Autograph and typescript drafts and fair copies by Dannie Abse of the poems 'In the Theatre' (see Funland and Other Poems, 1973), 'Snake' (see Way Out in the Centre, 1981) and 'The Test' (see Collected Poems, 1977) with a printed version of 'Lunchtime', 1974; and drafts and fragments of autobiographical notes and essays, including 'Princeton Journal', 1973-1974, 'The Crowning of Kid Brother', c. 1977, and 'Sorry, Miss Crouch', all published in A Strong Dose of Myself (1983).
Poetry and prose,
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 21973E.
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004263260(alternative) (WlAbNL)0000263260
- Dates of Creation
- 1972-1981 /
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 134 ff. Guarded and filed.
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
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