vis04njf Special Collections Service Section name Edward Thompson RUL MS 4056 Handlist Collection of the correspondence between Edward Thompson, editor of Heinemann Educational Books and various authors. 1 John Allen. A history of the theatre in Europe, HEB, 1983. 2 Peter Barnes. Letter dated 20 March 1983. Photocopy of article published in The New Yorker, 23 May 1988 Profiles Play Agent on Margaret Ramsay by Mel Gussow. TS of Porno Poems by Peter Barnes. 3 John Russell Brown. A short guide to modern British drama, HEB, 1982. Correspondence 1981-1982. 4 Aidan Chambers. Correspondence 1983-1988 re his role as a drama consultant to HEB, with particular reference to plays for young people. 5 Michel Saint Denis. Training for the Theatre: premises and promises. Heinemann Educational Books, London, and Theatre Arts Books, New York, 1982. Theatre: the rediscovery of style, reprinted in 1969 by HEB. File contains correspondence regarding both these books. 6 Martin Esslin. Correspondence between Edward Thompson, Martin Esslin and John Bright-Holmes of Eyre & Spottiswoode re the transfer of publishing rights from E&S to Heinemann of Brecht: a choice of evils, and The theatre of the absurd; only the former was consequently published by Mercury in 1966. Correspondence 1963-1970. 7 James Reeves. TS of masque A.D. One by James Reeves with music and illustrations; masque performed in St. John s, Smith Square, London on 16 December 1973. 3 copies of list of James Reeves work and publications. Correspondence 1974-1976. 2 copies of Quarto, a quarterly broadsheet of new poetry, Number 1, Spring 1951 and Number 3, Autumn 1951. 8 James Reeves. The poets world, Heinemann 1948. Anthology of poems for young people. Correspondence 1946, includes 2 letters from Walter de la Mare in permissions letters. University of Reading 2014 Friday 5 December 2014 Page 1
9 James Reeves. The poets world, correspondence 1947-1948. 10 Elmer Rice. The living theatre, published by Heinemann in 1960, previously published by Harper, New York, 1959. Correspondence 1959-1960, cuttings and American dust jacket. 11 Eric Salmon. Granville Barker: a secret life, HEB, 1983. Correspondence 1979-1982. 12 Eric Salmon. Granville Barker: a secret life, HEB, 1983. Correspondence 1983-1986. Includes letter from John Gielgud, 10 March 1983. 13 E.R.Wood. Specimens of contemporary drama. Heinemann 1957. Correspondence 1954-1957. 14 E.R.Wood. Correspondence 1982-1991. 15 Hilda Amphlett. Who was Shakespeare? Heinemann, 1955. Correspondence March 1954-December 1954. 16 Hilda Amphlett. Who was Shakespeare? Heinemann, 1955. Correspondence January 1955-October 1955. 17 David Blum. Casals and the art of interpretation. Heinemann 1977. Correspondence November 1974-December 1977. 18 David Blum. Casals and the art of interpretation. Heinemann 1977. Correspondence January 1978-December 1979. 19 David Blum. Casals and the art of interpretation. Heinemann 1977. Correspondence January 1980-January 1985. 20 John Russell Brown. Correspondence 1968-1972. 21 John Russell Brown. Correspondence 1973-1975. 22 John Russell Brown. Correspondence 1976-1990. 23 Sir Tyrone Guthrie. Correspondence, October 1963- August 1964, re. possible book that was never written. Includes one handwritten letter from Tyrone Guthrie. 24 Gregory Kozintsev. King Lear: the space of tragedy, HEB, 1977, translated by Mary Mackintosh. Three black and white photographs from the film and one of Kozintsev himself. Correspondence September 1971-December 1972. 25 Gregory Kozintsev. King Lear: the space of tragedy. Correspondence 1973-1976. 26 Gregory Kozintsev. King Lear: the space of tragedy. Correspondence 1977-1991. 27 Kate Terry Gielgud. A Victorian Playgoer. Heinemann, 1980. Author s University of Reading 2014 Friday, 05 December 2014 Page 2
