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201. Add MS 88931/1/3/14

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Add MS 88931/1/3/14
Title:
'Titus in Umbra' (Gormenghast chapters 1-7)
Scope & Content:
Comprises: typescript leaves entitled 'Titus in Umbra', with handwritten revisions and additional handwritten leaves; autograph draft of poem 'White Mules at Prayer'; typewritten letter [from Peake's typist Hilda Neal], dated 5 July 1948, with conclusion of Chapter 7 in Peake's hand on reverse.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file

202. Add MS 88931/1/3/33

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Add MS 88931/1/3/33
Title:
'Titus 3' (Titus Alone chapters 68-78)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft in different colour inks and pencil. Additional leaves pasted in. Notes on plot development and quotes from Tennyson and John Marston at end of the manuscript. Dated June 1957, Wallington and July 1957, Sark. Sketches in ink include: f.1: figures on cliff-top [Gormenghas...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1957
Extent:

1 volume

203. Add MS 88931/1/6/1

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Add MS 88931/1/6/1
Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Mr Pye chapters 8-16)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft. List of characters on f.85v. Notes on story, characters, dialogue and potential titles at end of manuscript. Beginning of poem 'Love has left us' on f.82. Inscribed 'Smarden, Kent'. Undated. Doodles throughout manuscript plus the following sketches in pencil, ink and wash: f.9: t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1951
Extent:
1 volume

204. Add MS 88931/1/6/2

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Add MS 88931/1/6/2
Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Mr Pye chapters 22-26)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft. One ink drawing of a black male figure and chair on f.30v. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1951
Extent:
1 volume

205. Add MS 88931/13/3/2

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Add MS 88931/13/3/2
Title:
Letters of Appreciation to Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
Letters re Peake's work from friends, acquaintances and strangers. Some letters are from academics; others are more general fan mail. Letters answered by Maeve Gilmore as Peake was too ill to respond personally.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1970s
Extent:
2 files

206. Add MS 88931/13/6/6

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Add MS 88931/13/6/6
Title:
The Hunting of the Snark: Title Page Border
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with decorative border featuring characters from the story. Published in Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Chatto & Windus, 1941). Block is inscribed 'Mrs Peake'. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1941]
Extent:
1 item

207. Add MS 88931/13/7/3

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Add MS 88931/13/7/3
Title:
Photographs of Drawings and Paintings
Scope & Content:
Reproductions of a variety of Peake's works, including a sketch of Flay and Rottcodd from the manuscript of Peake's stage adaptation of Titus Groan [see Add MS 88931/4/1], paintings of glass blowers and various nudes and other studies from life. Photographs found in envelope sent by Methuen's Ch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1981
Extent:
1 file [18 photographs]

208. Add MS 88931/1/3/10

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Add MS 88931/1/3/10
Title:
'New Chapter "Gone"' (Titus Groan chapters 62-65)
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript in various colours of pencil and ink, with authorial revisions and [editorial?] corrections in red pencil. Contains draft of poem 'If I would stay what man call sane' (f.38v) and list of expenses for London and Burpham homes (f.42v). Undated. Drawings in pencil, ink and cra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1943
Extent:
1 volume

209. Add MS 88931/1/9/1

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Add MS 88931/1/9/1
Title:
Manuscript: 'Footfruit various drafts - final writings - circa 1960'
Scope & Content:
Comprises: revised autograph fragments in ink and pencil on various sizes of paper. Includes original envelope and folder. Also includes ten illustrations in ink and pencil. Some leaves have unidentified typescript on reverse. Notes on plot are headed 'Metamorphosis'. Circa 1960. autograph noteb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960-1961]
Extent:
1 oversize file

210. Add MS 88931/1/9/2

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Add MS 88931/1/9/2
Title:
Typescript and Synopsis: 'The Enthusiast or the Adventures of Footfruit'
Scope & Content:
Comprises: typescript with minor corrections in pencil; gaps left in text [for illustrations], 2 March; typescript of synopsis in red ink; newspaper cutting with pencil marks in gutters: 'Sub-think', News Chronicle, 25 September 1957 [Maeve Gilmore cites this article as inspiration for 'Footfrui...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1961
Extent:
1 oversize file