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1. Add MS 89015/3/2

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Title:
Memoir manuscripts for Blessings in Disguise
Scope & Content:
This sub-series contains drafts and scripts for Alec Guinness's first memoir Blessings in Disguise, including first drafts and an additional chapter for the second edition.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1962-1996
Extent:
6 files

2. Add MS 89015/3/2/6

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Title:
Excluded chapter from 'Blessings in Disguise' with letter
Scope & Content:
Letter by Alec Guinness to an unknown 'Christopher'. Typed pages of 'Ophidia and other', 16 pages.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1962-1996
Extent:
1 file

3. Add MS 89015/3/2/5

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Title:
Edited typed draft of 'Blessings In Disguise'
Scope & Content:
Copies of chapters 1-7 and the introduction, with edits. Each chapter headed with a letter of the alphabet and word counts on front page. Introduction - Stage Directions (D) 1. The Lady with the Ground Floor Flat (E) 2. Button Boots (F) 3. The Rain Machine (G) 4. Quintessence of Dust (H) 5. Sport...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1985
Extent:
1 file

4. Add MS 89015/3/2/2

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Title:
Photos and notes relating to 'Blessings in Disguise'
Scope & Content:
Notebook with autograph notes on chapter titles, Sybil Thorndike and quotes from various texts. 11 photograph prints, one of a painting of Alec Guinness, a profile image of the bronze head of Alec Guinness by Elizabeth Frink, a black and white still of Alec Guinness in the 1956 film The Swan with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1985
Extent:
1 file

5. Add MS 89015/3/2/4

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Title:
Edited typed draft of 'Blessings In Disguise' with letter from publisher
Scope & Content:
Includes a letter from the publisher Hamish Hamilton Limited, with a copy of chapter 'Sportin' Instincts' (I) with edits marked. A autograph page listing the chapters and word counts. Title page, showing 'Towards the Pebble Shore' as provisional title. (A) Dedication page (B) Contents page (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1985
Extent:
1 file

6. Add MS 89015/3/2/3

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Title:
Edited typed draft of 'Towards the Pebbled Shore', later re-named 'Blessings In Disguise'
Scope & Content:
Copy of typed draft, with edits in black and blue pen and red pencil. Title page, showing 'Towards the Pebble Shore' as provisional title. (A) Dedication page (B) Contents page (C) Introduction - Stage Directions (D) 1. The Lady with the Ground Floor Flat (E) 2. Button Boots (F) 3. The Rain Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1985
Extent:
1 file

7. Add MS 89015/3/2/1

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Title:
First draft autograph chapters and notes relating to 'A Kind of Modern Happiness', the memoir that later became 'Blessings in Disguise'
Scope & Content:
Notebook titled 'A Kind of Modern Happiness' dated August 1962, with notes on titles for Alec Guinness's memoir. Typed draft pages for 'A Kind of Modern Happiness' about Guinness's Aunt Bella and childhood. Typed draft pages for 'A Kind of Modern Happiness', 27 pages. Autograph draft of 'Chapter ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1962
Extent:
1 file

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