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171. Add MS 89015/3/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89015/3/1/3
Title:
First draft autograph script of 'Quickly the Elephant' by Alec Guinness
Scope & Content:
First draft autograph script of Quickly the Elephant by Alec Guinness, in a pad of paper. Incomplete, only two pages. (decided the name 14 Aug 1970) Mr quickly and the elephant manuscript draft, four pages of autograph draft. Script is a collection of lines from Shakespeare's plays, from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1966
Extent:
1 file

172. Add MS 89015/3/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89015/3/1/4
Title:
Script of 'Yahoo' by Alec Guinness
Scope & Content:
One typed script with some autograph annotations in blue and black ink. One typed script with no annotations. Two typed scripts, with annotations in black ink. (See Add Ms 89015/6/4 for the programme for this production, and Add MS 89015/5/1/6 for the notebook on Swift) · And a programme f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1973-1976
Extent:

1 file

173. Add MS 89015/3/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89015/3/1/5
Title:
Typed script 'The Traitor Hero' arranged by Alec Guinness
Scope & Content:
Typed script of ‘The Traitor Hero’ arranged by Alec Guinness from Coleridge's translation of two plays by Schiller, The Piccolomini and the Death of Wallenstein.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938-1980
Extent:

1 file

174. Add MS 89015/3/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89015/3/1/6
Title:
Typed script of scene eight of Alec Guinness's stage adaptation of Great Expectations
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938-1980
Extent:

1 file

175. Add MS 89015/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89015/3/2
Title:
Memoir manuscripts for Blessings in Disguise
Scope & Content:
This sub-series contains drafts and scripts for Alec Guinness's first memoir Blessings in Disguise, including first drafts and an additional chapter for the second edition.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1962-1996
Extent:
6 files

176. Add MS 89015/3/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89015/3/2/1
Title:
First draft autograph chapters and notes relating to 'A Kind of Modern Happiness', the memoir that later became 'Blessings in Disguise'
Scope & Content:
Notebook titled 'A Kind of Modern Happiness' dated August 1962, with notes on titles for Alec Guinness's memoir. Typed draft pages for 'A Kind of Modern Happiness' about Guinness's Aunt Bella and childhood. Typed draft pages for 'A Kind of Modern Happiness', 27 pages. Autograph draft of 'Chapter ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1962
Extent:
1 file

177. Add MS 89015/3/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89015/3/2/2
Title:
Photos and notes relating to 'Blessings in Disguise'
Scope & Content:
Notebook with autograph notes on chapter titles, Sybil Thorndike and quotes from various texts. 11 photograph prints, one of a painting of Alec Guinness, a profile image of the bronze head of Alec Guinness by Elizabeth Frink, a black and white still of Alec Guinness in the 1956 film The Swan with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1985
Extent:
1 file

178. Add MS 89015/3/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89015/3/2/3
Title:
Edited typed draft of 'Towards the Pebbled Shore', later re-named 'Blessings In Disguise'
Scope & Content:
Copy of typed draft, with edits in black and blue pen and red pencil. Title page, showing 'Towards the Pebble Shore' as provisional title. (A) Dedication page (B) Contents page (C) Introduction - Stage Directions (D) 1. The Lady with the Ground Floor Flat (E) 2. Button Boots (F) 3. The Rain Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1985
Extent:
1 file

179. Add MS 89015/3/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89015/3/2/4
Title:
Edited typed draft of 'Blessings In Disguise' with letter from publisher
Scope & Content:
Includes a letter from the publisher Hamish Hamilton Limited, with a copy of chapter 'Sportin' Instincts' (I) with edits marked. A autograph page listing the chapters and word counts. Title page, showing 'Towards the Pebble Shore' as provisional title. (A) Dedication page (B) Contents page (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1985
Extent:
1 file

180. Add MS 89015/3/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89015/3/2/5
Title:
Edited typed draft of 'Blessings In Disguise'
Scope & Content:
Copies of chapters 1-7 and the introduction, with edits. Each chapter headed with a letter of the alphabet and word counts on front page. Introduction - Stage Directions (D) 1. The Lady with the Ground Floor Flat (E) 2. Button Boots (F) 3. The Rain Machine (G) 4. Quintessence of Dust (H) 5. Sport...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1985
Extent:
1 file