Printed edition of New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (John W. Parker, 1836). The volume belonged to Philip Henry Gosse. Annotations have been made in the margins of the text. Two pages of notes have been pasted into the volume. Two loose colour illustrations are also included. T...
Research materials, notes and drafts in manuscript, and typescript drafts of three original plays: Arcadia (1993); The Invention of Love (1997); and the trilogy The Coast of Utopia (Voyage; Shipwreck; Salvage) (2000); with the version of The seagull, by Anton Chekhov (1997).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Latin, and Russian
The Invention of Love, by Sir Tom Stoppard: notes, drafts, and associated correspondence, with related reseach materials. Autograph, with typewritten, fax copy, and printed sections.
Scope & Content:
Almost complete set of the author's working documents for The Invention of Love, from the first genesis of the idea in the early 1990s to drafts for the theatre programme both for the opening run at the National Theatre in 1997 and the subsequent production in the USA. Includes scholarly and sub...
The Invention of Love, by Sir Tom Stoppard: notes and sectional drafts (1994-1997)
Scope & Content:
Notes and sectional drafts, substantially in the author's hand. Typewritten and fax copies of text heavily annotated in black ink by the author, with frequent additions of new handwritten text sometimes interlineated and sometimes on new sheets.
The Invention of Love, by Sir Tom Stoppard: sectional drafts (May - June 1996)
Scope & Content:
Drafts both typed and in fax copies, with heavy annotations in the author's hand. The cast of characters and the setting of the play takes definite shape for the first time. Includes draft letters to Professor David West about Catullus, written on the verso of cancelled typewritten drafts of the ...