GROUP
Series 4 Scripts and drafts for stage plays and novels
- Date
- 1957-1998
- Reference
- Series-3479
- Description
Draft scripts, often annotated and attached to research notes, of scripts for stage plays written by James McNeish. There are few drafts for the early novels, most which are now held by the Boston University Library. Because of their connection with the `Godwit diaries', papers on `An Albatross too many' are held in the series. A seperate series has been created for the `Dance of the peacocks'.
Quantity: 24 folder(s).
- Part of
- McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection
- Format
- 24 folder(s)
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Copyright
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The Mask of sanity - Draft of Part One
Date: 1997
From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8154-036
Description: Typescript draft of Part one. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Belonging - Research notes and transcript copies
Date: [ca 1978-1980]
From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7811-125
Description: Interviews with settlers to Israel. Original interviews and transcripts with Boston University Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
The Mask of sanity - Draft of Part Two
Date: 1997
From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8154-037
Description: Typescript draft of Part two. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Glass Zoo - Research notes and correspondence
Date: [ca 1973-1982]
From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7811-127
Description: Contains notes and correspondence on the `Glass Zoo', published in 1976. Also, subsequent notes and correspondence re the book's subject-matter. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Joy - Research notes and correspondence
Date: 1978-1982
From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7811-124
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Down to earth
Date: [ca 1958]
From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7811-116
Description: Typescript of original play, based on a story by Rebecca West. Includes stage directions. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
The Bridge, a play in three acts
Date: 1957
From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7811-112
Description: Typescript of play written in London. Includes stage directions and diagrams. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Thursday bloody thursday - Notes and transcripts
Date: 1994
From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-8154-032
Description: Notes of interviews with politicians and other involved parties regarding the Moyle affair of 1976. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Sunday Best
Date: 1960
From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7811-174
Description: Photocopy of draft novel by James McNeish. Original sent to Boston University in 1990. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Joy - Research notes and correspondence
Date: 1978-1982
From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7811-123
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).