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Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616)3
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The rhythm of violence

Nkosi, Lewis

1964

A 3-act play set in the 1960's in Johannesburg. Deals in dramatic terms with the clash personally and ideologically between white and black, and with some of the problems of non-racial cooperation.

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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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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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Literary papers and correspondence of Jon Silkin

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

ca. 1947-2003

Jon Silkin, the writer and editor, was born in 1930 in London. He was educated at Wycliffe and Dulwich Colleges before being expelled for truancy, and did National Service as a Sergeant Instructor in ...

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Typescript and Manuscript Drafts for Half Moon Bay (1993) and Related Poems

c. 1980 - c. 1992

This folder contains working typescript drafts ofthe Paul Mills poems ‘Eve’, ‘The Shark’, ‘Alex in the Green Groves’, ‘The Star Wall’, ‘Spring in February’, ‘The Steel’, ‘The...

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Herbert Read

1931-1994

Letters mainly from Read to Berry. Also includes: One letter from Wynn Griffith to Berry thanking him for the copy of his book about Read which Berry had sent. One copy of "A Poet in His Time : A...

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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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Literary and theatrical manuscripts of Cyril Maude

Maude, Cyril (1862-1951)

c.1882-1942

Comprises: Box 1: 27 vols of musical scores for performing 'She stoops to conquer'; 4 vols of stage instructions for performing 'Grumpy', 1 for each Act; 2 notebooks; 1 five year diary, 19-?. Box 2: T...

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Comedies and Tragedies
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Comedies and Tragedies

Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Shirley, James (1596-1666); Lowin, John (1576-1659); Marshall, William (1617-1650); Taylor, Joseph (1586?-1653?); Charles king of England (1630-1685); Pirie, Robert S (1934-2015); Drescher, Arthur Bruno (1895-1986); Trafford, Lionel James (1855-1900); Bernard Quaritch Ltd; Peter Harrington London

1647

First edition. The following pages are wrongly numbered as indicated in round brackets: 26 [Sig. E1] (28), 80 [Sig. Kk4] (08), 90 [Sig. Mmm2] (92), 100-101 [Sig. Nnn2-3] (80-81), 6 [Sig. Aaaa3] (2),...

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Comedies and Tragedies

Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Shirley, James (1596-1666); Lowin, John (1576-1659); Marshall, William (1617-1650); Taylor, Joseph (1586?-1653?); Charles king of England (1630-1685); Pirie, Robert S (1934-2015); Drescher, Arthur Bruno (1895-1986); Trafford, Lionel James (1855-1900); Bernard Quaritch Ltd; Peter Harrington London

1647

First edition. The following pages are wrongly numbered as indicated in round brackets: 26 [Sig. E1] (28), 80 [Sig. Kk4] (08), 90 [Sig. Mmm2] (92), 100-101 [Sig. Nnn2-3] (80-81), 6 [Sig. Aaaa3] (2),...

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Comedies and Tragedies

Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Shirley, James (1596-1666); Lowin, John (1576-1659); Marshall, William (1617-1650); Taylor, Joseph (1586?-1653?); Charles king of England (1630-1685); Pirie, Robert S (1934-2015); Drescher, Arthur Bruno (1895-1986); Trafford, Lionel James (1855-1900); Bernard Quaritch Ltd; Peter Harrington London

1647

First edition. The following pages are wrongly numbered as indicated in round brackets: 26 [Sig. E1] (28), 80 [Sig. Kk4] (08), 90 [Sig. Mmm2] (92), 100-101 [Sig. Nnn2-3] (80-81), 6 [Sig. Aaaa3] (2),...

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Thomas Blackburn Archive

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1893-1988

The items in this collection relate to Thomas Blackburn's personal life, his career as a poet and his teaching career. Comprises: typescripts, autograph manuscripts and other papers relating to Thoma...

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