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Wole Soyinka, literary papers
Soyinka, Wole
1963-1987
Literary papers of Wole Soyinka and associated material. The archive principally contains manuscripts, notes and correspondence relating to Soyinka’s work as published by Rex Collings. The collectio...
Plays
1959-1984
Contains the literary papers of Wole Soyinka relating to his plays, including published texts, annotated typescripts, annotated proof copies, original artwork and some correspondence.
Novels
1972
Series of literary papers of Wole Soyinka relating to his novels as published by Rex Collings. Files are arranged by published title and include annotated typescripts, annotated proof copies and some ...
Poetry
1967-1976
Series containing the literary papers of Wole Soyinka relating to his poetry, as published by Rex Collings. Files include published texts, annotated typescripts, annotated proof copies and some corres...
Correspondence
1965-1994
Series of correspondence and associated material. The majority of letters are from Soyinka and addressed to Rex Collings, often with copies of Collings letters in reply. Files also contain a number of...
Articles
1963-1984
Files containing drafts of shorter pieces written by Soyinka, often with substantial revisions, and copies of articles and longer pieces concerning Soyinka. Includes the following drafts of pieces ...
The Lion and the Jewel
c. 1959
3 files relating to the play ‘The Lion and the Jewel’, first performed in 1959. File 1 contains both a clean published text and an annotated published text without cover of ‘The Lion and the Jew...
A Dance of the Forests
c. 1960
6 files relating to the play ‘A Dance of the Forests’, first performed in 1960. File 1 contains both a clean published text and an annotated published text without cover of ‘A Dance of the Fores...
Three Plays
c. 1963
1 file relating to the published work ‘Three Plays’, containing the plays ‘The Swamp Dwellers’ (first performed in 1958), The Trials of Brother Jero (first performed in 1960) and The Strong Br...
Five Plays
c. 1964
2 files relating to the published work ‘Five Plays’, containing the plays ‘The Swamp Dwellers’ (first performed in 1958), The Lion and the Jewel (first performed in 1959), The Trials of Brothe...
Kongi's Harvest
c. 1964
2 files relating to the play ‘Kongi’s Harvest’, first performed in 1964. File 1 contains an annotated typescript of the screenplay for the film ‘Kongi’s Harvest’, Calpenny Nigeria Ltd, 197...
The Road
c. 1965
2 files relating to the play ‘The Road’, first performed in 1965. File 1 contains an unbound annotated published text without cover of ‘The Road’, Oxford University Press, 1965; File 2 contain...