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[No correspondence 1976-1980]

Correspondence with Grove Press New York, Barbara Wright, Ninon Tallon Karlweis, Hector Macquarrie from South African Broadcasting Corporation, Oscar Lewenstein, Terry Lane at Traverse Theatre Club, University of Bristol, Peter Rawley at Associated London Scripts, John Elford at Nicholas & Co, Laurence Harbottle, Michael de Laszlo, John Calder, Nathaniel Tarn at Jonathan Cape Ltd, Toby Cole, BBC, Norma Whittaker, Trevor Nunn and David Brierley at the RSC, Danielle Mignot, Samuel French Inc, Southwest Texas State University, John S Harrison Junior at Image Works, Charles Marowitz at Open Space Theatre.

Includes out-letters to Rosica Colin, New Directions Publishing Co, International Center for Theatre Research, Micheline Rozan, Peter Brook and Norma Farnes Management.

Includes resume and brief biography on Barbara Wright as used by Bodley Head.

Contracts:

• drafts and copy contract between Spike Milligan, Barbara Wright and Oscar Lewenstein for rights to ‘Ubu Roi’
• between Barbara Wright and Oscar Lewenstein Plays to translate ‘Ubu Roi'
• agreement with BBC to broadcast ‘Picnic on a Battlefield’ by Fernando Arrabal in translation by Barbara Wright
• between Barbara Wright and John Calder Ltd to publish translations of 'Dada Manifestos & Lampisteries' by Tristan Tzara, 'L'Amour Est Une' by Sylvia Bourdon and 'Vinci Avait Raison' by Roland Taylor

Press cuttings:

• reviews and articles on ‘Ubu Roi’
• review of Grabinoulor by Pierre Albert-Birot, Times Literary Supplement
• article on Bernard da Costa and reviews of his play, ‘Les Adieux de la Grande-Duchesse’

Also includes report on Barbara Wright and Terry Hands’s translation of ‘The Balcony’ by Professor Jennifer Birkett, University of Strathclyde. [See Add MS 88915/1/99 for full version.]