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81. Add MS 88931/3/1/7

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Add MS 88931/3/1/7
Title:
Discarded Typescript and Later Manuscript Draft: ‘The Wit To Woo’
Scope & Content:
Inscribed with Peake’s Wallington address. Undated. Comprises: complete draft typescript of play in three acts; later autograph draft of Act I and Act II on reverse of typescript, with revisions (some leaves pasted in, both in typescript and manuscript). The character October is still named Gu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 1950s
Extent:
1 volume

82. Add MS 88931/3/1/8

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Add MS 88931/3/1/8
Title:
Revised Typescript: ‘The Wit To Woo’
Scope & Content:
Comprises three parts: A: Act I; B: Act II Scene 1; C: Act II Scene 2; Incorporates additional manuscript leaves with revisions. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 1950s
Extent:
1 file

83. Add MS 88931/3/1/9

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Add MS 88931/3/1/9
Title:
Notebooks With Alterations and Revisions
Scope & Content:
Comprises three parts: A: Revised autograph manuscript featuring scene between Hodgekins and Jenkins. Notes on plot development at end of volume, as well as a sketch of October Trellis. Undated. B: Autograph manuscript comprising ‘Phrases from act 2 scene 2’ and brief notes on structure. First l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Dec 1952
Extent:
1 file

84. Add MS 88931/3/1/10

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Add MS 88931/3/1/10
Title:
Autograph Notebook: Act III
Scope & Content:
Disbound volume with partial early draft of Act III, with revisions. Additional leaves pasted in. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 1950s
Extent:
1 volume

85. Add MS 88931/3/1/11

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Add MS 88931/3/1/11
Title:
Manuscript and Typescript Leaves
Scope & Content:
Includes: manuscript fragments including ideas for beginning of Act III; typescript parts of Act I, II and III.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 1950s
Extent:
1 file

86. Add MS 88931/3/1/12

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Add MS 88931/3/1/12
Title:
Autograph Notebook: Act III
Scope & Content:
Inscribed with Peake’s Wallington address. Revisions to the text would appear to suggest that this is a later draft than Add MS 88931/3/1/10. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 1950s
Extent:
1 volume

87. Add MS 88931/3/1/13

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Add MS 88931/3/1/13
Title:
Autograph Notebook: Act III 'Synopsis’
Scope & Content:
Comprises summary of Act II and synopsis for Act III. There are many drawings of fantastical figures at the back of the volume. Revisions to the text would suggest that this is a later draft than Add MS 88931/3/1/12. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 1950s
Extent:

1 volume

88. Add MS 88931/3/1/14

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Add MS 88931/3/1/14
Title:
Autograph Notebook: Act III
Scope & Content:
Partial draft, with revisions and additional manuscript and typescript leaves pasted or sellotaped in. Drawing of figure in armchair towards end of volume. Appears to be later draft than Add MS 88931/3/1/13. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 1950s
Extent:
1 volume

89. Add MS 88931/3/1/15

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Add MS 88931/3/1/15
Title:
Typescript: Act III
Scope & Content:
Clean copy lacking ending of Act III
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 1950s
Extent:
1 file

90. Add MS 88931/3/1/16

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Add MS 88931/3/1/16
Title:
International Copyright Bureau Typescript: '"The Wit To Woo" by Mervyn Peake'
Scope & Content:
Cast list for 1957 Arts Theatre production inscribed next to list of dramatis personae. There are handwritten notes and deletions in the text in preparation for performance. Final pages have been torn out. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957?
Extent:
1 volume