Correspondence and clipping, 1950-1968.

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Correspondence and clipping, 1950-1968.

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Three letters and a clipping concerning Under Milk Wood: ALS by Dylan Thomas, to Cleverdon, 8 December [19]50, promising to tell him about his idea for the play (which he then called Madtown) when they meet; Gwen Watkins, ALsS to Cleverdon, 18 February and 9 December 1968, recalling Thomas's early ideas about the play; and a clipping from the Daily telegraph, [12 March 1966], about the judgment in the suit brought by Thomas's estate to recover the manuscript of the play, which Cleverdon said Thomas had given him.

3 items (3 p.) ; 18 cm.

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Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Cleverdon, Douglas, 1903-1987

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Douglas James Cleverdon, bookseller and radio producer, was born on Jan. 17, 1903 in Bristol, England, the elder son of Thomas Silcox Cleverdon, master wheelwright, and his wife, Jane Louisa James. He was educated at Bristol grammar school and Jesus College, Oxford, where as an undergraduate he published his first catalogue of books, thus establishing his reputation as a lover of fine printing and illustrated books. In 1926 Cleverdon opened a bookshop in Charlotte Street, Bristol, ...

Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953

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Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet who first achieved recognition with "Eighteen Poems" (1934). He wrote both prose and radio plays, including "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" (1940), "Deaths and Entrances" (1946), "Under Milkwood" (1954), and "Adventures in the Skin Trade" (1955). From the description of Dylan Thomas collection. [1935-1953]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 660196437 Welsh author Dylan Thomas occupies a controversial place among 20t...

Watkins, Gwen

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