'Cider with Rosie, by Laurie Lee; adapted by Nick Darke'. A version produced by the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, and with the name of Margaret Ramsay as agent on the title-page. The opening words are spoken by Laurie – 'I was set down from the carrier's cart. Photocopy from typewritten o...
'Cider with Rosie, by Laurie Lee: adapted for radio by Nick Darke'. Broadcast on the BBC World Service, the script being dated by Lee '97?', and on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. Typewritten.
Theatrical adaptation of 'Cider with Rosie'. Wanting the title leaf and thus lacking indication of the date and adapter, but possibly by Nick Darke. The opening words are spoken by Laurie – 'My life began on the carrier's cart'. Typewritten.
Programmes and flyers for performances of dramatisations of 'Cider with Rosie'. A large poster for a performance is at Add MS 88936/7/3. Photographs of dramatic performances are at Add MS 8836/2/137. Printed.
Papers for 'The firstborn'. Two essays on the birth and early months of his daughter Jesse Frances Lee (known as Jessy). Part 1 was first published as 'My child. No. 1: Laurie Lee on the wonder of the first born' in Evening Standard, 2 Dec. 1963, as 'Miss Jessie Lee' in Woman's Journal, Aug. 196...
Early autograph draft in a Civil Service notebook. Ends with Lee's arrival in Madrid. Notebook labelled 6. Further early notes for the work are at Add MS 88936/1/3.
Papers for 'As I walked out one midsummer morning'. An account of Lee's travels from his home village to London and on to Spain at the start of the Spanish Civil War. Autograph and typewritten drafts, proof copies, correspondence relating to the text and drafts of scripts for televised and filme...