Plays
Subject
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Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
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Adair Welcker: Louis XVI
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3838
Scope and Contents
(fo.iv) prefatory notes; (fo. 17v) text. Incomplete at end. The play is apparently unprinted.
Dates:
1886
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Adair Welcker: Louis XVI
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3157
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of a play in autograph. (p. i) prefatory note; (p. iia) extract from Glasgow Evening Times; (p. ii) copy of editorial from Daily News, 22 Sep. 1893; (p. 8) further prefatory matter; (p. 11) text. The play is apparently unprinted.
Dates:
1886
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Amy Levy Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10514
Scope and Contents
Literary and personal papers of Amy Levy. The collection includes manuscripts of short stories, poems, plays and a novel; notebooks and a diary; letters from Levy and others; and cuttings, printed material, photographs and illustrations.
Dates:
1848-21st century (bulk 1870s and 1880s)
Conditions Governing Access:
A detailed list of the collection is available on request. Please apply to mss@lib.cam.ac.uk for permission to consult the collection.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Concert, and Hamlet, abridged by Tom Stoppard, 1982-06-04
File
Reference Code: GBR/2511/DRAM 2
Scope and Contents
Programme and photographs.
Mozart, Son Giovanni - Masetto: John Davies, Don Giovanni: Mario di Gregorio, Zerlina: Angela Roberts
Mozart, La Nozze di Figaro (Adaptation of part of opening scene) - Figaro: Jorge Moreira, Susanna: Angela Roberts
Boito: Mefistofele Mario di Gregorio
Britten: Six Irish folksongs Soprano: Rosemary Lethem, Piano: Malcolm Smith
Verdi, Otello (Opening Scenes of Act 2) - Cassio: John Davies, Jago: Mario di Gregorio
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark =...
Dates:
1982-06-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
File
Darwin College Drama Society Papers, 1985 - 2000
File
Reference Code: GBR/2511/SR/2/6
Scope and Contents
Folder includes programmes, scripts, posters, theatrical cues, sign up sheets, entrances and exits, prop lists, cast lists and other information relating to the putting on of the following plays by the Darwin College Drama Society: The Fate of Frankenstein or The Man and the Monster (staged in 1986); The Gypsy's Revenge (1987); The Castle Spectre (1988); Lysistrata (1989); The Persians (1990); 'Bear' and 'The Proposal' (1990); A Day in the Life (1992); Machiavelli's La Mandragola (The...
Dates:
1985 - 2000
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Edward Rose: writings and family correspondence
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10138
Scope and Contents
MS Add. 10138 contains scripts (draft and later versions) of plays and other writings by Rose, as well as family correspondence covering Rose’s life from childhood until his death. Other writings by Rose include ‘The Rose Reader’ (a book outlining a method to teach children to read), a novel and poetry. Collected souvenir programmes and promotional material relating to 19th century theatre are also included. The correspondence (MS Add.10138/3) has been calendared to provide short summaries...
Dates:
c.1852-1915
Conditions Governing Access:
The MS Add.10138 Edward Rose papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/.
Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Edward Rose: Writings and family correspondence, Add. 10138
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Family Plays, 1898 - 1909
File
Reference Code: GBR/2511/DCPP/KEYNES 1/1/1/1/3
Scope and Contents
Notebooks with handwritten scripts for 'The Magic Snowboot', 'The Rose and the Ring: A Christmas Pantomime' by W.M. Thackeray, 'The Fatal Pin: A Tragedy' from Punch by F. Anstey, 'Conrad: or the Thumbsucker' adapted from poem in 'Struwwelpeter', and untitled play performed at Newnham Grange at Christmas time.
Dates:
1898 - 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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James Plumptre: Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5784-5861, 5864-5867
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts of plays, journals of travels in the United Kingdom, diaries, notes on Great Gransden, correspondence and notes.
Dates:
1770-1900
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
James Smith: Literary essays and notes
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7972
Scope and Contents
1. Papers on Shakespeare The largest part of the collection is comprised of versions of chapters prepared for Smith's Shakespearian and other essays, supplemented by a few essays on related topics. Shakespearian and other essays The printers' copy of chapters from Smith's book, 1973, including preliminaries and Edward Wilson's memoir of the author (1 envelope). All's well that end's well The collated version of the chapter on the play prepared for Shakespearian and other essays, c. 1972 (1...
Dates:
1930-1974 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Letters to George H. Darwin and other Primary Sources for A House by the River, 1870-11 - 1929-06-17, 1951-12-07 - 1972-11-06
File
Reference Code: GBR/2511/DCPP/KEYNES 1/1/1/3/1
Scope and Contents
Include letters and photocopies of primary sources collated by Lady Margaret Keynes as well as original letters and scripts for plays. Letters between [George] Darwin and C. Henrywood. John Stevenson, Mr. Saint, Richard Litchfield, Charles Bidwell, Gillet & Co., Karl Pearson, Allan W. Rucker, Thomas Wright, W. Holland, and H.S. Schultess-Young. These letters cover topics like building works at Newnham Grange, Computing Machines, and mathematics. Also includes letters jointly addressed to...
Dates:
1870-11 - 1929-06-17; 1951-12-07 - 1972-11-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
Found in:
Darwin College Archives
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Collections of Personal Papers
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Keynes family papers
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Records related to A House by the River by Lady Margaret Keynes
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Papers of Lady Margaret Keynes
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A House by the River: Primary Sources and Research
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Correspondence to George H. Darwin and Lady Margaret Keynes' Research
Fonds
Plautus: Pseudolus
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6591
Scope and Contents
A prose translation into English of Plautus's play Pseudolus by J.S. Reid, 265 folios: (fo. 3) title-page; (fo. 4) translation; (fo. 82) notes. The text is written on the recto only, with notes written on the recto of alternate leaves.
Dates:
1895
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Rupert Chawner Brooke: Draft of John Webster and the Elizabethan drama (London, 1916).
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6202-6203
Scope and Contents
Includes an appendix and a typescript of chapters from the same work.
Dates:
1911-1912
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Telemachus, or The Island of Ogyia
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.100
Scope and Contents
A burlesque in one act. Stage directions in a second hand.
Dates:
1850 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Theatre Programme Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8544
Scope and Contents
Theatre programmes, playbills, postcards of cast members, photographs, newspaper cuttings, magazines, letters, and personal record books, with accompanying explanatory notes, collected by Charles Woods, and including programmes and posters from his own shows as Horace Watson. The programmes are grouped into sets: New Theatre and Theatre Cinema (over 1,000 items), Festival Theatre (c. 100), Arts Theatre (over 2,000), London Theatres (c. 300), and Horace Watson items (c. 50). There is also a...
Dates:
1906-1981
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
'Thestylis', religious verse play in three acts
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.2638
Dates:
1700 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Thomas Barker: Verse Commonplace Book
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6455
Scope and Contents
52 folios. The book begins with poems, including 'Quaestio Henrici Hubbard 1733' (fo. 26) and 'Upon Bob Leak' (fos 27-28). On fos 32-48 is 'The Manners of ye Age in 13 Moral Satirs. Lond: 1733', presumably a copy of the printed work of this title. On fos 49-52, entered from the other end of the book, are extracts from Vanbrugh's plays headed 'The Cream of Poetry'.
Dates:
1728
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library