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31. Add MS 88931/3/1/1

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Title:
Autograph Notebook: Act III Scene 1
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1950
Extent:
1 volume

32. Add MS 88931/3/3/2

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Title:
Manuscript: ‘Loftus, The Catalyst' Act III Scene 1
Scope & Content:
Comprises two parts: A: Notebook originally titled ‘Peradventure’ [the title of Peake's fourth Titus book]. Notes and summary of action [apparently in Aaron Judah’s hand]. At the back of the volume there are notes for a story about Zenobia and Odaenathus. Undated. B: Twenty eight loose leaves ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1954-1955]
Extent:
1 file

33. Add MS 88931/3/3/1

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Title:
Manuscript: 'Mr Loftus' Act I Scenes 1-2
Scope & Content:
Autograph notebook, with minor revisions and pencil annotations [some apparently in Aaron Judah’s hand]. There are four sides of text [crossed out] entitled ‘My Home, My Wilderness: a play to show conflict between instinctive belief and inner reality – and rationalism’. Undated [but inscribed wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1954-1955]
Extent:
1 file

34. Add MS 88931/3/3/3

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Title:
Typescript: [‘Mr Loftus or:’] ‘And a Horse of Air’
Scope & Content:
Includes minor authorial revisions throughout [by Mervyn Peake and Aaron Judah]. There are more significant revisions to Act II with a number of leaves torn out and an additional autograph leaf pasted in with revised speech for Posgate. Inscribed ‘Typed by Peter Jones, Secretarial Bureau, 39 Cad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[mid 1950s]
Extent:
1 volume

35. Add MS 88931/3/1/16

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Title:
International Copyright Bureau Typescript: '"The Wit To Woo" by Mervyn Peake'
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957?
Extent:
1 volume

36. Add MS 88931/3/1/7

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Title:
Discarded Typescript and Later Manuscript Draft: ‘The Wit To Woo’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 1950s
Extent:
1 volume

37. Add MS 88931/3/1/6

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Title:
‘Sally Devius' Act III Scenes 1 and 2
Scope & Content:
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'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1950
Extent:
1 volume

38. Add MS 88931/3/1/8

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Title:
Revised Typescript: ‘The Wit To Woo’
Scope & Content:
Comprises three parts: A: Act I; B: Act II Scene 1; C: Act II Scene 2; Incorporates additional manuscript leaves with revisions. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 1950s
Extent:
1 file

39. Add MS 88931/3/1/4

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Title:
‘Sally Devius, A Comedy by Mervyn Peake' Act I
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1950
Extent:
1 file

40. Add MS 88931/3/3/4

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Title:
Typescript: ‘Mr Loftus by Mervyn Peake in conjunction with Aaron Judah’
Scope & Content:
Includes authorial revisions, mostly in Peake’s hand. Original title ‘And a Horse of Air’ has been erased. Inscribed ‘Mervyn Peake 55 Woodcote Road, Wallington, Sy’ on f.1 and ‘Maeve Peake 1 Drayton Gardens’ on inside front cover. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950s-early 1960s]
Extent:
1 volume

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