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11. Add MS 83111-83112

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xxxv-xxxvi. ‘Watteau’; 23 July 1933, 6 Aug. 1937, n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unproduced operetta about Eleanor Farjeon’s favourite artist set in 1712. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933-1937
Extent:
2 items

12. Add MS 83077

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. i (ff. 174). ‘Ariadne’; n.d. Two typewritten drafts, one incomplete, with autograph revisions. Unperformed ‘Classical Motley’ based on the legend of the Minotaur. Eleanor Farjeon also wrote a prose version of the same legend, published as Ariadne and the Bull (1945).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1917-1973]
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 83088-83089

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xii-xiii. ‘The Garden-Room’; [circa. 1950]. Typewritten. Unproduced play set in a fictional representation of Eleanor Farjeon’s own home in Hampstead: the Garden Room was a converted shed at the back of the house at 20 Perrins Walk where Eleanor used to work (see Morning Has Broken, p. 260). The fall of John Callaway in the play resembles the fatal fall of George Earle in 1949. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945-1955]
Extent:
2 items

14. Add MS 83091-83092

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xv-xvi. ‘The Great Alexis’ or ‘The Chef’; [circa 1941]-31 March 1951. Mostly typewritten. Unproduced ‘Musical Drama in Three Acts’ based on events in the life of the French chef Alexis Soyer, with music by Otto Lampel. On 31 March 1951, Eleanor Farjeon wrote that one and a half Acts had been written (see, Add. 83091) but, despite a synopsis and some draft pages for Act Three, the work was never completed. For photocopies of letters from Eleanor Farjeon to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1941]-31 Mar 1951
Extent:
2 items

15. Add MS 83113

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxxvii (ff. 51). ‘Wraggle-Taggle’, unidentified play and notes on Eleanor Farjeon’s plays and on play-writing; n.d. Typewritten. ‘Wraggle-Taggle’ is an unproduced ‘Operetta in One Act’. 1. ff. 1-42. Two drafts, one with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions, of ‘Wr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1917-1973]
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 83116-83117

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Add MS 83116-83117
Title:
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xl-xli. ‘Cyprin Chase or The Carp’; n.d. Mostly autograph. Unpublished novel, originally begun as a short ghost story in the 1930s, subsequently developed as an operetta and then as a prose version. For the stage version, from which some of the direct speech in the novel is taken, see Add. 83079-83080. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
2 items

17. Add MS 83126-83127

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Add MS 83126-83127
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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. l-li. ‘Queens’ Scrapbook’;[1964] -17 Feb. 1965. Mostly typewritten with autograph revisions. An anthology of short texts and poems about fictional and historical Queens, collected and edited by Eleanor Farjeon and William Mayne. Arranged in the order of final publication, with texts not included placed at the end. Two extracts from the published edition, ‘Vashista’ and ‘Henry VIII’, are missing. Published as The Hamish Hamilton Book of Queens (1965), whic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1964]-17 Feb 1965
Extent:
2 items

18. Add MS 83104-83105

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Add MS 83104-83105
Title:
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xxviii-xxix. ‘The Silver Curlew’; 22 Dec. 1949, n.d . Mostly typewritten. Play based on the Norfolk version of Rumplestiltskin with music by Clifton Parker. First performed at the Liverpool Playhouse on 22 Dec. 1948 and at the Arts Theatre, London, in Dec. 1949. In the London production, the part of King Nollekens was played by Denys Blakelock; for correspondence with Denys Blakelock, see Add. 83131. For the copy of the play submitted to the Lord Chamberl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1949
Extent:
2 items

19. Add MS 83078

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Add MS 83078
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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. ii (ff. 54). ‘Ballad of Bride’; n.d. Typewritten draft with autograph revisions. Unperformed play set in Ireland in the fifth and sixth centuries.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1917-1973]
Extent:
1 item

20. Add MS 83079-83080

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Add MS 83079-83080
Title:
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. iii-iv. ‘Cyprin Chase or The Carp’; 21 Aug. 1963, 1 Sept. 1963, n.d. Typewritten. An unperformed ‘Fantasy with Music by Eleanor Farjeon and Clifton Parker’. For the novel that was adapted from the stage work, see Add. 83116-83117. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1963
Extent:
2 items

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