Press and prizes relating to Your Human Like the Rest of Them
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Papers relating to film festival in Krakow, 1969. Correspondence and adminstrative papers relating to press and publicity of the film, 1968. Photographs of B.S. Johnson at a film festival, ca. 1968.
Scripts for documentary 'B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson'
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Autograph notes and rough drafts for script. Early typewritten draft script with heavy annotations and deletions. First draft script, photocopy, with notes in pencil about possible revisions. Second draft script, photocopy, with heavy annotations and cuts, dated 1 Nov 1970. First and second draft...
Typewritten file copy script and working papers for documentary film The Unfortunates, for BBC Release
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Typewritten reference or file copy of the script for The Unfortunates documentary film. Papers relating to the making of the film, including filming schedules, correspondence, invoices, shot list and autograph notes.
Draft and mock-up of the cartoon 'The Remarkable capacities of Pussy Askwith'
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Dated ca. 1971. The Labour Party established the Women's Advisory Committee in 1971. Published in The Running Man magazine in 1968. (see Add MS 89001/5/1/8) Autograph draft of captions and description of pictures and typewritten final copy. Mock-up of the final cartoon satirising a woman labour ...
Drafts of short stories by B.S. Johnson and Zulfikar and working papers for 'Statement Against Corpses'
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Typewritten copy of story 'The Frog and the Golden Ball', 'Sheel-na-gig', drafts of other prose, introduction to 'Statement against Corpses', correspondence between Zulf Ghose and Johnson, notes about selection of stories, critical notes on stories and typewritten stories 'The Departure' and 'Th...
First draft typewritten screenplay of 'The Perfect Tickle' and related correspondence
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Bound copy of completed first draft screenplay, with revisions and cuts for second draft noted on pages. Completed 28 Aug 1968. Correspondence related to the screenplay and film, including Johnson's aborted attempt to gain a credit on the finished film. Dated between 1968-1970.