Comprises summary of Act II and synopsis for Act III. There are many drawings of fantastical figures at the back of the volume. Revisions to the text would suggest that this is a later draft than Add MS 88931/3/1/12. Undated.
Revised early draft of Act III Scene 1 [which later became the middle of Act II]. Towards the end of the volume there is a draft letter to John [Clements?]. Notes on plot development on end piece. Undated. Drawings in ink and pencil include: Old Devius on bed looking down at Humphrey Trellis; h...
International Copyright Bureau Typescript: '"The Wit To Woo" by Mervyn Peake'
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Cast list for 1957 Arts Theatre production inscribed next to list of dramatis personae. There are handwritten notes and deletions in the text in preparation for performance. Final pages have been torn out. Undated.
Discarded Typescript and Later Manuscript Draft: ‘The Wit To Woo’
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Inscribed with Peake’s Wallington address. Undated. Comprises: complete draft typescript of play in three acts; later autograph draft of Act I and Act II on reverse of typescript, with revisions (some leaves pasted in, both in typescript and manuscript). The character October is still named Gu...
Complete revised autograph draft in various coloured inks. Some typescript leaves pasted in and revised in Peake’s hand. Many passages underlined in red pencil. 'Shirt' has been crossed out and the character renamed 'Kite'.
Complete revised autograph draft in various coloured inks. Some typescript leaves pasted in and revised in Peake’s hand. List of ‘dramatis personae’ on title verso. Sketch [of Percy Trellis] with sweat dripping from brow on original cover (leaf with new cover loosely attached over the top). ‘Not...
Clean copy seemingly produced on an electronic typewriter. Inscribed with name and address of agent Maurice Michael and Maeve Peake [Maeve Gilmore]. Appears to be the version from which Maeve Gilmore compiled the text for Peake's Progress (London: Allen Lane, 1978) as this is the only typescript...