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Add MS 88915/1/168/14
- Record Id:
- 040-000178596
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000003375
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001280.0x0002fa
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88915/1/168/14
- Title:
- Posthumous Correspondence
- Scope & Content:
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Includes correspondence regarding diaries.
Correspondents: John Tydeman and Harry Moore at the BBC, Douglas Orton, Harbottle & Lewis, Howard B Gotlieb of Boston University, Christopher Logue, Harold Hobson, Charles Monteith at Faber & Faber, Cummings Marchant & Ashton, Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, James Fox at the Sunday Times, B Joan Walton, Kenneth Williams, Ronald W Strang, William MacAdam, Peter Fetterman, Brickhill-Burke Enterprises, Frederick Proud, John Pullen-Burry, Yvonne Lawrence, Steve Tracy, Barry Wilson, Robert Fox, Brazilian Blend Instant Theatre Company, John Lahr, Graeme I Steele, Orford St John, National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, Vincent Brooks, Simon Shepherd at the University of Nottingham, Michael Arditti, Leonie [Leonie Barnett née Orton], Giles Gordon, National Theatre Exhibitions, Chris Ishermann, Steve Powell and Kenneth Williams.
Includes letters to Sergeant King at Islington Police Station, Leverton & Sons, Harold Pinter and Parker Vicary & Co.
Copy letters:
- copy of typewritten signed letter from Joe Orton to Howard Gotlieb [18 Aug 1965]
- copy of typewritten signed letter from Jack Orton [Joe Orton] to BBC Drama Third Programme [20 Oct 1961]
- letter from Harry Pouquhars to Kenneth Williams with attached typewritten playscript 'Strange Human Behaviour' [17 leaves], allegedly authored by Joe Orton
- word processed playscript by Steve Powell, 'A Documentary About the Life and Work of Joe Orton' [8 leaves]
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000003375
036-000003376
037-000178578
040-000178596 - 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 88915/1/168/14 : Posthumous Correspondence - Hierarchy:
- 032-000003375[0001]/036-000003376[0172]/037-000178578[0014]/040-000178596
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88915
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1967
- End Date:
- 1987
- Date Range:
- 10 Aug 1967-8 Oct 1987
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Deposit 9635 Box 37 Folder 13
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)