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1382. Add MS 83082-83083
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- Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. vi-vii. ‘Dumas Gives a Party’; 6 Sept. 1932-28 Sept. 1939, n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unproduced play drawn from the memoirs of Alexandre Dumas père. The play was never staged, partly because another play on the life of Dumas by Jules Goodman was staged at the same time at the New Theatre, London. While initial work on the play was carried out in the 1930s, Eleanor Farjeon’s diary records that she attended a meeting about the play at the Old Vic Theatre on 2...
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- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 6 Sep 1932-28 Sep 1939
- Extent:
- 2 items
1383. Add MS 83084-83085
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- Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. viii-ix. ‘An Elephant in Arcady’; 27 Sept. 1938-17 Feb. 1939, n.d. Mostly typewritten. First performed at the Kingsway Theatre, London, on 5 Oct. 1938. Book and lyrics by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon with music chosen by Eleanor and adapted by Ernest Irving. The vocal score was published as An Elephant in Arcady (1938) and was prepared before the Kingsway production. Two volumes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 27 Sep 1938-17 Feb 1939
- Extent:
- 2 items
1384. Add MS 83086-83087
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- Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. x-xi. ‘The Fan’; n.d. Typewritten. Translated by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon from the play by Carlo Goldini and published in Four Comedies by Carlo Goldini, ed. Clifford Bax (1922). The play was performed at the Highbury Little Theatre during the 1942/1943 season. Two volumes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1942-1943
- Extent:
- 2 items
1385. Add MS 83088-83089
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- Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xii-xiii. ‘The Garden-Room’; [circa. 1950]. Typewritten. Unproduced play set in a fictional representation of Eleanor Farjeon’s own home in Hampstead: the Garden Room was a converted shed at the back of the house at 20 Perrins Walk where Eleanor used to work (see Morning Has Broken, p. 260). The fall of John Callaway in the play resembles the fatal fall of George Earle in 1949. Two volumes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- [1945-1955]
- Extent:
- 2 items
1386. Add MS 83091-83092
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- Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xv-xvi. ‘The Great Alexis’ or ‘The Chef’; [circa 1941]-31 March 1951. Mostly typewritten. Unproduced ‘Musical Drama in Three Acts’ based on events in the life of the French chef Alexis Soyer, with music by Otto Lampel. On 31 March 1951, Eleanor Farjeon wrote that one and a half Acts had been written (see, Add. 83091) but, despite a synopsis and some draft pages for Act Three, the work was never completed. For photocopies of letters from Eleanor Farjeon to ...
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- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- [c 1941]-31 Mar 1951
- Extent:
- 2 items
1387. Add MS 83095-83099
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- Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xix-xxiii. ‘Love Affair’; 12 March 1938-23 Aug. 1963, n.d. Typewritten. Unproduced play based on the novel Love Affair (1949). The title was definitively changed to ‘Pierre and Denise’ after the 1956 London production of another play called ‘Love Affair’ by Dulcie Gray. The project originated in the 1930s as a musical, planned in collaboration with Herbert Farjeon, with scenes inspired by French impressionist paintings, see Morning Has Broken, p.255. It w...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 12 Mar 1938-23 Aug 1963
- Extent:
- 5 items
1388. Add MS 83100-83101
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- Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xxiv-xxv. ‘Madame Récamier’; [circa 1933]-5 June 1973, n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unperformed play about the life of Madame Récamier, who hosted a renowned Parisian salon under the First Empire and the Restoration. Eleanor Farjeon sent the play to Robert Donat, who produced ‘The Glass Slipper’, on 29 Sept. 1943, explaining that it had been ‘wanted by more than one promising actress ten years ago’, but it was declined on the grounds that it would be too expens...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- [c 1933]-5 Jun 1973
- Extent:
- 2 items
1389. Add MS 83104-83105
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- Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xxviii-xxix. ‘The Silver Curlew’; 22 Dec. 1949, n.d . Mostly typewritten. Play based on the Norfolk version of Rumplestiltskin with music by Clifton Parker. First performed at the Liverpool Playhouse on 22 Dec. 1948 and at the Arts Theatre, London, in Dec. 1949. In the London production, the part of King Nollekens was played by Denys Blakelock; for correspondence with Denys Blakelock, see Add. 83131. For the copy of the play submitted to the Lord Chamberl...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 22 Dec 1949
- Extent:
- 2 items
1390. Add MS 83107-83109
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- Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xxxi-xxxiii. ‘These Two: A Team Play’; [circa 1942]-14 Feb. 1962, n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unproduced play about a husband and wife, each played by six actors at different stages of their life. Three volumes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- [c 1942]-14 Feb 1962
- Extent:
- 3 items