D. M. Thomas: 'They're Not Laughing Now', unpublished radio play
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Word-processed typescript of 'They’re Not Laughing Now', an unpublished and unbroadcast play for radio by D. M. Thomas. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'Unperformed radio play typescript c. ['2099' crossed out] 1999'.
D. M. Thomas: 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a century in his life'. Word-processed draft. Chapter 20, part 1 of 2.
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D. M. Thomas, 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a century in his life'. Digital word-processed draft. Chapter 20, part 1 of 2: 'Firebird'. The text in this file, though viewable, is showing a degree of corruption. Please see the record of series Add MS 89363/10 for more information.
D. M. Thomas: 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a century in his life'. Word-processed draft. Chapter 20, part 2 of 2.
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D. M. Thomas, 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a century in his life'. Digital word-processed draft. Chapter 20, part 2 of 2: 'The Given Field'. The text in this file, though viewable, is showing a degree of corruption. Please see the record of series Add MS 89363/10 for more information.
D. M. Thomas: 'With Great Pleasure', radio programme
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Typescript of radio presentation 'With Great Pleasure: D. M. Thomas Presents His Personal Choice of Poetry with Diana Quick and Alan Howard', recorded at the Royal Seven Stars Hotel (Totnes, Devon), 21 September 1983 for broadcast on BBC Radio. With some related correspondence between Thomas an...
D. M. Thomas: 'A Room in the Alps', unfinished novel, typescript
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Word processor draft, unannotated, of 'A Room in the Alps', an abandoned and unpublished novel by D. M. Thomas. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'A Room in the Alps' with written notes. Novel started, abandoned — 2016.'.
D. M. Thomas: 'The White Hotel' film rights, file 3
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A tranche of copies of legal documents concerning a series of legal disputes over a film adaptation by Barry Goldin and Bobby Geisler of D. M. Thomas's novel 'The White Hotel'. They consist of a preamble and 23 parts, and were originally held together in temporary binding. Rectos only. The c...
D. M. Thomas: 'The White Hotel', draft of proposed screenplay
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Draft typescript material for a screenplay by D. M. Thomas for a proposed film adaptation of 'The White Hotel'. The contents of this sub-series were originally held in a folder labelled 'White Hotel — drafts of screenplay, by DMT'.
D. M. Thomas: 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn: a century in his life', photographs
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Photographs assembled as proposed illustrations for D. M. Thomas's biography 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn: a century in his life'. The contents of this sub-series were originally held in a folder labelled 'Sol. Research', and also bearing an older title, 'Photos'.