Revised early draft of Act III Scene 1 [which later became the middle of Act II]. Towards the end of the volume there is a draft letter to John [Clements?]. Notes on plot development on end piece. Undated. Drawings in ink and pencil include: Old Devius on bed looking down at Humphrey Trellis; h...
Manuscript: ‘Loftus, The Catalyst' Act III Scene 1
Scope & Content:
Comprises two parts: A: Notebook originally titled ‘Peradventure’ [the title of Peake's fourth Titus book]. Notes and summary of action [apparently in Aaron Judah’s hand]. At the back of the volume there are notes for a story about Zenobia and Odaenathus. Undated. B: Twenty eight loose leaves ...
Volume inscribed 'Alexander the Great' on spine. Contains only drawings, no text. Manuscript undated (back of book date stamped 17 March 1958). Drawings in pencil, crayon and pen: f.3: bird and four-legged creature; f.5: curly-haired male head; f.7: line drawing of female nude; f.9: animals; f...
Autograph notebook, with minor revisions and pencil annotations [some apparently in Aaron Judah’s hand]. There are four sides of text [crossed out] entitled ‘My Home, My Wilderness: a play to show conflict between instinctive belief and inner reality – and rationalism’. Undated [but inscribed wi...
Typescript in five sections, each with its own cover. With minor revisions [in author's hand?]. Undated but pencil inscription on second leaf of 'Book I' cites Peake's address as 70 Glebe Place Chelsea thereby suggesting that the date is 1944-1946 - see G Peter Winnington, Mervyn Peake's Vast Alc...
Typescript: [‘Mr Loftus or:’] ‘And a Horse of Air’
Scope & Content:
Includes minor authorial revisions throughout [by Mervyn Peake and Aaron Judah]. There are more significant revisions to Act II with a number of leaves torn out and an additional autograph leaf pasted in with revised speech for Posgate. Inscribed ‘Typed by Peter Jones, Secretarial Bureau, 39 Cad...