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Add MS 89284/1/24
- Record Id:
- 040-003389589
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003389071
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100051346484.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89284/1/24
- Title:
- 'Monty Python Assorted Scripts' - Part 1
- Scope & Content:
-
Drafts of scripts for sketches of Monty Python Flying Circus, as follows:
- 'Art Gallery' (this is the sketch from episode 4 in the final version of the show) - typescript with corrections, 2 copies, 3 and 2 pages, undated;
- 'Brake-Drum' (this is an very early version of the sketch 'Bank Robbers in a Lingerie Shop' from episode 10 in the final version of the show) - holograph manuscript, 1 page, undated;
- 'Camp-Judges' (this is the sketch 'Poofy Judges' from episode 21 in the final version of the show) - typescript with corrections, 2 pages, undated;
- 'Archaeology Today', 'Silly Vicar' and 'Leapy Lee' (these are sketches from episode 21 in the final version of the show) - typescript with corrections, 4 pages, undated;
- 'The Gits' (this is 'the sketch Mr and Mrs Git' from episode 21 in the final version of the show) - holograph manuscript and typescript with corrections, 5 pages, undated;
- 'Beethoven' (this is the sketch 'Beethoven's Mynah Bird' from episode 21 in the final version of the show) - typescript with corrections, 3 pages, undated;
- 'Brutal Hospital (Film) for Show 13' (this is sketch 'Hospital Run by RSM' from episode 26 in the final version of the show) - holograph manuscript and typescript with corrections, 8 pages, undated;
- 'Putey' (unidentified sketch) - holograph manuscript, 2 pages, undated;
- 'Show 11' and 'Idiot Film' (these are sketches 'Vox Pops on Political Groupies', 'Ratcatcher', 'Wainscotting', and 'Killer Sheep' from episode 20 in the final show) - typescript with corrections, 14 pages, undated;
- 'Gangsters' (unidentified sketch) - typescript with corrections, 2 pages, undated;
- 'Agatha Christie Sketch' (this is the sketch 'Agatha Christie Sketch (railway timetables)' from episode 24 in the final version of the show) - typescript with corrections, 4 pages, undated;
- 'Communist Quiz' (this is the sketch 'World Forum – Communist Quiz' from episode 25 in the final version of the show) - holograph manuscript, 3 pages, undated;
- 'Architect' (possibly early version of the sketch 'Architect sketch' from episode 17 in the final version of the show) - holograph manuscript, 2 pages, undated;
- 'Blackmail' (this is the sketch from episode 18 in the final version of the show) - holograph manuscript, 1 page, undated;
- 'Reading the Books' (unidentified sketch) - holograph manuscript, 1 page, undated;
- 'Insect Hunting' (this is the sketch 'Roy and Hank Spim – Mosquito hunters' from episode 21 in the final version of the show) - holograph manuscript, 2 pages, undated;
- 'Hi-Jacker' (this is the sketch 'Hijacked Plane' from episode 16 in the final version of the show) - holograph manuscript, 6 pages, undated;
- 'How Not to Be Seen' (this is the sketch 'How Not to Be Seen' from episode 24 in the final version of the show) - holograph manuscript, 5 pages, undated (on the reverse of the first page there is a draft list of tracks for the Monty Python's Flying circus Album);
- 'Cantophilia' and 'Trick-Piano' (unidentified sketches) - holograph manuscript, half page, undated;
- 'The Boxer' (this is the sketch 'Ken Clean-Air System' from episode 18 in the final version of the show) - holograph manuscript, 3 pages, undated;
- 'Exchange and Mart' (this is the sketch 'Job Hunter' from episode 24 in the final version of the show) - holograph manuscript, 3 pages, undated;
- 'Show 5' (this is episode 16 in the final version of the show) - typescript with holograph corrections, 22 pages, undated;
- 'Changing on the Beach Film' (this is the sketch 'Undressing in Public' from episode 4 in the final version of the show, 3 pages, undated;
- 'Show 6', 'How to be Seen Film' and 'Insurance and the Bishop for Show 8' (these are sketches from episode 24 in the final show) - typescript with holograph corrections, 17 pages, undated;
- 'Parental Consent' (this is the sketch 'Ken Shabby' from episode 12 in the final version of the show) - typescript with corrections, 2 pages, undated;
- 'Undertakers', ideas for sketch - typescript with corrections, 2 pages, undated;
- 'Strangers in the Night' (this is the sketch from episode 10 in the final version of the show) - holograph manuscript, 3 pages, and typescript with corrections, 4 pages, undated.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003389071
036-003389350
037-003389883
040-003389589 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89284 : Michael Palin Archive
Add MS 89284/1 : Michael Palin Archive: Projects
Add MS 89284/1/24-25 : Michael Palin Archive: 'Monty Python Assorted Scripts'
Add MS 89284/1/24 : 'Monty Python Assorted Scripts' - Part 1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003389071[0005]/036-003389350[0022]/037-003389883[0001]/040-003389589
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89284
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1969
- End Date:
- 1971
- Date Range:
- 1969-1970
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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