Rattigan Papers. Vol. xlix. 'Adventure story', 1954. Partly printed, autograph and typewritten. Initial re-drafting for a New York production which did not take place. ff. i+151. Mostly 330 x 202mm.
Vol. lii a (ff. 139). 26 March 1948 - 24 Feb.1949. includes: f. 3 Roger Machell, of Hamish Hamilton Ltd: Mary Herring, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: Hamish Hamilton Ltd: Peggy French, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: Correspondence of R. Machell and other members of the staff of Hamish Hamilt...
Rattigan Papers. Vol. lii a-c. Correspondence relating to 'Adventure story', 1948-1962. Partly typewritten, including copies. Three parts.
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Harold Freedman, literary agent: Brandt and Brandt Dramatic Department, Inc: Correspondence, including telegrams, of H. Freedman, President of Brandt & Brandt Dramatic Department, Inc. and other members of his staff, with Sir T. M. Rattigan, or his secretaries, M. Herring and otherstigan's s...
Vol. lii b (ff. 223). 8 March 1949 - 29 June 1949. includes: f. 1 Florence Robertson: Letter to Sir T. M. Rattigan: 1949.ff. 6, 55, 56, 135 Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy, writer and broadcaster: Mary Herring, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: Correspondence of Sir L. H. C. Kennedy with S...
Vol. lii c (ff. 189). 5 July 1949 - 23 Mar. 1962. includes: f. 4 Charles Stanley Causley, poet: Letter to Sir T. M. Rattigan: 1949: Signed.ff. 5, 6, 11, 12 Osborne Henry Mavor, alias 'James Bridie'; playwright: Correspondence of J. Bridie with Sir T. M. Rattigan: 1949: Partly typewritten c...
Rattigan Papers. Vol. lv. Working notes for 'Who is Sylvia?', then entitled 'The search for May'.
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Autograph. Contains a structural plan for the projected play and an essay on ideas about love and sex which Rattigan intends to explore in the play. The first leaf bears the inscription 'Written in France December 1949, January 1950 (12/1/50 retd London)'. ff. i+49. 350 x 202mm.