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Add MS 88918/4/20
- Record Id:
- 040-000374529
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000374435
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000177.0x00018c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88918/4/20
- Title:
- The Story of Vasco
- Scope & Content:
- Partly typewritten and partly autograph. Contains annotated copies of the script for the libretto, one of which is described as being 'based on an English version, by Ted Hughes, of the play "L'Histoire De Vasco" by Georges Schehade'. Letters from Gordon Crosse, who wrote the musical score for the opera, including notes on the production, and from Oxford University Press and Sadler's Wells Opera company are also included.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000374435
036-000374436
037-000374511
040-000374529 - 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 88918/4/20 : The Story of Vasco - Hierarchy:
- 032-000374435[0001]/036-000374436[0004]/037-000374511[0007]/040-000374529
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88918
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1969
- End Date:
- 1974
- Date Range:
- 16 Sep 1969-12 Mar 1974
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- Originally found in a folder containing other material
- Publications:
- The Story of Vasco was commissioned by the Sadler's Wells Opera Company and premiered at the London Coliseum in 1974.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)