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Add MS 37948
- Record Id:
- 040-002054410
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002054403
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000984.0x00022d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 37948
- Title:
- Oscar Wilde, early drafts of Acts II and IV of Lady Lancing
- Scope & Content:
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Copyright: © Estate of Oscar Wilde. Autograph and typewritten drafts of Oscar Wilde''s play The Importance of Being Earnest, titled Lady Lancing. Acts II and III were compressed into Act II in the published version. At folio 1 is a draft in pencil of part of the final version of Act I, and at folio 7 a typed draft of a cancelled passage in Act II. First performed at the St James''s Theatre, 14 February 1895, and published in 1899.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002054403
040-002054410 - 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 37948 : Oscar Wilde, early drafts of Acts II and IV of Lady Lancing - Hierarchy:
- 032-002054403[0007]/040-002054410
- 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_37948 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1894
- End Date:
- 1894
- Date Range:
- 1894
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper
Foliation: 191 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-
Insolence Incarnate, Petit Palais, Paris, 28 September 2016 - 15 January 2017 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)