Aa, Ab, B. Three copies of the portrait of Evelyn, drawn and engraved by Robert Nanteuil; 1650. Aa and Ab appear to represent state V, and B possibly state VI of the engraving, as listed in Charles Petitjean and Charles Wickert, Catalogue de l’oeuvre gravé de Robert Nanteuil (Paris, 1925), p. 188. 360 x 250mm.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCLXVI-CCCLXVIII. General entry-books, containing copies of Godolphin’s letters to fellow officials, and of reports, memorials, etc.; 1701-1719. With some marginal autograph notes. Four volumes.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCLXXII-CCCLXXV. Correspondence, sermon notes and other papers of Ralph Bohun, D.D; 1667-1716. Bohun, a Fellow of New College Oxford, was tutor to John Evelyn junior at Sayes Court and Oxford between 1665 and 1671, and afterwards rector of West Kington, co. Wilt, 1674-1701, and of the Evelyns’ parish of Wotton from 1701 until his death in 1716. Since he died unmarried and with no relations in the vicinity, his papers were probably taken into the Evelyn archive at thi...
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Ralph Bohun, Rector of West Kington, and of Wotton: Correspondence and papers: 1667-1716.
NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. II-IV. ‘A Better Mousetrap’; 18 Oct. 1978-[1987?], n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unperformed work, originally a ‘musical play’, about the life of Sir Basil Zaharoff (arms merchant and financier). For ‘Poppy’, in which Peter Nichols developed this pantomime form, see Add. 78980-78984. Three volumes.
NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. V-VI. ‘Blue Murder’; Oct. 1991-10 May 1996, n.d. Peter Nichols directed the first performance by the Show of Strength Theatre Company at Quakers Friars, Bristol, on 25 Nov. 1995. Subsequently performed at the Richmond Theatre, London from 23 Sept. 1996. The play was nominated for the Writers’ Guild Award and also earned Peter Nichols a nomination for the Lloyds Private Banking Playwright of the Year Award. For the deposit copy of the playscript, see PS. 7338. The...
NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. VIII-IX. ‘Chez nous’; 1909, 11 April 1973-1977, n.d. Mostly typewritten. First performed at the Globe Theatre, London, on 6 February 1974, later playing at the Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, from 6 Nov. 1977. Published as Chez nous: A Domestic Comedy in Two Acts (1974), Plays: One (1987) and Plays: Two. Two volumes.