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...
Script and score for a performance of Peake's poem set to music, produced by Laurence Gilliam with Marius Goring as the sailor and Marjorie Westbury as the child. Broadcast by the BBC Third Programme [26 August 1964].
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...
Undated loose leaf mounted on card. Contains drawing of a Chinese man with a pigtail and autograph notes about the Latin master stealing money from the Compound.