Manuscript of James Bridie's play ‘Tobias and the Angel’, first produced in 1930.
Item
Identifier: MS.3924
Scope and Contents
The manuscript lacks one leaf at the beginning of Act III. The first act is much shorter than in the printed text.
Dates
- Creation: 1930.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
66 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
66 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1952, by Mrs Mavor, the author's widow.
Bibliography
The play was first published in ‘The anatomist and other plays’ (London, 1931).
Physical Description
The manuscript has a vellum binding, with lettering and design in indian ink, executed in 1954, on commission for the National Library, by Sydney M Cockerell and Joan Tebbutt.
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
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk