John Hall papers, 1950-1997

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Series I: Correspondence


Subseries I.1: Cataloged Correspondence



Box 1 Andrews, Harry


Box 1 Ayckbourn, Alan


Box 1 Bates, Herbert Ernest


Box 1 Bolt, Robert


Box 1 Brien, Alan


Box 1 Calder-Marshall, Anna


Box 1 Crosland, Anthony


Box 1 Cruickshank, Andrew


Box 1 Finney, Albert


Box 1 Forsyth, Frederick


Box 1 Fry, Christopher


Box 1 Gielgud, Sir John


Box 1 Goring, Marius


Box 1 Grimond, Jo


Box 1 Hall, Sir Peter


Box 1 Hawkins, Jack


Box 1 Heath-Stubbs, John


Box 1 McKellen, Sir Ian


Box 1 Phillips, Sian


Box 1 Pinter, Harold


Box 1 Pleasence, Donald


Box 1 Redgrave, Sir Michael


Box 1 Richardson, Sir Ralph


Box 1 Shrapnel, Norman


Box 1 Sin den, Donald


Box 1 Smith, John


Box 1 Stevens, Roger L.


Box 1 Trewin, John Courtenay


Box 1 Wesker, Arnold


Box 1 Whiting, Arnold


Subseries I.2: Uncataloged Correspondence



Box 2 A-H



Box 3 H-Z

Series II: Manuscripts by John Hall


Subseries II.1: Playscripts



Box 4 "A", Play


Box 4 Address to a cream mountain



Box 5 Address to a cream mountain


Box 5 Agafya. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 5 Alva the widow.


Box 5 And bay the moon. See: Hereward awake.


Box 5 And the horse went thataway. See: Corinna.


Box 5 Angel of death. See: In the Venn country.


Box 5 Anna.


Box 5 Anna Alnashar. See: Anna.


Box 5 Annals of a town. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 5 Any church looks fast going past tombstones. See: August ine.



Box 6 Any horse looks fast going past trees.


Box 6 The Arboretum. See: Skin and bones.


Box 6 At the Casa Guidi. See: Summer's end.


Box 6 At the Casetta Deerholm. See: Katherine in Kildonan.



Box 7 August ine.


Box 7 August ine of Hippo. See: August ine.


Box 7 Auntie. See: Chrissie plays.


Box 7 Auntie and her friends. See: Chrissie plays.


Box 7 Aurora's chariot.


Box 7 The bagman.


Box 7 Bald hills. See: Open the big box and shake out the sun.


Box 7 The banyan tree.


Box 7 Belinda.


Box 7 The bells of St Sepulchre. See: Hereward awake.


Box 7 Big-mouth and his friend superduper. See: Address to a cream mountain.


Box 7 The black box. See: The bagman.


Box 7 Bluebird. See: Address to a cream mountain.


Box 7 Blue flower play. See: Address to a cream mountain.


Box 7 Bondi's dream. See: The fabrication and blow-out..


Box 7 The boy gentleman. See: The boy's own play.



Box 8 The boys' own play.



Box 9 Breakfast at Mother Brown's.



Box 10 Breakfast at Mother Brown's.


Box 10 The break-up.



Box 11 The bridge.


Box 11 Campus Joe. See: Exit Joe, running.


Box 11 The cat that walks alone. See: Natasha's story.



Box 12 [Chekhov short story adaptations]


Box 12 Child Marlene.


Box 12 Christmas at Auchindoun. See: Open the big box and shake out the sun.


Box 12 The chorus girl. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 12 Chrissie. See: Chrissie plays.



Box 13 Chrissie plays.



Box 14 Chrissie plays.


Box 14 Chrissie 2. See: Chrissie plays.


Box 14 The coat. See: Skin and bones.


Box 14 Coneys patch. See: Servant to the devil.


Box 14 Confessions of a chloral addict See: The boy's own play.


Box 14 Convolvulus. See: Address to a cream mountain.


Box 14 Corinna.


Box 14 Crossing the tramway centre. See: Look both ways-


Box 14 Crowe and company. See: The old man finds out.


Box 14 Crud, blot, tula & God.


Box 14 The dam.


Box 14 Death at Heidelberg.


Box 14 Death of a civil servant. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 14 Death of a compere.


Box 14 A desert country. See: Death at Heidelberg.


Box 14 Don't hang the history master.


Box 14 The Dorset farmer's woman. See: Anna.


Box 14 A drama. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 14 The dreamers. See: The little woman.


Box 14 Dust in the hourglass. See: Corinna.



Box 15 Elli.


Box 15 Emma's dream.


Box 15 Emma's fall. See: Emma's dream.


Box 15 Emma's game. See: Emma's dream.


Box 15 Everly. See: The pathetic life and happy death of Sir Bierton Everly.


Box 15 Everly in heaven. See: The pathetic life and happy death of Sir Bierton Everly.


