Letters to and from Jon Silkin

Description

89 typescript and 2 ms letters from various at the BBC to Jon Silkin; and 22 carbon copy letters from Silkin to various at the BBC. Notable correspondents include:

- John Wain (2 letters; 1953)

- Donald Carne-Ross (9 letters; 1955-1957)

- David Thomson (6 letters; 1956-1958)

- George MacBeth (14 letters from MacBeth; 8 cc letters from Silkin; 1962-1973), accompanied by cc ts draft script for a programme on Isaac Rosenberg

- Louis MacNeice (1 letter; 1959)

- Fraser Steel (10 letters from Steel; 2 cc letters from Silkin; 1976-1983), accompanied by ts of Footsteps on the Downcast Path

- Brian Miller (16 letters from Miller; 3 cc letters from Silkin; 1984-1985), concerning Silkin's verse play Gurney

- Ned Chaillet (12 letters from Chaillet (2 held with letters from Miller); 2 cc letters from Silkin; 1985-1989), with copy of contract commissioning a radio play of Gurney (2 February 1987)

- Fiona McLean (3 letters from McLean; 2 cc letters from Silkin; 1989-1997) Also held in this file are receipts and 5 ts letters relating to payments and royalties to Silkin from the BBC (25 September 1953 - 17 April 1957).

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Related material

Papers relating to John Scotney's production of the radio drama 'The People' are held in files Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/1/7/1/3 and Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/1/7/1/7; and in subseries Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/1/7/2.Papers relating to the BBC broadcast of 'Flower Poems' are held at Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/1/4/13.Papers relating to the broadcast of 'Footsteps on the Downcast Path,' produced by Fraser Steel, are held at Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/1/11/2/4.Radio scripts for the broadcast of poems from 'The Psalms With Their Spoils,' including Fraser Steel's production of 'Joy Lined With Metal,' are held at Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/1/9/21.A 'New Verse' radio script and papers relating to other drama by Silkin intended for radio broadcast are held at Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/5/3/1.A carbon copy letter from Silkin to George MacBeth can be found on the verso of his ms notes on Ungaretti in file Brotherton Collection MS
20c Silkin/1/4/4.A letter from Donald Carne-Ross to Silkin (June 1957) can be found on the verso of one of the poem drafts in file Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/3/1/1.The correspondence from Ned Chaillet and Brian Miller includes letters originally held with papers relating to Silkin's play 'Gurney,' in particular files Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/5/1/13, Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/5/1/16, Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/5/1/24 and Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/5/1/27.Fiona McLean's correspondence relates in part to the programme 'Through Leaves and Fragmented Light'. Draft scripts for the programme are held at Brotherton Collection MS 20c Silkin/7/9/11; a recording of the programme on audiocassette is held with other (uncatalogued) sound recordings from the School of English Poetry room.See also letters from correspondents at the BBC in the Stand Archive, 'Brotherton Collection MS 20c Stand/3/BRI-4.'
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