'Travelling People', film treatment and screenplay
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Typewritten copy of proposed film treatment of Travelling People by B.S. Johnson. Also includes a note recording who was sent or given copies of the film treatment. ca. 1967. Typewritten copy of a screenplay of Travelling People by Christopher Wicking. Dated 1970. Unpublished and unproduced.
Working papers and scripts for Compressor, television play
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Autograph notes recording the idea for the play, at this stage titled 'Squash Court Play'. Autograph first draft script in pencil, draft submission letter, typewritten notes on the original idea, draft typewritten copy of the script, abandoned writing chart and other notes relating to the play. T...
'Cinderella', a pantomime for Newington Green School.
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Typescript copy of Cinderella by B.S. Johnson, a pantomime written for Newington Green School, ca. 1960/1. Rough drafts hand-written in two notebooks and loose pages.
Material relating to the making of the film written and directed by B.S. Johnson. Johnson had the idea to turn his stage play Your Human Like the Rest of Them in to a film in August 1966. He received funding from the BFI to carry out a test sequence in September 1966. He completed and submitted ...
Collaborative work with Michael Baker, scripts for tv and radio series episodes.
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Correspondence between Michael Baker and B.S. Johnson, including draft scripts and notes on pieces they wrote together. 1959-1962. 'Bacon and the Gut: A Tramp Soliloquy' by Johnson and Baker, radio sketch, ca. December 1959. Including correspondence with the BBC. 'The Great Welsh Harp Abduction M...