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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:

Gaelic material extracted from the papers of the author, broadcaster and schoolmaster, Hector MacIver (1910-1966).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14973-14976
Scope and Contents

The material extracted from MSS.26276-26300 consists chiefly of typescripts of Hector MacIver’s plays and broadcasts.

Dates: 1934-1962, undated
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Galley proofs of Christopher Murray Grieve, “Hugh MacDiarmid's” translation of Bertolt Brecht's play ‘The threepenny opera’., [1973, or after.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.27050
Dates: [1973, or after.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'. / Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'. / Prose works of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'. / Books of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'. / Manuscripts, typescript and proofs of Christopher Murray Grieve, “Hugh MacDiarmid's” translation of Bertolt Brecht's play ‘The threepenny opera’.

Galley proofs of the verse drama ‘Fotheringhay’ by George Moncrieff-Scott, with corrections and additions., 1953.

 File
Identifier: MS.26949
Scope and Contents

A typescript list of cuts made in the first production is included (folio 47).

Dates: 1953.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974). / Dramatic works by George Scott-Moncrieff.

‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1934, and second edition, 1936), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1934, 1936.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.14382 (i)-(ii)
Dates: 1934, 1936.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.

‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1934), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1934.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14382 (i)
Dates: 1934.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages. / ‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1934, and second edition, 1936), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.

‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare, second edition (Cambridge, 1936), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1936.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14382 (ii)
Dates: 1936.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages. / ‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1934, and second edition, 1936), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.

Heavily reworked manuscript of Acts I-III of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26169
Dates: 1958.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary and other papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith. / Heavily reworked manuscript of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith.

Heavily reworked manuscript of Acts IV-V of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26170
Dates: 1958.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary and other papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith. / Heavily reworked manuscript of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith.

Heavily reworked manuscript of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26169-26170
Scope and Contents

The play was broadcast in 1959; the first stage production was in 1960, and an edition of the text was published in the same year.

Dates: 1958.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary and other papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

‘Henry IV’, part I by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1946.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14383 (i)
Dates: 1946.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages. / ‘Henry IV’, parts I and II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.

‘Henry IV’, part II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1946.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14383 (ii)
Dates: 1946.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages. / ‘Henry IV’, parts I and II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.

‘Henry IV’, parts I and II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1946.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.14383 (i)-(ii)
Dates: 1946.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.

‘Henry V’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1947), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1947.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14384
Dates: 1947.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.

Henry VI’, part I by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14385
Dates: 1952.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages. / ‘Henry VI’, parts I-III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.

‘Henry VI’, part II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14386
Dates: 1952.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages. / ‘Henry VI’, parts I-III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.

‘Henry VI’, part III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14387
Dates: 1952.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages. / ‘Henry VI’, parts I-III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson.

‘Henry VI’, parts I-III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14385-14387
Dates: 1952.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson. / New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.

'Hypocrite' by Robert McLellan, a play first performed in 1967., 1966-1967.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26376-26380
Dates: 1966-1967.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family. / Plays written by Robert McLellan.

Incomplete manuscript of a novel, and a manuscript of a play, by Cecilia Combe., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7457-7458
Dates: Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household. / Miscellaneous personal papers, lecture notes and phrenological reports of George Combe; and papers of Cecilia Combe.

Incomplete manuscript, undated, of a play, probably in three acts, set in a castle in the Highlands by George Moncrieff-Scott., Mid 20th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26962
Scope and Contents

The manuscript contains Act I and part of Act II.

Dates: Mid 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974). / Dramatic works by George Scott-Moncrieff.

Interleaved copy of William Shakespeare, "Timon of Athens" (1851), with annotations by George MacDonald.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8956
Dates: 1851.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

'Kamera!' by Joe Corrie, an absurd comedy written for broadcasting., 1938.

 File
Identifier: MS.26513
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript, with numerous corrections and additions, and the original title, 'Radishes in Rhapsody' (folio l); (ii) BBC script with manuscript cuts and corrections (folio 36). It has two versions of the ending.

Dates: 1938.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the playwright and author, Joe Corrie (1894-1968). / Typescripts, often with manuscript corrections, of plays by Joe Corrie. / Typescripts and radio scripts of plays for broadcasting by Joe Corrie.

'Kilellan', a series of short plays written by Robert McLellan for television., 1960.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26407-26409
Dates: 1960.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family. / Broadcasts written for radio and television by Robert McLellan.

'Kirstan and the Vikar: a parable in Scots' by Robert McLellan., 1959.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26352-26355
Dates: 1959.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family. / Plays written by Robert McLellan.

Late 15th-century manuscript of an incomplete copy of the verse drama 'Istoire de la destruction de Troye la grant' by Jacques Milet, composed between 1450 and 1452.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.9
Scope and Contents The manuscript is incomplete, containing only the prologue and the first two out of four ‘journées’. There is also a folio missing between folios 8 and 9, containing lines 11-54 of the first `journée`. Three gatherings have been misplaced: folios 253-286 should follow folio 310. Stage directions in French and Latin are placed centrally, not in the margins. Written in one hand throughout. Three spaces were left for decorated initials (folios 1, 8) and there are a few large initials, probably...
Dates: Late 15th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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