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Drama
This collection contains scripts for productions on the stage, television, radio, and screen, and critical studies.
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The hound of the Baskervilles: screenplay
Hollywood
1990s
A reproduction of the screenplay for the 20th Century Fox 1939 adaptation of 'The hound of the Baskervilles'.
Smiling David: the story of David Oluwale
Calder & Boyars
1974
Charts the slow destruction of an immigrant from Nigeria.
Lucifer and the Lord: a play in eleven scenes
Hamish Hamilton
1952
Based on the peasant's revolt in fourteenth century Germany.
Hamlet and the pirates: an exercise in literary detection
Eyre & Spottiswoode
1950
A new elucidation of the underlying political plot in Hamlet, and of the play's literary history up to the time of the printing of the 1604/5 Quarto.
Macbeth
Canongate
1992
Shakespeare's only Scottish play translated into relatively modern Scots.
The Wallace: a triumph in five acts
Oliver and Boyd
1960
First broadcast on the BBC Scottish Service in 1959. From the library of the distinguished endocrinologist scientist Alfred Tennant Cowie.
Checkmate!: a Sherlock Holmes burlesque
Gaby Goldscheider
1980
A re-issue of a Sherlock Holmes play, first published in 1913.
The truth about Sarajevo: a play for the Traverse Theatre
Scottish Theatre
1970
First performed at the Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh, on May 20th 1969.
A matter of conviction ; When the rain stops ; The art of detection ; Parting shot : four plays
Diehard
1995
Contains 'The art of detection', a monologue by Mrs Hudson with a surprise in the tail. Signed by the author.
The kitchen: a play in two parts with an interlude
Jonathan Cape
1961
The original, shorter version, was published by Penguin in 1960.
The importance of being Earnest: a trivial comedy for serious people
Samuel French, Ltd.
1910s
Mason 384, with the later imprint 26, Southampton Street, Strand.
