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181. Add MS 89161/6/23

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Title:
Joan Bakewell: 'The Grannie's Tale' (synopsis for television play)
Scope & Content:
Typed draft synopsis revised by hand (4 sheets), and autograph notes (2 sheets). Also, a letter from Mark Shivas, BBC Head of Series and Serials (23 June 1988) advising that 'as it's a single play, you'll have to try and interest a Plays Department producer'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988
Extent:
1 file

182. Add MS 89161/6/24

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Title:
Joan Bakewell: 'A Bit on the Side' (television play)
Scope & Content:
(1). Letters from Mark Shivas, BBC Head of Drama (1988, text fading) and Stephen Durbridge, literary agent (5 January 1989), commenting on 'A Bit on the Side', a draft play for television based upon a published story by Bakewell ('A Girls' Night Out'). (2). Autograph notes; newspaper cutting abou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1986-1989
Extent:
1 file

183. Add MS 89161/6/25

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Title:
Joan Bakewell: Draft play about Irina Ratushinskaya
Scope & Content:
(1). Autograph notes (14 sheets) about the life of the Soviet poet Irina Ratushinskaya. Although the source is not indicated in the notes, it is Ratushinskaya, Grey is the Colour of Hope (1988), the publication date of which gives some indication of the date of Bakewell's notes and draft play. (2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[late 1980s]
Extent:
1 file

184. Add MS 89161/6/26

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Title:
Joan Bakewell: 'Dear God!' (Episode 1, television comedy)
Scope & Content:
Two scripts, both spiral bound: 'Episode 1' (April 1991), pp. 1-57. 'Episode 1' (September 1991), pp. 1-91.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1991
Extent:
1 file

185. Add MS 89161/6/27

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Title:
Joan Bakewell: 'Project: NIP' (notes towards a novel)
Scope & Content:
Various notes for a projected novel, retained together in a wallet with the title 'Project: NIP'. The notes are not dated but the material includes several newspaper cuttings (1995-96).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1995-1996
Extent:
1 file

186. Add MS 89161/6/28

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Title:
Joan Bakewell: 'A Guilty Intercourse' (screenplay synopsis and excerpt)
Scope & Content:
'A Guilty Intercourse' is a play about the life of Branwell Bronte. It is a re-drafting of 'Branwell' (Add MS 89161/6/21) and 'An Advertised Affair' (Add MS 89161/6/22). (1). Two synopses, together with two letters of rejection: to Jack Emery (9 December 1999, from Elinor Day, Deputy Head of Pro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1999-2003
Extent:
1 file

187. Add MS 89161/6/29

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Title:
Joan Bakewell: 'A Guilty Intercourse' (drafts and working notes)
Scope & Content:
Research notes, newspaper cuttings (1984), and draft material for the project, conceived by Joan Bakewell and Jack Emery, to dramatically present the life of Branwell Bronte. The project began, in 1980, as the presentation 'Brontës - The Private Faces', and reached its final formulation in the d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1984-2000
Extent:
1 file

188. Add MS 89161/6/30

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Title:
Joan Bakewell: 'Going the Distance' (brief historical biographies of ten women)
Scope & Content:
Undated material (perhaps for broadcast?). Brief historical biographies (typed, 20 sheets), and a set of autograph notes (7 sheets, source not indicated), on the lives of ten women. The title 'Going the Distance' is only given at the head of the notes, and is followed by the comment that 'They f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1990s]
Extent:
1 file

189. Add MS 89161/6/31

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Title:
Joan Bakewell: The Centre of the Bed (notes made from diaries)
Scope & Content:
Detailed autograph notes derived from Bakewell's diaries (Add MS 89161/2) for the years 1951-1989. Followed by thematic notes entitled 'Structure'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 2000]
Extent:
1 file

190. Add MS 89161/6/32

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Title:
Joan Bakewell: The Centre of the Bed (background material about Stockport and Manchester)
Scope & Content:
A file of background material about Stockport and Manchester, particularly in relation to Bakewell's family history, assembled during the course of writing her autobiography. The file includes: 'Revisiting Manchester': autograph notes (25 sheets from notepad) dated 10 October 2001. Chetham's Sc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1974-2003
Extent:
1 file