Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxiii (ff. 149); 23 Aug. 1963. Letter from Eleanor Farjeon to ‘Kitty’ relating the history of ‘Love Affair’ with a draft dating from the mid 1950s enclosed.
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxiv (ff. 257); [circa 1933]. 1. ff. 1-10. Notes on Mme. Récamier, Lucien and Napoleon Bonaparte and other historical figures represented in the play, mostly taken from Edouard Herriot, [italics]Madame Récamier[/italics], 2 vols (1906) and Hugh Williams, [italics]...
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...
Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xxv (ff. 158); [circa 1933], 7 Aug. 1962-5 June 1973, n.d. 1. ff. 1-153. Draft with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions; [[italics]circa[/italics] 1933]. Each act is separately bound with string, with illustrations of historical characters from the play on the...
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...
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...
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...