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11. Add MS 81623 A-E

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Title:
Eccles Bequest. Vol. V. 'A Florentine Tragedy'; 1893-1918. Typewritten and autograph. Verse drama.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1893-1918
Extent:
1 item

12. Add MS 81623 B

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Autograph fragment; 1894. Grey board cover by Robert Baldwin Ross Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, author: Manuscript 'A Florentine Tragedy': [1894]: Partial.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 81623 C

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Typewritten script for the role of 'Bianca' with extensive autograph revisions and corrections; 1894. Written on the first page is the note 'To be returned to Mrs Patrick Campbell, 33 Kensington Square, W.' Blue cloth cover. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, author: Script for the role of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 item

14. Add MS 81623 D

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Typewritten fragments with revisions and corrections; [1893]. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, author: Four fragments from 'A Florentine Tragedy': [1894]: Typewritten and imperf.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1893]
Extent:
1 item

15. Add MS 81624

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Title:
Eccles Bequest. Vol. VI. Oscar Wilde, typescript of The Importance of Being Earnest, with autograph revisions and corrections
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Copyright: © Estate of Oscar Wilde. Eccles Bequest. Vol. VI. 'The Importance of Being Earnest' Original four act version; 1894. Partly typewritten with extensive autograph revisions and corrections. From the Prescott Collection.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 81624-81626

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Title:
Eccles Bequest. Vol. VI-VIII. 'The Importance of Being Earnest'; 1894. Four act comedy of manners. Wilde gave it the working title of 'Lady Lancing' to deflect press interest. For an early draft of Acts III and IV under this title, see Add. 37948. It was produced by Sir George Alexander and first performed at St James's Theatre, London, on 14 February 1895. A three act version was performed at Alexander's request with Wilde's agreement. In April 1895 the play was closed in response to Wilde'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
3 items

17. Add MS 81625

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Title:
Eccles Bequest. Vol.VII. 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
Scope & Content:
'The Importance of Being Earnest' Original four act version. Photocopy. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, author: Manuscript 'The Importance of Being Earnest', four act version: 1894: Photocopy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 81626

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Title:
Eccles Bequest. Vol. VIII. Photographs of early productions of The Importance of Being Earnest
Scope & Content:
Album containing sixty photographs of two early productions of Oscar Wilde''s play, The Importance of Being Earnest, in 1895 and 1909, with eleven small photographic portraits of Oscar Wilde. The album belonged to Edith Craig, and her bookplate designed by her brother Gordon has been attached ne...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1895-1909
Extent:
1 volume

19. Add MS 81627

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Scope & Content:
Eccles Bequest. Vol. IX. 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and 'An Ideal Husband; [1891-1895], 1954-1956. 1. Partly printed, partly autograph papers relating to the 'lost act' of 'The Importance of Being Earnest', including newspaper articles, miscellaneous correspondence, and 'Introduction' to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1891-1956
Extent:
1 item

20. Add MS 81628

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Scope & Content:
Eccles Bequest. Vol. X. Miscellaneous verse fragments; 1875-1894. Partly autograph, partly printed. 1. 'San Miniato'; 15 June 1875. Two twelve-line stanzas. Wilde was on a trip to Italy with Rev. Dr John Pentland Mahaffy, a tutor from Trinity College and William Goulding. Written after a visit ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875-1894
Extent:
1 item