Box 15 Everybody out. See: Kilroy was here [notebook]


Box 15 Everything is eternal; the life and loves of William Blake.


Box 15 Exit Joe, running.



Box 16 The fabrication and blow-out of Johnny Bondi Lavellan.


Box 16 The fall-guy. See: The new Stanleyville.



Box 17 Families and friends.


Box 17 Farmer's woman, See: Anna.


Box 17 Fat and thin. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 17 The Finnish applicant.


Box 17 The fires of Havering.


Box 17 The fowler's net See: The net.


Box 17 The Gaberlunzie man. See: The fabrication and blow-out..


Box 17 The gaudy. See: Breakfast at Mother Brown's.



Box 18 Genial spirit.


Box 18 The girls in their summer dresses.


Box 18 The Gladstone bag.


Box 18 God's little game. See: Look both ways...


Box 18 Goodbye, Father.


Box 18 Goodbye George. See: Kilroy was here, [notebook]


Box 18 Grass and sky.


Box 18 The green girl.


Box 18 Grief. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 18 The gypsy girl. See: Mud.


Box 18 The happy housewife's comprehensive coverage. See: The housevife's cover.



Box 19 The harrowing of Walter.


Box 19 Hazel See: The little woman.


Box 19 Heart of fire. See: August ine.


Box 19 Hello, campers!


Box 19 Hereward awake.


Box 19 The hippocamp. See: The harrowing of Walter.



Box 20 The holiday. See also: The strangers.


Box 20 The honeymoon.


Box 20 Hope and January


Box 20 The house that Vasari built. See: Summer's end.


Box 20 The housewife's all-purpose cover. See: The housewife's cover.


Box 20 The housewife's cover.


Box 20 How Lady Polly fell See: Servant to the devil


Box 20 How to be a man. See: The boy's own play.


Box 20 How to be a movie queen. See: Movie queen.


Box 20 If you rock the boat I will fall out. See: The new Stanleyville.


Box 20 I, John Brown.


Box 20 The innocents.



Box 21 In the Venn country.



Box 22 In the Venn country.



Box 23 In the Venn country.



Box 24 In the Venn country.



Box 25 The Jack Bannion Show. See: The fires of Havering.


Box 25 Jackie. See: In the Venn country.


Box 25 Jenny.


Box 25 Jessie. See: Breakfast at Mother Brown's.


Box 25 Jingle bells. See: Skin and bones.


Box 25 The job center.


Box 25 Joe.


Box 25 Kate, Jo and the men.


Box 25 Katherine. See: Katherine in Kildonan.


Box 25 Katherine at Ospedaletti. See: Katherine in Kildonan.



Box 25-26 Katherine in Kildonan.



Box 26 Katherine Mansfield. See: Katherine in Kildonan.


Box 26 Kilroy was here.


Box 26 The landowner.


Box 26 The last of England See: The new Stanleyville.


Box 26 Latterlammas. See: In the Venn country.



Box 27 The leaning man.


Box 27 The lean man. See: The leaning man.


Box 27 The lean man, the kelpie and the crone. See: The leaning man.


Box 27 Life is for the living. See: Belinda & Loggershead.


Box 27 Liffey among the stars. See: The little woman.


Box 27 The little atom. See: Movie queen.


Box 27 Little boys blue.


Box 27 The little house. See: Breakfast at Mother Brown's.


Box 27 The little joke. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 27 Little proverbial plays.



Box 28 The little woman



Box 29 The little woman



Box 30 The lizard on the rock.


Box 30 The locusts.


Box 30 Loggershead


Box 30 Look both ways crossing the city centre.



Box 31 Love among the ruins.


Box 31 Love on the dole.


Box 31 Love story.


Box 31 Love will find a way.


Box 31 The low shot.


Box 31 Man up a telegraph pole.



Box 32 Man up a telegraph pole.



Box 33 The man who rocked the boat. See: The new Stanleyville.


Box 33 The man who suddenly fell over.


Box 33 The man who tried to be dead


Box 33 Marlene. See: Child Marlene.


Box 33 Marriage a la mode.


Box 33 May 's beach party. See: Chrissie plays.


Box 33 Meeting. See: Kilroy was here, [notebook]


Box 33 Michelangelo.


Box 33 Midlands play.


Box 33 Misfortune. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 33 Misfortunes of Sophia. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 33 The mother country. See: Some of my best friends are Ibos.


Box 33 Movie queen.


Box 33 Mud.


Box 33 The muffin man.


Box 33 My many-sided heaven. See: The Finnish applicant.


Box 33 My polyhedron heaven. See: The Finnish applicant


Box 33 Nail soup.


Box 33 Natasha's story.


Box 33 Natives. See: The low shot.


Box 33 The naughty husband.


Box 33 The net.



Box 34 The new Stanleyville



Box 35 Night of the long knives. See: The harrowing of Walter.


