| Title |
Plays and other stage works |
| Reference |
EMF/9 |
| Covering Dates |
1907–1951 |
| Extent and Medium |
126 items/folios and 3 notebooks; paper |
|
| Content and context |
This series includes manuscripts and typescripts of E.M. Forster's writing for the stage, in most cases never produced. Most of these come from the early years of his writing career, or those when he was broadcasting for the BBC. |
| King's/PP/EMF/9 contains: |
|
1
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Materials from the Britten-Pears Library. Photocopies of autograph manuscript and typescript materials held at the Britten-Pears Library, The Red House, Aldeburgh, IP15 5PZ. . To request these envelopes, please use the following call mark: 9/1/C.
13 items in 3 envelopes; paper. |
1951 |
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2
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'Comfort Ye My People'. Autograph manuscript of 'Comfort Ye My People', a satire on the BBC in the form of a dramatic transcript of a few minutes' broadcasting. On the back of a roneo typescript dated 5 May 1939. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/19.
ff66-7 of modern guard book; paper. |
1939 |
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3
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'Conversation in the Train - VII'. Roneo typescript of 'Conversation in the Train - VII', a radio dialogue. Internal BBC copy of a broadcast. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 4/3.
ff218-224 of modern guard book; paper; This document was originally duplicated onto 8 foolscap leaves, then cut in 1970-1 to fit modern binding. |
20 Feb. 1932 |
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4
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'The Deceased Wife's Husband'. Autograph manuscript of 'The Deceased Wife's Husband', a satiric comedy about British attitudes to marriage and the sexes. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/19.
ff40-60 of modern guard book; paper. |
1907 |
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5
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'England's Pleasant Land'.
1 volume and 1 file; paper. |
1863–2005 |
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6
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'The Heart of Bosnia'. Typescript of 'The Heart of Bosnia', with autograph manuscript annotations. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 4/3.
ff184-217 of modern guard book; paper. |
1911 |
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7
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'The Mountain and the Sea'. Autograph manuscript of ['The Mountain and the Sea'], a poetical play in prose. In imitation of Maeterlinck, and often referred to as 'Allegorical Drama'. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/19.
ff2-39 of modern guard book; paper. |
Mar. 1912-May 1912 |
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8
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'Pericles in Paradise'. Manuscript in unidentified hand [possibly that of Aida Borchgrevink], elsewhere called 'Pericles in Paradise'. A satirical drama by E.M. Forster with his Alexandrian acquaintances as the cast. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/19.
ff61-5 of modern guard book; paper. |
1918 |
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9
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'St. Bridget of Sweden'. Autograph manuscript drafts of 'St Bridget of Sweden'. To request this envelope, please use the following call mark: 9/9/C.
3 notebooks and 4 sheets in envelope; paper. |
Sep. 1909 |
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10
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Fragment. Photocopied fragment of a plan for an unknown play. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: 9/10/C.
1 sheet in envelope; paper. |
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