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1. Add MS 79238-79240

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WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. XXXVII-XXXIX. ‘Breaking Through’. Musical, science fiction youth show. Mainly typewritten, photocopied drafts [some imperf.] with autogr. revisions; 1980, n.d. Some of the notes are in an unidentified hand. The work was commissioned by the Women’s Theatre Group and first performed at The Cockpit Theatre on 13 Nov. 1980. It was directed by Jules Holledge, with music by Stephanie Nunn. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980
Extent:
3 items

2. Add MS 79229-79233

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WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. XXVIII-XXXII. ‘Case to Answer’ and ‘Happy Ending’. Typewritten and photocopied drafts with autogr. notes and revisions; 1977-1980, n.d. Some of the notes are by Liane Aukin. The play was given the consecutive titles listed below. The work was first performed as ‘Case To Answer’ at the Soho Poly on 19 May 1980, directed by Liane Aukin. ‘Happy Ending’ was performed in America on 20 June 1980 and was Wertenbaker’s first American production. Five volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1977-1980
Extent:
5 items

3. Add MS 79236-79237

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WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. XXXV, XXXVI. ‘Second Sentence’. Typewritten drafts, some displaying extensive autogr. revisions and notes; 1979-1980. The play was first performed by the Brighton Actors Workshop, 4 March 1980, directed by Faynia Williams. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1979-1980
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 79252-79254

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WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. LI-LIII. ‘Inside Out’. Typewritten and photocopied drafts; March-Aug. 1982. The play was first performed by the Rodent Arts Trust for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Heriot Watt theatre on 19 Aug. 1982, directed by Pat Trueman. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1982-Aug 1982
Extent:
3 items

5. Add MS 79241-79243

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WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. XL-XLII. ‘Variations: The Life of George Sand’; 1980-1981, n.d. The play was originally entitled ‘George Sand’. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-1981
Extent:
3 items

6. Add MS 79255-79257

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WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. LIV-LVI. ‘Abel’s Sister’. Autogr. notes and typewritten drafts with autogr. revisions [some imperf.]; 1983-1984, n.d. Included is a translation into French. The play by Wertenbaker is based on material by Yolande Bourcier. It was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs on 2 Aug. 1984, directed by Les Waters. It had its US première in New York on 28 March 1985. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-1984
Extent:
3 items

7. Add MS 79281-79298

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WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. LXXX-XCVII. ‘Three Birds Alighting on a Field’; 1988-1993, n.d. Apparently given the early working title ‘The Price of Everything’. The play was first performed on 5 Sept. 1991 at the Royal Court and revived on 6 Nov. 1992. Winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, Writers’ Guild Award and London Critics’ Circle Award in 1992. Eighteen volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988-1993
Extent:
18 items

8. Add MS 79259-79269

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WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. LVIII-LXVIII. ‘The Grace of Mary Traverse’; 1983-1985, [1986], n.d. The play seems to have had the early working-title ‘Grace Notes’. It was first performed at the Royal Court on 17 Oct. 1985, directed by Danny Boyle. Eleven volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-1986
Extent:
11 items

9. Add MS 79272-79280

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WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. LXXI-LXXIX. ‘Our Country’s Good’; 1988, n.d. The play premièred at the Royal Court on 9 Sept. 1988, directed by Max Stafford-Clark. It opened on Broadway in 1991. Winner of the Laurence Olivier Play of the Year Award in 1988 and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Foreign Play in 1991. Nine volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988
Extent:
9 items

10. Add MS 79245-79250

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WERTENBAKER PAPERS. Vols. XLIV-XLIX. ‘New Anatomies’; 1981-1984, n.d. The play was first performed at the ICA on 29 Sept. 1981 by the Women’s Theatre Group, directed by Nancy Diuguid. Six volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1981-1984
Extent:
6 items

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