notebooks with Muriel St Clare s original workings (as written on brown envelope). 28 Kate Terry Gielgud. A Victorian Playgoer. TS, including unpublished pages. Not paginated but now filed in 4 parts. Part 1. 29 Kate Terry Gielgud. A Victorian Playgoer. TS Part 2. 30 Kate Terry Gielgud. A Victorian Playgoer. TS Part 3. 31 Kate Terry Gielgud. A Victorian Playgoer. TS Part 4. 32 Kate Terry Gielgud. A Victorian Playgoer. Part of TS. 33 John Gielgud. Personal correspondence 1951-1985. (5) Numbers in brackets denote handwritten letters from John Gielgud. 34 John Gielgud s introduction to The Importance of Being Earnest, Heinemann, 1950. Correspondence 1949-1951. (1) 35 John Gielgud. The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, English version by Sir John Gielgud with an Introduction by Michel St. Denis, HEB, 1962. Correspondence 1961-1963, cuttings and theatre programme for the Aldwych Theatre. (1) 36 John Gielgud. Stage Directions, HEB, 1963.Correspondence and cuttings 1962-1965. (2) 37 John Gielgud. Ivanov by Anton Chekhov, adapted by John Gielgud, HEB, 1965. Correspondence 1965-1966, cuttings and programmes for theyvonne Arnaud Theatre and the Phoenix Theatre. 38 John Gielgud. John Gielgud directs Richard Burton in Hamlet: a Journal of Rehearsals by Richard L. Sterne, HEB, 1968. Correspondence 1966-1968, cuttings and photographs of production in rehearsal. 39 John Gielgud. Distinguished Company, HEB, 1972. Correspondence 1971-1977. (10) 40 John Gielgud. Distinguished Company, typed Publishing Proposal, 1971. 41 John Gielgud. Distinguished Company, press cuttings. 42 John Gielgud. Early Stages, HEB, 1974, first published in 1939 by Macmillan, then in 1948 by Falcon Press (file includes one very worn dust jacket of this edition). Correspondence 1973-1979. (2) 43 Ronald Hayman. John Gielgud, HEB, 1971.Correspondence and press cuttings 1968-1970. (1) 44 Ronald Hayman. John Gielgud. Correspondence and press cuttings 1971-1976. (5) University of Reading 2014 Friday, 05 December 2014 Page 3
45 John Gielgud. Stage Directions, new edition as a paperback, Heinemann, 1979. Correspondence and press cuttings 1977-1980. (1) 46 John Gielgud. Press cuttings and articles. 47 Robert Bolt. Flowering Cherry, Heinemann, 1958. Correspondence and press cuttings 1957-1970. 48 Robert Bolt. The tiger and the horse. Heinemann, 1961. Correspondence 1960-1963. Papers divided into Hereford Play edition, published 1961, and Drama edition published 1963. 49 Robert Bolt. Lawrence of Arabia. Correspondence and press cuttings 1962-1963 re. proposed publishing of the screenplay, never published due to opposition of A.W. Lawrence, T.E. Lawrence s brother. 50 Robert Bolt. Three Plays. Heinemann 1964, Mercury edition. Correspondence 1963. 51 Robert Bolt. Gentle Jack. Heinemann 1965. Correspondence and press cuttings 1963-1965, also two copies of the programme from the Theatre Royal, Bath where the play was performed. 52 Robert Bolt. The thwarting of Baron Bolligrew. Heinemann 1966. Correspondence 1965-1971, press cuttings and programme from The Aldwych Theatre 1965. 53 Robert Bolt. Brother and Sister. Heinemann 1967. Correspondence 1967-1968. Theatre programmes from the Theatre Royal, Brighton and The Bristol Old Vic Company. 54 Robert Bolt. A Man for All Seasons. HEB, Hereford Plays edition, 1963. Correspondence 1962-1978 and press cuttings. 55 Robert Bolt. A Man for All Seasons. Heinemann, Drama edition, 1960. Correspondence also re the foreign publishing arrangements 1961-1982, press cuttings and programme for the Theatre Royal, Bath, 1960. 56 Robert Bolt. A Man for All Seasons. Heinemann, film tie-in,1967. Correspondence 1966-1974, photographs and typed CVs of the film actors. 57 Robert Bolt. Vivat! Vivat Regina! HEB, 1971, Hereford Plays edition, 1974. Correspondence 1969-1974, press cuttings and photographs. 58 Robert Bolt. State of Revolution. HEB, 1977. Correspondence 1975-1980, press cuttings, photographs and a National Theatre programme for State of Revolution. 59 Robert Bolt. General correspondence 1966-1982. 60 Robert Bolt. General correspondence 1983-1987, press cuttings, Encore Vol.8 no.2, 1961, New Theatre Magazine Vol ll no.4, 1961. 61 Yehudi Menuhin. Theme and Variations, HEB, 1972. 14 black and white University of Reading 2014 Friday, 05 December 2014 Page 4
