'THE WRECKERS'. Vol. I. (ff. i+338). Act I. The prefatory material includes instructions in German for the copyist (f. 2v) and the engraver (f. 1), a list of sound effects, partly in score (ff. 1v-2), and a note on performance timings in 1931 (f. 2). The overture is supplied from the printed sco...
'THE WRECKERS'. Vol. II. (ff. i+160) Act II. Six leaves (ff. 142-147) have been excised, and a new ending to the act supplied in autograph. A copy of this revised ending in the hand of Warwick Braithwaite and dated 1939 is at ff. 158-159v. The composer has pencilled 'revised Harrogate '38' at th...
'THE WRECKERS'. Vol. V A (ff. i+52). Marked 'Stage Manager's Book' on cover label (f. i), and 'E. Smyth's copy' on title-page (f. 4). In addition to revisions of the text, annotations include stage directions and stage plans. Lists of stage properties required are at ff. 1-3.
'THE WRECKERS'. Vol. V B (ff. ii+153). Marked 'Stage Managers Scrip No. 1' in pencil on title-page (f. 1). Includes two copies of Act I. Annotations comprise revisions of text, and stage directions. Printed cast list from programme for the 1908 London concert performance pasted in at f. 2; scene...