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Total number of records: 2969

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Indexes16
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Brotherton Collection1209
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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture188
Leeds Poetry117
Leeds Russian Archive112
Herbert Read Collection63
South Bank Show Production Archive48
Rudolf Laban Collections39
University Archive39
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english drama788
english poetry343
letters310
english literature285
english fiction270
culture180
french drama176
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Daniel, George (1789-1864)64
Cumberland, John53
Cumberland, John (1787-1866)53
Euripides52
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Harrop, Peter K36
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)34
Petitot, Claude Bernard (1772-1825)33

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Archive Print Item

Drama

British Drama League

new ser. no.35 winter 1954 Inserted: 'La venexiana', by Frederick May, reprinted from the British medical journal, no.27, 1954, v.2, p.1285

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Archive File

Drama

1959-1974

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Archive Sub-collection

Drama

1971-2003

This sub-fonds contains material related to dramatic works written by Kevin Crossley-Holland's.

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Archive Sub-series

Drama

1956-1982

This subseries contains items on aspects of folk drama. The subject matter includes general papers on folk drama; papers on aspects of traditional drama from a conference held at the University of She...

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Archive Sub-collection

Drama

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1955-1990

This subfonds comprises papers relating to plays written by Jon Silkin, including his verse plays 'Gurney' and 'The Illiterates.' Includes drafts and scripts of plays; papers relating to the productio...

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Archive Series

Drama

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1955-1977

This series contains dramatic works and play scripts written by Thomas Blackburn. It includes both published and unpublished work. Some plays appear in earlier forms in Blackburn's notebooks. Referenc...

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Archive Item

This drama.

02-Jun-1933

The Spectator, 2nd June 1933, p 811. Reviews of published plays by E M Delafield, Miles Malleson, Beverley Nichols, Shirland Quin, Howard Peacey and Compton Mackenzie, also Plays of a half -decade.

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Archive Item

Drama, Committee on

1968-1976

Agenda, minutes and supporting papers.

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Archive File

Drama Centre

1971-1974

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Archive File

Drama and Radio

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1955-1960

This file contains drafts of short plays that may have been intended as radio plays, including an ms draft of a semi-autobiographical play based around Jon Silkin's school days and evacuation to Dolau...

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Archive File

Dance and Drama

1934-1972

Part of photocopied p.43 and pp.44-49 and part page of an unknown German publication headed "Tanz und Schauspiel" attached to three page typed translation in English headed "Dance and Stage Play" by J...

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Poetry and drama

Eliot, T S (1888-1965); Bridgen, John William

1951

The Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture : Harvard University, November 21, 1950.

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