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Add MS 50617
- Record Id:
- 040-002084243
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002084074
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001356.0x000074
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 50617
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II. Vol. XXV (ff. 306). 'Major Barbara', filmscript; 1940-1941. Mainly typewritten, with MS. additions in Shaw's and others' hands. Includes some fragments and shorthand. At f. 21 Shaw's personal prologue, written as a trailer to the film, and relating to the progress of World War II, is reproduced in a cutting from Variety. At ff. 301-306 is a copy of the Ode, 'We forge our own destruction', arranged from 'Dall tuo stellato soglio' in the finale of Rossini's opera 'Il Mosé in Egitto'.
George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Major Barbara': filmscript, typed with autogr. and ms additions by George Bernard Shaw: 1940-1941.
includes:
- ff. 301-306 Sir William Turner Walton, OM; composer: Ode, 'We forge our own destruction', from the film score for 'Major Barbara' by Sir William Turner Walton: 1940: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002084074
033-002084179
036-002084180
040-002084243 - Is part of:
- Add MS 50508-50743 : BERNARD SHAW PAPERS
Add MS 50593-50743 : SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II 50593-50743. Purchased from the residuary legatees of George Bernard Shaw, 9 April 1960, and…
Add MS 50593-50649 : A. PLAYS OF G. B. SHAW. 50593-50649. Playscripts, in autograph longhand unless otherwise stated, with rehearsal notes…
Add MS 50617 : G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II. Vol. XXV (ff. 306). 'Major Barbara', filmscript; 1940-1941. Mainly typewritten, with MS.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002084074[0002]/033-002084179[0001]/036-002084180[0025]/040-002084243
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 50508-50743
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- 1940-1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Shaw, George Bernard, author and playwright, 1856-1950,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080436250
Walton, William Turner, OM, composer, 1902-1983