Limericks - Part 1: Correspondence, Illustrations and Press Cuttings
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Material for Michael Palin's book Limericks, as follows: letters to Palin from Caroline Roberts, editor at Hutchinson, regarding the idea of the book, names of potential illustrators - including examples of illustrations by Peter Till and Tony Ross - schedule for the book, the idea of a Cyril st...
Notes and drafts for Consuming Passions, as follows: notes from a week of work on it with Paul Zimmerman - typescript with a few annotations in Palin's handwriting, 13-17 Nov 1984; outline of the film, with provisional title 'The Chocolate Project' - typescript with a few annotations in Palin's ...
Michael Palin Archive: 'Secrets. The Film Version. 1985'
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Material relating to Consuming Passions, the film version of the 1973 TV play Secrets, written by Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Paul Zimmerman and Andrew Davies (1988).
Secrets (Consuming Passions) - Part 2: Later Drafts
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Drafts for Consuming Passions, as follows: drafts of scripts for different scenes - manuscript on loose pages from notebooks, in Terry Jones and Palin's handwriting, [1985]; screenplay of Consuming Passion, first draft - typescript with a few corrections in Palin's handwriting, 117 pages, [1985]...
Secrets (Consuming Passions) - Part 3: Additional Material
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Additional material for Consuming Passions, as follows: letter from Joseph Jerry & Sons Limited, the Chocolate Works to Palin, expressing delight in helping him in his research for the play, 19 Dec 1972; press reviews of the 1973 TV play, 1973; list of comments sent to the BBC about the epis...
Notes and drafts for East of Ipswich, as follows: notebooks marked 'East of Ipswich' (working title 'First Love' is crossed out), with notes and drafts of script for the film, in Palin's handwriting, Jan 1985; notebook marked '1st Love 2', with notes and drafts of script for the film, in Palin's...
Production material for East of Ipswich, as follows: script - typescript with annotations and corrections in Palin's handwriting, Feb 1985; filming schedule - typescript with annotations in Palin's handwriting, 19 May-15 Jun 1986; invoice in Palin's name for his stay at the Swan Hotel in Southw...
East of Ipswich - Part 3: Correspondence, Publicity and Exhibition
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Correspondence, publicity and exhibition material for East of Ipswich, as follows: correspondence including: 8 letters between Palin, Anne James, Enigma and David Puttnam regarding a producer for the film, after Goldcrest declined it because of issues with its schedule, 12 Apr-24 Jul 1985; 43 le...