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  A Day in Turkey; or, The Russian Slaves

  Manuscripts

  A play which engaged with contemporary geopolitical developments such as the French Revolution and the ongoing Russo-Turkish War. In the comedy, Russians are imprisoned along side French servants by Turkish invaders. Cowley's message is staunchly anti-imperialist.

  mssLA 921

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  The Tamer Tam'd

  Manuscripts

  Adaptation from the Jacobean comedy written by John Fletcher first published in 1647. This version was probably altered by Garrick although it is not on any list of works edited by him. The play is a sequel to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The gender roles are reversed and it is the husband Petruchio who is 'tamed' by his wife Maria.

  mssLA 133

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  Buccleuch, Walter Francis Scott, Duke of, 1809-1884. Letter to John Robert Townshend, Viscount Sydney, 1805-1890

  Manuscripts

  The collection consists of personal letters among the Townshend family members, business correspondence, land papers and deeds, financial accounts, bonds, receipts, Government and political material, legal briefs and court opinions, literary material including epitaphs, poems, prayers and travel accounts, military material, wills, marriage settlements, family account books and diaries. Significant correspondents include George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria, as well as many members of the Royal family. Political correspondents include 1st Earl of Chatham, W.E. Gladstone, George Grenville, Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Spencer Perceval, William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, and John Wilkes. Important note: although this material includes the years 1769-1865 there is only one letter which refers slightly to the American Revolutionary War and no letters or other material deal with the American Civil War.

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  The new baby : a howling success chaperoned by David De Wolf

  Visual Materials

  Image of a group of eight adults including a maid and men and women in formal dress, with one wearing a monocle, surrounding and comforting a boy in ripped clothing who has been beaten up and is covered in bandage and bruises; the poster advertises the comedy "The New Baby" adapted by English actor and stage manager Arthur Bourchier from the German play "Der Rabenvater" by H. Fischer and Joseph Jarn.

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  M. P. [or] The Blue Stocking

  Manuscripts

  Manuscript copy including dramatis personae. The main character Sir Charles Canvas is a Member of Parliament who has cheated his elder brother out of his inheritance.

  mssLA 1688

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  Sir Vidia's shadow : a friendship across five continents

  Rare Books

  One year before he published his first book, Paul Theroux met V.S. Naipaul-Vidia, as he was known. For thirty years both men remained in close touch, even when continents separated them. Sir Vidia's Shadow is a double portrait of the writing life, but it is much more, for travel and reading and emotional ups and downs are also aspects of this friendship, which is powerful and enriching and often a comedy - and, ultimately, a bridge that is burned. Built around exotic landscapes, anecdotes that are revealing, humorous, and melancholy, and three decades of mutual history, this is a very personal account of how one develops as a writer, how a friendship waxes and wanes between two men who have set themselves on the perilous journey of a writing life, and what constitutes the relationship of mentor and student.

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