Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Giles Cooper Papers
Cooper, Giles
4077409
MS#0278
English
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16.5 linear feet
34 document boxes
1945-1984
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged by title of play.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Rota, Bertram, Ltd-Booksellers. Method of acquisition--Purchase (2293B); Date of acquisition--12/19/1995. Accession number--M-95-12-19.
Biographical sketch
Popular English playwright, radio and television dramatist, and novelist. He was born in 1918 and died in 1966.
Processing Information
Papers Processed HR 04/27/2000.
Scope and Content
Playscripts, correspondence about his scripts, poems, notebooks and other manuscripts including drafts, typescripts, notes, photographs, mimeographed scripts and printed materials, re. Cooper's plays, radio and television scripts, short stories, and novels.
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English drama -- 20th century
English literature -- 20th century
Theater -- Great Britain -- 20th century
Radio scripts
Television scripts
First drafts
Notebooks
Novels
Outlines (documents)
Plays (performing arts compositions)
Playscripts
Poems
Programs (documents)
Scripts (documents)
Short stories
Summaries
Synopses
Theses
Authors, English
Dramatists, English
Poets
Theatrical agents
Theatrical managers
Theatrical producers and directors
Durrell, Lawrence
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966
Zeffirelli, Franco
Series I: CorrespondenceDurrell, Lawrence1Waugh, Evelyn1Zeffuelli, Franco1Arranged correspondence, etc.1AProse manuscripts by others1ASeries II: Writings by Giles CooperSubseries II.1: Scripts and ScreenplaysThe Adventure of the Devil's Foot. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted for Television.2The Adventure of the Illustrious Client. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted for Television.2All for the Sound of Cymbals. See: The Sound of Cymbals.2All for Tluee Days. A Story of the Hungarian Revolution.2All That Money Will Buy.2All the Way Home. A New Radio Play.2Artists in Crime. By Ngaio Marsh. Dramatised for Broadcasting in Five Episodes.2As Others See Us. Number 4.2Barchester Towers. A Play for Television. From the Novel by Anthony Trollope.2The Beauty Queen Murders.2Before the Monday. A Play for Broadcasting, 1958 July19582The Birth of a Play.2Bloody Badajoz. See: Carried by Storm.2A Boneca de Duas Cabeyas. Traduyao e Adaptayao: Carlos Lage.2Brass Farthing. By Rupert Croft-Cooke.3Scope and Contents(Saturday Night Theatre)
Breakdown. A Modem Parable by Friedrich Diirrenmatt. Adapted for Television.3The Broken Jug. A Comedy in Three Acts by Lawrence Wilson. Adapted from the German Comedy 'Der Zerbrochene Krug' by Heiruich von Kleist.3The Broken Surface. A Play for Television.3Broome Stages. A Play in Three Acts. Based on the Novel by Clemence Dane.3The Bruce-Partington Plans. Adapted for Television.3Scope and Contents(Sherlock Holmes. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Episode 10)
The Canterville Ghost. By Oscar Wilde. Adapted For Television.3Scope and Contents(Tales of Mystery and Imagination)
The Carboy.3Caretaker. A Play for Radio, 1959 February19593Carried by Storm, 1959 June19594The Case of the Illustrious Client. See: The Illustrious Client.4A Children's Party.4Scope and Contents(Maigret by Simenon Number Thirteen)
Chinese Magic. From the Short Story by Algernon Blackwood. Adapted for Television.4Scope and Contents(Tales of Mystery. No.2)
