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Ashley MS 4356
- Record Id:
- 040-001979801
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001482.0x000041
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 4356
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'Laugh and Lie Down': an unfinished play by Algernon Charles Swinburne; [1858-1860?]. Autograph fair copy, with a few revisions, written in two identical quarto notebooks. In the first (ff. 1-38), one side only of the paper is used, except f. 16, and the notebook is filled. In the second also one side only of the paper is used, except in the case of f. 66. At the end are eight blank leaves. The paper in both notebooks is white ruled, with the watermark 'JOYNSON / 1858'. The hand and ink found in the MS., together with the evidence of the watermark, suggest a date between 1858 and 1860. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 43-44. As follows:―
1. Dramatis Personae. f. 1. At the foot is the note 'Acted 1617', but the text of the play does not contain archaic spellings as in 'The Laws of Corinth' and 'The Loyal Servant'. The drama is divided into Acts and Scenes, whereas the other two are divided only into Acts.
2. Act I. ff. 2-20.
3. Act II. ff. 21-42.
4. Act III. ff. 43-59.
5. Act IV. ff. 59-68.
Quarto; ff. i+69.
Drama ENGLISH: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Play, 'Laugh and Lie Down', by Algernon Charles Swinburne: [1858-1860?]: Autogr. fair copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
040-001979801 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS 4356 : 'Laugh and Lie Down': an unfinished play by Algernon Charles Swinburne; [1858-1860?]. Autograph fair copy, with a few… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[1079]/040-001979801
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Ashley MS A17-5768
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1858
- End Date:
- 1861
- Date Range:
- [1858-1860?]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles, poet, 1837-1909