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1. Add MS 89363/6

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Works unpublished or unperformed
Scope & Content:
Typescript drafts of writings by D. M. Thomas remaining unpublished or unperformed at the time of the collection's acquisition by the British Library in 2018.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Hebrew
Date Range:
1970s-mid 2010s
Extent:
11 folders

2. Add MS 89363/6/3

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Darkside', screenplay
Scope & Content:
Typescript draft of screenplay by D. M. Thomas entitled 'Darkside'. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled ''Darkside', a screenplay treatment', and also bearing an older title, 'Gabrielle Santyr' and the circled number '17'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
mid 1990s
Extent:
1 folder, 39 folios

3. Add MS 89363/6/4-5

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Charlotte', screenplays
Scope & Content:
Two word processor drafts of an unused screenplay by D. M. Thomas, based on his novella 'Charlotte'. The contents of this sub-series were originally held in a folder labelled 'Screenplay of novel 'Charlotte' — not used. 2 versions'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 2000
Extent:
2 volumes

4. Add MS 89363/6/9

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Innocent Images', typescript draft
Scope & Content:
Typescript (word processor) of an unpublished novel, 'Innocent Images', by D. M. Thomas. Rectos only. The author’s note indicates that this work evolved from the verse novel 'Vintage Ghosts' (London: Francis Boutle Publishers, 2012).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
mid 2010s
Extent:
217 folios

5. Add MS 89363/6/7

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Numen: an autobiographical poem', typescript
Scope & Content:
Typescript of 'Numen', an autobiographical poem by D. M. Thomas in sonnet form. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled '['Numen' underlined], autobio poem of ['201' crossed out] 230 pp., unpublished and unpublishable (mostly bad), but good for research! (c. 2012)'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2012
Extent:
230 folios

6. Add MS 89363/6/2

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'The Flute-player', screenplay
Scope & Content:
'Revised first draft' of an unused screenplay adaptation by D. M. Thomas of his novel 'The Flute-Player', photocopied from a word processor document. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'Flute-player' screenplay by DMT (unused)'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
late 1980s-early 1990s
Extent:
1 folder, 90 folios

7. Add MS 89363/6/6

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'The Dream Journal', typescript
Scope & Content:
Ring-bound typescript of an unpublished novel, 'The Dream Journal', by D. M. Thomas. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'The Dream Journal' — unpublished novel, 2003'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2003
Extent:
1 ring-bound volume of 152 folios; 1 loose folio

8. Add MS 89363/6/1

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Pushkin in English', unpublished essay
Scope & Content:
Photocopy of annotated typescript draft of 'Pushkin in English', an unpublished essay by D. M. Thomas on the subject of translating Russian poetry into English. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'A 20pp Essay on translating Russian poetry, unpublished (end miss...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Hebrew
Date Range:
1970s-1980s
Extent:
1 folder, 31 folios

9. Add MS 89363/6/8

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'The Watchman and the Wolf Man', typescript
Scope & Content:
Word processor draft, unannotated, of material for an unpublished novel, 'The Watchman and the Wolfman', by D. M. Thomas. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'Unpublished Novel 'The Watchman + the Wolf Man' (c. 2013)'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2013
Extent:
139 folios

10. Add MS 89363/6/11

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'They're Not Laughing Now', unpublished radio play
Scope & Content:
Word-processed typescript of 'They’re Not Laughing Now', an unpublished and unbroadcast play for radio by D. M. Thomas. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'Unperformed radio play typescript c. ['2099' crossed out] 1999'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1999?
Extent:
69 folios

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