Add MS 81926

Supplementary Strachey Papers. Vol. xlii. Other plays and dramatic fragments by Lytton Strachey; circa 1895-1918, n.d.

Contents:

1. ff. ‘Dr de Jongh: a farce in one act’; circa 1895. .Another text is above at 81917 above. Inscribed IVq and 21 in a later hand.

2. ff. ‘The fair Arabian’; 1906. Typewritten. A fuller version of the play, with typescripts for the two main parts in this play is at Add. 60641.

3. ff. ‘Essex: a tragedy’; [1909]. Lacking the second act, and all after f. 14 of the third act. Inscribed IVn and 3 in a later hand

4. ff. ‘The young man and the married lady’; [1917?] Typewritten

5. ff. ‘The prude’, plot outlines and brief script; 1918. Inscribed IVr in a later hand

6. ff. ‘Seeing is believing’; circa 1918. Autograph and two typewritten copies. Inscribed IVp and 4 in a later hand

7. ff. Miscellaneous fragments, plot summaries and lists of characters; n.d. The fragments are for the most part the openings of unfinished plays, including: ‘The power of love’; ‘Les Bleus’; ‘The ides of March’; ‘The Last of the Greeks’ (inscribed Iva in another hand); ‘The Pirate’; scene with Smerdis, Patisthes, Pharnace; scene with Miss Hare and Naomi; scene with chorus of shepherds and shepherdesses, scene with Percy and Marianna; scene with Rosa and Walter Lacy (inscribed IVr in a later hand).

Drama ENGLISH: G. L. Strachey. Miscellaneous plays and dramatic fragments: circa 1895 - 1918, n.d.: Partly typewritten copies.