Scripts. Documents.
Found in 555 Collections and/or Records:
Part of script, reviews and material relating to 'The quality of life experiment, Dumbarton district'., 1975.
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends., Circa 1900-1982.
Photocopied essays, notes, brochures, and scripts on Thracian art at the British Museum., 1974-1976.
Photocopied essays, notes, newspaper cuttings and script for a programme on the Fishbourne Roman Palace., 1966-1969.
Photocopy of published script of ‘A scourge of hyacinths’ by Wole Soyinka, with label, ‘7:84 rehearsed reading 1997’, and Traverse Theatre publicity leaflet., 1997.
This collection dates mainly from after 1988, when John McGrath and Elizabeth MacLennan resigned from the company which they had established, with David MacLennan, in 1973. Following the funding crisis in 2006, the company had to leave its base in the STUC building in Glasgow, and it was at this point that much of the material in this accession was presented to the National Library of Scotland.
Photographic plates, prints, slides and film strips, with related scripts, correspondence and catalogues of the Church of Scotland Department of World Mission and Unity, concerning missionary activities, mostly in Africa.
Photographic slides., [1950]-1971, undated.
Plays and adaptations of Stewart Conn, for stage, radio and television., 1960-1998.
Plays of Moultrie R Kelsall., 1946-1953, undated.
Including scripts of plays, short stories, articles, talks, broadcast scripts of radio and television documentaries, and associated correspondence.
Playscripts of Andrew Dallmeyer, with related papers.
Playscripts of Muriel Spark., 1957-1966, undated.
Playscripts of the Traverse Theatre., 1951-1985.
Papers from the archives of the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 1965-1985 (with one item from 1951). Includes playscripts, photographs, programmes, posters and promotional artwork.
Poetry readings and lectures of Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1949-1981, undated.
Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.
Portfolio, containing chiefly extracts and notes taken from the letters of John Leyden, collected by the Reverend James Morton., 1797-1811, undated.
The contents are as follows:
Extracts and notes taken from letters of John Leyden, all in MS.971 (folio 1);
Specimens of scripts, in an envelope inscribed 'Birman & Siamese Writings' (folio 29);
Notes on poems of Leyden, made with a view to their publication (folio 33).
Printed ephemera, including a 1937 French film script on the life of Lord Byron., 20th century.
Papers, mostly late 19th to 20th centuries, of the Highland Society of London, covering the interests of the society; cultural, military, charitable, social and historical.
Production file, labelled 'Outreach projects', containing budgets, schedules, analysis, with a first draft script of; ‘It is done’ by Christopher Deans; working title possibly ‘Land reform’., Circa 2002-2004.
This collection dates mainly from after 1988, when John McGrath and Elizabeth MacLennan resigned from the company which they had established, with David MacLennan, in 1973. Following the funding crisis in 2006, the company had to leave its base in the STUC building in Glasgow, and it was at this point that much of the material in this accession was presented to the National Library of Scotland.
Production file of ‘Goldie and the bears’ by R Bruce Henderson, a Christmas project with WHALE (Arts Agency). , 1999.
Containing: script; rehearsal notes; budgets; stage and set plans; correspondence; tenders; production meeting minutes; and other material.
Production file of 'Men should weep' by Ena Lamont Stewart., 1982-1983, undated.
Containing papers on the following Scottish plays: 'Gold in his boots' by George Munro; 'U.A.B. - Scotland' by Harry Trott; 'Johnny Noble' by Ewan MacColl; "In time o' strife" by Joe Corrie; and 'Men should weep' by Ena Lamont Stewart.
Production files of 'Beneath one banner' by Sean McCarthy., 1986, undated.
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Production files of 'Blood red roses' by John McGrath., 1980, undated.
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Production files of 'Boom' by John McGrath., 1974-1975, undated.
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Production files of 'Capital follies' by Dave MacLennan [and John Bett]., 1975.
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Production files of 'Gold in his boots' by George Munro., Undated.
Containing papers on the following Scottish plays: 'Gold in his boots' by George Munro; 'U.A.B. - Scotland' by Harry Trott; 'Johnny Noble' by Ewan MacColl; "In time o' strife" by Joe Corrie; and 'Men should weep' by Ena Lamont Stewart.
Production files of 'High places' by Ena Lamont Stewart., 1987, undated.
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Production files of "His master's voice" by David Anderson., 1978.
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.