Copies of typed scripts for plays and television programmes written or adapted by John Osborne. Some scripts are early versions with annotations and some include examples of correspondence.
Introductions to published works handwritten by John Osborne on headed paper. This folder includes an introduction to a printing of The Song of Soloman, and an introduction to a printing of A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift. This folder also includes the original brown envelope labelled with t...
A typed script for Inadmissible Evidence by John Osborne. This script includes extensive annotations by Osborne, including a description of proposed sets on the title page, a draft of annotations for a screenplay, and some loose pages of notes, including on the reverse of a letter from John Calde...
Three copies of a typed script for Design for Living by Noel Coward. This folder contains one loose copy with typed amendments stuck into the script, and two bound volumes integrating the amendments.
Two copies of a typed script for The Hotel in Amsterdam by John Osborne. This play was part of a series entitled For the Meantime including Time Present and Coriolanus.
Two draft copies of a typed script for A Sense of Detachmentby John Osborne. These copies include typed insertions to the script. Some are stapled to the original pages, while others are loose within the volumes.
Two draft copies of a typed script for A Sense of Detachmentby John Osborne. These copies were originally titled The Enemy Vintage and the title has been crossed out and amended to A Sense of Detachment by hand.
Annotated typed scripts for 'A Sense of Detachment'
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Three copies of a typed script for A Sense of Detachmentby John Osborne. Two copies include some handwritten annotations on the script. The loose volume mostly seems to be marked with notes and additions for publication, while one of the bound volumea includes a handwritten addition on page 11 o...
Three copies of a typed script for Time Present by John Osborne. One copy includes Jill Bennett's address on the title page, suggesting it was her copy. This play was part of a series entitled For the Meantime including The Hotel in Amsterdam and Coriolanus.