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Title
Date(s)
- [1995x2001], 2003 (Creation)
Level of description
Ffeil / File
Extent and medium
2 large boxes (0.058 mᶟ)
Context area
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Material relating to the writing of Siân Phillips' two- volume autobiography, Private Faces (1999) and Public Places (2001), mainly comprising manuscript and printed drafts of the text, together with printed copies of both volumes. Letters sent to Siân Phillips in response to both volumes are kept in a separate envelope, correspondents including Gwynn Pritchard, then Head of Welsh Broadcasting at BBC Cymru/Wales; novelist and journalist Shirley Conran; novelist Alun Richards; Welsh stage and screen actor Keith Baxter; Dafydd Wigley, then Member of the Welsh Assembly and Member of Parliament for Caernarfon; and Siân Phillips' sister-in-law Pat O'Toole.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Dated letters arranged chronologically. Undated letters kept in separate envelope.
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Allied materials area
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Notes area
Note
Language note: Some letters in Welsh.