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Add MS 89284/1/96
- Record Id:
- 040-003391235
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003389071
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100052344780.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89284/1/96
- Title:
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Ripping Yarns Books and Videos - Part 3: Correspondence and Press Cuttings
- Scope & Content:
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Material relating to the book More Ripping Yarns (1980), a video cassette of More Ripping Yarns (1985), and a new edition of The Complete Ripping Yarns (1990), including:
- contract between Palin and Jones and Eyre Methuen for More Ripping Yarns, 1980;
- correspondence between Palin, EuroAtlantic, and Geoffrey Strachan regarding More Ripping Yarns and a paperback edition of it;
- correspondence with Pantheon Books regarding an US edition of More Ripping Yarns;
- press cuttings of reviews of More Ripping Yarns, Nov-Dec 1980;
- letters to Palin from Liz [Smith], Edward Hardwicke and Richard Hurndall thanking him for More Ripping Yarns, Nov 1980;
- Pantheon Books catalogue, 1981;
- 2 flyers for a stage version of Ripping Yarns at Laxton House, 14-15 Feb [1981];
- press cuttings regarding the cassettes of More Ripping Yarns (1985);
- correspondence with Methuen regarding the combined volume The Complete Ripping Yarns (1990) and a paperback edition of it;
- press cuttings about BBC videos of Ripping Yarns and More Ripping Yarns, 1990;
- 2 letters, one to Methuen, the other Palin, regarding a translation of 'The Testing of Eric Olthwaite' into French, including a copy of the translation, 7 Dec 1990 and 29 Feb 1991;
- notes in Palin's hand on sales figures for the books and the videos, 1984-1985.
The file also includes a letter from John Howard Davies regarding a repeat of Ripping Yarns in autumn 1981, 28 Jan 1981.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003389071
036-003389350
037-003391203
040-003391235 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89284 : Michael Palin Archive
Add MS 89284/1 : Michael Palin Archive: Projects
Add MS 89284/1/94-96 : Michael Palin Archive: 'Ripping Yarns (Books) - 1978 (UK) and 1979 (US). Ripping Yarns (Video) - 1983 (Vol 1) and 1985 (Vol…
Add MS 89284/1/96 : Ripping Yarns Books and Videos - Part 3: Correspondence and Press Cuttings - Hierarchy:
- 032-003389071[0005]/036-003389350[0044]/037-003391203[0003]/040-003391235
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89284
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1980
- End Date:
- 1990
- Date Range:
- 1980-1990
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Davies, John Howard, actor and television producer and director, 1939-2011
Hardwicke, Edward Cedric, actor, 1932-2011
Hurndall, Richard Gibbon, actor, 1910-1984
Methuen and Co, publishers, 1889-
Pantheon Books, American publishing house, 1942-
Smith, Liz, actress, 1921-2016
Strachan, Geoffrey, editor, fl 1974-1997