This sub-series consists of various autograph and typescript writings by Alec Guinness, including short stories, articles, addresses and speeches, and diary entries for newspapers.
Typed and autograph drafts of speeches, articles and readings.
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Autograph copy, photocopy and typed copy of a speech for John Gielgud's 90th birthday, 1994. Typed speech about Sir Laurence Olivier in 1963. Autograph and typed version of notes about books he has read, for the Sunday Telegraph, undated. Typed account of T.S. Eliot, undated. Typed proposal for a...
Address on Shakespeare by Alec Guinness for drama students
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Autograph draft of Guinness' talk for drama students titled 'A Cough and a Spit', one autograph page of notes on Shakespeare, one carbon copy typed version of the talk and a typed full version with some edits. Undated.
A newspaper cutting featuring a story by Alec Guinness called 'Tik Polonga', 1961. A notebook of short stories by Alec Guinness, with 'See page 8' written on the front, with pages 8-10 with the story 'Tik Polonga' missing.
One autograph draft titled 'Cora', with a list of references to novels by Anthony Trollope, in which Cora is a character, 2 pages. Undated. One autograph draft titled 'Glencora', 4 pages. Undated. Six typed drafts of 'Glencora', with edits to varying degrees. Undated.
Typed draft 'George Thomas - Preface', undated. Possibly written to accompany a biography of George Thomas by a benedictine nun. Typed draft of 'Diary with Diversion', dated 1988. Two copies of a typed passage on actress Jessica Tandy, one with edits marked, undated. Typed piece on actress Diana ...