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Add MS 88918/4/1-3
- Record Id:
- 038-000374512
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000374435
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000047.0x00011a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88918/4/1-3
- Title:
- Alcestis
- Scope & Content:
- Partly printed, partly autograph drafts of Hughes's version of Euripides' play with autograph annotations, one of which is written in a Challenge notebook. Includes proofs from Farrar, Straus and Giroux dated 1999, which suggests that it was proof read and annotated following Hughes's death. Material in folders 1 and 2 was on Hughes's worktable when he died.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000374435
036-000374436
037-000374511
038-000374512 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88918 : Edward James Hughes Papers
Add MS 88918/1-6 : Drafts of poetry, prose, plays, radio scripts and non-fiction
Add MS 88918/4/1-23 : Plays
Add MS 88918/4/1-3 : Alcestis - Hierarchy:
- 032-000374435[0001]/036-000374436[0004]/037-000374511[0001]/038-000374512
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88918
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSubSeries
- Extent:
- 3 folders
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1993
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- [c 1998]-17 Aug 1999
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- Originally found in a cardboard box containing proofs of different works. Papers have been retained in original order.
- Publications:
- Posthumously published in 1999.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)