File containing draft lyrics, titled Words Getting In the Way, presumably intended for the musical, Cyrano

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File contains a one-page typescript consisting of seven verses of lyrics, and a further page containing an alternative draft of verse five (with handwritten annotations by Burgess). A handwritten couplet, "It's I and it's she / It's me and it's her - ", is included on the reverse of the draft of verse five.

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Tea stain to the left hand side of the page containing the draft of verse five..

Archive Record|Table of contents

Personal archive and library of Anthony BurgessAB

Personal, literary, music and business papers of Anthony BurgessAB/ARCH

Literary papers and music scores written or adapted by Burgess, or by Burgess in collaboration with another author.AB/ARCH/A

Outline of a new opera buffa (comic opera) by BurgessAB/ARCH/A/1

1789: An Opera Libretto by BurgessAB/ARCH/A/2

Outline for a proposed film, set in Malaysia, to be called Up Like ThunderAB/ARCH/A/3

Outline of a proposed novel by Burgess, titled The Mafia Tree, "Based on True Historical Facts Concerning the Origins of the Mafia Obtained from Public Archives in Palermo, Sicily."AB/ARCH/A/4

Shah: Outline of a three-part fictional television series by Burgess set in Iran, beginning with the Anglo-Soviet invasion of 1941 and ending in 1980.AB/ARCH/A/5

Samson and Dalila: a screenplay by Anthony BurgessAB/ARCH/A/6

Original film scenario, "2078...L'Effet Vivaldi" by Mario Christian Sygala and Jacques Moscato, with notes on an English translation by Burgess.AB/ARCH/A/7

ABBA ABBAAB/ARCH/A/ABB

A.D. (Anno Domini)AB/ARCH/A/ANN

Any Old IronAB/ARCH/A/ANY

AttilaAB/ARCH/A/ATT

Beard's Roman WomenAB/ARCH/A/BEA

Cyrano de BergeracAB/ARCH/A/BER

The Black PrinceAB/ARCH/A/BLA

Blest Pair of Sirens: Some Thoughts on Literature and MusicAB/ARCH/A/BLE

Blooms of DublinAB/ARCH/A/BLO

The Brain KillersAB/ARCH/A/BRA

ByrneAB/ARCH/A/BYR

Chatsky, or the Importance of Being StupidAB/ARCH/A/CHA

The Childhood of Christ, or 'Enfance du Christ'AB/ARCH/A/CHI

Cities: from the television series conceived by John McGreevyAB/ARCH/A/CIT

A Clockwork OrangeAB/ARCH/A/CLO

Cyrano, the musicalAB/ARCH/A/CYR

File of draft manuscript and typescript lyrics for the song, Autumn Carol, from the musical, Cyrano.AB/ARCH/A/CYR/1

Untitled lyrics, presumably for the musical, Cyrano. First line "The year is sixteen twenty and the setting is La France"AB/ARCH/A/CYR/2

Untitled lyrics, presumably for the musical, Cyrano. First line "Who are these men of brawny chest"AB/ARCH/A/CYR/3

Manuscript music score and six lines of lyrics, presumably for the musical, Cyrano. First line "We're officers of Gascony"AB/ARCH/A/CYR/4

Script of Cyrano: A New MusicalAB/ARCH/A/CYR/5

Script of Cyrano: A Musical AdaptationAB/ARCH/A/CYR/6

File of various corrected pages of the script for the musical, CyranoAB/ARCH/A/CYR/7

Incomplete draft script of Act 1 of Cyrano: A Musical AdaptationAB/ARCH/A/CYR/8

The Cyrano Songbook, words by Anthony Burgess and music by Michael Lewis, for the musical, CyranoAB/ARCH/A/CYR/9

Draft of The Cyrano Songbook for the musical, Cyrano.AB/ARCH/A/CYR/10

Script of Cyrano (a musical adaptation)AB/ARCH/A/CYR/11

File containing a draft of The Cyrano Songbook for the musical, Cyrano, and a manuscript note in an unknown hand, suggesting alterations to the lyrics of Autumn Carol and Christian's SongAB/ARCH/A/CYR/12

Incomplete draft script of Cyrano (a musical adaptation)AB/ARCH/A/CYR/13

Incomplete draft script of Cyrano (a musical adaptation).AB/ARCH/A/CYR/14

Fragment of a draft script of Cyrano (a musical adaptation)AB/ARCH/A/CYR/15

Untitled lyrics, presumably for the musical, Cyrano. First line "Fourteen years, fourteen years, / I'm content to"AB/ARCH/A/CYR/16

Draft lyrics of Paris Cuisine from the musical, CyranoAB/ARCH/A/CYR/17

Draft lyrics for the musical Cyrano relating to Cyrano's nose.AB/ARCH/A/CYR/18

Draft lyrics of I Never Loved You from the musical, Cyrano.AB/ARCH/A/CYR/19

File containing draft lyrics, titled Words Getting In the Way, presumably intended for the musical, CyranoAB/ARCH/A/CYR/20

