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Add MS 88918/3/7
- Record Id:
- 040-000374506
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000374435
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000177.0x000182
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88918/3/7
- Title:
- The Iron Man
- Scope & Content:
- Partly autograph and partly printed. Contains copy of script entitled 'The Iron Man - The Rock Opera - V17' with autograph annotations by Hughes and textual notes. Also includes notes entitled 'IMPs, objectives so far' with information about royalties, terms of agreement of the New Vic theatre and costs involved; and a published volume of The Iron Giant (published by Harper and Row, 1988). A school exercise book with notes and mind maps about the plot of the The Iron Man is also included. Some material within this folder is undated.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000374435
036-000374436
037-000374501
040-000374506 - 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 88918/3/1-11 : Prose
Add MS 88918/3/7 : The Iron Man - Hierarchy:
- 032-000374435[0001]/036-000374436[0003]/037-000374501[0004]/040-000374506
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88918
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1988
- End Date:
- 1993
- Date Range:
- 1988-30 Nov 1993
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Publications:
- Children's story The Iron Man A Story in Five Nights was first published by Faber and Faber in 1968. 'Iron Man' was substituted for 'Iron Giant' in the subsequent American edition of the story. In the 1990s Pete Townshend and David Thacker worked on a rock opera version of The Iron Man with Townshend's music and Hughes' story.
- Exhibitions:
- Discovering literature: 20th century, (online), 25 May 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)