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D7686 - Lawrence du Garde Peach of Great Hucklow (1890-1974), dramatist - 1906-2026
1 - Manuscripts and Drafts by Peach - [1930s]-2000
4 - Historical Biographies - 1939-[1945]
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D7686/1/4/5
Title
The Storytellers of Britiain
Date
1940-1941
Description
This sub-sub-series contains typed scripts of plays by Lawrence du Garde Peach focusing on British authors and their works. Subjects include Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales, Malory and Morte d’Arthur, Bunyan and Pilgrim’s Progress, Swift and Gulliver’s Travels, Dickens and The Pickwick Papers, Thackeray and Esmond, and George Eliot and Adam Bede. Several scripts have transmission dates around 1940. The plays form part of The Storytellers of Britain collection.
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8 items
Level
SubSubSeries
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Lawrence du Garde Peach (1890-1974) of Great Hucklow, dramatist
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