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1. Add MS 88931/4/1

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Title:
'Gormenghast' Opera
Scope & Content:
Adaptation of Titus Groan and Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake [for which he hoped Benjamin Britten would compose the music].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949-1950s
Extent:
3 files

2. Add MS 88931/4/1/2

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Title:
'Gormenghast' Opera (part two)
Scope & Content:
Loose leaves. Undated. Includes: prologue (two versions); Act I Scene 1 between Flay and Rottcodd; Act I Scene 2 between Swelter, Steerpike and Flay; notes for Scene 1. Drawings in ink and pencil: lectern and book; window shattering; Swelter raising glass with kitchen staff gathered around an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950s]
Extent:
1 file

3. Add MS 88931/4/1/3

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Title:
'Titus Groan' Opera
Scope & Content:
Comprises two parts: A: Foolscap leaves corresponding to the opening scenes of Titus Groan, with minor revisions only. Undated. B: Autograph notebook. Some leaves pasted in. First half of the manuscript is crossed through; second half inscribed 'please continue here from the foolscap (page 14)'....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950s]
Extent:
1 file

4. Add MS 88931/4/1/1

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Add MS 88931/4/1/1
Title:
'Gormenghast' Opera (part one)
Scope & Content:
Three autograph working notebooks: A: 'Gormenghast'. Opening scenes of the play corresponding with beginning of the novel Titus Groan. Includes designs for the Countess's bedroom and a drawing of Rottcodd in his hammock. Also contains a leaf of tracing paper with symbols drawn in pencil, entitle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949-1950s
Extent:
1 file

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