Shelfmark
Kgg.4.28
Main entry--corporate name
British Broadcasting Corporation Home Service.
Title
The Goon Show. fourth series, nos. 15-18 / [created by Spike Milligan ; produced by Peter Eton, Pat Dixon, et al. ; starring Spike Milligan, et al.] [typescript]
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London : BBC Home Service], 1953-1954.
Physical description
[2], 23, [1], 31, [2], 25, [2], 23 pages ; 36 cm.
Note
Mimeographed foolscap scripts for four episodes of the show transmitted on 8, 15, 22 and 29 January 1953.
Note
The episodes are untitled: no. 15 set at the end of 1953, concerns the disappearance of Prime Minister Winston Churchill; no. 16 is a kind of parody of Jekyll and Hyde, no. 17 is about a mummified priest and no. 18 is about the history of communications (from the paper label on the front cover).
Citation/references note
M. Meredith, Challenge and change, Eton, 2012, no. 88.
Provenance
Ms. annotations and corrections in crayon and pencil throughout by the producer Peter Eton.
Provenance
At the top of front cover, paper label from the bookseller Ferret Fantasy with details on the item.
Binding
The scripts are mounted in a blue legder; blue endpapers; paper labels pasted on front cover.
Subject
Subject
Radio plays, English.
Subject
Comedy sketches 20th century.
Genre/Form
Radio plays
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850 - 1894 Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Added entry--name
Milligan, Spike, 1918 - 2002 scriptwriter.
Added entry--name
Milligan, Spike, 1918 - 2002 actor.
Added entry--name
Eton, Peter Randolph, 1917 - 1979 producer.
Added entry--name
Ferret Fantasy Ltd. bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53989