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Total number of records: 46

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Brotherton Collection26
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english drama46
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La Place, Pierre Antoine De16
La Place, Pierre Antoine De (1707-1793)16
Blavatnik Honresfield Library13
Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)12
Herringman, Henry (1704)2
Knapton, James (1738)2
Moliere (1622-1673)2
Allen, Grant1
Bedford, Francis (1799-1883)1
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Archive File

Redcliffe Poetry Press

1984-1993

Material relating to the publication of From the Red Fort and Collected Poems including: Letters from Michael Abbot to Berry regarding the arrangements for the publication of From the Red Fort and t...

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Wheaton and Co. Ltd

1984-1986

Correspondence and documents relating to A. Wheaton and Co. Ltd typesetters.

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Pierce Egan, The blind lover; or, The maid of Malines

Egan, Pierce (1814-1880)

c. 1850

A historical drama in prose

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Alan Bennett, draft of the introduction written for the dramatisation of 'The Wind in the Willows' at the National Theatre in 1991.

Bennett, Alan

1991

Comprises the typescript draft of Bennett's introduction for the Faber version of the dramatisation of Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows', produced at the National Theatre in December 1991. T...

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Victor Gollancz/Kevin Crossley-Holland

1960-1985

One letter from Victor Gollancz rejecting a poem submtted by Berry, dated 20th October 1960. One letter from Crossley-Holland to Berry offering suggestions of where to submit 'I Tell of Greenland',...

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R.S. White

1982-1984

Order forms for White's 'Shakespeare and Romance Ending' (Two copies) and 'Innocent Victims: Poetic Injustice in Shakespearean Tragedy'. Letters from White to Berry including a response to Berry's ...

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Alec Guiness

1944-1985

One letter thanking Berry for the loan of Moby Dick, dated 1st December 1944. One letter suggesting Berry sends his work to Patrick Dickinson, dated 3rd October 1947. One letter thanking Berry f...

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The modern wife; or, The virgin her own rival. A comedy. As it was acted gratis, at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market, by a company of gentlemen for their diversion

Stevens, John (fl. 1744)

1744

The full name of its publisher, John Stevens, is attached to his acknowledgement to subscribers [pi]3v. According to David Erskine Baker, "Biographia dramatica", 1812, Stevens often claimed authorship...

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Le theatre anglois (v.1)

La Place, Pierre Antoine de (1707-1793)

1745

A selection of English plays, translated by: Pierre Antoine de La Place. Cf. Barbier. Title vignettes. Title pages in red and black.

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Le theatre anglois (v.2)

La Place, Pierre Antoine de (1707-1793)

1745

A selection of English plays, translated by: Pierre Antoine de La Place. Cf. Barbier. Title vignettes. Title pages in red and black.

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Literary Papers: Poetry

1933-1984

Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of his collections: 'The Gospel of Fire', 'The Snake in the Moon', 'The Iron Christ', 'Fall of a Tower', 'Murdock and other Poems', 'The Galloping Centaur', ...

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