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Total number of records: 308

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives202
Books and printed items106

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection262
English Literature232
Leeds Poetry14
Herbert Read Collection12
Leeds Russian Archive7

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english drama308
english poetry202
english literature190
letters180
english fiction177
rare books14
russian drama5
theater5
english drama (tragedy)4
greek drama3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937)12
Ashley Library11
Eliot, T S (1888-1965)9
Shakespeare, William, 1564-16166
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)5
Greg, W W (1875-1959)5
Homer4
Bibliographical Society (Great Britain)4
Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson (1878-1962)4
Farmer, John Stephen (1845?-1915?)4

Archive Collection

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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Alan Ayckbourn, draft of 'A small family business', with autograph annotations.

Ayckbourn, Alan (1939-)

1986

Comprises a corrected typescript draft of Ayckbourn's play 'A small family business', dated 1986, with his autograph manuscript revisions and working notes.

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John Drinkwater, literary papers with related material

Drinkwater, John (1882-1937)

1906-1939

Comprises: (a) 11 large decorated folders containing reviews of his poetry, plays, prose works, lectures, films, and acting, and reports of national events and obituaries on him; (b) 1 box containing ...

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Isabella Augusta Gregory, original autograph manuscript of 'The golden apple', with related correspondence with Lord Brotherton.

Gregory, Lady

1913-1928

Comprises 2 notebooks containing the original autograph manuscript of Lady Gregory's play 'The golden apple', dated 1913, together with correspondence between Lord Brotherton and Lady Gregory concerni...

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Wilfrid Wilson Gibson Archive

Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson (1878-1962)

1902-1971

Comprises: (a) 5 boxes of autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Wilfrid Gibson's poems and plays, and some groups of correspondence between Gibson and various literary figures and publishers, ...

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David Hare, typescript first draft of screenplay for the film 'Wetherby', with related materials.

Hare, David

1984-1985

Comprises: (a) The first signed typescript draft of David Hare's film 'Wetherby', which greatly differs from the final version; (b) His signed and typed covering letter to Ethel de Keyser, dated '5 Oc...

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Keown (Anna Gordon), literary papers with related material, including some correspondence

Keown, Anna Gordon (1902-)

1934-1959

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of some of Anna Gordon Keown's literary works, including at least 9 short stories or plays, dated ca. 1948-1955, and held in a red folder; at ...

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W.G. Curtis Morgan, literary papers and publications with some letters and personal and financial items

Morgan, W G Curtis

1922-1991

Comprises: (1) 3 boxes of literary papers by Morgan, including (a) Mainly typescript drafts with autograph manuscript revisions of 12 plays, namely, 'The Squire of Darkfield' (4 drafts), 'The Jurado R...

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William Trevor, three literary manuscripts with a postcard

Trevor, William (1928-2016)

c.1973

Comprises: (1) Three autograph typescripts of literary works by Trevor with many manuscript revisions, namely fragments of two plays and one piece of fiction, undated and not identified; and (2) An au...

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Arnold Wesker, autograph typescript and manuscript drafts of contribution to a composite play entitled 'Consequences', with related correspondence between him and Simon Reade.

Wesker, Arnold

1990-1991

Comprises eighteen items related to the Gate Theatre Club's conception of a play to raise funds to found an International Script Unit, for which major playwrights were asked to write a short scene, in...

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Letters to Seamus Scully

O'Casey, Sean (1880-1964)

1949-1960

Typescript and autograph letters

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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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