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Add MS 89284/2/12
- Record Id:
- 040-003397826
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003389071
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056383798.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89284/2/12
- Title:
- Michael Palin Notebooks 23 and 24: Monty Python Flying Circus
- Scope & Content:
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- Notebook 23 (Ryman exercise book, 51 pages plus 5 loose pages) marked 'Python I. The Gwen Dibley Affair or Will Reginald Bosanquet Break into the Design Centre. Bunn Wackett Buzzard Stubble and Boot', with holograph notes and draft of sketches, mainly for Monty Python Flying Circus. Headlines include: 'The Visitors', 'The Restaurant', 'The Joke', 'Newsreader', 'Science Fiction Film', 'Laundrette', 'Spy Drama', 'Late News', 'Show 4', 'Them', 'Blancmange'. The notebooks also includes doodles and loose pages (a combination of holograph manuscript and typescript) with parts of draft of sketches including 'Gumby Brain Specialist', 'A Book at Bedtime' and 'Storage Jars'. Attached to the front cover a holograph note '1969 - First Python n/book (title not yet decided)'.
- Notebook 24 (red Silvine Students notebook, 31 pages) marked 'Python Series I. Gambolputty. Italian Lesson etc.', with notes and drafts of sketches, mainly for series 1 of Monty Python Flying Circus including 'Johann Gambolputty', 'The Wacky Queen', 'Italian Lesson', 'Bicycle Repair Man', 'Art Gallery', 'The Smuggler', and 'Buying a Bed'. Headlines include: 'Arthur Nixon's Rejuvenating Show', 'Q.V.', 'The Ear, Nose and Throat Show', Show 1', 'The Wedding', 'Bicycle Repair Man', 'Art Exhibition', 'Customs', 'Monster', 'Superstition Film', 'An Aeroplane', 'School Staff Room'. The notebooks also includes doodles.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003389071
036-003391163
040-003397826 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89284 : Michael Palin Archive
Add MS 89284/2 : Michael Palin Archive: Notebooks
Add MS 89284/2/12 : Michael Palin Notebooks 23 and 24: Monty Python Flying Circus - Hierarchy:
- 032-003389071[0006]/036-003391163[0012]/040-003397826
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89284
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1968
- End Date:
- 1969
- Date Range:
- [1968-1969]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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