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Add MS 81622
- Record Id:
- 040-001987342
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001987335
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000196.0x00037a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 81622
- Title:
- Oscar Wilde, notebook containing ideas and dialogues for A Woman of No Importance
- Scope & Content:
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Copyright: © Estate of Oscar Wilde. Eccles Bequest. Vol. IV. Sketchbook containing draft notes including plot lines, dialogues and lists of characters for Oscar Wilde's play, A Woman of No Importance, a comedy examining the morals of Victorian English upper class society. It was first produced by Sir Herbert Beerbohm at the Haymarket Theatre on 19 April 1893. In 1895, it was due to go on tour in America, but it was cancelled in response to Wilde's arrest. Sketchbook containing plot outlines, dialogues and lists of characters. From the Jerome Kern and Prescott Collections. For the first draft and typed revisions, see Add MS 37944 and 37945.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001987335
036-001987336
037-001987337
040-001987342 - Is part of:
- Add MS 81619-81884 : Eccles Bequest
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Add MS 81622 : Oscar Wilde, notebook containing ideas and dialogues for A Woman of No Importance - Hierarchy:
- 032-001987335[0001]/036-001987336[0001]/037-001987337[0003]/040-001987342
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 81619-81884
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_81622 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1891
- End Date:
- 1892
- Date Range:
- [1891-1892]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Copyright: © Estate of Oscar Wilde
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper
Foliation: 73 folios
Binding: Black cloth cover and grey card slipcase
- Source of Acquisition:
- Eccles Bequest
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)