The Cold Hand4Count Down. By Charles Eric Maine.4Scope and Contents(Film Treatment)
A Crown of Gold. A Play for Broadcasting.4Scope and Contents(Thirty Minute Theatre)
La Dame aux Camelias. See: The Lady of the Camellias.5Dance Date. Stories from a West Country Ballroom. Episode 2. See You in the Morning.5Dance Date. Ballroom of the West. Episode 3. Fair's Fair.5Dance Date. 4. The Five Pound Note.5Dance Date. 5. The Resident.5Dance Date. Episode 6. Finishing School.5Dance Date. Stories from a West Country Ballroom. Episode 7. Laying the Ghost.5Dance Date. Stories from a West Country Ballroom. Episode 8. Lifeline.5Dangerous Word. A Play for Television! A Play for Radio, 1957 November -December19575Scope and Contents(Armchair Theatre)
The Day of the Triffids. A Serial for Broadcasting in Six Parts. From the Novel by John Wyndham.5Death in Mind. By Georges Sirnenon. Adapted for Television. (Maigret No. 38)/Simenon's Maigret Death in Mind. Adapted ... from La Tete d'un Homme.6Death of a Butcher. By Georges Sirnenon.6Scope and Contents(Maigret No. 17)
The Disagreeable Oyster. A Play for Broadcasting.6Scope and Contents(Midweek Theatre)
Discreetly from the Left. A Play for Television.6Dolly Reforming Herself. By Henry Arthur Jones. Adapted for Broadcasting.6Scope and Contents(English Theatre, 1900-1950 Saturday Night Theatre)
The Double Doll.6Scope and Contents(Drama 63)
A Dream of Armageddon. By H. G. Wells. Adapted for Television.6The Dying Fire. A One Act Play.6Enter Ghost. A Shakespearean Extravaganza. Written for Broadcasting.7Epitaph for a Spy. By Eric Ambler. Dramatised for Television in Six Episodes.7Everything in the Garden. A Play by Edward Albee from the play by Giles Cooper.7Everything in the Garden. A Play in Three Acts19617The Experts.8Scope and Contents(Maigret Lognon et les Gangsters)
The Face of the Tiger. Fall of Man. A Play in One Act.8False Crest.8A Farewell to Arms. By Ernest Hemingway. Dramatised for Television in Three Parts.8The Feast. By Margaret Kennedy. Script for Radio.9Scope and Contents(Saturday Night Theatre)
Filmer. By H. G. Wells. Adapted for Television.9For Whom the Bell Tolls. By Ernest Hemingway. Dramatised for Television.9Scope and Contents(Classic Serials)
The Forgotten Rotten Borough.9Scope and Contents(Saturday Matinee)
The Freewheelers. Adapted for Radio by Brian Miller, 1961 October -November19619The Frontier. See: To the Frontier.9Funny Isn't It? An Analysis of English Humour Written for Broadcasting.9A Game of Soldiers.10General Confusion. A Farcical Comedy. See: The General's Mess.10The General's Mess. A Play for Television.10The Golden Fleece. By Georges Sirnenon. Adapted for Television.10Scope and Contents(Maigret No. 20)
Gravelhanger. By Val Gielgud10The Greenhouse Killer. See: Power of the Press.10Grown Under Glass.10Scope and Contents(First episode and synopsis of a serial for television)
Haddocks' Eyes. See: Old Joss.10The Happiest Days of Your Life. By John Dighton. Adapted for Broadcasting.10Scope and Contents(Saturday Night Theatre)
Happy Family. Printed copies.10Happy Family, 1965 September196511The House of Bernarda Alba. By Federico Garcia Lorca. Translated by James Graham-Lujan & Richard L. O'Connell.12I Am Osango. A Play for Television, 1965 September196512I Gotta Universe. A New Play for Radio.12The Illustrious Client.12Scope and Contents(Sherlock Holmes. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Inspector's Lognon's Triumph.12Scope and Contents(Maigret No. 16)
