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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 83077-83113

11. Add MS 83093

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xvii (ff. 23). ‘Green Gloves’ or ‘the Duel’ (ff. 1-16) and ‘How to Account for It’ (ff. 17-23); [circa 1922]-21 Sept. 1952. Mostly typewritten. ‘Green Gloves’ was an unproduced ‘Human Puppet-Opera in One Act’ with music by Arnold Bax and ‘How to Account for It’ a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1952
Extent:
1 item

12. Add MS 83094

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xviii (ff. 37). ‘Juliette’ (ff. 1-22), ‘The King’s Daughter Cries for the Moon’ (ff. 23-33) and ‘The Little Mermaid’ (ff. 34-37); 30 Oct. 1948-5 April 1951, n.d. Mostly typewritten. ‘Juliette’ was an unproduced ‘Intimate Opera’ based on a short-story by B. L. Jac...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948-1951
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 83095-83099

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xix-xxiii. ‘Love Affair’; 12 March 1938-23 Aug. 1963, n.d. Typewritten. Unproduced play based on the novel Love Affair (1949). The title was definitively changed to ‘Pierre and Denise’ after the 1956 London production of another play called ‘Love Affair’ by Dulcie Gray. The project originated in the 1930s as a musical, planned in collaboration with Herbert Farjeon, with scenes inspired by French impressionist paintings, see Morning Has Broken, p.255. It w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1938-23 Aug 1963
Extent:
5 items

14. Add MS 83100-83101

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xxiv-xxv. ‘Madame Récamier’; [circa 1933]-5 June 1973, n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unperformed play about the life of Madame Récamier, who hosted a renowned Parisian salon under the First Empire and the Restoration. Eleanor Farjeon sent the play to Robert Donat, who produced ‘The Glass Slipper’, on 29 Sept. 1943, explaining that it had been ‘wanted by more than one promising actress ten years ago’, but it was declined on the grounds that it would be too expens...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1933]-5 Jun 1973
Extent:
2 items

15. Add MS 83102

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxvi (ff. 169). ‘Material for a Suit: A Cromwellian Farce in Three Acts’; n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unproduced play based on an episode in Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras, Mémoires de Monsieur d’Artagnan (1700). For ‘Dumas Gives a Party’, drawn from the memoirs of Alexa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1917-1973]
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 83103

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxvii (ff. 129). ‘The Pearl of Elizondo’ (ff. 1-57), ‘The Plane Tree’ (ff. 58-125) and ‘The Scamp with a [?] (ff. 126-129); 9 Oct. 1937, n.d. Mostly typewritten. ‘The Pearl of Elizondo’, an unproduced ‘Opera-Bouffe in One Act by Jacques Offenbach Freely Adapted f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 item

17. Add MS 83104-83105

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xxviii-xxix. ‘The Silver Curlew’; 22 Dec. 1949, n.d . Mostly typewritten. Play based on the Norfolk version of Rumplestiltskin with music by Clifton Parker. First performed at the Liverpool Playhouse on 22 Dec. 1948 and at the Arts Theatre, London, in Dec. 1949. In the London production, the part of King Nollekens was played by Denys Blakelock; for correspondence with Denys Blakelock, see Add. 83131. For the copy of the play submitted to the Lord Chamberl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1949
Extent:
2 items

18. Add MS 83106

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxx (ff. 242). ‘Snow-White’ (ff. 1-4) and ‘The Tarletan Triplets’ (ff. 5-242); n.d. Mostly typewritten. Eleanor Farjeon first wrote ‘Snow White’ as a child, and a revised version of the play was published in Grannie Gray: Children’s Plays and Games With Music and Wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939-1940
Extent:
1 item

19. Add MS 83107-83109

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xxxi-xxxiii. ‘These Two: A Team Play’; [circa 1942]-14 Feb. 1962, n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unproduced play about a husband and wife, each played by six actors at different stages of their life. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1942]-14 Feb 1962
Extent:
3 items

20. Add MS 83110

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxxiv (ff. 155). ‘The Two Bouquets’; 29 March 1929-12 May 1953. Mostly typewritten. Light Opera by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon with music arranged and orchestrated by Ernest Irving. First broadcast on the radio, in a shortened form, on 3 May 1936 under the title...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929-1953
Extent:
1 item

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