Typescript essay by [ ] entitled "L'espace dans Talbot's box", with the handwritten note "Dubost essay?". beginning "Espace du texte, espace de jeu, l'attention particulière portée à la mise en scène..." [Identical with a chapter of that title in Thierry Dubost's Le théatre de Thomas Kilroy (Caen 2001) 51-65.]
This series relates to Thomas Kilroy's adaption of Anton Chekhov's play "The seagull", first produced by The Royal Court Theatre in 1981, and subsequently further adapted into a radio play (BBC 1986) and a television film (BBC [ ]). This contains drafts of the play in all three versions, as well as correspondence, programmes and photographs from the stage productions, and some academic commentary.
Refill pad with handwritten draft dialogue by Thomas Kilroy, for his adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull; containing cast list and stage directions, and comprising most of Act 1. [Partially paginated, 1-21.]
Fragment of handwritten draft by Thomas Kilroy, for his adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull; comprising parts of one of the scenes of Act 1, beginning with "Isobel": "And is that what you call it, idealism...". Also containing disparate notes from a traveller's account, and about Sheridan Knowles.
Handwritten draft dialogue by Thomas Kilroy, for his adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull, comprising stage directions and dialogue for [Act 3]. [Paginated.]
Handwritten draft by Thomas Kilroy, his adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull; comprising Acts 3 and 4. [Paginated 1-22.]
Typescript draft (94 pp) of Thomas Kilroy's adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull; and drafts of insert for Act 4. Marked "first draft", giving literary agent Margaret Ramsay's contact details. Insert both handwritten and typed (6 pp) entitled "The Game of Lotto", and designated to fit into Act 4. [Paginated 1-52, 1-18, 1-19. In the box-list, Kilroy named this as a draft for the Royal Court Theatre: since there is also a rehearsal script for the Royal Court, and no other first typescript draft, this was not placed with the other Royal Court material.]