Michael Palin Notebooks 19 and 20: Marty, Cabaret and The Complete and Utter History of Britain
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Notebook 19 (Cantab spiral notebook, 28 pages), with holograph notes and drafts of sketches for Marty and for a cabaret. Headlines include: 'Marty Film', 'Desert Island Film or Play', 'The Interview', 'The Funeral' and 'Cabaret Opening'. The notebooks also includes a list of words translated into...
Material relating to the TV drama Troubles (1987), for which Michael Palin was initially chosen as Major Archer (later replaced by Ian Charleson), as follows: filming schedule, 23 Feb-30 May 1987 - clean copy typescript, 54 pages; press reviews, Feb-Sept 1987; call sheet and daily movement order...
Material relating to the Viking musical, written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin, as follows: notebook marked 'Vikings - The Musical. Book 1. Feb '84', with notes and draft of script in Palin's handwriting and attached photocopies of draft of script in Terry Jones's handwriting, Dec 1983-1984; ...
Material relating to show 136, 179 and 306 of Saturday Night Live, May 1979, Mar 1980 and Oct 1982, as follows: part script for episode 136 - clean copy typescript; letters from fans, May-Jul 1979; part of script for episode 179 - typescript with a few corrections; press cuttings about the show,...
Michael Palin Notebooks 49 and 50: Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys & Girls and Monty Python
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Notebook 49 (red Silvine Students notebook, 25 pages plus 30 loose pages) marked 'Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys & Girls, Feb 1974' with notes and drafts of text, mainly for Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys & Girls. Headlines include: 'A Cowboy Story', 'Soccer My Way', 'Great Men of Our T...
Michael Palin Archive: 'Brazil (1984)/Press. Returns etc.'
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Material relating to the film Brazil, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Michael Palin (1984), as follows: notes by Palin about the script, after reading it in New York - holograph manuscript on loose pages of notepad, Sept 1979; draft of scene entitled 'Jack's Office' - typescript with a few c...