Draft scripts for 'Eating Piece', later re-titled Down Red Lane
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Draft notes on fragments on paper and first draft script in pencil. Dated between Apr-May 1973. Draft typewritten script 'Eating Piece' as working title, for Basement Theatre, with annotations and edits completed 24 May 1973. Typewritten script of Down Red Lane, with minor edits added in pen.
Notes and drafts for 'What Is the Right Thing and Am I Doing It?'
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Handwritten notes on ideas and plot for the play, including draft dialogue. Notes for scene planning, typewritten notes for a Nationalist Writer Play, press cutting, time schedule and writing chart.
First draft script for scenes one to six from 'The Perfect Friday'
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Autograph draft script and notes for scenes one, two, five and six. Also includes some typewritten pages with notes and edits. Autograph draft script and notes for scenes two, three, an un-numbered scene and the end sequence.
First draft script for scenes four to twelve from 'The Perfect Friday'
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Autograph draft script and notes for scenes four, five, six, seven, eight and nine. Autograph draft script and notes for scenes ten, eleven and twelve.
Typewritten draft scripts for scenes one to nine from 'The Perfect Friday'
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Clean copy typed draft of scenes one through to nine and a draft typewritten copy on scenes one to four with annotations and edits. Two clean typewritten copies of scene one.
'This City Is Dying - Look to Your Heads!', documentary about Bath, photographs, script and souvenirs.
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Photograph prints of stills from the documentary film about Bath. Draft notes for the film, typewritten commentary script and filming schedule. Autograph notes about Bath torn from a notebook, two Bath city maps and two pages of press cuttings.
Letters from correspondents including John Berger, Alan Burns, Bruce Beresford, Malcolm Bradbury, Edwin Brook, Melvyn Bragg, Alan Brownjohn, Asa Beneviste (including some poems) and B. Bergonzi, between 1965 - 1973. Letters from Basement Theatre regarding B.S. Johnson vs God and a rejected play, ...