondence, and other papers of and concerning James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'. / Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1970, by Bill Craig of the script of the BBC television production of 'Sunset song', by James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon', transmitted in 1971.

Notes, synopses, manuscripts and typescripts of episode 1 of 'Kilellan' by Robert McLellan., 1960.

 File
Identifier: MS.26407
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Preliminary notes and synopses in manuscript and typescript (folio 1); (ii) Manuscript, corrected typescript and fair typescript of episode 1, 'Guests’ (folio 47).

Dates: 1960.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family. / Broadcasts written for radio and television by Robert McLellan. / 'Kilellan', a series of short plays written by Robert McLellan for television.

Notes taken by a friend of Henry Mackenzie's on lectures on poetry given by Thomas Campbell to the Royal Institution., 1812.

 File
Identifier: MS.6392
Scope and Contents

At the end, inverted, is the beginning of a blank verse drama based on the theme of Antigone.

Dates: 1812.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and manuscripts of Henry Mackenzie, author of ‘The man of feeling’, and of his family. / Literary manuscripts of Henry Mackenzie, and of members of his family.

'O for yane and twenty Tam; a melodramatic pastoral' by George Wilson., 1852.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14237
Scope and Contents

The melodrama is in prose but includes many songs.

Dates: 1852.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Two melodramas by George Wilson, the author of ‘The Scottish laverock’.

Original, heavily corrected manuscript of 'Blood upon the Rose: a play in three acts' by George Moncrieff-Scott., [?1956.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26945
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: [?1956.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974). / Dramatic works by George Scott-Moncrieff. / Manuscript and typescripts of 'Blood upon the Rose: a play in three acts' by George Moncrieff-Scott.

Original manuscript, heavily reworked, of the play 'My dear, dear sister!' by Robert McLellan., ?1970.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26382
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The play was completed in 1970.

Dates: ?1970.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family. / Plays written by Robert McLellan. / 'My dear, dear sister!', a play by Robert McLellan about William and Dorothy Wordsworth, originally entitled 'Dorothy'.

Original manuscript of 'Kirstan and the Vikar: a parable in Scots' by Robert McLellan., ?1959.

 File
Identifier: MS.26352
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is followed by a few pages of typescript (folio l0l) and a note on the use of symbolism in the play (folio l05).

Dates: ?1959.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family. / Plays written by Robert McLellan. / 'Kirstan and the Vikar: a parable in Scots' by Robert McLellan.

Original manuscript of the play 'Rab Mossgiel' by Robert McLellan., 1958.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26356
Scope and Contents

One scene is missing between folios 79 and 80.

Dates: 1958.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family. / Plays written by Robert McLellan. / 'Rab Mossgiel', a play about Robert Burns and Jean Armour by Robert McLellan, commissioned by the BBC, (British Broadcasting company), for the Burns Bi-centenary celebrations in 1959.

Original manuscript of the play 'The hypocrite' by Robert McLellan., [1966, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26377
Scope and Contents

A few pages are missing from the first three acts.

Dates: [1966, or before.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family. / Plays written by Robert McLellan. / 'Hypocrite' by Robert McLellan, a play first performed in 1967.

Original typescript of 'The Wallace', with manuscript corrections by the author, Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1959.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26171
Dates: 1959.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary and other papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith. / Typescripts and proofs of ‘The Wallace’ and ‘Figs and thistles’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith. / Corrected typescripts and proofs of ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith.

‘Othello’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1957), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1957.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14395
Dates: 1957.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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.

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