Frankie Howerd Archive Box 23

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

  • Reference
    • GB 193 FHOW/Box 23
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1960s-1980s
  • Physical Description
    • 0.02 cubic metres
      1 box

Scope and Content

Bound screenplays and play texts, for both stage and film projects. The scripts are unmarked and were presumably offered to Frankie Howerd, however it appears that most were declined. Includes:
- ‘Sweeny Todd the Demon Barber’ - draft screenplay by Michele Parry, undated;
- ‘Tell Me Everything’ (Working title) - screenplay by Peter Barnes and Don Getz, undated;
- ‘The Rising Heifer’ by Robin Maugham – play text – undated;
- ‘Let's Get this Straight’ by Irene Bird - bound typescript of a presumably unpublished book;
- ‘How to Make a Million with A Credit Card’ - film treatment by Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot;
- ‘Mexican Hayride’, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter;
- ‘Lucky Severn’ by John Tippy - screenplay, undated;
- Annotated typescript of 'When Knights Were Bold' by Charles Marlowe [Accession 2022/003]

Additional Information

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