Box 35 Night watchman.


Box 35 The nightwatchman and the brickie.


Box 35 No comment See: [Chekhov...]


Box 35 Notes from the journal of a quick-tempered man. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 35 Not everyone can live. See: Emma's dream.


Box 35 Not everyone wants to. See: Emma's dream.


Box 35 Objet d'art See: [Chekhov-.]


Box 35 The old bags.


Box 35 The old man finds out


Box 35 The old soldier.



Box 36 The old soldier, (cont.)


Box 36 On being kissed See: Chrissie plays.


Box 36 On the staircase.


Box 36 On your way, playwright!


Box 36 Open the big box and shake out the sun. [Christmas at Auchindoun]



Box 37 Open the big box and shake out the sun. [Christmas at Auchindoun]



Box 38 Orpheus 67.


Box 38 Out of work. See: The trail peters out.


Box 38 Oysters. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 38 The pathetic life and happy death of Sir Bierton Everly.



Box 39 A pennyworth of love.


Box 39 People are as daft as they look. See: The old soldier.


Box 39 Pictures for an exhibition. See: Natasha's story.


Box 39 Pictures from an exhibition. See: Alva the widow. & Natasha's story.


Box 39 Pirate's pleasure. See: Kilroy was here, [notebook]


Box 39 The play of turnhouse. See: Servant to the devil.


Box 39 Polyhedron heaven. See: The Finnish applicant



Box 40 Priest-hole.


Box 40 Protest meeting. See: Nightwatchman.


Box 40 The prudence of Eurydice. See: Orpheus 67.


Box 40 Rapture. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 40 Reunion. See: Kilroy was here, [notebook]


Box 40 Revenge. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 40 Romance with double-bass. See [Chekhov...]


Box 40 Ron. See: Man up a telegraph pole.


Box 40 The Rose garden. See: Chrissie plays.


Box 40 Saint Jack. See: Jenny.


Box 40 The Sammy play. See: To Berlin!


Box 40 Sargeant Prishibeyev. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 40 The Scottish farmer's woman. See: Anna.


Box 40 Servant to the devil.



Box 41 Servant to the devil.


Box 41 Some of my best friends are Ibos.


Box 41 The sound of a trumpet


Box 41 A spyglass on a seawall. See: Hereward awake.


Box 41 The strangers. See also: The holiday.


Box 41 Summer's end.


Box 41 The swindler.


Box 41 The sword of Blenheim.


Box 41 Take care crossing the tramway centre. See: Look both ways crossing...


Box 41 T.V. play in 4 parts. See: The sound of a trumpet


Box 41 Temptations of a poor man. See: Uncle Bluebeard.



Box 43 This is your death.


Box 43 Three plays for women. See: Alva. Jenny. & Katherine.


Box 43 The three wise monkeys of turnhouse. See: Servant to the devil.


Box 43 Tiergarten. See: To Berlin!


Box 43 To Berlin!


Box 43 Tombstones. See: August ine



Box 44 The trail peters out.



Box 45 The trail peters out.


Box 45 The turnhouse ten. See: Servant to the devil.


Box 45 Two tales of the British. See: The low shot.


Box 45 Ubi ecclesia? See: August ine.


Box 45 Uncle Bluebeard.


Box 45 The upper room play.


Box 45 Vodka and nettle soup. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 45 The voyage of the land yacht Wanderer. See: The boys' own play.


Box 45 The Wandering Jew, See: The trail peters out.


Box 45 The wedding of Jackie. See: In the Venn country.


Box 45 Well, yes. See: The trail peters out


Box 45 What happened to John. See: A pennyworth of love.



Box 46 The Whymper room.


Box 46 Widdershins. See: Wrang-gaites way...


Box 46 A widow and her friends. See: Alva the widow.


Box 46 A widow and her servants. See: Alva the widow.


Box 46 The wilderness game.


Box 46 The wine-red and the blood-red. See: The leaning man.


Box 46 Winter again. See: Chrissie plays.


Box 46 The winter solstice. See: Chrissie plays.


Box 46 The witch. See: [Chekhov...]


Box 46 The wolf in the kennels. See: Emma's dream.


Box 46 Workless. See: Corinna.


Box 46 World behind your back.



Box 47 Wrang-gaites way, or wrong way round way.



Box 48 Wuthering Heights.



Box 49 Plays--Miscellaneous


Subseries II.2: Other Manuscripts by John Hall


Box 49 Church of England


Box 49 Diaries, 1958 and 1968, 1958, 1968


Box 49 Lecture notes


Box 49 Miscellaneous


Box 49 Notebooks


Box 49 Poems


Box 49 Printed materials


Box 49 Stories


Box 49 Travel book (Nigeria)



Box 50 Novels

Series III: Photographs and Printed Material



Box 1 Photographs (Personal)


Box 1 Printed Miscellany