Television scripts for On the Margin
MS. Bennett 91
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Television scripts for On the Margin
Shelfmark
MS. Bennett 91
Summary
Scripts for episodes of television comedy sketch series written by and starring Alan Bennett, first broadcast on BBC2 between 9 Nov. and 14 Dec. 1966. See also MS. Bennett 88, "Early Stuff", originally found together with this material.
(fols. 1-12) Typed and handwritten scenes titled "First drafts. I Can't Help Thinking. On the Margin", undated, annotated by Alan Bennett.
(fols. 13-206) Typed scripts titled "Scripts for what became On the Margin", undated, annotated by Alan Bennett.
(fols. 207-260) Handwritten text for sketches, found in folder titled "O.T.M. 2", undated.
(fols. 261-437) Photocopies of typed camera scripts for six episodes of series for filming on 21 Oct. to 25 Nov. 1966.
(fols. 438-476) Letters regarding original recordings and BBC archive found in BBC envelope postmarked 21 June 1984.
Date
c.1966-1984
Language
English
Physical extent
476 Leaves
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Television scripts for On the Margin
