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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 79220-79223
Title:: WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. XIX-XXII. Correspondence, cards, etc., with friends; 1970-1997, n.d. Many of the retained carbon copies have partially typewritten drafts of Wertenbaker’s plays on the verso. Some letters are in French. Arranged alphabetically by surname, in absence of which by Christian name. Some signatures unidentified. Four volumes. Reserved from public use.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1970-1997
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 79229-79233
Title:: WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. XXVIII-XXXII. ‘Case to Answer’ and ‘Happy Ending’. Typewritten and photocopied drafts with autogr. notes and revisions; 1977-1980, n.d. Some of the notes are by Liane Aukin. The play was given the consecutive titles listed below. The work was first performed as ‘Case To Answer’ at the Soho Poly on 19 May 1980, directed by Liane Aukin. ‘Happy Ending’ was performed in America on 20 June 1980 and was Wertenbaker’s first American production. Five volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1977-1980
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 79236-79237
Title:: WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. XXXV, XXXVI. ‘Second Sentence’. Typewritten drafts, some displaying extensive autogr. revisions and notes; 1979-1980. The play was first performed by the Brighton Actors Workshop, 4 March 1980, directed by Faynia Williams. Two volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1979-1980
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 79238-79240
Title:: WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. XXXVII-XXXIX. ‘Breaking Through’. Musical, science fiction youth show. Mainly typewritten, photocopied drafts [some imperf.] with autogr. revisions; 1980, n.d. Some of the notes are in an unidentified hand. The work was commissioned by the Women’s Theatre Group and first performed at The Cockpit Theatre on 13 Nov. 1980. It was directed by Jules Holledge, with music by Stephanie Nunn. Three volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1980
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 79241-79243
Title:: WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. XL-XLII. ‘Variations: The Life of George Sand’; 1980-1981, n.d. The play was originally entitled ‘George Sand’. Three volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1980-1981
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 79245-79250
Title:: WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. XLIV-XLIX. ‘New Anatomies’; 1981-1984, n.d. The play was first performed at the ICA on 29 Sept. 1981 by the Women’s Theatre Group, directed by Nancy Diuguid. Six volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1981-1984
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 79252-79254
Title:: WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. LI-LIII. ‘Inside Out’. Typewritten and photocopied drafts; March-Aug. 1982. The play was first performed by the Rodent Arts Trust for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Heriot Watt theatre on 19 Aug. 1982, directed by Pat Trueman. Three volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Mar 1982-Aug 1982
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 79255-79257
Title:: WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. LIV-LVI. ‘Abel’s Sister’. Autogr. notes and typewritten drafts with autogr. revisions [some imperf.]; 1983-1984, n.d. Included is a translation into French. The play by Wertenbaker is based on material by Yolande Bourcier. It was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs on 2 Aug. 1984, directed by Les Waters. It had its US première in New York on 28 March 1985. Three volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1983-1984
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 79259-79269
Title:: WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. LVIII-LXVIII. ‘The Grace of Mary Traverse’; 1983-1985, [1986], n.d. The play seems to have had the early working-title ‘Grace Notes’. It was first performed at the Royal Court on 17 Oct. 1985, directed by Danny Boyle. Eleven volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1983-1986
Extent:: 11 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 79270-79271
Title:: WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. LXIX, LXX. ‘The Love of the Nightingale’; 1987-1988, n.d. The play was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon on 28 Oct. 1988. It had its first London performance by the RSC at The Pit on 16 Aug. 1989. It won the 1989 Eileen Anderson Central TV Drama Award. Two volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1987-1988
Extent:: 2 items

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