Je Te Plumerai les Ailes. Adaptation de Nadine Alari. See: Happy Family.12Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard. See: Lovers Take All.12Kittens Are Brave. A Play for Television.12The Kreutzer Sonata. By Eugene I1yin and Charlotte Frances. Adapted from the Short Story by Leo Tolstoy.12Television Version by Peter Key.12The Lady of the Camellias. From the novel by Alexandre Dumas Fils. Devised by Franco Zeffirelli.12The Lady of the Camellias.13Lead On the Dancing Girls.13Leopard Men. See: Trader Hom.13Liberty Hall.13The Lock at Charenton.13Scope and Contents(Maigret by Georges Simenon)
The Lonesome Road. A Play for Radio.13The Long House. A Play for Television, 1964 February196414Loop. By Peter Key, 1952 April195214Lord of the Flies. Based on the Novel by William Golding, 1955 June195514Lost Hearts. By M. R. James. Adapted for Television.14A Lot to Learn. A Play for Television.14Love and Penguins. A Play for Television.14Love from Felicie. By Georges Simenon. Adapted for Television. (Maigret No. 27.)14Lovers Take All. (Le Jeu de I'Amour et du Hasard). By Pierre Marivaux. English Translation.14La Machine a Ecrire. See: The Typewriter.14Madame Bovary. By Gustave Flaubert. Dramatised for Television as a Serial in Four Parts.15Madrid is the Capital of Spain. A Play in Three Acts. Maigret and the Lost Life. A Play for Broadcasting. Translated and adapted from Maigret et la Jeune Morte by Georges Simenon.16Maigret Has Scruples. See: Poison for Two.16A Man in the Zoo. By David Garnett. Adapted for Radio16A Man of Quality.16Scope and Contents(Maigret by Simenon 7.)
Mary Britten M.D. By Peter Key.16Mathry Beacon. A Play for Radio195517Scope and Contents(Italia Prize 1956 BBC Entry)
The Mirror Can Distort. A One Act Play.17Les Miserables. By Victor Hugo. Adapted for Television in Ten Parts.17Mist over the Mistletoe. A Comedy by Dan Sutherland. Adapted for Broadcasting.17La Muiieca de Dos Cabezas. Adaptacion para TVE: Ramon Solanes. (Sospecha No. 31) See: The Double Doll. 418Murder in Montmartre. By Georges Simenon.18Murder Must Advertise. A Play for Broadcasting. From the Novel by Dorothy L. Sayers.18Murder on Monday. By Georges Simenon.18Scope and Contents(Maigret No. 24)
Nephele. From the short Story by Algernon Blackwood.18Scope and Contents(Tales of Mystery No.5)
Never Get Out194918New Games for Old. See: The Timbimbo Craze.18Night Call. See: Inspector's Lognon's Triumph.18The Nine Tailors. A Serial in Four Parts. Adapted ... from the Novel by Dorothy L. Sayers.18The No-Man.18A Noble Profession. By Pierre Boule.18Scope and Contents(Film Treatment)
Nothing to Lose. See: Some of the People .. ...18Oasis. A Play for Television.18The Object, 1963 May196318Oeil de Hibou ou Je Te Plumerai les Ailes. Adaptation de Nadine Alari. See: Happy Family.18Old Joss. A Comedy in Two Acts.19Oliver Twist. By Charles Dickens. Adapted for Radio195119One Night in Styria. By David Howarth.19Scope and Contents(Mid-Week Theatre)
Operation Cheeseboard.19Scope and Contents(Synopsis of a television serial)
The Other Man. A Play for Television in Two Parts.19The Other Man.20Out of the Crocodile196120The Owl and the Pussy Cat. A Play for Radio.21Part of the View.21A Perfectly Ghastly Joke. A Play for Broadcasting.21The Phantom Major. From the book by Virginia Cowles.21Pig in the Middle. A Play for Broadcasting.21The Plattner Story. By H. G. Wells. Adapted for Television.21Point of Honour196021Poison for Two. By Georges Simenon. Adapted for Television. Power of the Press; The Greenhouse Killer.21The Power of Zero. A Play for Television.21A Present from Bessie. Based on a Short Story by Cyril Hare.22The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.22Scope and Contents(Film Treatment)
