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Add MS 49289-49297
- Record Id:
- 037-002015997
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002015995
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000024.0x000155
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 49289-49297
- Title:
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GILBERT PAPERS. Vols. I-IX. Notebooks containing drafts and synopses, some very fragmentary, of Gilbert's plays and libretti. Mostly autograph. Much of this material was radically altered or discarded before the plays, etc., took their final form. Some of the notebooks contain drawings of characters, stage sets, etc.
Nine volumes.
- Scope & Content:
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Drama: Drafts and synopses of plays and libretti by Sir W. S. Gilbert: 19th-20th cent: Partly typewritten and pressed copies: Mostly autograph.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002015995
036-002015996
037-002015997 - Is part of:
- Add MS 49289-49353 : Correspondence and papers of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (b. 1836, d. 1911); 1836-1952, n.d. Acquired from the executors…
Add MS 49289-49317 : A. PLAYS AND LIBRETTI
Add MS 49289-49297 : GILBERT PAPERS. Vols. I-IX. Notebooks containing drafts and synopses, some very fragmentary, of Gilbert's plays and… - Contains:
- Add MS 49289 : GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 221). 1. ff. 1b-10. 'Foggerty's Fairy'. 2. ff. 11-45, 48-59, 219b-216b reversed. 'Utopia…
Add MS 49290 : GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. i+184). 1. ff. 13b-111. 'The Grand Duke'. 2. ff. 181b-173b, 169b-160b, 154b-111b passim, 110b,…
Add MS 49291 : GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. i+36). 1. ff. 1-30. 'The Fortune Hunter'. 2. ff. 34b-31b reversed. Unidentified draft.
Add MS 49292 : GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. i+326). 1. ff. 2-20. 'Fairy Love', i.e. 'Fallen Fairies'. 2. ff. 21-77.…
Add MS 49293 : GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 35). 1. ff. 1-4. 'Fallen Fairies'. 2. ff. 5-9. Essay, partly autobiographical, on the profession…
Add MS 49294 : GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. i+136). 'The Fairy's Dilemma'.
Add MS 49295 : GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. i+126). 1. ff. 1b-49. 'Tom Cobb'. 2. ff. 50-61, 124b-62b reversed. 'The Ne'er do…
Add MS 49296 : GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 15). 1. ff. 1b-12. ['Sharp Practice'?]. Draft. See Add. MS. 49297, ff. 2-19 below. 2. f. 13.…
Add MS 49297 : GILBERT PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. i+21). 1. ff. 2-19. Part of ['Sharp Practice'?] as in Add. MS. 49296, ff. 2-12 above, but with…
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- Record Type (Level):
- SubSeries
- Extent:
- 9 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1836
- End Date:
- 1952
- Date Range:
- [1836-1952]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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