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Collection
The Abinger Papers
Correspondence and papers of the Godwin and Shelley families, chiefly William Godwin (1756-1836), philosopher and author; with the correspondence and papers of his family, including his wife, the novelist and essayist Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97); daughter, the author Mary Shelley (1797-1851); her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822); and Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley's son Sir Percy Florence Shelley (1819-89), and his wife, Jane, Lady Shelley (d. 1899)
Extents: 206 shelfmarks
Dates:
1780-1937
Collection
Copies of old Cornish plays
Copies of old Cornish plays.
Extents: 0.10 linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates:
written in more than one hand, perhaps late in the 17th and early in the 18th century
Single Item
Copy by William A'Court, Baron Heytesbury, of his play 'Montalto, a tragedy in five acts'
Copy by William A'Court, Baron Heytesbury, of his play 'Montalto, a tragedy in five acts'
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. c. 23
Extents: 86 pages
Dates:
1803-1814
Single Item
'The Girl from Vienna' in two acts
'The Girl from Vienna' in two acts
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 40
Extents: 50 Leaves
Dates:
Type-written in 1907?
Single Item
Holograph draft of 'Rebellion' by John Drinkwater
Holograph draft of 'Rebellion' by John Drinkwater
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 50
Extents: 74 Leaves
Dates:
1913-1914
Single Item
Holograph draft of 'Strife' by John Galsworthy
Holograph draft of 'Strife' by John Galsworthy
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 6
Extents: 152 Leaves
Dates:
1907
Single Item
Holograph draft of 'The atom of God' by John Drinkwater
Holograph draft of 'The atom of God' by John Drinkwater
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 11
Extents: 13 Leaves
Dates:
18 Sept. 1923
Single Item
Incomplete copy of 'The silver king' by H. A. Jones and Henry Herman
Incomplete copy of 'The silver king' by H. A. Jones and Henry Herman
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 12
Extents: 264 Leaves
Dates:
1907
Single Item
J. Payne Collier ed.,'The skryvener's play', Camden miscellany
J. Payne Collier ed.,'The skryvener's play', Camden miscellany
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 34
Extents: 17 Leaves
Dates:
1854-1859
Single Item
Manuscript of a play 'Weighed in the balance', by W. H. Hoskins
Manuscript of a play 'Weighed in the balance', by W. H. Hoskins
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 500
Extents: 111 Leaves
Dates:
1880
Single Item
Manuscript texts of Christmas mummers' plays
Manuscript texts of Christmas mummers' plays
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. c. 17
Extents: 55 Leaves
Dates:
c. 1883-1920
Single Item
Notes by R. P. Jodrell
Notes by R. P. Jodrell
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 271
Extents: 136 Leaves
Dates:
1775-1776
Single Item
Photocopy from Exeter College MS. 198 of W.H. Auden’s amended TS. of an early version of The dog beneath the skin (London, 1935) entitled The chase [1934]
Photocopy from Exeter College MS. 198 of W.H. Auden’s amended TS. of an early version of The dog beneath the skin (London, 1935) entitled The chase [1934].
Shelfmark: MS. Facs. c. 97
Extents: 94 Leaves
Dates:
1934-1935
Single Item
Photocopy of 'Prelude for the Opening of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden September 11th 1792', Catalogue of the Larpent Plays
Photocopy of 'Prelude for the Opening of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden September 11th 1792', Catalogue of the Larpent Plays.
Shelfmark: MS. Facs. d. 144, fols. 1-14
Extents: 14 fols.
Dates:
1792, 1939
Single Item
Play by C. R. L. Fletcher entitled 'Then and now'
Play by C. R. L. Fletcher entitled 'Then and now'.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 114
Extents: 19 Leaves
Dates:
early 20th century
Single Item
Play by Edward Taylor entitled The siege of Scutari, acted at North Aston, Oxon.
