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Add MS 88931/3/1/4
- Record Id:
- 040-001001096
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001202.0x00000b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/3/1/4
- Title:
- ‘Sally Devius, A Comedy by Mervyn Peake' Act I
- Scope & Content:
-
Complete revised autograph draft in various coloured inks. Some typescript leaves pasted in and revised in Peake’s hand. List of ‘dramatis personae’ on title verso. Sketch [of Percy Trellis] with sweat dripping from brow on original cover (leaf with new cover loosely attached over the top). ‘Note for Alex’ has been erased from f.1, as has the former title on the front cover. Supplementary leaves consist of a later autograph draft of the end of Act I, with minor revisions.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-001001015
037-001001016
040-001001096 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/3 : Plays
Add MS 88931/3/1 : The Wit To Woo
Add MS 88931/3/1/4 : ‘Sally Devius, A Comedy by Mervyn Peake' Act I - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0003]/036-001001015[0001]/037-001001016[0004]/040-001001096
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1950
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- May 1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Materials: home-made notebook using pages from The Listener and reverse of Gormenghast typescript.
Dimensions: 263mm x 170mm.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)