'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' - Part 1: Notebooks
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Two notebooks containing holograph manuscript notes and drafts of scenes for The Holy Grail, as follows: A4 notebook, marked 'Record and 2nd Film' on the front cover, includes: scene 3 with Arthur, Dennis and the old woman; scene 7 with God and Arthur. The notebook also contains notes for The Mo...
'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' - Part 2: Scripts
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Holograph manuscript and typescript draft of scripts for The Holy Grail, including the following scenes: credits subtitles; the coconut halves and African and European swallows; the peasants (with title 'Humble Woodcutters Dwelling'); Black Knights; reaching Camelot; the French-controlled castle...
'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' - Part 3: Unused Scripts, Notes and Ideas
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Drafts of script for The Holy Grail, as follows: holograph manuscript and typescript, with a note 'Spare Script', unused, including: a scene with Sir Tristram and Edgar; a scene with a Page and Edgar; a scene with pink knights; a scene with Sir Perceval killing the Dead Knight; a scene with Sir ...
'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' - Part 4: Screenplay
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Second draft screenplay for Monty Python and the Holy Grail - typescript with holograph corrections and annotations and parts of pages cut and pasted as part of the editing process, 1973 (111 pages circa).
'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' - Part 5: Additional Material
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Additional material relating to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, as follows: press cuttings of reviews of the film, including some from France and the US, 1975-1978, and letter from Marie Tual from Paris to Palin regarding press publicity for the film, 17 Dec [1975]; shooting schedules, Apr-May ...
Correspondence relating to the UK and USA edition of the book, including: 5 letters from Geoffrey Strachan at Eyre Methuen relating to the cover of the book, publicity of the book in the UK, sales figures, a paperback edition and a possible new edition with a new cover (with photocopy of the pro...
Material relating to Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls (UK, 1974; USA, 1976) and Dr Fegg's Encyclopaedia of All World Knowledge (1984), written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin.