Typescript draft of ‘The will’ by Sir James Matthew Barrie, with some revisions in Barrie's hand, and with others (in blue pencil, mostly cuts) that may be in another hand.
Item
Identifier: MS.6644
Scope and Contents
This version is very close to that printed in ‘The definitive edition of the plays of J M Barrie’, page 809, but with fewer details of setting and stage direction. Corrections made in the draft have been incorporated into the printed text.
Dates
- Creation: [Circa 1913.]
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
26 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
iii + 23 folios.
Custodial History
The typescript was bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's, 29 October 1956, lot 242.
Bibliography
Wilson, A E. 'Definitive edition of the plays of J M Barrie’ (London, 1942).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk