Two typescripts of D. M. Thomas's stage play 'Hell Fire Corner' depicting the life of Cornish rugby player Bert Solomon. The play was produced in 1994 by Marie Macneil and appeared in a 2010 anthology, 'Four Modern Cornish Plays' (London: Francis Boutle, 2010). The contents of this sub-series w...
D. M. Thomas: 'The Lover's Horoscope: Kinetic Poem'
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'The Lover’s Horoscope: Kinetic Poem' by D. M. Thomas. A guide for intimacy involving a spinning wheel and horoscope readings, marketed as a 'kinetic poem' and published in 1970 by the University of Wyoming’s experimental art journal 'The Purple Sage'.
D. M. Thomas: 'With Great Pleasure', radio programme
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Typescript of radio presentation 'With Great Pleasure: D. M. Thomas Presents His Personal Choice of Poetry with Diana Quick and Alan Howard', recorded at the Royal Seven Stars Hotel (Totnes, Devon), 21 September 1983 for broadcast on BBC Radio. With some related correspondence between Thomas an...
D. M. Thomas: Alexander Pushkin, 'Boris Godunov', radio adaptation
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Typescript of D. M. Thomas's translation into English and adaptation for BBC radio of 'Boris Gudunov' by Alexander Pushkin. Includes some correspondence with the British Broadcasting Corporation. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'Radio + TV' and '18'.