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Add MS 81887 A
- Record Id:
- 040-001987668
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001987657
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000247.0x000045
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- Add MS 81887 A
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Supplementary Strachey Papers. Vol. iii a (ff. 149).
Contents:
1. ff.1, 2. Contents leaves, 1947.
2. f. 3. Programme of three plays written and acted by Lytton and Marjorie; circa 1895.
3. ff. 4-20. Play ‘Her long lost brother’ in green exercise book lettered ‘Trigonometry’; circa 1895.
4. ff. 22-28. ‘The Gazelle Gazette’, vol. 1, no. 1; circa 1895. Wanting pages 2-9, and thus contains only ‘The cosmopolitan calendar’, part of ‘The Itchingham letters’ and ‘The Ballad of the hungry bishop’.
5. ff. 29-37. ‘The Gazelle Gazette’, vol. 1, no. 2; circa 1895. Contents: ‘The Itchingham letters’, V-IX, ‘Chapters from the life of a private detective’, ‘Widersehen’ [sic].
6. ff. 38-40. ‘The Gazelle Gazette’, vol. 1, no. 3; circa 1895. Mostly blank leaves. Contains: ‘Vizhns’ and ‘On the great sea serpent’, signed P.S. [i.e. Philippa Strachey].
7. ff. 41-50. ‘Ombres chinoises, par M. et L.’; [1897?] Poems in French.
8. ff. 51-57. ‘Chansons de jeste, par M & L’; 1900. Poems in French.
9. ff. 58-70. ‘Idylls and fantazias, by M. & L.’; 1898. Imitation of Elkin Mathews’s Shilling Garland, of which it has been numbered ‘X’ on the back cover.
10. ff. 71-83. ‘The Comet’, vol. 1, no. 2; 1893. Partly in Lytton Strachey’s hand, but Marjorie’s note casts doubt on his authorship.
11. ff. 84-94. ‘The lunatic asylum, idioted by the chief wardens and inmates’, no. 1; n.d. With pencil drawings inserted. Believed by Marjorie Strachey to be by Pernel and Oliver Strachey.
12. ff. 95-96. ‘The Morning growler, vol.1, no. 1’; 1906. Attributed to herself alone by Marjorie Strachey.
13. ff. 97-109. ‘The Domican, G.L.S & M.P.C.; [1896?]. With attributions of the coded authors’ names, including Lytton, Jane, Marjorie, Dorothy, Pernel, Oliver, Philippa, Frederick, Richard and Sir Richard Strachey and Patrick Grant.
14. ff. 110-113. Two letters from Marjorie Strachey to Lytton in the guise of her as wife to him, known as ‘The Itchingham letters’; n.d.
15. ff. 114-116. ‘Programme of a gala performance to be held on Friday September 9th at 9 p.m.’; [1904?], Later typescript of programme for three plays [possibly also by Lytton and Marjorie Strachey].
16. ff. 117-149. ‘The Nicaraguan despatch’, Mr Stoddart's, Lady Adeline Stoddart’s and Mr La Motte’s parts; circa 1912. 3 parts. Typewritten. Attributed to herself alone by Marjorie Strachey.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001987657
036-001987658
037-001987667
040-001987668 - Is part of:
- Add MS 81885-81972 : Supplementary Strachey Papers 81885-81972. Further correspondence and papers of the Strachey family; mostly circa 1885 –…
Add MS 81885-81949 : A. Papers of Lytton Strachey.
Add MS 81887 A-C : Supplementary Strachey Papers. Vol. iii a-c. Booklets of verse and plays written by Lytton Strachey and his sister Marjorie…
Add MS 81887 A : Supplementary Strachey Papers. Vol. iii a (ff. 149). Contents: 1. ff.1, 2. Contents leaves, 1947. 2. f. 3. Programme of… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001987657[0001]/036-001987658[0003]/037-001987667[0001]/040-001987668
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 81885-81972
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1890
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 1890-1947
- Era:
- CE
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