Ffeil / File B/2/2 - 1980s-2020s

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B/2/2

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1980s-2020s

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  • 1980-2022 (Creation)

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1 large box (0.029 mᶟ)

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Material, including press articles and reviews, original texts and scripts, relating to film and television productions in which Siân Phillips appeared or was otherwise involved with from the 1980s through to the 2020s. The items comprise: My Sister And Myself [1980s]; Clash of the Titans (1981); Smiley's People (1981); Barriers (1981-2); Martha or May [1983]; A Flame to the Phoenix (1983); Dune (1984); Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985); Something Unspoken [1985]; The Two Mrs Grenvilles (1987); When Reason Sleeps (1987); Vanity Fair (1987); The Visit (1987-8); The Snow Spider (1988); Shadow of the Noose (1989); Valmont (1989); Dark River (1990); Freddie and Max (1990); Hands Across The Sea/Perfect Scoundrels (1991); Ways And Means (1991); The Black Candle (1991); The Astonished Heart (1991); Darlith Goffa Huw Wheldon / Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture (1992); The Borrowers (1992); Heidi (1993); A Wing and a Prayer (1993); The Age of Innocence (1993); Yr Heliwr (1995); The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (1995); House of America (1996); The Scold's Bridle (1998); Alice Through The Looking Glass (1998); La Femme Nikita [1998-9]; Aristocrats (1999); The Magician's House (1999-2000); Harry Enfield Show [2000]; Ballykissangel (2001); National Eisteddfod of Wales (2001); Beckett on Film (2001); The Chalk Garden [2002]; The Last Detective (2003); The Murder Room [2004]; The Gigolos (2006); Midsomer Murders (2006); Holby City (2007); Poirot (2008); Missing (2010); Lewis (2011); Bella Fleace Gave A Party (2012); The Morning Light [2012x2022]; Aberfan: The Green Hollow (2016); Hochelaga (2017); Strike (2017); Miss Dalí (2018); Hannah Cohen (2018); To Provide All People (2018); Voyageuse (2018); Doctors (2018); Time And Again (2019); Summerland (2020); Keeping Faith / Un Bore Mercher (2020); Silent Witness (2021); Through the Looking Glass (2021); Good Omens (2022); The Chelsea Detective (2022).

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  • English

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Valmont (1989): See also Stage productions: 2000s: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2008).

For William Corlett (My Sister And Myself [1980s], Barriers (1981-2), Martha or May [1983], The Magician's House (1999)), see also Correspondence from friends, colleagues and acquaintances.

Reference to Keeping Faith / Un Bore Mercher (2020) is made in the press article relating to Time And Again (2019).

For a commemorative photograph album presented to Siân Phillips following her appearance on the show This Is Your Life (programme aired 17 March 1997), see also photographs relating to this archive, which are kept separately and may be accessed on request.

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Language note: Dune (1984) and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985): One item each in Spanish.
Language note: Valmont (1989): One folio partly in French.
Language note: Darlith Goffa Huw Wheldon / Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture (1992): One item in Welsh.
Language note: Yr Heliwr (1995): Item in Welsh.
Language note: House of America (1996): Some Welsh.
Language note: Hochelaga (2017): Substantial part in French.
Language note: Keeping Faith / Un Bore Mercher (2020) includes card written partly in Welsh.

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My Sister And Myself [1980s]: One front cover annotated by Siân Phillips: 'We didn't manage this - a lasting regret!'

Hannah Cohen (2018): Note by Siân Phillips on frontispiece of notebook: 'Film cancelled Nov 3 2018'.

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  • Text: B/2/2 (Box 17)