Plays.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Dramatic compositions, arranged for enactment, as by actors on a stage.
Found in 683 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscripts, in the author's hand, and typescripts of dramas by William Sharp and 'Fiona MacLeod', and of two dramas by Maurice Maeterlinck translated by Sharp., [Before 1906.]
File
Identifier: MS.8776
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts range from early drafts to fair copies.
Dates:
[Before 1906.]
Manuscripts of and relating to William Hutchison Murray, 1944-2002.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13936/24-38
Manuscripts of Eric Linklater of plays., 1937, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10155/38-39a
Dates:
1937, undated.
Manuscripts of parts of George Scott-Moncrieff's verse drama ‘Fotheringhay’, and of his history of the Catholic Church in Scotland, ‘The mirror and the cross’.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19628-19631
Dates:
1951, 1960.
Manuscripts of plays and other works., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12765/22-26
Manuscripts of plays by Alexander Scott., 1948-1961, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26474
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) 'Gift to the Queen', a play for radio on the 16th century poet, Alexander Scott (folio 1). Written in 1948, it was broadcast in 1949.
(ii) “The Rape o' Helen”, 1950 (folio 20). A shortened version under the title 'The Last Time I saw Paris' was published in the ‘Saltire Review’, volume iv (1957), pages 23-36.
(iii) ‘Untrue Thomas’, 1951 (folio 36). The play was broadcast in 1952 and published by the ‘Caledonian Press’ in the same year.
(iv) 'Cutty Sark', 1951...
Dates:
1948-1961, undated.
Manuscripts of poems and translations by Edwin Morgan (1920-2010).
Series
Identifier: MSS.27493-27494
Scope and Contents
Edwin Morgan was educated in Glasgow and joined the English Department of Glasgow University in 1947, becoming Titular Professor in 1975.
Dates:
1959-1984.
Manuscripts of the title page, 'dramatis personae', and scenes xi, xii, and xiii of ‘Firmilian’ by William Edmondstoune Aytoun; and fragments of corrected proofs, 1854, or before.
File
Identifier: MS.4920
Dates:
1854, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
Manuscripts of various works of David MacBeth Moir ('Delta')., Circa 1818-[1851, or before].
File
Identifier: MS.4851
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript of part of an article, 'Extracts from a lost (and found) memorandum book', published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, March 1821 (folio 1);(ii) Manuscripts of five poems, 'Four lyrics' (folio 9) and 'Lament of Selim' (folio 15), published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, May 1834 and July 1851.(iii) Manuscripts of ten apparently unpublished poems: 'British Eclogues, no. 2', circa 1818, 'Rural invitation', circa 1820,...
Dates:
Circa 1818-[1851, or before].
Manuscripts, typescripts and printed books of Eric Linklater.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5665 Box 1(1)-Box 12(5)
Scope and Contents
Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, plays, translations, and historical and critical works.
Dates:
Circa 1923-1971, undated.
Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of literary works by Neil Munro., 1909, ?1928, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26917
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Plays, including dramatised versions of 'Castle dark' and ‘The daft days’, undated (folio 1); (ii) Articles and introductions, 1909, ?1928, undated (folio 71). They include pieces on Joseph Conrad, Kipling and other literary figures (folio 73), and two fragments of ‘John Splendid’ (folio 152); (iii) Poems in English and Gaelic, undated (folio 154).
Dates:
1909, ?1928, undated.
Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems and articles of John Morrison Caie (1878-1949).
Series
Identifier: MSS.9889-9890
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
Manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of work by Alexander Scott (1920-1989).
Series
Identifier: MSS.26474-26481
Scope and Contents
Alexander Scott was educated in Aberdeen, and after service in the army during the Second World War, became a lecturer in Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He was the editor of the ‘Saltire Review’, 1954-1957, served on a number of literary committees, and edited work by William Soutar and Sydney Goodsir Smith, among others. His own literary work consisted of poetry, drama, and criticism.
Dates:
1948-1970, undated.
‘Martirium Saneti Adriani’, a drama in Latin iambics in three acts.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.8.2
Dates:
1607.
“Mary’s Bower, or the Castle on the Glen: a Pastoral Drama of five acts,” by Robert Brown of Newhall.
Item
Identifier: MS.817
Scope and Contents
This version, apparently in the author’s autograph, contains an introduction and notes which do not occur in the edition printed in 1811, and there are differences in the dialogue.
Dates:
19th century.
'Master of Men', a radio version by Mary Corrie of the stage play (MS.26505) by Joe Corrie., 1945, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26514
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Corrected typescript, undated (folio 1); (ii) BBC script of the broadcast, 1945 (folio 58).
Dates:
1945, undated.
Material concerning literary matters, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott., 17th century-early 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.891-900
Dates:
17th century-early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Material of and concerning Nancy Brysson Morrison relating to the play 'The gowk storm'., 1948.
File
Identifier: MS.27299
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Heavily corrected typescript, [?1948], of 'The gowk storm', a play in three acts by Nancy Brysson Morrison and Dorothy Black (folio 1). This is a dramatised version of N Brysson Morrison's novel of the same name, published in 1933. (ii) Photographs of the production by Dundee Repertory Theatre, 1948 (folio 34).
Dates:
1948.
Material of Nancy Brysson Morrison for a play on Edward Irving., 1947-1948, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27296-27298
‘Measure for measure’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1922), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1922.
Item
Identifier: MS.14390
Dates:
1922.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
‘Merchant of Venice’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1926), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1926.
Item
Identifier: MS.14391
Dates:
1926.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
‘Merry wives of Windsor’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1924), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1924.
Item
Identifier: MS.14392
Dates:
1924.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
Microfilm of autograph manuscripts of dramas and other works of Sir David Erskine.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.112-116
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Microfilm of autograph manuscripts of dramas and other works of Sir David Erskine., Early 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.112
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Microfilm of autograph manuscripts of dramas and other works of Sir David Erskine., Early 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.113
Scope and Contents
Adv.MS.5.1.18.
Dates:
Early 19th century.