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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. vi-vii. ‘Dumas Gives a Party’; 6 Sept. 1932-28 Sept. 1939, n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unproduced play drawn from the memoirs of Alexandre Dumas père. The play was never staged, partly because another play on the life of Dumas by Jules Goodman was staged at the same time at the New Theatre, London. While initial work on the play was carried out in the 1930s, Eleanor Farjeon’s diary records that she attended a meeting about the play at the Old Vic Theatre on 2...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1932-28 Sep 1939
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2 items

12. Add MS 83083

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. vii (ff. 170); 6 Sept. 1932-16 June 1937, n.d. 1. ff. 1-151. Draft with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions; n.d. 2. ff. 152-170. Correspondence; 6 Sept. 1932-16 June 1937. Includes a letter from the producer Leon Lion concerning an early draft of the play (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1932-1937
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 83084

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. viii (ff. 154); n.d. Draft with autograph revisions and pasted inserts; n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938-1939
Extent:
1 item

14. Add MS 83084-83085

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. viii-ix. ‘An Elephant in Arcady’; 27 Sept. 1938-17 Feb. 1939, n.d. Mostly typewritten. First performed at the Kingsway Theatre, London, on 5 Oct. 1938. Book and lyrics by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon with music chosen by Eleanor and adapted by Ernest Irving. The vocal score was published as An Elephant in Arcady (1938) and was prepared before the Kingsway production. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1938-17 Feb 1939
Extent:
2 items

15. Add MS 83085

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. ix (ff. 133); 27 Sept. 1938-17 Feb. 1939, n.d. 1. ff. 1-106. Draft including cuts and revisions made during the Kingsway production; [1938]. 2. ff. 107-133. Partly [italics]autograph[/italics] correspondence relating to the Kingsway production, mostly good luck ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938-1939
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 83086

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. x (ff. 103); n.d. Script with autograph emendations in Eleanor Farjeon’s hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1943
Extent:
1 item

17. Add MS 83086-83087

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. x-xi. ‘The Fan’; n.d. Typewritten. Translated by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon from the play by Carlo Goldini and published in Four Comedies by Carlo Goldini, ed. Clifford Bax (1922). The play was performed at the Highbury Little Theatre during the 1942/1943 season. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1943
Extent:
2 items

18. Add MS 83087

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xi (ff. 166); n.d. 1. ff. 1-123. Two loosely bound scripts, one [italics]imperfect[/italics], with some [italics]autograph[/italics] emendations in an unknown hand; n.d. One copy is marked ‘Crespino’ and the other ‘Evaristo’ and ‘Giannina’ (characters in the play). ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1943
Extent:
1 item

19. Add MS 83088

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xii (ff. 144); [circa 1950]. Draft.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1950]
Extent:
1 item

20. Add MS 83088-83089

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Title:
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xii-xiii. ‘The Garden-Room’; [circa. 1950]. Typewritten. Unproduced play set in a fictional representation of Eleanor Farjeon’s own home in Hampstead: the Garden Room was a converted shed at the back of the house at 20 Perrins Walk where Eleanor used to work (see Morning Has Broken, p. 260). The fall of John Callaway in the play resembles the fatal fall of George Earle in 1949. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945-1955]
Extent:
2 items

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