Add MS 88881/7

A CD-ROM of Texts and Notes relating to Works by Harwood.

Ronald Harwood Papers. Vol. cccvi. A CD-ROM compiled from 44 floppy disks, also including 'translated files' reformatted versions of the contents of those disks; 2004. The disk includes notes, drafts, cast lists and texts of plays, screenplays, novels, articles and addresses by Harwood, many of which are not included in the typescripts and print-outs listed above. Some files are not accessible by programs currently available, others are accessible in the 'translated files' folder, and others are in a corrupted form. Dates given are of the that of the original composition if known followed by the date of the disk, or, if the date of original composition is not known or is identical to that of the date of the disk, the date(s) of the disk alone is(are) given. The following works are wholly or partially on this disk, those not represented elsewhere being marked with an asterisk, those which are represented by word-processed versions in the collection are cross-referenced to those items:

Contents:

1. Disk 1. 'Freudian slip'; 1988-1996 (See Add MS 88881/1/39).

2. Disk 2. 'Blasphemy'; 1994-1997*; 'Reflected glory'; 1993 ( See Add MS 88881/1/40-43).

3. Disk 3. 'Being Julia, screenplay'; 1997, 1998 (See Add MS 88881/2/88).

4. Disk 4. 'Blasphemy', further files; 1997, 1998*; 'Foreign bodies', part of 'Sea Point quartet'; 1993, disk 1994 (See Add MS 88881/1/43-46).

5. Disk 5 'Expatriates'; 1996, disk 1998*; 'Freudian slip'; 1996, disk 1997 (See Add MS 88881/1/39);'Quartet'; 1999 (See Add MS 88881/1/71-77).

6. Disk 6. Introduction to 'The Pianist'; 2001, disk 2002; 'A feud in Vermont', an outline of a play or novel about Rudyard Kipling; 2002*; 'Armenia', fragment of a novel; 2003*; 'The Chicken run'; 1987 (see Add MS 88881/2/62-63).

7. Disk 7. First notes on 'Taking sides'; 1993; lecture on 'Taking sides'; 1996 (also on disk 9); 'Short history of English literature' (also on disk 9, see Add MS 88881/4/53); 'Writers remembered: J. B. Priestley'; 1997 (also on disk 9, see Add MS 88881/4/54 for the final version); P.E.N. lecture given at time of fall of Communism; 1997.*

8. Disk 8. 'Children of Florence', a play; 1988-1997*.

9. Disk 9. Notes on the European Theatre project, with David Ivin; 1996*; 'The Happy Prince', a play, with music by Alexandra Harwood; 1991, disk 1998*; 'A Short history of the English theatre'; 1994*; 'A Personal view of contemporary literature'; 1994; lecture on 'Taking sides'; 1996 (also on disk 7); fragments of 'Still life', a play; 1993, 1994 (see 'Comeback' at Add MS 88881/1/87); speech to UNESCO seeking affiliation to it by International P.E.N.; 1996*.

10. Disk 10. 'Morning', later 'The Rat patrol', a screenplay; 1998 (see Add MS 88881/2/86).

11. Disk 11. Parts of 'Sea Point quartet'; 1987, disk 1998 (see Add MS 88881/1/30-33); tribute to Halina Szpiro; 1998*; 'Tribute to Dan Massey'; 1996 (See Add MS 88881/4/54); talk on life in the theatre given at Chichester; 1999*; talk or article on J. B. Priestley; 1997; 'Members only'; 1988, disk 1998*; a toast to Shakespeare; 1997*; part of 'Tribal rites'; 1988, disk 1998 (see Add MS 88881/1/88).

12. Disks 12-15. Texts of and notes for 'Displaced persons', later 'Home'; 1980, disk 1992 (see Add MS 88881/4/34-42).

13. Disk 16. Program files; 1992.

14. Disk 17. '"The dresser" in Moscow and a house in the country', for The Independent; 1988, disk 1989 (see Add MS 88881/4/54); opening lines and cast for 'Byzantium', a play; 1988, disk 1998*; 'Notes for a play based on "Acknowledgements"'; 1998 (see Add MS 88881/1/86); diary of meeting with Franco Zefirelli; 1988, disk 1998 (see Add MS 88881/2/93); drafts of 'Two women in Warsaw' and 'The Countess and Eva Pfefferbaum', later incorporated in 'Home'; 1986, disk 1998 (see Add MS 88881/4/37-38).

15. Disk 18. The files on this disk are dated 1980, although the items comprising these files are dated between 1989 and 1993, accordingly only the later dates are given here. 'Acknowledgements'; 1992 (see Add MS 88881/1/86); 'Freudian slip'; 1990 (see Add MS 88881/1/38); personal files*; n.d.; notes on a character named Grantham; 1992; correspondence relating to International P.E.N.; 1991-1993; article on 'The Dresser'; 1993; 'The Happy prince'; 1993; 'The public prosecutor', a short story; 1981*; biographical notes; [1993]; 'Still life'; 1994 (see 'Comeback' at Add MS 88881/1/87); 'Tribal rites'; 1988 (see Add MS 88881/1/88).

16. Disk 19. The files on this disk are dated 1980 although the text is dated 1993. 'Cry the beloved country'; 1993 (see Add MS 88881/2/76).

17. Disks 20, 21. The files on these disks are dated 1980 although the text is later. 'Poison pen'; 198- (see Add MS 88881/1/48-55).

18. Disk 22. Tribute to Robin Ray; 1998*; note on 'Taking sides'; 1998; 'The confessor'; a short story; 1998*. introduction to 'The Handyman'; 1998*.

19. Disk 23. Tribute to Casper Wrede; 1998*; file 'Conv', an unidentified novel with characters Newell and Larry; 1998*; 'Morning' later 'The Rat patrol', a screenplay; 1998 (see Add MS 88881/2/86).

