Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxiii (ff. 149); 23 Aug. 1963. Letter from Eleanor Farjeon to ‘Kitty’ relating the history of ‘Love Affair’ with a draft dating from the mid 1950s enclosed.
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxiv (ff. 257); [circa 1933]. 1. ff. 1-10. Notes on Mme. Récamier, Lucien and Napoleon Bonaparte and other historical figures represented in the play, mostly taken from Edouard Herriot, [italics]Madame Récamier[/italics], 2 vols (1906) and Hugh Williams, [italics]...
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxv (ff. 158); [circa 1933], 7 Aug. 1962-5 June 1973, n.d. 1. ff. 1-153. Draft with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions; [[italics]circa[/italics] 1933]. Each act is separately bound with string, with illustrations of historical characters from the play on the...
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxvi (ff. 169). ‘Material for a Suit: A Cromwellian Farce in Three Acts’; n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unproduced play based on an episode in Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras, Mémoires de Monsieur d’Artagnan (1700). For ‘Dumas Gives a Party’, drawn from the memoirs of Alexa...
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxvii (ff. 129). ‘The Pearl of Elizondo’ (ff. 1-57), ‘The Plane Tree’ (ff. 58-125) and ‘The Scamp with a [?] (ff. 126-129); 9 Oct. 1937, n.d. Mostly typewritten. ‘The Pearl of Elizondo’, an unproduced ‘Opera-Bouffe in One Act by Jacques Offenbach Freely Adapted f...
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxix (ff. 165); 22 Dec. 1949, n.d.. 1. ff. 1-142. Draft with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions and stage directions; n.d. 2. ff. 143-144. Draft for the programme for a production of ‘The Silver Curlew’ at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; n.d. 3. ff. 145-...
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxx (ff. 242). ‘Snow-White’ (ff. 1-4) and ‘The Tarletan Triplets’ (ff. 5-242); n.d. Mostly typewritten. Eleanor Farjeon first wrote ‘Snow White’ as a child, and a revised version of the play was published in Grannie Gray: Children’s Plays and Games With Music and Wit...