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51. Add MS 83116-83117

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xl-xli. ‘Cyprin Chase or The Carp’; n.d. Mostly autograph. Unpublished novel, originally begun as a short ghost story in the 1930s, subsequently developed as an operetta and then as a prose version. For the stage version, from which some of the direct speech in the novel is taken, see Add. 83079-83080. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
2 items

52. Add MS 83126-83127

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. l-li. ‘Queens’ Scrapbook’;[1964] -17 Feb. 1965. Mostly typewritten with autograph revisions. An anthology of short texts and poems about fictional and historical Queens, collected and edited by Eleanor Farjeon and William Mayne. Arranged in the order of final publication, with texts not included placed at the end. Two extracts from the published edition, ‘Vashista’ and ‘Henry VIII’, are missing. Published as The Hamish Hamilton Book of Queens (1965), whic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1964]-17 Feb 1965
Extent:
2 items

53. Add MS 83104-83105

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. xxviii-xxix. ‘The Silver Curlew’; 22 Dec. 1949, n.d . Mostly typewritten. Play based on the Norfolk version of Rumplestiltskin with music by Clifton Parker. First performed at the Liverpool Playhouse on 22 Dec. 1948 and at the Arts Theatre, London, in Dec. 1949. In the London production, the part of King Nollekens was played by Denys Blakelock; for correspondence with Denys Blakelock, see Add. 83131. For the copy of the play submitted to the Lord Chamberl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1949
Extent:
2 items

54. Add MS 83078

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. ii (ff. 54). ‘Ballad of Bride’; n.d. Typewritten draft with autograph revisions. Unperformed play set in Ireland in the fifth and sixth centuries.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1917-1973]
Extent:
1 item

55. Add MS 83079-83080

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. iii-iv. ‘Cyprin Chase or The Carp’; 21 Aug. 1963, 1 Sept. 1963, n.d. Typewritten. An unperformed ‘Fantasy with Music by Eleanor Farjeon and Clifton Parker’. For the novel that was adapted from the stage work, see Add. 83116-83117. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1963
Extent:
2 items

56. Add MS 83081

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. v (ff. 155). ‘Dover-Calais: A Light Comedy in Three Acts by Eleanor Farjeon and Julius Berstl’; 18 July 1939-22 Jan. 1940, n.d. Typewritten. Freely adapted by Eleanor Farjeon from Berstl’s 1926 play ‘Dover-Calais: Lustspiel in drei Aufzügen’. 1. ff. 1-147. Draf...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939-1940
Extent:
1 item

57. Add MS 83082-83083

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. vi-vii. ‘Dumas Gives a Party’; 6 Sept. 1932-28 Sept. 1939, n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unproduced play drawn from the memoirs of Alexandre Dumas père. The play was never staged, partly because another play on the life of Dumas by Jules Goodman was staged at the same time at the New Theatre, London. While initial work on the play was carried out in the 1930s, Eleanor Farjeon’s diary records that she attended a meeting about the play at the Old Vic Theatre on 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1932-28 Sep 1939
Extent:
2 items

58. Add MS 83084-83085

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. viii-ix. ‘An Elephant in Arcady’; 27 Sept. 1938-17 Feb. 1939, n.d. Mostly typewritten. First performed at the Kingsway Theatre, London, on 5 Oct. 1938. Book and lyrics by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon with music chosen by Eleanor and adapted by Ernest Irving. The vocal score was published as An Elephant in Arcady (1938) and was prepared before the Kingsway production. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1938-17 Feb 1939
Extent:
2 items

59. Add MS 83090

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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xiv (ff. 191). ‘The Glass Slipper’; 27 Aug. 1943, [1943/1944]. Mostly typewritten. Play based on the fairytale Cinderella, written by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon with music by Clifton Parker. The play was commissioned and produced by Robert Donat at the St. Jame...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1943-1944
Extent:
1 item

60. Add MS 83094

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Add MS 83094
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Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. xviii (ff. 37). ‘Juliette’ (ff. 1-22), ‘The King’s Daughter Cries for the Moon’ (ff. 23-33) and ‘The Little Mermaid’ (ff. 34-37); 30 Oct. 1948-5 April 1951, n.d. Mostly typewritten. ‘Juliette’ was an unproduced ‘Intimate Opera’ based on a short-story by B. L. Jac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948-1951
Extent:
1 item

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