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Add MS 37945
- Record Id:
- 040-002054407
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002054403
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000984.0x00022a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 37945
- Title:
- Oscar Wilde, two typed versions of Mrs Arbuthnot, with autograph corrections
- Scope & Content:
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Copyright: © Estate of Oscar Wilde. Two typed versions of Oscar Wilde''s play Mrs Arbuthnot, later retitled, A Woman of No Importance, with autograph corrections. The second version (f. 92) is nearer to the final printed version. At folio 92 is a suggested cast, differing considerably from the actual cast at the Haymarket Theatre, 19 April 1893. Aleck is named Gerald in Acts III-IV; Hester is named Mabel throughout, but at folio 92v is the query, ''? Ruth. some nice New England name - Mary''.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002054403
040-002054407 - Is part of:
- Add MS 37942-37948 : OSCAR WILDE, "The Sphinx," a poem, and four plays; 1883-1895. Autograph ; or typed, with autograph corrections.…
Add MS 37945 : Oscar Wilde, two typed versions of Mrs Arbuthnot, with autograph corrections - Hierarchy:
- 032-002054403[0004]/040-002054407
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 37942-37948
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_37945 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1882
- End Date:
- 1883
- Date Range:
- 1892-1893
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper
Foliation: 178 folios
Binding: British Library binding
- Custodial History:
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Copyright: © Estate of Oscar Wilde
- Exhibitions:
- Discovering literature: Romantics and Victorians, (online), 20 February 2014-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)