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‘Who Killed Sir Richley Luker? An Entertainment in Three Acts Devised by PD James (Any resemblance to the detective novels of the Golden Age is purely intentional)', 2001

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP James 2/7/4

Scope and Contents

Two copies of a 55 page typescript first draft. A post-it note attached to one copy reads ‘to be kept in Archive. Not to be published. Performed for Arvon Foundation, 3 March 2002 at the Park Lane Hotel’. [There are, however, indications online that this was published in some form.] A programme note by PDJ on p.55 reads ‘The play - - - had its genesis when I was lunching with Sir Robin Chichester-Clark and some of his colleagues from Arvon to discuss a fund-raising dinner. Sir Robin suggested that I might write a short detective mystery which guests would be asked to solve, and it occurred to me that it would be even more fun if the mystery were written as a play to be presented towards the end of dinner’. [The Arvon Foundation is a charitable organisation which promotes creative writing and runs residential creative writing courses.]

Dates

  • Creation: 2001

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

P D James' agent will be informed of any usage of the collection. Please contact the archivist for more information.

Extent

1 file(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by P D James’ literary agent March 2016.

Date information

DateText: [No date on the typescript but probably written 2001 or 2002?].

Originator(s)

James, P D

Finding aid date

2017-05-16 14:56:51+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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