Frankie Howerd Archive Box 16

This material is held atBorthwick Institute for Archives, University of York

  • Reference
    • GB 193 FHOW/Box 16
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1957-1982
  • Physical Description
    • 0.02 cubic metres
      1 box

Scope and Content

Includes:
- colour photograph showing Frankie Howerd with cows;
- unmarked rehearsal script in blue binder for ‘Frankie Howerd Reveals All’ with running order and location shooting script (possibly 1968);
- two rehearsal scripts and two camera scripts for ‘Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular’ (1957);
- two copies of a photocopied play script of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ by John Morley (1982);
- four episodes of ‘London Lights’ with Joan Sims (one heavily annotated and rewritten with a typescript for a Frankie Howerd solo spot bound in the front) (BBC Radio, 1960-1963);
- unmarked script for ‘Variety Playhouse’ by Gavin Blakeney and Cary Edwards, with a heavily annotated typescript of a solo spot stapled to the title page, as well as six other unmarked scripts, one other typescript and one additional photocopied typescript (BBC Radio, 1960-1961);
- annotated script for ‘Leave it to the Boys’ by Bob Monkhouse and Dennis Goodwin, where Frankie Howerd was a guest (BBC Radio Light, transmission date 25 December 1960);
- two unmarked scripts for ‘The Billy Cotton Band Show’ (BBC TV, 1960); and
- handwritten postcard to Frankie Howerd from Ned Sherrin.

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