MS 682 02 03 01
Reference code
MS 682 02 03 01
Title
Mary Russell Mitford manuscripts
Level
File
Administrative / Biographical history
Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855) was an English author and dramatist. She is the author of 'Our Village'. She was friends with Elizabeth Barrett-Browning.
Date
1811-1834
Extent & medium
1 volume
Content description
A collection of autograph drafts by Mary Russell Mitford, from 1811 to 1834. There are autograph drafts of 'Julian' (1823), Charles I (1834), the dedicatory verses to her poem 'Christina, the maid of the South Seas' (1811) and an unidentified prose manuscript.
Julian (1823): The first draft of Act III (nineteen pages). Heavily corrected ; without names of speakers. There are considerable differences from the text as it is printed in volume I of her 'Dramatic Works' (1854). Dozens of lines in the manuscript version were not included in the printed version. In addition there are eight pages of other versions of three portions of Act III.
Charles I (1834): The first draft of major parts of Acts II to V, including two versions of Act III. Heavily corrected, without names of speakers. In addition there are twenty four pages of scenes with Cromwell's daughter Alice, a character omitted from the printed version. Also eleven unidentified pages and a fair copy of Act V.
The autograph prose manuscript is a closely written text dealing mostly with Miss Mitford's own dramas and the actors in them. Possibly a draft of a periodical contribution. 26 pages 8vo.
Julian (1823): The first draft of Act III (nineteen pages). Heavily corrected ; without names of speakers. There are considerable differences from the text as it is printed in volume I of her 'Dramatic Works' (1854). Dozens of lines in the manuscript version were not included in the printed version. In addition there are eight pages of other versions of three portions of Act III.
Charles I (1834): The first draft of major parts of Acts II to V, including two versions of Act III. Heavily corrected, without names of speakers. In addition there are twenty four pages of scenes with Cromwell's daughter Alice, a character omitted from the printed version. Also eleven unidentified pages and a fair copy of Act V.
The autograph prose manuscript is a closely written text dealing mostly with Miss Mitford's own dramas and the actors in them. Possibly a draft of a periodical contribution. 26 pages 8vo.
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Subdivided by play and scene, within envelopes.
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