'As The Rails Run', play for Boundry Theatre Group
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Typescript synopsis of the proposed stage play for Peter Bridgemont at Boundry Theatre Group. Correspondence, notes and drafts. Draft hand written synopsis dated 29th Dec 1962.
'The Deluge at Norderny', drafts, typescript and correspondence relating to a proposed film treatment of Isak Dinesen's novel.
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File copy typescript of preliminary film presentation for a proposed screenplay for The Deluge at Norderny by Isak Dinesen, delivered 27 Sep 1966. Hand-written drafts and notes on the proposed film. Includes a loose note on dates. Three letters from Robert Light Productions Inc., two carbon copie...
Up Yours Too, Guillaume Apollinaire!, a film for the Insitute of Contemporary Arts
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Filming took place on 5 Oct 1968. Correspondence from the ICA inviting a contribution from B.S. Johnson. Material relating to the event at the ICA, including an exhibition catalogue. Research material regarding Guillaum Apollinaire and his work, including a sound recording of him reading his po...
B.S. Johnson Vs God, stage play for Basement Theatre
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Working papers file for the stage play, which was created from extracts from Whose Dog Are You? and the whole of You're Human Like the Rest of Them. Includes publicity information for the play, draft and revised script, pages from the published version of You're Human Like the Rest of Them, auto...
Working papers for Hafod A Hendref, film for Welsh television channel HTV
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Dated between Jan-Apr 1972. Working file including scheduling, shot list and summary giving detailed description of shots, typewritten script for the poem in nine parts Hafod A Hendref, with heavy annotation and notes, correspondence and other notes relating to the film. Coloured card with sent...
'You're Human Like the Rest of Them', stage play for Royal Shakespeare Company
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Draft and printed scripts of the stage play written for Royal Shakespeare Company. Later performed at Basement Theatre as part of B.S. Johnson vs God (1971).
'Down Red Lane', play originally for Basement Theatre, broadcast as a radio play in 2002.
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Draft scripts and radio broadcast script of a play originally written for Basement Theatre, but performed in Open Space Theatre, broadcast as a radio play in 2002.