- A6.
- Ffeil
- 1924-5.
The correspondents include Mary Wyndham (A6/20, 61 and 63). Most of the letters concern the production, casting and sale of Eliot Crawshay-Williams' plays, particularly 'The Marriage' and 'The Vicious Quitch'. 83 Items.
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The correspondents include Mary Wyndham (A6/20, 61 and 63). Most of the letters concern the production, casting and sale of Eliot Crawshay-Williams' plays, particularly 'The Marriage' and 'The Vicious Quitch'. 83 Items.
Much of the correspondence relates to the production of Eliot Crawshay-Williams' plays and the sale of a number of plays to the USA. Some letters concern the publication of the novel Night in the Hotel (1931), and the sale of the film rights of the novel and of 'A child in their midst' to Paramount Pictures. There are a number of references to the poor sales of the volume of poetry Clouds and the Sun, and suggestions that some of the poems should be re-published separately to stimulate sales. 187 Items.
The correspondents include E. S. P. Haynes (A11/55, 165 and 178) and Harold Nicolson (A11/34). Many of the letters concern the translation of Night in the Hotel into a number of European languages. Others relate to the production of Eliot Crawshay-Williams' plays and the sale of film rights. 193 Items.
The correspondents include E. S. P. Haynes (A14/5, 41, 45 6). Most of the correspondence relates to publication and the payment of royalties. A substantial corpus is between Eliot Crawshay-Williams and the London Film Productions Ltd. 60 Items.
Almost all the letters relate to the publication of paperback editions of Eliot Crawshay-Williams' novels by John Long Ltd. There is a substantial group of correspondence deriving from disputes over the payment of fees and royalties to Eliot Crawshay-Williams and many bills and receipts for sums for the typing of the novels. 111 Items.
Letters from John Cowper Powys to Eliot Crawshay-Williams,
The correspondence discusses literary and personal matters, a characteristic mingling of fact and fantasy. Incomplete fragment, [?1940] (A22/1); 7 April 1940 (A22/2); 16 April 1940 (A22/3); 21 April 1940 (A22/4); 7 July 1940 (A22/5); 15 July 1940 (A22/6); 31 July 1940 (A22/7); reservation card from Glamorgan County Libraries, Bridgend, for John Cowper Powys, The meaning of culture, 2 August 1940 (A22/8); [3 September 1940; date suggested by Eliot Crawshay-Williams] (A22/9); 7 September 1940 (A22/10); 23 September 1940 (A22/11); 20 October 1940 (A22/12); 19 November 1940 (A22/13); 7 December 1940 (A22/14); 9 January 1941 (A22/15); 24 March 1941 (A22/16); 30 December 1941 (A22/17); 29 January 1942 (A22/18); 25 February 1942 (A22/19); 4 April 1942 (22/20); 9 July [1942] (A22/21); 8 November 1942 (A22/22); 12 January 1943 (A22/23); 24 February 1943 (A22/24); 24 March 1943 (A22/25); 17 October 1943 (A22/26); February 1944, endorsed by Eliot Crawshay-Williams '29/2/44' (A22/27); 3 March 1944 (A22/28); 21 March 1945 (A22/29); 16 April 1945 (A22/30); 30 June 1945 (A22/31); 9 July 1945 (A22/32); copy of note from Miss Pender relating to John Cowper Powys' illness, 20 September 1945 (A22/33); postcards from Phyllis Playter to Eliot Crawshay-Williams relating to John Cowper Powys' illness, 10 October 1945 (A22/34); 16 October 1945 (A22/35); 5 July 1946 (A22/36); [?1947] (A22/37); 5 January 1948 (A22/38); 28 September 1948 (A22/39); [?1949] (A22/40); [11 January 1949; date supplied by Eliot Crawshay-Williams] (A22/41); review by Prof. Gwyn Jones of John Cowper Powys' Autobiography from the Western Mail, 8 June 1949 (A22/42); [1950] (A22/43); 9 October 1950 (A22/44); 8 October 1951 (A22/45); 16 October 1952 (A22/46); 23 February 1954 (A22/47); 7 October 1954 (A22/48); 4 November 1954 (A22/49); 21 February 1955 (A22/50); 30 August 1955 (A22/51); 9 October 1955 (A22/52); 16 December 1955 (A22/53); 31 January 1956 (A22/54); [5 February 1956; date supplied by Eliot Crawshay-Williams] (A22/55); 28 June 1956 (A22/56); 2 July 1956 (A22/57); 9 July 1956 (A22/58); 9 October 1956 (A22/59); 25 December 1956 (A22/60); 7 October 1957 (A22/61); 14 December 1957 (A22/62); and miscellaneous envelopes addressed to Eliot Crawshay-Williams by John Cowper Powys for which the letters do not appear to have survived (A22/63).
Nature of work: A comedy in one act. Date written (if known): ? 1926. Nature of material: Typescript. Original title: 'Sonambulando'.
Title: Baccara! (Chemin de fer).
Nature of work: 'A play in three scenes'. Nature of material: MS notes on performance by Eliot Crawshay-Williams.
Nature of work: Novel. Date written (if known): 1926-7. Nature of material: MS. Endorsed by Eliot Crawshay-Williams, 'My first published novel. ... I revised it quite a bit for the cheap edition'.
Nature of work: Novel. Date written (if known): 1926-7. Galley proofs.
Nature of work: Short story. Date written (if known): 1932. Nature of material: Typescripts.
Nature of work: Collection of short stories. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/1. Title: Borderline. Nature of work: Short story. Date written (if known): 1932. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/2. Title: With a difference. Nature of work: Short story. Date written (if known): 1934. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/3. Title: After Piece. Nature of work: Short story. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/4. Title: God on the War. Nature of work: Short story. Offprint from the Welsh Review. A54/5. Title: Fräulein Berlin. Nature of work: Short story. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/6. Title: Midday Marseilles. Nature of work: Short story. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/7. Title: The Firm. Nature of work: Short story. Date written (if known): 1930. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/8. Title: Delilah of the Desert. Nature of work: Short story. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/9. Title: One Sunday. Nature of work: Short story. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/10. Title: The Compleat Lover. Nature of work: Short story. Date written (if known): 1926. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/11. Title: There is one SOS. Nature of work: Short story. Date written (if known): 1932. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/12. Title: I wouldn't do such. Nature of work: Short story. Date written (if known): 1926. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/13. Title: Press Button 'B'. Nature of work: Short story. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/14. Title: The case of Private C. Nature of work: Short story. [1918]. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/15. Title: The legs opposite. Nature of work: Short story. Date written (if known): 1930. A54/16. Title: Copy. Nature of work: Short story. Nature of material: Typescript. A54/17. Title: Dummy. Nature of work: Short story. Nature of material: Typescript.
Title: The celestial inspector.
Nature of work: 'A fantastic comedy in three acts'. Nature of material: Typescript. Alternative titles: 'The man from the stars' or 'The man from the milky way'.
Title: The critics on their hearths.
Nature of work: Article. Nature of material: Typescript. Original title: 'Who are these men?'.
Nature of work: Autobiographical account. Date written (if known): 1932. Nature of material: Typescript. Sub-titled 'A post-war study'.
Nature of work: Autobiographical account. Nature of material: Typescript. Incomplete.
Nature of work: Autobiographical account. Nature of material: Typescript. Pages 1-186 only.
Nature of work: Autobiographical account. Date written (if known): 1931. Nature of material: Typescript. Fragments.
Nature of work: Autobiographical account. Date written (if known): 1919. Nature of material: MS notes. Endorsed by Eliot Crawshay-Williams, 'Diary material not finished and not put in'.