20. Disk 24. 'Foreign bodies' and 'Welcome home' from 'Sea Point quartet'; 1988, 1988, disk 1998 (see Add MS 88881/1/30-33); 'The Middle heart', screenplay; 1989*.

21. Disk 25. 'Farewell party' from 'Sea Point quartet'; 1988 (see Add MS 88881/1/30-33).

22. Disk 26. 'César and Augusta. Screenplay'; 1998, 1999 (see Add MS 88881/2/32); 'Phantom of the opera', screenplay, set in periods of the first and second World Wars; 2000*; 'Thunder at twilight. Screenplay by Ronald Harwood from the book by Frederic Morton'; 1994' (see Add MS 88881/2/81).

23. Disk 27. 'Equally divided'; 1998 (see Add MS 88881/1/67-70).

24. Disk 28. 'The Prince of West End Avenue. A screenplay by Ronald Harwood from the novel by Alan Isler'; 1996 (see Add MS 88881/2/83-85); 'Goodbye kiss'; 1996 (see Add MS 88881/3/5).

25. Disk 29. 'The handyman'; 1996.*

26. Disk 30. Files entitled 'Billym1' and 'Mboko', unidentified; 2001, 2003; 'Casa Verdi: a note on "Quartet"'; 2001*; letter dedicating a book to Stephane and Gunther; 2002*; list of music chosen for 'Desert island discs' radio programme; 2000*; speech at a Foyle's lunch honouring the knighthood of Tom Courtenay; 2001*; article on John Schlesinger; 2002*; speech to a livery company or collage, file entitled 'moorea'; 2002 (see Add MS 88881/4/55); list of music chosen for 'Private passions' radio programme; 2001*; 'The Rat patrol; 2002 (see Add MS 88881/2/86); brief tribute to Sir Robin Day; 2001*; 'Working with Polanski', on 'The Pianist'; 2001*; 'Writing about actors'; 2001*; notes on 'Mahler's conversion'; 2001*; 'Szabó & Polanski'; 2001 (see Add MS 88881/4/55); 'Is the theatre still necessary?' 1997*; a speech in the West Country on the invitation of Christopher Fry; 2001*; article on the centenary of the birth of Sir Donald Wolfit; 2002*.

27. Disk 31. 'Laughing in whispers'; 2000 (see Add MS 88881/4/43-47); extract from a brochure on Einkirchen; 2000.

28. Disks 32, 33. 'Quartet'; 1999 (see Add MS 88881/1/71-77). Disks have identical content.

29. Disk 34. 'Taking sides'; 1993, 1994. Includes both the stage play and the screenplay. (See Add MS 88881/1/56-65, Add. 88881/2/67).

30. Disk 35. Article for 'Oxford Dictionary of national biography' on Sir Donald Wolfit; 1999*; speech at the Garrick Club on Shakespeare's birthday; 1999*; speech on actors, especially Stephen Philips; 1999*; 'Pop culture'; 1999 (See Add MS 88881/4/55); speech honouring Roy Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead; 1999*; 'The Playwright as moralist', a lecture on 'Taking sides' and 'The Handyman'; 1996* ; 'Farewell to the 20^th century', a speech in Warsaw; 1999*.

31. Disk 36. Various Addresses to International P.E.N.; 1991-1996*; a speech in Hong Kong; 1995*; notes of a Taiwan wedding; 1995*; note of an altercation between the drivers of a police car and of a taxi in which Harwood was travelling; 1996*.

32. Disk 37. 'Sabina', a screenplay; 1996*; 'Kon-tiki, notes'; 1996*.

33. Disk 38. 'The Pianoplayers', a screenplay; 1980, 1990 (see Add MS 88881/2/66).

34. Disk 39. 'Convalescence'; 1994, 1995 (see Add MS 88881/2/7-9 for earlier drafts); 'Equally divided' and its predecessor 'Greed'; 1992-1997 (see Add MS 88881/1/67-70).; 'The last day of the 3^rd Test, Trinidad', an article for The Guardian; 1998*; 'Tribal rites'; 1993 (see Add MS 88881/1/88).

35. Disk 40. 'Acknowledgements'; 1988 (see Add MS 88881/1/86); correspondence and notes relating to compilation of'Alec Guinness at 75'; 1988 (see also Add MS 88881/4/30); various personal and business notes and memoranda; 1988, 1989*; 'From memory to history: the place of the Holocaust in the 21^st century'; 1997 (see Add MS 88881/4/55); letter of complaint to Sir Geoffrey Howe, Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, complaining of official neglect of Ronald Eyre when Eyre was directing 'The Dresser' in Tokyo; 1988*; notes on screen adaptation of 'Interpreters'; 1998*; short extract from 'One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich'; 1987*; 'Laugh at the end of the second millennium', an Address given at a conference in Bled, Slovenia; 1998*; poem 'Night in the township'; 1989*; samples of jokes told by Tommy Cooper; 1998*; notes on conversations with Franco Zefferelli; 1988 (see also Add MS 88881/2/93).

36. Disk 41. 'Another time'; 1998 (see Add MS 88881/1/34);'Sea Point quartet'; 1988 (see Add MS 88881/1/30-33); 'Equally divided' and its predecessor 'Greed'; 1993, 1996 (see Add MS 88881/1/67-70).

37. Disk 42. 'Reflected glory'; 1980 (see Add MS 88881/1/40-47).

38. Disk 43. 'César and Augusta'; 1988 (see Add MS 88881/2/32).

39. Disk 44. 'Another time'; 1989 (see Add MS 88881/1/34).

40. Translated files. All the above files reformatted and copied into another set of folders; 2004.