Research material, typescripts, and wooden/cardboard puppets relating to the Greek/Turkish folklore shadow-puppet plays, and Stephanides' interpretations of these plays.
Papers and objects relating to Stephanides' plays, both original blank verse works, and also his interpretations of Karaghiozis plays he saw in Corfu and Crete.
Loose typescripts containing a mixture of Stephanides' translations of Greek poetry, and of his original stories; also present is a card, with a picture of a Twelfth-Century icon depicting the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, and an inscription on the inside of the card in Greek.
Material includes family and personal photographs; correspondence and diaries from his war-time services; correspondence from the Durrell family; and press-clippings and issues of The Greek Gazette.
File contains a variety of material, including: postcards with images of the Bridge of Arta; a letter from Stephanides to his wife, Mary, during the Second World War, relating to several topics, including his concerns for her safety due to the Germans bombing London; transcripts for a lecture giv...
First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 Papers
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File includes: correspondence from Stephanides to his parents and George Katsimbalis, mostly from during the Greco-Turkish War (also known as the Asia Minor Campaign), covering topics such as responses to family news, his activities in the army, and his court-martial for ‘despising’ King Constan...
Correspondence, diaries, drawings, maps and photographs from his time as a gunner in the Greek Army, during the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922, and his service as a doctor with the Royal Army Medical Corps, during the Second World War.
Includes letters detailing Durrell's work on various publications and Stephanides' help with research for The Greek Islands; health issues, travelling, and encouragement regarding Stephanides' own work; also present are letters from American author, Bertrand Mathieu, to Durrell describing his ap...