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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 79191
Title:
Scope & Content:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. CCXLVIII (ff. 163); 12 March 1968-1980.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Mar 1968-1980
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78948-78949
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. V-VI. ‘Blue Murder’; Oct. 1991-10 May 1996, n.d. Peter Nichols directed the first performance by the Show of Strength Theatre Company at Quakers Friars, Bristol, on 25 Nov. 1995. Subsequently performed at the Richmond Theatre, London from 23 Sept. 1996. The play was nominated for the Writers’ Guild Award and also earned Peter Nichols a nomination for the Lloyds Private Banking Playwright of the Year Award. For the deposit copy of the playscript, see PS. 7338. The...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Oct 1991-10 May 1996
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78951-78952
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. VIII-IX. ‘Chez nous’; 1909, 11 April 1973-1977, n.d. Mostly typewritten. First performed at the Globe Theatre, London, on 6 February 1974, later playing at the Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, from 6 Nov. 1977. Published as Chez nous: A Domestic Comedy in Two Acts (1974), Plays: One (1987) and Plays: Two. Two volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1909-1977
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78953
Title:
Scope & Content:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 240). ‘Common Ground’; Oct. 1990-Jan. 1991, n.d. Mostly word-processed. Based on Peter Nichols’s television play ‘The Common’ but never performed. For ‘The Common’, see Add. 79004-79005. 1. ff. 1-27. [italics]Printed[/italics] preparatory material; n.d. 2. ff....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1990-1991
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78957-78959
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XIV-XVI. ‘Euphoria’ or ‘About Turner’ or ‘The Flying Man’; 11 Dec. 1987-1 Sept. 1995, n.d. Mostly word-processed. Unperformed play which Peter Nichols later adapted as a novel, see Add. 79074-79075. Three volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Dec 1987-1 Sep 1995
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78963-78964
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XX-XXI. ‘The Freeway’; May 1973-19 Nov. 1974, n.d. Mostly typewritten. First performed by the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, London, on 1 October 1974, and later played at the Milwaukee Rep, Milwaukee, WI, during the 1978-1979 season. The Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, holds a typewritten draft dated July 1974. For the radio adaptation, see Add. 79086-79087. Some of the characters and situations were ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: May 1973-19 Nov 1974
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78975
Title:
Scope & Content:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. XXXII (ff. 125). ‘People Like Us’; n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unperformed play. 1. ff. 1-9. [italics]Autograph[/italics] notes; n.d. 2. ff. 10-23. Draft pages with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions; n.d. 3. ff. 24-125. Draft with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions;...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1909-2005]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78985-78988
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XLII-XLV. ‘Privates on Parade’; April 1975-11 Jan. 1996, n.d. First performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on 17 Feb. 1977, with music by Dennis King. From 1946 to 1947, Peter Nichols served in a similar entertainment troupe to the one depicted in the play. The original production won the Evening Standard Drama Awards Best Play of the Year, the Ivor Novello Award for Best British Musical and the Society of West End Theatres Best ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Apr 1975-11 Jan 1996
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78989
Title:
Scope & Content:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. XLVI (ff. 114). ‘Pursued by a Bear’; Jan. 1996-March 1997, n.d. Word-processed with autograph revisions. Unperformed play drawing on the fictional characters of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. 1. f. 1. Preparatory material; n.d. 2. ff. 2-18. Notes; Jan. 1996-March...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1996-1997
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78994
Title:
Scope & Content:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. LI (ff. 72). Typewritten, word-processed and autograph draft introductions to the three published editions of the collected plays of Peter Nichols. Also includes two proof covers; n.d.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1909-2005]
Extent:: 1 item

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