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Box 1

 Container

Contains 12 Results:

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 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Busman’s Honeymoon is a Lord Peter Wimsey / Harriet Vane detective story which began as a stage play co-authored by Dorothy L. Sayers and her Somerville College friend, Muriel St. Clare Byrne. The production opened on the London stage in December 1936, and was first published as a play version in 1937. The story was subsequently expanded into a novel by Sayers and published in 1939.The material in this archive was acquired at auction from Sotheby’s...
Dates: Created: 1935-1946

Fan mail, undated and 1935-January 1936

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents

21pp.

Dates: Created: undated and 1935-January 1936

Fan mail, July-December 1936

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents

58pp.

Dates: Created: July-December 1936

Fan mail, January-March 1937

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents

35pp.

Dates: Created: January-March 1937

Fan mail, April 1937-1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4

Theater returns from Comedy Theatre, December 1936-February 1937

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents

85pp.

Dates: Created: December 1936-February 1937

Theater returns from Comedy Theatre, March-April 1937

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents

82pp.

Dates: Created: March-April 1937

Theater returns from Comedy Theatre, May-June 1937

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8

Theater returns from Comedy Theatre, July-September 1937

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents

110pp.

Dates: Created: July-September 1937

Theater returns from Victoria Palace Theatre, September 1937-January 1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents

122pp.

Dates: Created: September 1937-January 1938

Busman’s Honeymoon Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Wade-A-116
Abstract

This archive contains fan correspondence and theater returns from the play version of "Busman's Honeymoon" written by Dorothy L. Sayers and Muriel St. Clare Byrne.

Dates: Created: 1935-1946