Manuscripts
Fatal Falsehood
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Prologue to "Fatal Falsehood."
Manuscripts
The prologue to "Fatal Falsehood," written by the author herself.
mssLA 2483
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Fatal Falsehood. Tragedy, 5 acts. Hannah More
Manuscripts
The collection consists of official copies of plays submitted for licensing between 1737 and 1824. Most of copies were written by professional copyists. Approximately 95 of the plays submitted were printed texts, either whole or partial. These have been cataloged individually and may be searched in the online catalog.
LA 481
Piramo e Tisbe
Manuscripts
Pyramus and Thisbe are lovers who live in connected houses, forbidden to be wed to each other due to their parents' rivalry. They arrange to secretly meet and tragedy ensues. The opera is based on Shakespeare's play.
mssLA 1114
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Nicholas Augustus Den deed of trust for benefit of minor children
Manuscripts
This document describes the benefits due to Den's children, put in a trust due to their status as minors at the time the document was drawn. Includes printed copy of the will of Nicholas A. Den. Signed by Den's wife, Rosa, a notary public, and two County Recorders.
mssHM 26198
A Will and No Will; or, A Bone for the Lawyers
Manuscripts
Centres on the marriage of two characters that is dependent on a will. Said to be adapted from Regnard's Legetaire Universel.
mssLA 58
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Elizabeth Jane Howard note, London, to Tom Maschler
Manuscripts
A collection of correspondence between Kingsley Amis, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and Tom Maschler, their editor and publisher at Jonathan Cape, Ltd. (London); the letters and postcards span the years 1957 to 1977 and were written from various locations including Wales, England, Mexico, Amsterdam, Greece, Mallorca, and the United States. The letters cover professional subjects such as sales figures and the progress of their novels and also include personal news about their families and discussions about their marriage. A few of the letters were written during the period when Cecil Day Lewis, Poet Laureate and former lover of Elizabeth Jane Howard, lived with Amis and Howard before his death in 1972. The correspondence also includes a small number of letters from Tom Maschler to Amis and Howard individually and together; and one letter from Jenifer Marshall, Tom Maschler's secretary. The collection contains two copies of the short story by Amis, "Four Characters in Search of a Virus" and a contract for a film treatment of "The Diamond Spy."
mssMaschler