The Will

This material is held atBritish Film Institute

Scope and Content

146 white and blue pages of screenplay, typed in black and red ink, plus: three blue pages, typed, of cast list [with actors' names and addresses]; four white and two yellow pages, typed, listing character names and the scenes in which they appear; two pink pages, handwritten, listings characters' ages over the film's three time periods [1888, 1908 and 1920]; one blue page, handwritten, listing sets and the time periods in which they appear; ten green pages, handwritten, featuring character names in the vertical left margins ticked off against sets and scene numbers on a horizontal axis; four blue pages, featuring handwritten notes in black and red ink on which sets feature in which scenes; and one white title page: '"The Will" Adapted from Sir James Barrie's Famous Play by Eliot Stannard'. There are 146 scenes, including subtitles [in red ink]. Some annotations and amendments in black ink [e.g. changing scene numbers[.

[Eventually directed by Bramble from Stannard's script.]

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