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:
Typescript of "The Lass wi the Muckle Mou", a play by Alexander Reid.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12002
Dates:
1952.
Typescript of the pageant with manuscript corrections and additions by Robert McLellan., 1964.
Item
Identifier: MS.26369
Scope and Contents
The typescript includes (folio 73) a scene from part 3, which was later rejected.
Dates:
1964.
Typescript of the play, "The Fairly Mak ye Work", by Billy Kay.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9739
Dates:
1986.
Typescript of the play 'The Lasses, O' by Janet Paisley., 2009.
File
Identifier: Acc.14151 Box 1(3)
Dates:
2009.
Typescript of the play ‘The Seceders’ by Alexander Brown Paterson, with manuscript notes for a production., [1952, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.26484
Scope and Contents
The play was first produced in 1952.
Dates:
[1952, or before.]
Typescript of the play 'The 'Witching Women of St Andrews' by Alexander Brown Paterson., [1947, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.26482
Scope and Contents
The play was first produced in 1947. The typescript is annotated for a later production by the Byre Theatre, ?1966.
Dates:
[1947, or before.]
Typescript of the television version of the play 'Rab Mossgiel' by Robert McLellan., October 1958.
Item
Identifier: MS.26359
Dates:
October 1958.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family.
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Plays written by Robert McLellan.
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'Rab Mossgiel', a play about Robert Burns and Jean Armour by Robert McLellan, commissioned by the BBC, (British Broadcasting company), for the Burns Bi-centenary celebrations in 1959.
Typescript of ‘The Third Gentleman’, a radio play by Ian Rankin; with related developmental notes., 1997.
File
Identifier: MS.50486
Scope and Contents
Typescript, 1997, first draft, with annotations by the author. Folios i-80Developmental notes, 1997, of Ian Rankin relating to the development of the plot and characters in his radio play ‘The Third Gentleman’.Includes working notes, research, and editorial notes of Ian Rankin. Includes references to second, third, and fourth drafts. Most of the notes are undated. The arrangement of the notes has been suggested by development of themes and revisions....
Dates:
1997.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin.
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Typescripts and working papers of the scripts and screenplays of Ian Rankin.
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Typescripts and working notes of the scripts and screenplays of Ian Rankin for broadcast media.
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Typescripts and working notes of the radio scripts of Ian Rankin.
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Typescripts and working notes of the radio plays and short stories for radio of Ian Rankin.
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Typescripts of 'The Third Gentleman', a radio play by Ian Rankin; with related working notes.
Typescript of 'There was a Lad', a play by Joe Corrie about Robert Burns in three acts, with songs., [Circa 1960.]
Item
Identifier: MS.26510
Dates:
[Circa 1960.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the playwright and author, Joe Corrie (1894-1968).
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Typescripts, often with manuscript corrections, of plays by Joe Corrie.
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Typescripts of longer stage plays by Joe Corrie.
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Typescripts of plays about Robert Burns by Joe Corrie.
Typescript of, with manuscript corrections and additions to, the play 'The hypocrite' by Robert McLellan., [1966, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.26378
Typescript of ‘Without conditions, a comedy for the civilized’, a play in three acts by Agnes Mure Mackenzie., [Circa 1932.]
Item
Identifier: MS.9188
Dates:
[Circa 1932.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts and typescripts of, and notes for, historical and literary works, speeches, and broadcasts, together with correspondence, of Agnes Mure Mackenzie, Commander of the British Empire, Master of Arts, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Laws (1891-1955).
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Dramatic works, short stories and poetry of Agnes Mure Mackenzie.
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Dramatic works and short stories of Agnes Mure Mackenzie.
Typescript proof of Ian Rankin's radio play 'The Third Gentleman'; with annotations by the author., 1997.
Item
Identifier: MS.50485
Dates:
1997.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin.
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Typescripts and working papers of the scripts and screenplays of Ian Rankin.
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Typescripts and working notes of the scripts and screenplays of Ian Rankin for broadcast media.
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Typescripts and working notes of the radio scripts of Ian Rankin.
