Typescript draft of screenplay for The Battle for Christabel, TV adaptation by Philomena McDonagh of the novel by Margaret Forster. Third draft, 26 Aug 2008. The file also includes a cover letter from Watermill Productions to agency Sayle Screen ltd, 30 Sept 2008.
Margaret Forster: Green Dusk for Dreams/The Triple Kingdom Ts
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Typescript draft. 228 pages, plus three earlier drafts of page number 1 (one manuscript and two typescript). On the title page two titles appear, 'Green Dusk for Dreams' (typed) and 'The Triple Kingdom' (handwritten).
Typescript draft. With handwritten corrections. 166 pages, bound in folder labelled 'Curtis Brown Ltd'. The file also includes a cover letter from Martin Secker & Warburg sending back to Margaret Forster the typescript which was found whilst clearing their office, 21 Sept 1971.
Manuscript draft of six short autobiographical pieces (possibly articles) by Margaret Forster, as follows: 'Entertaining', 3 pages, all with writing on both sides. 'Travel', 3 pages, all with writing on both sides. 'Que Sera Sera', 3 pages, all with writing on both sides. 'Servants', 3 pages, a...
Manuscript draft of unpublished novel by Margaret Forster entitled 'Headcase'. 160 pages, undated, possibly between 1971 and 1974 - as it's marked 'number 9' and Miss Owen-Owen is at Home (1969) is marked 'number 6'.
Margaret Forster: Ross Hunter and His Fight Against the World Later Draft
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Later manuscript draft (with pages of corrected typescript) and clean copy typescript, [early 1970s]. Both manuscript and typescript are entitled 'Ross Hunter and His Fight Against the World' and the typescript is labelled 'Richard Scott Simon Ltd', literary agency.