Rain in the Night. A Play.22Red Jungle. A Feature for Radio by George F. Kerr. Based on the book "Red Jungle" by John Cross.22The Return of General Forefinger.22La Route Solitaire. Un Script de Television ... Version Francaise de Suzanne Lombard.22Same Time, Same Place. See: Some of the People .....22Un Samedi Soir. Adaptation Francaise de Herman Closson22Seek Her Out. A Play in Two Acts196422Scope and Contents(Theatre 625)
Seek Her Out.23Seven Little Crosses.23Shepherds' Warning. A Play in Three Acts.23The Six Napoleons. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted for Television.23Small Fortune. A Comedy for Broadcasting.23Scope and Contents(Saturday Matinee)
The Soldier's Rest. A One Act Play.23Some of the People .....23Someone to Call.24Something from the Sea. A Radio Play.24The Sound of Cymbals. Synopsis for a Radio Play.24Scope and Contents(Radio Theatre)
The Speckled Band .. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted for Television.24The Spies are Singing. A Play.24Stiff Upper Lip. By Lawrence Durrell.25Sword of Honour. By Evelyn Waugh. Adapted for Television.25Scope and Contents(Theatre 625)
Tea-time and Nobody. See: Happy Family.25The Terror of the Twins. By Algernon Blackwood. Adapted for Television. (Tales of Mystery)25There and Back Again. A Play for Television.26These Her Princes. A Play in Three Acts.26They. By Rudyard Kipling. Adapted for Broadcasting.26Thieves Rush In. A Play for Broadcasting.26Three Names for Nicholas. The Novel by Rupert Croft-Cooke. Dramatised for Broadcasting.26Scope and Contents(Saturday Night Theatre)
The Timbimbo Craze or New Games for Old. A Radio Comedy.26Scope and Contents(Saturday Matinee)
To the Frontier. A Play for Television.26Scope and Contents(Theatre 625)
Tout Vient du Jardin. See: Everything in the Garden.26Trader Hom. Leopard Men.26Scope and Contents(Incomplete Film Treatment)
La Trou dans la Tete. Trois Actes. De Jacques Robert.26True Love and Limbeck. A Comedy for Television.27The Typewriter. By Jean Cocteau. Adapted and Translated for Television.27Under Milk Wood. By Dylan Thomas.27Under the Loofah Tree. A Play for Broadcasting.1958 February27Unman, Wittering and Zigo, 1958 April195828Scope and Contents(Theatre 625)
The Volunteer. A Play for Broadcasting.28Scope and Contents(Saturday Night Theatre)
War for the Week-End. See: The Volunteer.29The Way of All Flesh. By Samuel Butler. Adapted for Television.29What Farrar Saw. By James Hanley.29What I Did in the Holidays. See: Loop.29When the Kissing Had to Stop. By Constantine Fitzgibbon. Dramatised for Television.29Where the Party Ended. A Play for Broadcasting.30A Wicked World. A Play for Television196330The Winning Ticket.30Scope and Contents(Maigret by Simenon No: 14)
Without the Grail. 1957 July195730The Wrong Box. By Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. Adapted for Radio30Unidentified play scripts31Subseries II.2: PoetryPoems and Manuscripts32Subseries II.3: ProseAll is Death32Audition Call.32Bacchus Unparded.32Blind Man's Buff.32Class Distinctions. An Attack by Joshua Stannus.32Dangerous Silence. (Fuchs). Story Synopsis.32Deep Dominion. Synopsis of a Novel.32Eyes. By Leo Crespigo.32A Hank of Hair.32Happy Return.32Koplosland: a Fable.32The Left Hand Track.32The Messenger32Not of Our Company.32The Other Man. A Novel.32A Quiet Time. See: Poor Puckle.32Poor Puckle.32Puckle. See: Poor Puckle.32The Revival32The Sea-Wet Rock.32So Easy.32Track Junction.32Two in Hand.32Where the Best Is Like the Worst.32Workbooks & notebooks33Workbooks & notebooks34