IV.i.6. Complete, annotated typescript drafts of 'The Cure at Troy',
[1990]
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| Summary: | Drafts contain the title page, list of characters, introductory quotations and typescript draft, with pages numbered 1-73. With extensive manuscript notes throughout, including Heaney's references to members of the original cast who performed the play in the Guildhall, Derry in October 1990. Also attached are fragmentary manuscript drafts of 'Supplementary chorus speeches'. |
| In collection: | Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Notes: | Heaney's adaption of Sophocles' play 'Philoctetes', titled 'The Cure at Troy', was first performed in the Guildhall, Derry and first published by Faber and Faber, in 1990. Department of Manuscripts, National Library of Ireland. There are additional Seamus Heaney manuscripts held in the Department of Manuscripts (MS 41,932/1-3). This consists of manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem 'Sweeney Astray', with additional notes on early Irish poetry; Physical description: 169 pages. more |
| Arrangement: | Sub-fonds |
