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Powys, John Cowper, 1872 - 1963 (writer)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1872 - 1963

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

The Papers of John Cowper Powys

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/JCPS
Scope and Contents

Papers comprising a copy typescript of "Porius", a typescript of a dramatisation of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot", and a press cuttings album.

Dates: 1930 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Typescript dramatisation of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot"

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/JCPS 3
Scope and Contents

This typescript may be one of a number of copies made in the mid-1930s and sent out to actors with the intention of reviving the play. This is the only known complete surviving copy which belonged to John Cowper Powys' nephew, Peter Powys Grey, and was given to him by Charles Lock.
Comprising 83pp.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

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