The Welsh Budget,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 16799lvD.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004490946
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1909], 1966 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 6 ff. ; 250 x 205 mm.

Scope and Content

'The Welsh Budget', [1909], a holograph poem by John Cowper Powys concerning David Lloyd George's 'People's Budget' of 1909; it is apparently unpublished.
Also included is a cutting from the Radio Times, 18-24 June 1966, listing a radio programme on that Budget, transmitted 21 June.

Administrative / Biographical History

John Cowper Powys, novelist and playwright, was born in Shirley, Derbyshire. A Cambridge history graduate, Cowper Powys nevertheless devoted his time primarily to literature. He taught and lectured in England and on the Continent and undertook several lecturing tours of the United States, where he soon gained a reputation as an inspired and interpretative speaker in both literature and philosophy. Cowper Powys moved to Wales in 1935 and learnt to read Welsh, through which he broadened his knowledge of Welsh history and mythology. His numerous works include anthologies of poetry, novels and philosophical discussions. Cowper Powys met Phyllis Playter whilst in the United States in 1921; she became his lifelong companion, exerting a powerful and inspiring influence upon his work.

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Acquisition Information

Miss Phyllis Playter (per Mrs Olwen Caradoc Evans); Conway; Donation; July 1966

Note

John Cowper Powys, novelist and playwright, was born in Shirley, Derbyshire. A Cambridge history graduate, Cowper Powys nevertheless devoted his time primarily to literature. He taught and lectured in England and on the Continent and undertook several lecturing tours of the United States, where he soon gained a reputation as an inspired and interpretative speaker in both literature and philosophy. Cowper Powys moved to Wales in 1935 and learnt to read Welsh, through which he broadened his knowledge of Welsh history and mythology. His numerous works include anthologies of poetry, novels and philosophical discussions. Cowper Powys met Phyllis Playter whilst in the United States in 1921; she became his lifelong companion, exerting a powerful and inspiring influence upon his work.

Original title.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 16799lvD.

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Related Material

Other John Cowper Powys papers are NLW MSS 21115, 21683, 21775-84, 21869-73, 21928-40, 21994, 22206-41, 22373-9, 22501, 22506-13, 22807-14, 23088, 23089-90, 23161-75, 23193-7, 23493-506, 23582-4, 23672-91, 23862.

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