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Add MS 88915/1/168/8
- Record Id:
- 040-000178588
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000003375
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001280.0x0002f3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88915/1/168/8
- Title:
- Publication
- Scope & Content:
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Consists of correspondence regarding publication of Joe Orton's plays, novel, screenplay and diaries. Includes some correspondence regarding the Orton diaries. Correspondents: John R T of the Times, Geoffrey Strachan at Methuen & Co, Nick Hern at Eyre Methuen, Grove Press, William Morris Agency, Anthony Blond, John Lahr, Curtis Brown Ltd, Howard B Gotlieb at Boston University, Cambridge University Press, Macmillan, Paul Tomlinson and Johann de Lange.
Includes out-letters to Giles Gordon of Penguin Books, Evans Plays and Douglas Orton.
Includes copy letter from Joe Orton to Howard Gotlieb [18 Aug 1965].
Also includes:
- copy of typewritten passage by Peter Willes about his work with Joe Orton [1 leaf]
- photocopies of two library books defaced by Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell
- flyer for Docklands Theatre Company production and review: Nicholas de Jongh, 'Gorilla in the Roses'
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000003375
036-000003376
037-000178578
040-000178588 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88915 : Archive of Margaret Ramsay Ltd
Add MS 88915/1 : Client Files
Add MS 88915/1/168 : Joe Orton
Add MS 88915/1/168/8 : Publication - Hierarchy:
- 032-000003375[0001]/036-000003376[0172]/037-000178578[0008]/040-000178588
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88915
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1964
- End Date:
- 1992
- Date Range:
- 21 Oct 1964-20 Mar 1992
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 9635 Box 37 Folder 12
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)