Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xxxv-xxxvi. ‘Watteau’; 23 July 1933, 6 Aug. 1937, n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unproduced operetta about Eleanor Farjeon’s favourite artist set in 1712. Two volumes.
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xl-xli. ‘Cyprin Chase or The Carp’; n.d. Mostly autograph. Unpublished novel, originally begun as a short ghost story in the 1930s, subsequently developed as an operetta and then as a prose version. For the stage version, from which some of the direct speech in the novel is taken, see Add. 83079-83080. Two volumes.
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xliii a, b. ‘Martin Pippin in the Apple-Orchard’; n.d. Mostly autograph. Draft stored in original cloth-covered solander box. Eleanor Farjeon’s internal page numbering is inconsistent, but the manuscript is complete, with the exception of the ‘Second Interlude’. First published as Martin Pippin in the Apple-Orchard (1921). Two parts.
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. l-li. ‘Queens’ Scrapbook’;[1964] -17 Feb. 1965. Mostly typewritten with autograph revisions. An anthology of short texts and poems about fictional and historical Queens, collected and edited by Eleanor Farjeon and William Mayne. Arranged in the order of final publication, with texts not included placed at the end. Two extracts from the published edition, ‘Vashista’ and ‘Henry VIII’, are missing. Published as The Hamish Hamilton Book of Queens (1965), whic...
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. lvii-lxi. Family correspondence of members of the Farjeon and Jefferson families; [29 July 1913]-4 Jan. 1965, n.d. For correspondence of Annabel Farjeon with others than Eleanor, see Add. 83189. For correspondence and papers relating to research into the Farjeon family tree, see Add. 83190. Five volumes.
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. lxvi-lxvii. Correspondence of Eleanor Farjeon and George Chester Earle, al. ‘Pod’, with Florence Williams Whitten, afterw. Marshall; 24 April 1938-11 Feb. 1965, n.d. Partly typewritten. Some letters are written jointly from Eleanor and Earle, and others written individually. Two volumes.
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. lxviii-lxix. Partly typewritten letters relating to or resulting from Eleanor Farjeon’s 1938 visit to New York City for the production of ‘The Two Bouquets’; 18 Oct. 1936-10 Aug. 1962, n.d. The play was performed at the Windsor Theatre and was produced and directed by Marc Connolly. For the background to the visit, see Morning Has Broken, pp. 183-207. For Eleanor’s autobiographical account of her American visit, see ‘The American Adventure’, Add. 83151, whi...
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. c-ciii. Mostly typewritten special Professional Correspondence; 1908-2000. Includes some letters to Herbert Farjeon relating to plays written in collaboration by Eleanor and Herbert. For further professional correspondence of Eleanor Farjeon relating to options, royalty payments and publication details for ‘The Glass Slipper’, ‘Madame Récamier’, ‘The Silver Curlew’ and ‘The Two Bouquets’, see Correspondence and Papers of the Society of Authors and League of ...
Bainbridge Papers. Vols. iv-v (ff. ). General correspondence; 1966-2003, n.d. Partly typewritten. A number of the letters have been annotated at a later date with the surnames of the correspondents; the principal correspondents are included in the index to the present catalogue. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. For letters from unidentified correspondents, see Add. 83734.