Play by Edward Taylor entitled The siege of Scutari, acted at North Aston, Oxon. 1776
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 51
Extents: 126 Leaves
Dates:
1776
Single Item
A play entitled 'Madame Sans-Gene', by V. de Wilde Powell
A play entitled 'Madame Sans-Gene', by V. de Wilde Powell
Shelfmark: MS. Don. e. 106
Extents: 74 Leaves
Dates:
Early 20th century
Single Item
A play in three acts entitled 'Kenilworth, a tragedy, dramatized from Sir Walter Scott's novel' by E. B.
A play in three acts entitled 'Kenilworth, a tragedy, dramatized from Sir Walter Scott's novel' by E. B.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 91
Extents: 76 Leaves
Dates:
Early 19th cent.
Single Item
Three leaves of dialogue for 'Candida', in George Bernard Shaw's hand
Three leaves of dialogue for 'Candida', in George Bernard Shaw's hand
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 161
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
1897
Single Item
Two plays by R. Carleton
Two plays by R. Carleton
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 2
Extents: 56 Leaves
Dates:
written in A.D. 1674-1675
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- Indexed names
- Drinkwater | John | 1882-1937 | Poet and playwright 2
- A'Court | William | 1779-1860 | 1st Baron Heytesbury | Diplomat 1
- Auden | Wystan Hugh | 1907-1973 | poet and writer 1
- Bishop | Elizabeth | b 1763 | nee Wollstonecraft 1
- Carleton | R | fl. 1674-1675 1
- Collier | John Payne | 1789-1883 | Shakespearean scholar and forger, antiquary, and journalist 1
- Fletcher | Charles Robert Leslie | 1857-1934 | historian and academic 1
- Galsworthy | John | 1867-1933 | Novelist and playwright 1
- Gilbert | Davies | 1767-1839 | Cornish engineer, author and politician 1
- Godwin | Mary Jane | 1768-1841 | formerly Clairmont | nee de Vial | translator and bookseller 1
- Godwin | William | 1756-1836 | philosopher and novelist 1
- Godwin | family 1
- Gordon | Edward | fl. 1963 1
- Hall Caine | Sir | Thomas Henry | 1853-1931 | Knight and novelist 1
- Hammond | E. F. | fl. 20th century 1
- Herman | Henry | 1832-1894 | Playwright and novelist 1
- Hoskins | W. H | fl. 1880 1
- Jodrell | Richard Paul | 1745-1831 | Classical scholar and playwright 1
- Johnson | Jane | 1798-1884 | nee Cleveland | x Williams | x Hogg 1
- Jones | Henry Arthur | 1851-1929 | Playwright and dramatist 1
- Jordan | William | fl. 18th century | Cornish dramatist 1
- Kazimierczyk | Stanislaw | 1433-1489 | Polish Catholic Priest 1
- Macmillan| Daniel | 1 Feb. 1886–6 Dec. 1965 | Chairman of Macmillan Holdings, Ltd, since 1964 1
- Madan | Falconer | 1851-1935 | Bodley's Librarian, palaeographer and bibliographer 1
- Powell | V. | de Wilde | fl. 20th century 1
- Raleigh | Sir | Walter | 1861-1922 | Knight | Literary scholar and historian 1
- Riley | Alfred | fl. 1920 1
- Scott | Sir | Walter | 1771-1832 | 1st Baronet | Historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian 1
- Shaw | George Bernard | 1856-1950 | Playwright, critic, political activist and polemicist 1
- Shelley | Jane | d 1899 | nee Gibson | 1st wife of 3rd Baronet | x St. John 1
- Shelley | Mary Wollstonecraft | 1797-1851 | née Godwin | writer 1
- Shelley | Percy Bysshe | 1792-1822 | poet 1
- Shelley | Sir | Percy Florence | 1819-1889 | 3rd Baronet 1
- Shelley | family 1
- Stokes | Whitley | 1830-1909 | Irish lawyer and Celtic scholar 1
- Taylor | Edward | fl. 1776 | writer and poet 1
- University of Oxford | St. John's College 1
- Wollstonecraft | Everina | 1765-1841 1
- Wollstonecraft | Mary | 1759-1797 | later Godwin | novelist and essayist 1
- Wollstonecraft | family 1
- Wren | Christopher | 1589-1658/9 | Dean of Windsor 1 ∧ less
- Language
- Cornish 2
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
- Latin 1
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