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Commissioned Writers' Contracts, Atkinson to Deayton, 1984 - 1991

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/1/1/1/1/1/1

Scope and Contents

A box containing sub-files holding contracts and accompanying letters and other documents for commissioned writers, and some lyricists, who worked on some or all of the first six series of Spitting Image, between 1984 and 1989. Some of these writers/lyricists were also contracted to work on various merchandise in this period, such as The Giant Komic Book publication in 1988; these contracts are also present. There are also contracts that go as far as 1991, which pertain to other work that some of these particular writers/lyricists were commissioned to do.

The following writers and lyricists are represented in the sub-files: Geoffrey Atkinson; David Austin; David Baddiel, Robert Newman and Tim Firth; Michael Barfield and Ged Parsons; Alistair Beaton; Jo Brand; Peter Brewis; Steve Brown; Mark Burton and John O'Farrell; Christopher Burman and Nick Purton; Paul Clark; Dave Cohen; Richard Curtis; and Angus Deayton.

Dates

  • Creation: 1984 - 1991

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Sub-Sub-Series:

See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright - mostly held by Roger Law, but other copyright holders are also present.

Extent

1 archive box(es) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

Contact:
Cambridge University Library
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Cambridge CB3 9DR United Kingdom