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Typescripts and working notes of the radio plays and short stories for radio of Ian Rankin.
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Typescripts of 'The Third Gentleman', a radio play by Ian Rankin; with related working notes.
Typescript, undated, of a play, 'Auld Robin Gray', by Charles Dalmon, apparently unpublished, based on the poem by Lady Anne Lindsay, afterwards Barnard.
Item
Identifier: MS.9868
Dates:
?4th quarter of 19th century-?early 20th century.
Typescript, undated, of a three-act play, 'Beneath the surface' by Tom Hanlin., [?1942-?1949.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27423
Scope and Contents
The plot is closely related to chapters 9, 11 and 12 of the novel 'Nor is the night starless' (MS.27418, folios 295, 315).
Dates:
[?1942-?1949.]
Typescript, undated, of 'Avril dead: a play in three acts', by George Moncrieff-Scott, written in blank verse. , Mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.26942
Scope and Contents
There are numerous cuts and insertions to the typescript.
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Typescript, undated, of 'Beautiful on the Mountains: a play in three acts', set in the 18th century, by George Moncrieff-Scott., Mid 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.26943
Scope and Contents
The play was originally entitled 'Mr Henry'. A number of typed revisions have been pasted in.
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Typescript, undated, of 'Conquest', a three-act play set in different periods by Margaret Noël-Paton., Mid 20th century-late 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.27467
Scope and Contents
The text is preceded by a synopsis and notes for the producer (folio i). The play was originally written under the pseudonym 'Juniper Struan'.
Dates:
Mid 20th century-late 20th century.
Typescript, undated, of 'Jim and his wife', an apparently unpublished play in three acts by Johan Macrae, apparently a pseudonym of Agnes Mure Mackenzie., [Before 1956.]
Item
Identifier: MS.9189
Dates:
[Before 1956.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts and typescripts of, and notes for, historical and literary works, speeches, and broadcasts, together with correspondence, of Agnes Mure Mackenzie, Commander of the British Empire, Master of Arts, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Laws (1891-1955).
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Dramatic works, short stories and poetry of Agnes Mure Mackenzie.
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Dramatic works and short stories of Agnes Mure Mackenzie.
Typescript, undated, of 'Tarravore', a play in three acts by James Shaw Grant (born 1910), director of Grampian Television and author of books on the Highlands.
Item
Identifier: MS.26489
Scope and Contents
The typescript is annotated for a production by the Park Theatre, Glasgow.
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Typescript, undated, of 'The Bridge-builders ... A Three-Act Play (dealing with a contemporary theme)' by Margaret Noël-Paton., ?1939-[1955, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27466
Scope and Contents
The play is set during the Second World War and in 1955, it concerns European war orphans. The playwright's name was originally given as Noel Hamilton.
Dates:
?1939-[1955, or before.]
Typescript, undated, of ‘The finding of the sword’, a play by Sibell Lilian Blunt Mackenzie, Countess of Cromartie.
Item
Identifier: MS.5069
Scope and Contents
The play does not seem to have been produced or published.
Dates:
[1905, or after.]
Typescript, undated, of 'The Phoenix Nest', a three-act play by George Moncrieff-Scott., Mid 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.26955
Scope and Contents
This first version, has the title 'So Deep in Love'.
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Typescript, undated, of 'The Phoenix Nest', a three-act play by George Moncrieff-Scott., Mid 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.26956
Typescript, undated, of the stage play in three acts of 'True Minds' by Nancy Brysson Morrison., [1952-1954.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27303
Dates:
[1952-1954.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers and correspondence of the novelist and biographer, Nancy Brysson Morrison (1903-1986).
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Literary papers of Nancy Brysson Morrison.
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Partial manuscript and typescripts of 'True Minds', a play by Nancy Brysson Morrison about Thomas and Jane Carlyle, broadcast in 1952 and 1954.
Typescript, undated, of 'They come unasked', a three-act play by George Moncrieff-Scott., Mid 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.26957
Dates:
Mid 20th century.