photographs. 62 Yehudi Menuhin. Theme and Variations. Correspondence 1959-1963. 63 Yehudi Menuhin. Theme and Variations. Correspondence 1964-1971. 64 Yehudi Menuhin. Theme and Variations. Correspondence 1972-1980. 65 Michael Redgrave. The Actor s Ways and Means. HEB, 1953. Correspondence 1952-1972 and press cuttings. 66 Michael Redgrave. A month in the country by Ivan Turgenev with an Introduction by Michael Redgrave, Heinemann, 1953. Correspondence 1950-1981. 67 Richard Findlater. Michael Redgrave: Actor, Heinemann, 1956. Correspondence 1954-1956, press cuttings. 68 Michael Redgrave. Mask or Face, Heinemann, 1959. Correspondence 1954-1959, press cuttings, illustrations from the book, dust jacket and copy of Plays and Players, July 1958. 69 Michael Redgrave. The Mountebank s Tale, Heinemann, 1959. Correspondence 1958-1962, press cuttings and dust jacket. 70 Michael Redgrave. The Aspern Papers, adapted for the theatre from the Henry James story by Michael Redgrave, Heinemann, 1959. Correspondence 1959-1962, photographs, press cuttings, programmes for Queen s Theatre, 1959 and the Theatre Royal, Windsor, 1961. 71 Michael Redgrave. Reading Tales from Hans Andersen at the Windmill Club, 1 March 1970. Correspondence 1970 and press cuttings. 72 Michael Redgrave and John Gielgud. American tour, 1958, of readings from The ages of man by George Rylands, Heinemann, 1939. Correspondence 1958-1959 and press cuttings. 73 Michael Redgrave photographs. 12 black and white portraits of Michael Redgrave, 2 others of unidentified actors. Article from the Sunday Times, 1985, on the Redgrave family, also number of obituaries of Michael Redgrave who died 21 March 1985. 74 Rachel Kempson (Lady Redgrave). Correspondence between Edward Thompson and Rachel Kempson, 1961-1975, regarding autobiography of Rachel Kempson. Published by Duckworth, 1986. 75 Vanessa Redgrave. Correspondence 1959-1961. 76 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1953. Letters re the initial arrangements for Theatre Arts Books to be the United States distributors of the Heinemann Drama Series. The first book was The Actor s ways and means by Michael Redgrave. File for 1954 empty. University of Reading 2014 Friday, 05 December 2014 Page 5
77 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1955. 78 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1956. 79 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1957. 80 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1958. Files for 1959 and 1960 empty. 81 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1961. 82 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1962. 83 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1963. 84 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1964. 85 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1965. 86 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1966, January-May. 87 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1966, June-December. 88 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1967. 89 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1968. 90 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1969. 91 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1970. 92 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1971. Files for 1972-1977 are not included in the collection. 93 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1978-80. 94 Theatre Arts Books. Correspondence 1981-83. University of Reading 2014 Friday, 05 December 2014 Page 6