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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 with manuscript corrections of 'The Winnock', a continuation of 'Greenside' by Margaret T Monro., [1938, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.19627
Scope and Contents

This is the revised version prepared for production by the Curtain Theatre, Glasgow, in April 1938. It includes a glossary of Scots terms (folio 77).

Dates: [1938, or before.]

Typescripts and drafts of 'The Wallace' by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1959.

 File
Identifier: MS.26175
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous pages of typescript corrected by Sydney Goodsir Smith (folio l); (ii) Drafts and corrected typescripts of stage directions by R L C Lorimer (folio 8).

Dates: 1959.

Typescripts and manuscript of plays by Margaret Clarke ('Lesley Storm'), and other papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6711
Scope and Contents

Including typescripts of four other plays, with three letters, 1957 and undated, two of Laurence Olivier and one of Vivien Leith to Storm, concerning her plays.

Dates: 1950-1957 and undated.

Typescripts and manuscripts of poems, articles and plays of John Morrison Caie., 1st half of 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.9890
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follow: (i) Typescripts, 1932-1948, undated, of apparently unpublished poems (folio 1); (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of apparently unpublished articles (folio 72) (iii) Manuscript, undated, of an untitled and apparently unpublished one-act play (folio 92).

Dates: 1st half of 20th century.

Typescripts and working notes of the stage plays of Ian Rankin; with related ephemera., 1984-2018.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50511-50515
Scope and Contents

This series contains typescripts of, and associated working papers for, stage plays of Ian Rankin. The working papers include developmental and editorial notes. Also included are promotional materials and ephemera from performances.

Dates: 1984-2018.

Typescripts, manuscripts, proofs, research notes and correspondence of David Thomson, author and radio producer.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10129/1-179
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the papers of David Thomson, author, researcher and BBC radio producer. It includes the scripts and correspondence of many BBC radio programmes from the 1950s and 60s, original scripts and correspondence regarding his published and unpublished books, and additional correspondence spanning forty five years working for UNESCO, the BBC, and as a full time writer.

Dates: [1923]-1988.

Typescripts of a Scots version of ‘Macbeth’ by Edith Anne Robertson., [Circa 1970.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26979
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of manuscript notes (folio 1), the typescript submitted to the BBC (folio 23), a carbon copy of the same text, heavily corrected in manuscript (folio 71), the corrected typescript of a later version (folio 117), and some fragments (folio 164).

Dates: [Circa 1970.]