MS 924 01 11
Reference code
MS 924 01 11
Title
Hugo Williams: 'Billy's Rain' by Hugo Williams: Related papers
Level
Sub-series
Date
1998-1999
Extent & medium
6 boxes (containing 43 files)
Content description
This work won the T. S. Eliot Prize in 1999
The sub-series covers the creation and development of the work from the early manuscripts and typescripts through to proof copies of the work.
The manuscripts and typescripts show the development of the poems with the drafts differing from earlier versions to varying degrees. The changes vary from the alteration the word order to complete rewrites of particular stanzas. A number of the early drafts were also written under different titles from the final published version.
The files contain drafts of all 51 poems which appeared in the final work.
The number of manuscripts and typescript can refer to either complete copies or fragments where he was revising selected sections.
The sub-series covers the creation and development of the work from the early manuscripts and typescripts through to proof copies of the work.
The manuscripts and typescripts show the development of the poems with the drafts differing from earlier versions to varying degrees. The changes vary from the alteration the word order to complete rewrites of particular stanzas. A number of the early drafts were also written under different titles from the final published version.
The files contain drafts of all 51 poems which appeared in the final work.
The number of manuscripts and typescript can refer to either complete copies or fragments where he was revising selected sections.
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- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Silver Paper Men’, MS 924 01 11 01, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Trivia’, MS 924 01 11 02, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Day Return’, MS 924 01 11 03, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Sealink’, MS 924 01 11 04, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Straw Dogs’, MS 924 01 11 05, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘My Chances’, MS 924 01 11 06, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Till Soon’, MS 924 01 11 07, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Interval’, MS 924 01 11 08, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘During the Absence’, MS 924 01 11 09, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘How’, MS 924 01 11 10, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Collarbone’, MS 924 01 11 11, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Timer’, MS 924 01 11 12, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Nothing On’, MS 924 01 11 13, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Rhetorical Questions’, MS 924 01 11 14, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘The Lisboa’, MS 924 01 11 15, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Our Theory’, MS 924 01 11 16, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Billy’s Rain’, MS 924 01 11 17, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Cross Country’, MS 924 01 11 18, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Late’, MS 924 01 11 19, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Lost Weekend’, MS 924 01 11 20, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Among the Combs’, MS 924 01 11 21, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘At the Brief Encounter’, MS 924 01 11 22, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: 'Token’, MS 924 01 11 23, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Last Things’, MS 924 01 11 24, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Lunch Hour’, MS 924 01 11 25, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘All Right’, MS 924 01 11 26, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Rainy Night’, MS 924 01 11 27, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Their Holiday’, MS 924 01 11 28, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Dangerous Water’, MS 924 01 11 29, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Strange Meeting’, MS 924 01 11 30, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Nothing Stinted’, MS 924 01 11 31, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Congratulations’, MS 924 01 11 32, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Unobtainable’, MS 924 01 11 33, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: 'Alternator’, MS 924 01 11 34, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Blindfold Games’, MS 924 01 11 35, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Live Bed Show’, MS 924 01 11 36, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Sweet Nothings’, MS 924 01 11 37, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: 'All That', MS 924 01 11 38, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Haircut’, MS 924 01 11 39, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Useless’, MS 924 01 11 40, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Erosion’, MS 924 01 11 41, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Mirror History’, MS 924 01 11 42, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Some R&B and Black Pop’, MS 924 01 11 43, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Blank Pages’, MS 924 01 11 44, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Early Morning’, MS 924 01 11 45, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Everyone Knows This’, MS 924 01 11 46, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Bar Italia’, MS 924 01 11 47, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Legend’, MS 924 01 11 48, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Siren Song’, MS 924 01 11 49, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Her News’, MS 924 01 11 50, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: ‘Balcony Scene’, MS 924 01 11 51, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: Miscellaneous manuscripts and typescripts, MS 924 01 11 52, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: Uncorrected page proof, MS 924 01 11 53, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: Corrected page proof, MS 924 01 11 54, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: Jacket proof, MS 924 01 11 55, (1998-1999)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Billy's Rain' drafts: Preliminaries, MS 924 01 11 56, (1998-1999)