Scripts. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written texts of stage plays, screenplays, and radio or television broadcasts.
Found in 529 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, notes, and scripts on the Scottish Covenanters and an audiocassette with recordings on the Covenanters., 1999-2000.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/393-393a
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section contains scripts and research undertaken by Magnusson for a variety of television and radio programmes running from 1961 until 2006. There are a significant number of scripts for the BBC archaeology programme 'Chronicle' which Magnusson presented from 1966. There are individual scripts and research materials on various programmes that Magnusson presented throughout his televsion career. There are a number of scripts and interviews for Magnusson's radio series "Tales...
Dates:
1999-2000.
Correspondence on, and script for BBC television programme ‘Heroes and Hero worship' with Magnusson and Dennis Potter., 1969-1970.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/302
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section contains scripts and research undertaken by Magnusson for a variety of television and radio programmes running from 1961 until 2006. There are a significant number of scripts for the BBC archaeology programme 'Chronicle' which Magnusson presented from 1966. There are individual scripts and research materials on various programmes that Magnusson presented throughout his televsion career. There are a number of scripts and interviews for Magnusson's radio series "Tales...
Dates:
1969-1970.
Correspondence with, scripts for, and papers relating to, the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s conference, ‘Nature, Landscape and People since the Second World War: a Celebration of the 1949 Act’., 1999.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/570
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Files contain reseach notes relating to Magnusson's interests, the bulk of which are on Scotland and Iceland. Research notes on Vikings were kept separate by Magnusson.
Dates:
1999.
Correspondence with the BBC on, and script for ‘The History Makers: John Cabot’., 1977-1978.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/25
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section contains scripts and research undertaken by Magnusson for a variety of television and radio programmes running from 1961 until 2006. There are a significant number of scripts for the BBC archaeology programme 'Chronicle' which Magnusson presented from 1966. There are individual scripts and research materials on various programmes that Magnusson presented throughout his televsion career. There are a number of scripts and interviews for Magnusson's radio series "Tales...
Dates:
1977-1978.
Correspondence with the Media Programme of the European Union, and scripts for ‘The Discovery: The Story of the Vineland Voyages’., 1999-2002.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/349
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section contains scripts and research undertaken by Magnusson for a variety of television and radio programmes running from 1961 until 2006. There are a significant number of scripts for the BBC archaeology programme 'Chronicle' which Magnusson presented from 1966. There are individual scripts and research materials on various programmes that Magnusson presented throughout his televsion career. There are a number of scripts and interviews for Magnusson's radio series "Tales...
Dates:
1999-2002.
Divided file containing script, correspondence, reviews, '7th single', programme, schedules and other material, some relating to 'The 7:84 band show'., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/57
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Papers and productions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of "His master's voice" by David Anderson.
Documents relating to meetings and conferences attended by James Johnston during his role as Chief Administration Officer, British Army of the Rhine., 1986-1988.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/229-233
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School.
His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates:
1986-1988.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Major-General James Johnston
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Papers relating to the military career of James Johnston.
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Papers relating to James Johnston as a staff officer and in higher command.
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Papers relating to James Johnston on his posting as Chief Administrative Officer of the British Army of the Rhine.
Draft script of Tom Weir for a television programme about John Muir programme, with related letters, notes, and photocopies of lectures and articles on John Muir by Tom Weir., 1988.
File
Identifier: Acc.13059/235
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Weir produced a high volume of written and spoken outputs during his career. The papers here relate to some of the results of that work, including his contributions to radio.
Dates:
1988.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
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Literary and broadcasting papers of Tom Weir.
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Papers relating to short stories, articles, press, radio and TV scripts of Tom Weir
Duplicated rehearsal script for the television production of the play 'Rab Mossgiel' by Robert McLellan., 1959.
Item
Identifier: MS.26361
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:
1959.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family.
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Plays written by Robert McLellan.
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'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.
Duplicated rehearsal script of 'Young Auchinleck' by Robert McLellan, for the television adaptation., 1965.
Item
Identifier: MS.26364
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:
1965.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family.
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Plays written by Robert McLellan.
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'Young Auchinleck', a comedy in three acts about James Boswell by Robert McLellan, first produced in 1962 and televised in 1965.
Early plays and source material., 1975-2003.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12899/1-4
Scope and Contents
The plays in this series were all early works of Alasdair Gray which he reworked as the novels of John Tunnock, the fictional subject of 'Old men in love'.
Dates:
1975-2003.
[EH.14]: typescript commentary to accompany the photographic slides of the 'Gate of Hamuman' [Acc.10590/45 [Slides]]., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.10590/46
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Photographc plates and slides concerning Church of Scotland missionary activity in India and Pakistan.
