Add MS 74526

Rattigan Papers. Vol. ccxxxix (ff. 329).

1. ff. 1-16. 'The mechanics of writing plays, [1949]. Partly autograph, partly typewritten, including copies. Two different papers on the same theme.

2. ff. 17-20. Paper on working for the cinema with Anatole de Grunwald and Anthony Asquith, circa 1949. Partly autograph, partly typewritten copy.

3. ff. 21-29. 'Concerning the play of ideas', 1949. Typewritten copy. With a covering letter from Mary Herring, Rattigan's secretary, to Vera Rattigan. Published in New Statesman and Nation, vol. 39, no. 991 (4 Mar. 1950), pp. 241-242.

4. ff. 30-62. 'Writer, director and camera: a battle', [1950]. Partly typewritten, including copies, partly printed. Includes galley proof for publication as 'A magnificent pity for camels' in J. Sutro, Diversions (1950).

5. ff. 63-65. Introduction to 'The Browning version' for the programme of the film première, 1951. Typewritten copy.

6. ff. 66-75. 'Some notes on "The final test"', 1951. Partly autograph, partly typewritten copy, with a printed copy of the published article. Written for Radio Times, vol. 112, no. 1446 (27 July 1951), p. 39.

7. ff. 76-86. 'Not cricket', 1953. Partly autograph, partly typewritten copies. Written for the American première of the film version of 'The final test'.

8. ff. 87-309. Prefaces to The collected plays of Terence Rattigan, vols. 1-2 (1953). Partly autograph, partly typewritten copies.

9. ff. 310-329. 'The drama v. Binkie', 1953. Partly autograph, partly typewritten copy. A jeu d'esprit relating to Hughes Griffiths ("Binkie") Beaumont, with part of a covering letter from Mary Herring to Vera Rattigan.

includes:

• ff. 21, 310 William Frank Arthur Rattigan, CMG: Mary Herring, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: Vera Rattigan, wife of W F A Rattigan: Letters and telegrams between Sir T. M. Rattigan, or his secretary, M. Herring, and W. F. A. and V. Rattigan, together or separately: [1941-1963]: Partly signed, partly typewritten copies.