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Add MS 88931/3/9
- Record Id:
- 040-001001332
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001202.0x0000e9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/3/9
- Title:
- ‘The Widowers’ or 'The Four Old Men'
- Scope & Content:
-
Unfinished play for television or film. Comprises two autograph notebooks:
- A: ‘The Four Old Men’, entitled ‘The Widowers’ inside the volume. Heavily revised. Includes small detailed drawings of characters and other figures. There are screen directions [in Maeve Gilmore’s hand]. Undated.
- B: ‘The Widowers’. Transcription [in Maeve Gilmore’s hand]. Also includes an unfinished drawing and a poem in Peake’s hand, ‘I must begin to comprehend’. Undated.
The shakiness of Peake's hand suggests that these pages were probably written no earlier than the late 1950s.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-001001015
040-001001332 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/3 : Plays
Add MS 88931/3/9 : ‘The Widowers’ or 'The Four Old Men' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0003]/036-001001015[0009]/040-001001332
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1956
- End Date:
- 1959
- Date Range:
- [late 1950s]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)