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Photographic plates and slides.
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Eastern Himalayas [EH.].
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[EH.14] 'The Gate of Hanuman', slides, audio cassette and script.
Essays, broadcasts and reviews of George Mackay Brown., 1963-1970, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4864/23-31
Dates:
1963-1970, undated.
Examination papers and corrected scripts for the Scott Centenary Prize, Harrow School., 1872.
File
Identifier: MS.25656
Scope and Contents
With a related letter from George David Boyle, Dean of Westminster, 1872.
Dates:
1872.
Exercise book of Edwin Muir, containing drafts for the broadcast 'Revisiting Orkney', and 'Translating from the German'., 1956-1959.
Item
Identifier: MS.19666
File containing typescripts, some annotated, of the poem 'Watter', by Janet Paisley; with a draft of the script for a dramatised documentary 'Redding 1923' , by Adam Stafford, and a photocopy of the story board for the same., 2011.
File
Identifier: Acc.14151 Box 1(8)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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.
Dates:
2011.
File of 'Cinderella script', act one., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.12911/236
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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.
Dates:
Undated.
File, 'Writings' of Marshall Anderson. Containing typescript short stories and scripts by Marshall Anderson., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 41(1)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Attic Archive evolved organically from the activities of Pete Horobin, beginning in 1978. When Horobin's association ended, the archive was continued in turn by Marshall Anderson, Peter Haining and, lastly, aitch. Each change of custody coincided with the start of a new phase of activity, each phase undertaken, usually, over ten years.The papers of the Attic Archive are now dispersed through various cultural institutions, each having a particular association with the archive,...
Dates:
Undated.
'Final script', 1947, of the film 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'; with letters to Ian Whyte, and papers, 1948, of Hubert Clifford, consisting chiefly of film schedules for the music., 1947, 1948.
File
Identifier: MS.22085
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Apart from the film music, which is datable to 1947-1948 from the accompanying correspondence and papers (MSS.22085-22086), almost all the music is undated; but from the ink used, some of it may be dated to about the same period.
Except where otherwise stated the music is written as for keyboard.
Dates:
1947, 1948.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte, and papers and music of his son, Don Whyte, chiefly undated.
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Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte.
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Correspondence and papers concerning, and music for, the film 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' produced by London Film Productions, Ltd.
First draft of script, 'The Albannach', by John McGrath., January 1985.
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/168
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Dates:
January 1985.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Papers and productions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of 'The Albannach' by John McGrath, from the novel by Fionn MacColla.
Four scripts for BBC television series ‘Myth and Truth’., 1971.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/306
Scope and Contents
A debate programme charied by Magnusson which discusses religion.
Dates:
1971.
Further copies of possible final version of script, itineraries, cast-list, correspondence, 1976-1977, 'Scottish drinking habits: a survey ...' (1976), music, programme, flyer, reviews and other related material. , 1976-1977.
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/45
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Dates:
1976-1977.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Papers and productions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of 'Out of our heads' by John McGrath.
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Scripts of 'Out of our heads', also containing other related material.
Gaelic material, chiefly plays and broadcasts, of Hector MacIver., 1934-1962, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14973
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.Autograph verse by Sorley MacLean (folios 1-2):(i) “Bho mhullaichean a’ chuilthinn chràcaich”, 29 lines. From part III of ‘An Cuilthionn’ (folio 1 recto);(ii) ‘Aigich Sgitheanaich’, 8 stanzas. From the ‘Aigeach’ lyrics in part V of ‘An Cuilthionn’ (folio 2 recto);(iii) ‘Mo lamhan air lapadh’, 10 stanzas. ‘Crath dhiot an cadal’. With lines addressed to Hector MacIver beginning ‘Eachainn dhuinn an leadain dualaich’, 4...
Dates:
1934-1962, undated.
Jackanory scripts for Icelandic stories., 1968.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/290
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section contains scripts and research undertaken by Magnusson for a variety of television and radio programmes running from 1961 until 2006. There are a significant number of scripts for the BBC archaeology programme 'Chronicle' which Magnusson presented from 1966. There are individual scripts and research materials on various programmes that Magnusson presented throughout his televsion career. There are a number of scripts and interviews for Magnusson's radio series "Tales...
Dates:
1968.
Letter, 1960, to Don Whyte, returning him a script, 1949, of a broadcast; and music, undated, of pieces composed or arranged by Whyte used in Children's Hour broadcasts., 1949, 1960, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22094
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Apart from the film music, which is datable to 1947-1948 from the accompanying correspondence and papers (MSS.22085-22086), almost all the music is undated; but from the ink used, some of it may be dated to about the same period.
Except where otherwise stated the music is written as for keyboard.
Dates:
1949, 1960, undated.