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2. Add MS 78990-78991
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 78990-78991
- Title:
- NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XLVII-XLVIII. ‘Ravishing’; 10 Jan. 1991-21 May 1993, n.d. Mostly word-processed. Unperformed play. Two volumes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 10 Jan 1991-21 May 1993
- Extent:
- 2 items
3. Add MS 78967
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- Add MS 78967
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. XXIV. ‘The Hooded Terror’; n.d. Typewritten with autograph revisions. Peter Nichols’s first stage production in Oct. 1964 by the Bristol Old Vic Company at the Little Theatre. For the original television play from which it was adapted, see Add. 79025. ff. 220. 1. ff. 1-4. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- before 1964
- Extent:
- 1 item
4. Add MS 78968
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 78968
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- Scope & Content:
- NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. XXV (ff. 152). ‘Macaroni’; Feb. 1996-May 1998. Mostly word-processed. Unperformed play about a young Englishman’s TEFL experiences in a Language School in Italy, which draws on Peter Nichols’s own experiences teaching in a Berlitz school in Florence. One of the characte...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1996-1998
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. Add MS 78971
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 78971
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. XXVIII (ff. 74). ‘Nicholodeon; [circa 2000]. Typewritten draft, partly photocopied. First performed by the Show of Strength Theatre Company at the Tobacco Factory, Bedminster, Bristol, in 2000. The work is an anthology of Peter Nichols’s produced and unproduced work for...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- [c 2000]
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. Add MS 78980-78984
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 78980-78984
- Title:
- NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XXXVII-XLI. ‘Poppy’; 1979-27 Dec. 1989. Mostly typewritten. The work combines the forms of the musical and the traditional pantomime for a colonial satire set in the context of the Opium Wars. Book and lyrics by Peter Nichols and music by Monty Norman. First performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre, London, on 5 Oct. 1982, and won the Society of West End Theatres Best Musical Award. For ‘A Better Mousetrap’, Peter Nichols’s first experim...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1979-27 Dec 1989
- Extent:
- 5 items
7. Add MS 78945-78947
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 78945-78947
- Title:
- NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. II-IV. ‘A Better Mousetrap’; 18 Oct. 1978-[1987?], n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unperformed work, originally a ‘musical play’, about the life of Sir Basil Zaharoff (arms merchant and financier). For ‘Poppy’, in which Peter Nichols developed this pantomime form, see Add. 78980-78984. Three volumes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1978-1988
- Extent:
- 3 items
8. Add MS 78965-78966
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 78965-78966
- Title:
- NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XXII-XXIII. ‘Harding’s Luck’; Nov. 1970, 1974, n.d. Mostly typewritten. ‘A play for children adapted from the novel by E. Nesbit.’ First performed at the Greenwich Theatre on 26 Dec. 1974. Two volumes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1970-1974
- Extent:
- 2 items
9. Add MS 78972-78974
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 78972-78974
- Title:
- NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XXIX-XXXI. ‘Passion Play’; 2 April 1980-6 April 1998, n.d. Mostly typewritten. First performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on 8 Jan. 1981, and revived at Wyndham’s Theatre, London, on 18 April 1984 following a transfer from Leicester. The original production won the Evening Standard Drama Awards Best Play of the Year. First American production as ‘Passion’ at the Longacre Theatre, New York, on 15 May 1983. For the film adaptat...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2 Apr 1980-6 Apr 1998
- Extent:
- 3 items
10. Add MS 78976-78978
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 78976-78978
- Title:
- NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XXXIII-XXXV. ‘A Piece of my Mind’; 1985-13 May 1987. Mostly word-processed. First performed at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, on 15 Jan. 1987, before its London premiere at the Apollo Theatre on 1 April 1987. Co-directed by Peter Nichols and Justin Greene. For the musical adaptation, see Add. 78979. Published as A Piece of my Mind (1987). Three volumes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1985-13 May 1987
- Extent:
- 3 items