D. Drafts of Novels, Short Stories and Works of Non-fiction, with Related Research Files and Notes Bainbridge Papers. Vols. xviii-li. Material relating to novels, short stories and non-fiction works; circa 1946-2001, n.d. Arranged alphabetically by title of the work. For screenplays and playscripts based on the novels, see Add. 83780-83792; for notebooks containing draft passages from multiple works, see Add. 83793-83800; for correspondence annotated with the names of characters in the nove...
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. xix (ff. ). 'According to Queenie'; 1999. Papers relating to the novel. 1. Plan of Hester Thrale's House, Streatham Park; 1999. Copy. Produced by Ethel Bromford (1932) after an 1822 plan by J and W Newton, Chancery Lane. 4 chains : 1 inch (approx. 1: 2376). 2.Draft foli...
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. xx. Draft of According to Queeney; 2001. Typewritten with autograph revisions. Annotated by Bainbridge, 'Final Draft – more or less'; f.1 and f.184 contain suggested designs for the dust jacket, annotated with a note to Richard Beswick. The volume contains copies from the...
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. xxi (ff. ). 'Another Part of the Wood'; circa 1968. Typewritten with autograph revisions. Another Part of the Wood was first published in 1968 by Hutchinson. Comprises: a draft, which lacks the first five pages and contains a variant ending, and a dust jacket for the 1968...
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. xxii. Notebook containing draft passages of An Awfully Big Adventure; before 1990. 220 x 165 mm. 1. ff. 1-6. An Awfully Big Adventure. 2. ff. 7-9. Passages describing a stay in France [possibly draft Evening Standard article]
Bainbridge Papers. Vols. xxii-xxv. 'An Awfully Big Adventure'; 1950-circa 1990. An Awfully Big Adventure was first published in 1989, by Duckworth. Bainbridge adapted the novel for the Liverpool Playhouse, where it was staged in 1992, directed by Ian Kellgren. In 1995 a film of the same title was released, directed by Mike Newell and based on Bainbridge's novel. For material related to the play, see Add. 83780.
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. xxiii. Notebook containing draft passages mostly of An Awfully Big Adventure; before 1989. Partly French. Comprises: notes on and passages from Adventure (ff. 2-3, 5-7, 10-13, 15-27); passages of Evening Standard articles (3-4, 8?, 14, 16). 220 x 165 mm.