File Bundle, 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/4/1
Scope and Contents
A file containing material relating to the publication, Spitting Images. The following are present: a paperback copy of the British version of the book, published by Century Hutchinson Limited; a cover proof for the British version; a paperback copy of the American version of the book, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; and contracts for Ben Elton and Heathcote Williams, as additional writers for the publication.
Dates
- Creation: 1987
Creator
- Elton, Benjamin Charles, b 1959 (Comedian and Playwright) (Person)
- Harcourt, Inc. (Publisher) (1919-2007) (United States of America) (Organization)
- Hutchinson Heinemann (Publishing Imprint) (1887-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- Jones, John Lawrence, b 1951 (Photographer) (Person)
- Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- Williams, Heathcote, 1941-2017 (Playwright and Poet) (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright - held by various parties.
Extent
1 file(s) (A large gusseted folder.) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The items in the file were originally held in different boxes, and have subsequently been merged together.
Separated Materials
The Photographic Material series holds related items.
The writers' contracts for Spitting Image, found in the Productions Files series, also contain contracts for the book.
General
Duplicates of the publications have been weeded out of the archive.
Subject
- Allen, Woody, 1935-Present (Film Director and Writer) (Person)
- Anderton, Cyril James, CBE, Sir, 1932-2022 (Chief Constable of Greater Manchester) (Person)
- Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, Prince, b 1960 (Duke of York) (Person)
- Botha, Pieter Willem, 1916-2006 (State President of South Africa) (Person)
- Botham, Ian Terence, OBE, b 1955 (Baron Botham of Ravensworth, Cricketer) (Person)
- Bruno, Frank, MBE, b 1961 (Boxer) (Person)
- Caine, Michael, CBE, Sir, b 1933 (Knight, Actor) (Person)
- Carson, John William, 1925-2005 (Broadcaster) (Person)
- Charles, Philip Arthur George, 1948 (Prince of Wales) (Person)
- Coleman, David Robert, 1926-2013 (Broadcaster) (Person)
- Connolly, William, Sir, 1942-Present (Knight, Actor and Comedian) (Person)
- Cosby, William Henry, Jr., b 1937 (Actor and Comedian) (Person)
- Currie, Edwina, b 1946 (Politician) (Person)
- Eastwood, Clinton, Jr., b 1930 (Actor and Film Director) (Person)
- Elizabeth, II, 1926-2022 (Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (Person)
- Farrow, Mia, b 1945 (Actor) (Person)
- Ferguson, Sarah Margaret, b 1959 (Duchess of York) (Person)
- Gaddafi, Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-, Colonel, c 1942-2011 (Leader of Libya) (Person)
- Gielgud, Arthur John, Sir, 1904 - 2000 (Knight, actor) (Person)
- Goldberg, Whoopi, b 1955 (Actor, Author and Comedian) (Person)
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich, 1931-2022 (President of the Soviet Union) (Person)
- Greaves, Jimmy, MBE, 1940-2021 (Footballer) (Person)
- Harty, Russell, 1934-1988 (Broadcaster) (Person)
- Hoffman, Dustin Lee, 1937-Present (Actor) (Person)
- Hoskins, Robert William, 1942-2014 (Actor) (Person)
- Jackson, Michael Joseph, 1958-2009 (Musician) (Person)
- Jagger, Mick, Sir, b 1943 (Knight, Musician) (Person)
- John Paul II, 1920-2005 (Pope) (Person)
- Kinnock, Glenys Elizabeth, 1944-2023 (Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, Politician) (Person)
- Kinnock, Neil Gordon, 1942 (Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty, Labour politician) (Person)
- Lauper, Cyndi, b 1953 (Actor and Musician) (Person)
- McCaskill, Ian, 1938-2016 (Weather Forecaster) (Person)
- Madonna, b 1958 (Musician) (Person)
- Midler, Bette, b 1945 (Actor and Musician) (Person)
- Mortimer, John Clifford, CBE, Sir, 1923-2009 (Knight, Barrister and Writer) (Person)
- Murdoch, Rupert, b 1931 (Businessman) (Person)
- Nelson, Prince Rogers, 1958-2016 (Musician and Record Producer) (Person)
- Nicholson, John Joseph, b 1937 (Actor and Film Director) (Person)
- Nimoy, Leonard Simon, 1931-2015 (Actor and Film Director) (Person)
- Niro, Robert Anthony De, b 1943 (Actor) (Person)
- Norman, Barry Leslie, CBE, 1933-2017 (Broadcaster and Journalist) (Person)
- Olivier, Laurence Kerr, 1907-1989 (Baron Olivier of Brighton, Actor) (Person)
- Owen, David Anthony Llewellyn, 1938 (Baron Owen, statesman) (Person)
- Parkinson, Cecil, 1931-2016 (Baron Parkinson of Carnforth, Politician) (Person)
- Pryor, Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas, Sr., 1940-2005 (Actor and Comedian) (Person)
- Reagan, Nancy, 1921-2016 (Wife of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States of America) (Person)
- Reagan, Ronald Wilson, 1911-2004 (President of the United States of America) (Person)
- Reubens, Paul, 1952-2023 (Actor) (Person)
- Spencer, Diana Frances, 1961 - 1997 (Princess of Wales, 1st wife of Charles, Prince of Wales) (Person)
- Springsteen, Bruce Frederick Joseph, b 1949 (Musician) (Person)
- Stallone, Sylvester Gardenzio, b 1946 (Actor and Screenwriter) (Person)
- Steel, David Martin Scott, b 1938 (Baron Steel of Aikwood, Politician) (Person)
- Streep, Meryl, b 1949 (Actor) (Person)
- Streisand, Barbra, b 1942 (Actor and Musician) (Person)
- Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, 1925 - 2013 (née Roberts, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Prime Minister) (Person)
- Turner, Tina, 1939-2023 (Actor and Musician) (Person)
- Tyson, Michael Gerard, b 1966 (Boxer) (Person)
- Webber, Andrew Lloyd, b 1948 (Baron Lloyd-Webber of Sydmonton, Composer) (Person)
- Wogan, Terry, Sir, 1938-2016 (Knight, Broadcaster) (Person)
Repository Details
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Map Dept enquiries: maps@lib.cam.ac.uk
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