Fragment of draft script of Cyrano the musical, beginning "Let sickly sycophants croak" and "Fourteen black winters my widowhood". (Presumably relating to Act 2, Scene 3.)AB/ARCH/A/CYR/21

Script of Cyrano: A Musical Adaptation, with accompanying anonymous note regarding suggested alterations to Christian's Song and Autumn Carol.AB/ARCH/A/CYR/22

Enderby's Dark Lady, or No End to EnderbyAB/ARCH/A/DAR

The Doctor is SickAB/ARCH/A/DOC

Earthly PowersAB/ARCH/A/EAR

1985AB/ARCH/A/EIG

EnderbyAB/ARCH/A/END

Les Enfants du Paradis, or Children of ParadiseAB/ARCH/A/ENF

English Literature: A Survey for StudentsAB/ARCH/A/ENG

Articles and short essaysAB/ARCH/A/ESS

The Eve of St VenusAB/ARCH/A/EVE

A Fable for Social ScientistsAB/ARCH/A/FAB

Sir John Falstaff va alla guerra, or Sir John Falstaff goes to war.AB/ARCH/A/FAL

Il Fascistibile, or How to Become a FascistAB/ARCH/A/FAS

ShakespeareAB/ARCH/A/GUL

Ernest Hemingway and his worldAB/ARCH/A/HEM

Homage to Qwert YuiopAB/ARCH/A/HOM

Joysprick, an introduction to the language of James Joyce.AB/ARCH/A/JOY

The Kingdom of the WickedAB/ARCH/A/KIN

Language Made PlainAB/ARCH/A/LAN

Edward LearAB/ARCH/A/LEA

Lectures and seminars delivered by BurgessAB/ARCH/A/LEC

Uncle LudwigAB/ARCH/A/LUD

Marco PoloAB/ARCH/A/MAR

MerlinAB/ARCH/A/MER

MFAB/ARCH/A/MFA

Life of Michelangelo (Vita di Michelangelo).AB/ARCH/A/MIC

Miser, Miser!AB/ARCH/A/MIS

Moses the Lawgiver, and Moses: A NarrativeAB/ARCH/A/MOS

A Mouthful of Air: Language and languages, especially EnglishAB/ARCH/A/MOU

Mr W.S.AB/ARCH/A/MRW

Napoleon SymphonyAB/ARCH/A/NAP

Napoleon RisingAB/ARCH/A/NAR

Jesus of Nazareth, and Man of NazarethAB/ARCH/A/NAZ

New York City (NYC)AB/ARCH/A/NEW

Ninety Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939. A Personal Choice by Anthony Burgess.AB/ARCH/A/NIN

OberonAB/ARCH/A/OBE

Oedipus the KingAB/ARCH/A/OED

pHorbiCEtta, an Italian translation of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake by Anthony Burgess and Liana Burgess.AB/ARCH/A/PHO

The PianoplayersAB/ARCH/A/PIA

Occasional poetry and lyrics written by BurgessAB/ARCH/A/POE

Puma (Cat Day), or LynxAB/ARCH/A/PUM

Quest for FireAB/ARCH/A/QUE

The Roots of the MafiaAB/ARCH/A/ROO

The Man Shakespeare is with Us, a television mini-series about the life of ShakespeareAB/ARCH/A/SHA

SMID, or Transvaal EpisodeAB/ARCH/A/SMI

Somebody's Got to Pay the RentAB/ARCH/A/SOM

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, adapted for the stage by BurgessAB/ARCH/A/TAL

The Clockwork ConditionAB/ARCH/A/TCL

The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby's EndAB/ARCH/A/TCT

The Long Trip to TeatimeAB/ARCH/A/TEA

The End of Things: Three Dialogues for Old MenAB/ARCH/A/THI

Tremor of IntentAB/ARCH/A/TRE

Trotsky's in New York!AB/ARCH/A/TRO

A Meeting in ValladolidAB/ARCH/A/VAL

The Wanting SeedAB/ARCH/A/WAN

Will!, or The Bawdy BardAB/ARCH/A/WIL

The End of the World NewsAB/ARCH/A/WOR

They Wrote in English: A Survey of British and American LiteratureAB/ARCH/A/WRO

You've Had Your Time: Being the Second Part of the Confessions of Anthony BurgessAB/ARCH/A/YOU

Papers relating to unidentified works, written or adapted by BurgessAB/ARCH/A/ZZA

Papers relating to adaptations and/or translations of Burgess's works by another authorAB/ARCH/B

NewscuttingsAB/ARCH/C

Audio collectionAB/ARCH/D

Audio-visual collectionAB/ARCH/E

Photograph and slide collectionAB/ARCH/F

Correspondence and statements with publishers and literary agentsAB/ARCH/G

Papers regarding Burgess's personal financial, medical and legal affairsAB/ARCH/H

Printed ephemeraAB/ARCH/I

Original works by other authors sent to Burgess for review or commentAB/ARCH/J