HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. xxvi. Vocal works; 1952, 1969-70. ff. 111. Largest size 355 x 265mm. 1. ff. 1-29. ‘The Shadow of Cain’ (text, Edith Sitwell), for speakers, chorus and orchestra, op.22; 1952. Vocal score, ‘draft’ (f. 2); ‘a note on the music’ by the composer, ink; typewritten G...
HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. xcviii. ff. 85. Largest size 330 x 205mm. 1. ff. 1-26. ‘The Pallingham Depression’ by Frederick Bradnum; n.d. Annotated typescript. See also Add. 71767, ff. 1-19. 2. ff. 27-52. ‘Prometheus unbound’, Aeschylus, translated by Rex Warner’ 1955. Typescript. See al...
HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. ciii. Miscellaneous text and scenarios, apparently under consideration by Searle; 1959-79, n.d. ff. 97. Largest size 340 x 240mm. 1. f. 1. Aurelio de la Vega: ‘Inflorescenica’; 1976. Typescript. In Spanish. 2. f. 2. ‘Last poems iii’; n.d. In Searle’s hand. 3....
HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. xxxiii. Vocal works without opus number; 1948-1973, n.d. ff. 63. Largest size 390 x 300mm. 1. f. 1. ‘The Queen of Air and Darkness’ for voice and piano; 1948. 2. ff. 2-5. ‘The Owl and the Pussy Cat’ (words, Edward Lear) for speaker, flute, cello and guitar; 19...
HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. xcv. ff. 102. 330 x 205mm. 1. ff. 1-47. ‘The Guilt of King Polycrates’, ‘a melodrama for an Age of Prosperity’, a verse play for radio based on ‘Herodotus’ by Peter Gurney; 1960. Typescript. See also Add. 71767, ff. 38-75. 2. ff. 48-80. ‘Lenz’ by Georg Buchner...
HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. lxxxix. ff. 110. 330 x 205mm. 1. ff. 1-64. ‘Bloomsday’ by James Joyce, radio adaptation by Allan McClelland; 1961. Typescript. See also Add. 71754 ff. 51-66. 2. ff. 65-110. ‘The Cello’ by Jean Forest and Jacques Perret, adapted and translated by Humphrey Hare;...