'Shakespeare'

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 58 Add MS 88918/10/13-14
  • Alternative Id.
      (ark) ark:/81055/vdc_100000000047.0x000126
  • Dates of Creation
      9 Sep 1968-1988
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      2 folders

Scope and Content

Partly printed, partly autograph. Contains a copy of An Anthology of Poetry for Shakespeare (selected by Charles Osborne, 1988) for which Hughes wrote a foreword and poetry together with drafts of the poem 'A Full House for Moelwyn'. Notes on Shakespeare, his work and the period in which he lived; leaflets from the Shakespeare Authorship Information Centre; copies of 'Shakespeare and the Dragon: a Poem in three parts with Commentary' by Hughes and two articles marked as being 'Comment on King Lear for Donya Feuer' and 'Good Reason To Teach Shakespeare' are included. A copy of King Lear marked as 'Draft Shooting Script' 9th September 1968 with autograph annotations and photocopies of pages from A Winter's Tale, Hamlet, Coriolanus, Antony and Cleopatra and Cymbeline are also included. This folder includes some undated material.

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