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Add MS 88931/3/4
- Record Id:
- 040-001001321
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001202.0x0000c7
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/3/4
- Title:
- ‘Manifold Basket’
- Scope & Content:
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Unfinished play. Comprises two parts:
A: Notebook made from typescript and manuscript leaves pasted into a copy of The British Countryside in Pictures. Consists of Act I and beginning of Act II. Includes drawings of characters Manifold Basket and Bellgrove. Undated.
B: Five loose leaves with fragmentary notes, exposition and dialogue. Includes rough sketch entitled ‘chorus of masters’. Undated.
Although undated, the play was probably written in the mid 1950s (a portion of 'Isle Escape' [Add MS 88931/3/2] which probably dates between 1954 and 1956 was found with this manuscript). See also short story on the same subject Add MS 88931/1/11.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-001001015
040-001001321 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/3 : Plays
Add MS 88931/3/4 : ‘Manifold Basket’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0003]/036-001001015[0004]/040-001001321
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1953
- End Date:
- 1957
- Date Range:
- [mid 1950s]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Publications:
- For a transcript of the manuscript and further information about the origin of the work see G Peter Winnington, 'Manifold Basket', Peake Studies, 11 ii (2009), 3-33
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)