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31. Add MS 49298-49306

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Add MS 49298-49306
Title:
GILBERT PAPERS. Vols. X-XVIII. Drafts and synopses of plays and libretti, etc.; bef. 1873-1911, n.d. Mostly autograph. These drafts are much more complete and closer to the final published versions than those in Add. MSS. 49289-49297. Nine volumes.
Scope & Content:
Drama: Drafts and synopses of plays and libretti by Sir W. S. Gilbert: 19th-20th cent: Partly typewritten and pressed copies: Mostly autograph.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1873-1911
Extent:
9 items

32. Add MS 49308

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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XX (ff. 248). Collected plays and libretti of Gilbert. Two imperfect sets of printed proofs, with autograph corrections, of Original Plays by W. S. Gilbert, Fourth Series, 1911. Preceded (f. 1) by a covering letter to Gilbert from Chatto and Windus, 23 May 1911. Viz.:- (a) P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911
Extent:
1 item

33. Add MS 49339

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Scope & Content:
GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. LI (ff. 425). Letter book of Gilbert; 1882-1883, 1908-1911. Followed (ff. 425b-416b reversed) by a copy of a draft of 'Fallen Fairies'. includes: f. 144 Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, dramatist: Letter, signed as `Coram Latrone', to Editor of `The Times': 1909.ff. 425b-42...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1882-1911
Extent:
1 item

34. Add MS 49349

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Add MS 49349
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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. LXI (ff. i-79). 'Moonshine', a libretto by James M. Gallatly; n.d. Typewritten, with MS. notes of stage sets and properties. James M. Gallatly: Libretto of `Moonshine' by: 19th-20th cent: Typewritten.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

35. Add MS 49310-49317

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Add MS 49310-49317
Title:
GILBERT PAPERS. Vols. XXII-XXIX. Prompt or author's copies, partly privately printed, of plays and libretti. Printed. Many include autograph notes giving property-plots, plans of sets and stage directions, with occasional corrections. Add. MSS. 49310-49313, 49315 comprise proofs mounted in notebooks. Eight volumes.
Scope & Content:
Drama: Prompt copies of plays, etc., by Sir W. S. Gilbert: 19th-20th cent: Printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
8 items

36. Add MS 49353 A-D

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Add MS 49353 A-D
Title:
GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. LXV A-D. Four albums of photographs of Gilbert's houses, etc.
Scope & Content:
Architecture: Photographs of Sir W. S. Gilbert's houses at Harrington Gardens and Grim's Dyke: 19th-20th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1884-1890]
Extent:
4 items

37. Add MS 49340

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Add MS 49340
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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. LII (ff. i+87). Notebook recording weekly takings and expenses of theatre productions. Black calf binding, gilt- and blind-stamped. 1. ff. 1-28, 51-53. 'H.M.S. Pinafore' and 'The Pirates of Penzance' in the United States of America; 1 Dec. 1879-20 Mar. 1880. Printed, wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1879-1881
Extent:
1 item

38. Add MS 49306

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Add MS 49306
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GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XVIII (ff. 133). Synopses, fragments of plays and libretti, etc.; 1873-1907, n.d. Partly typewritten. As follows:– 1. ff. 1-81. Synopses of:- (a) 'Great Britain and Ireland', a parody on 'The Wicked World', first produced under the title of 'The Happy Land', 17 Mar. 1873. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1873-1907
Extent:
1 item

39. Add MS 49319 A-B

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Add MS 49319 A-B
Title:
GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. XXXI A, B (ff. 30, 18). Two sketch-books containing pencil drawings; n.d. Published for the most part in The 'Bab' Ballads. By W. S. Gilbert, ed. with revised illustrations, 1898.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
2 items

40. Add MS 49290

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Add MS 49290
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Scope & Content:
GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. i+184). 1. ff. 13b-111. 'The Grand Duke'. 2. ff. 181b-173b, 169b-160b, 154b-111b passim, 110b, 109b, 108b, reversed. 'The Fortune Hunter'. 3. ff. 173-170b, 160-155b, reversed. Unidentified fragments and synopses.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1836-1952]
Extent:
1 item