Plays.
Found in 690 Collections and/or Records:
Typescripts of plays., 1914-1920, Undated.
Typescripts of plays about Robert Burns by Joe Corrie., [1943, or before]-[circa 1960.]
Typescripts of plays and novels of Thomas Ross Scott, with related correspondence, cuttings and other papers.
Typescripts of plays by Joe Corrie about Joan of Arc., ?1954.
The contents are as follows. (i) 'A Saint in Armour: a play in four scenes', ?1954 (folio 1); (ii) “The Maid of Domrémy”, undated (folio 123). This is the first scene only of (i), with a few alterations, and may be the text of the play televised on 4 February 1954.
Typescripts of plays for radio by Tom Hanlin., 1946, undated.
The plays include an adaptation of Tom Hanlin's novel ‘Once in every lifetime’ (London, 1945) (folio 29) and three plays (folios 1, 86, 137) related to his short stories (MS.27421, folios 13, 83, 102). There are two versions of the play 'One more chance' (folios 86, 112).
Typescripts of plays of Alexander Brown Paterson (born 1907).
A journalist by training, Alexander Brown Paterson was a founder and chairman of the Byre Theatre, St Andrews, where many of his plays, including these, were first produced.
Typescripts of scripts for radio and television by Margaret Noël-Paton., 1937, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Dramatised biographies of Pandita Ramabai (folio 1) and Theodore Pennell (folio 14), broadcast on the children's radio programme 'Pioneers for the Kingdom', 1937. 'Pandita Ramabai' has numerous manuscripts corrections. (ii) 'The Thought-Recorder', a play for television, undated (folio 39). It was originally written under the pseudonym 'Juniper Struan'.
Typescripts of six plays and a collection of poetry by Ian Brown.
A collection of typescript drafts, circa 1983-2002, of a number of plays and a collection of poems by Ian Brown.
Typescripts of six plays by Ian Brown., Circa 1983-2001 , undated
Typescripts of six plays of Donald Mackenzie.
Typescripts of speeches, poems, songs and plays of James Pittendrigh Macgillivray., 1898, 1924-1925, 1932, 1936.
Typescripts of television scripts of George Friel., 1970-1971, undated.
A series of thirty minute television plays, submitted to the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Typescripts of ‘The Serpent’s Back’, a radio play by Ian Rankin, first and early drafts, and partial first drafts., 1995.
Typescript, 1995, early draft; with annotations by the author. Folios 1-73.
Typescript, 1993, first draft; with annotations by the author. Folios 74-136.
Typescript, 1993, 'The Serpent's Back: a 60-minute radio drama by Ian Rankin, a few provisional scenes'; annotated 'somegood stuff in here' by the author. Folios 137-147.
Typescripts of ‘The Serpent’s Back’, a radio play by Ian Rankin, later drafts., 1995.
Typescript, 1995, later draft; with annotations by the author. Folios i-82.
Typescript, 1995, later draft/rewrite; with annotations by the author. Folios 83-167.
Typescripts of 'The Serpent's Back', a radio play by Ian Rankin; with related working notes, publicity, and administrative materials., 1993-1995.
Typescripts of 'Tides of Torach', a three-act play set in the west of Scotland early in the 10th century by Margaret Noël-Paton., 1952, undated.
The manuscript contains a synopsis (folio 1), two typescripts of the text (folios 7, 81), and copies of the original and second (1952) versions of the Prologue and Interlude (folio 155).
Typescripts of two plays by Anne Downie.
Typescripts of two plays by Naomi Mitchison and Lewis Gielgud, "Beasts of Ephesus" and "The Kep of the Garden".
Typescripts of two plays, one of Norman Malcolm Macdonald, "The Brahan Seer" and one of Donald Campbell, "The Crofting Act".
Typescripts of unaired radio plays and short stories for radio by Ian Rankin., 1984-1998, undated.
Typescripts of work by other writers collected by Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1973-1974, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Sydney Goodsir Smith, 'A short introduction to Scottish literature', undated. (Folio 1.) Typescript, with manuscript corrections by the author, of four broadcast talks. (ii) Typescript of 'Seneca's "Oedipus" translatit frae the Latin intill Scots' by Alastair Mackie, with a covering letter, 1973. (Folio 20.) (iii) Typescript of 'A Vision of angels', a play about Robert Fergusson by Anne Smith, 1974. (Folio 48.)
Typescripts of works by Norman MacDonald, Lewis.
Typescripts of works by Robert Nye., 1969, 1971.
Typescripts, often with manuscript corrections, of plays by Joe Corrie., [Circa 1930]-1965, undated.
Most of the typescripts are undated, and relatively few have been published. Some of the one-act plays were written for amateur drama groups competing in Scottish Community Drama festivals. Joe Corrie sometimes wrote more than one play with the same plot, and he would alter an act of a longer play to make it a one-act play in its own right. He also adapted some of his stage plays for broadcasting.