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Title:
Scripts by N. F. Simpson
Scope & Content:
Contains: 12pp word processed copy of extracts from BBC-held scripts for World in Ferment [1969]. 3pp photocopy of BBC-held script of ‘A Small Keyboard Instrument’, a sketch for the 1972 series But Seriously – It’s Sheila Hancock. 3pp photocopy of BBC-held script of ‘I Could Have Died’, a sketch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1963-1983
Extent:
1 folder

2. Add MS 88985/1/2

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Title:
Papers relating to BBC scripts
Scope & Content:
The contents are photocopies of microfilm prints made by Ian Greaves during production of the 2007 Radio 4 documentary Reality is an Illusion Caused By Lack of N. F. Simpson. They are copyrighted to the BBC and were obtained from the Written Archives Centre in Caversham, Reading. Contains: Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1969-2007
Extent:
1 folder

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Title:
Papers relating to A Resounding Tinkle by N. F. Simpson
Scope & Content:
Contains: Papers relating to a 50th anniversary reading at the Royal Court. Includes a programme for the series of events of which the reading was part (Look Back – 50 Readings, 50 Writers, 50 Years); and correspondence with Ramin Gray, Emily McLaughlin, William Gaskill, and Ian Rickson. Group p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960s-2007
Extent:
1 folder

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Title:
Papers relating to One Way Pendulum by N. F. Simpson
Scope & Content:
Contains: Photographs taken at the Royal Court in 1959 by Roddy Maude-Roxby (who played Kirkby Groomkirby in the original 1959-60 production). With one official photograph of Maude-Roxby from the BBC’s 1961 production.Photographs (poor quality reproduction) and two playbills for The Birmingham R...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1977
Extent:
1 folder

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Title:
Papers relating to Was He Anyone? by N. F. Simpson
Scope & Content:
Contains press cuttings and reviews relating the Ensemble Theatre, Sydney’s production in February 1980, and papers relating to the revival staged by Oblique House at the Union Theatre, London, Nov-Dec 2007. The revival papers comprise: flyers; a photocopied programme; reviews and press coverage...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-2007
Extent:
1 folder

6. Add MS 88985/1/6

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Title:
Reviews of Harry Bleachbaker by N. F. Simpson
Scope & Content:
Harry Bleachbaker was published in the UK in 1976. In the United States it was published as Man Overboard. Also contains a typescript translation of a radio review on FRIJ Nederland, 21 Aug 1976.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch and English
Date Range:
1976
Extent:
1 folder

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Title:
‘The Emperor’s Clothes: A Life’ by N. F. Simpson
Scope & Content:
Contains: correspondence with Dave and Judy Crosher (Simpson’s literary executor and his wife) relating to 'The Emperor’s Clothes' and its contents; part of a typewritten diary (‘The Emperor’s Clothes: A Life’ was a prose work in diary form); ‘Chapter One’, “I shall not say why and when, at the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1990s-2000s
Extent:
1 folder

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Title:
Papers relating to If So, Then Yes by N. F. Simpson (I)
Scope & Content:
Contains: If So, Then Yes, first draft.If So, Then Yes, Working Draft (as at 12.08.06). 62pp. Unmarked. With covering letter to David and Judy Crosher.If So, Then Yes, Working Draft Two (Revised 1.09.06). 72pp. Unmarked.If So, Then Yes, Final Draft (as at 23.10.06) 63pp. Unmarked. Includes a loo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2006
Extent:
1 folder

9. Add MS 88985/1/9

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Title:
Papers relating to If So, Then Yes by N. F. Simpson (II)
Scope & Content:
Contains: If So, Then Yes Final Draft (as at 23.10.06) 63pp. Marked. Some minor crossings and queries throughout.“If So, Then Yes. Various drafts with corrections/amendments”. Contains: handwritten running order for Acts One and Two; unassigned lines of dialogue about Galileo; script pages marke...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2000s-2011
Extent:
1 folder

10. Add MS 88985/1/10

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Title:
Miscellaneous prose and sketches by N. F. Simpson
Scope & Content:
Contains: Cream envelope dated 23 July 1964, sent from Battersea to Simpson, King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, Sussex containing articles by Simpson. Contents: ‘Oh, this grinding comfort!’, [publication unknown but believed to be for a satirical magazine in the vein of Private Eye, Apr 1953], ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1953-2007
Extent:
1 folder

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