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Add MS 89641
- Record Id:
- 032-004362010
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004362010
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163936404.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89641
- Title:
- John Drinkwater, autograph manuscript of Laying the Devil
- Scope & Content:
-
Autograph Manuscript Signed of 'Laying the Devil, A Play in Three Acts', written in a neat hand with authorial alterations on rectos of 86 numbered leaves (the Acts numbered separately), concluding 'Finished / October 30th 1926 / John Drinkwater’. Inscribed 'For my darling David with Jonathan's dearest love for Christmas 1927'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004362010", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 89641: John Drinkwater, autograph manuscript of Laying the Devil" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004362010
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004362010
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1927
- End Date:
- 1927
- Date Range:
- 1927
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Contemporary half calf, quarto.
- Former Internal References:
- Dep. 11442
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased at Dominic Winter Auctioneers, 16 Dec 2021, lot 922.
- Administrative Context:
-
Laying the Devil was first published by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1933 and performed for the first time at the Playhouse in Liverpool on 2 May 1933. Its first London performance was at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 2 Jul 1933.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Drinkwater, John, poet and playwright, 1882-1937