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Tony Curtis Papers
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Welsh Painters Talking (Seren Books, 1997)

Material relating to the compilation and publication of the revised 2nd edition of Welsh Painters Talking, edited by Tony Curtis and originally published by Seren Books in 1997, largely comprising correspondence and biographical notes from contributing artists, namely Sally Moore, Iwan Bala, Charles Burton, Arthur and Bim Giardelli, John Knapp-Fisher and Peter Prendergast.

Including annotations/amendments in the hands of Tony Curtis and Sally Moore.

Tony Curtis Papers

  • GB 0210 CURTISTONY
  • Fonds
  • [1879] [?1950]-2021

Papers of the poet and writer Professor Tony Curtis, largely comprising material relating to the literary and visual arts, which includes poetry, prose, plays, talks and lectures, essays and articles, reviews, radio and television broadcasts by Tony Curtis, material relating to literary works edited by Curtis and correspondence to and from Curtis.

(Tentative) fonds date of 1879 refers to proposed original date of Victorian print in June 2021 papers under heading Tokens for the Foundlings.

PLEASE NOTE THAT NAMES OF MANY INDIVIDUALS, POEMS, PROSE, PLAYS, PUBLICATIONS, ETC APPEAR MULTIPLE TIMES ACROSS THE RANGE OF SUB-ARCHIVES, PARTICULARLY ACROSS CORRESPONDENCE SECTIONS. AS NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT ALWAYS INDEXED, IT IS ADVISED THAT, WHERE ACCESS TO DETAILED INFORMATION IS REQUIRED, ARCHIVAL MATERIAL IS REQUESTED FOR VIEWING

WHERE TITLES OF SUB-ARCHIVE HEADINGS ARE IDENTICAL, NO CROSS-REFERENCES ARE MADE: PLEASE CHECK ALL SUB-ARCHIVE HEADINGS FOR ALL RELEVANT REFERENCES.

Curtis, Tony, 1946-

Poetry and prose by Tony Curtis

Material largely relating to the composition and publication of poetry and prose by Tony Curtis, including numerous draft and fair-copied poems and material relating to the composition and publication of some of his collections of poetry, together with poems inspired by Curtis's poetry reading tours of the United States and by his collaborative work with American poets.

Prose by Tony Curtis

Material relating to the compilation and publication of works of prose written, edited or contributed to by Tony Curtis, which include his collaborations with notable Welsh artists and anthologies of writing which relate to Wales, its literature, history and culture, together with draft and fair-copied short stories, reviews and articles by Curtis and a selection of miscellaneous prose of indeterminate provenance.
For piece titled 'Out of the Wreck: Influences from Contemporary American Poetry' see also under heading USA: festivals, inspirations and collaborations.

The Great Welsh Novel (unpublished)

Draft annotated manuscript/typescript copy of Tony Curtis's rejected manuscript The Great Welsh Novel, which includes title and contents pages and chapter headings. Letters from 'Emmet Roster' and from 'Owen T. G. Williams', included within the body of the manuscript, are fictional and form part of the text. A letter addressed to Tony Curtis from Christopher Davies (Publishers) Ltd, enclosing a review of the manuscript and a letter in response from Curtis (all of which are kept in marked envelope), are genuine and NOT part of the fictional text, although Curtis's letter of response states that he incorporated the (included) review 'in the new version of the novel'.

In reference to note to chapters titled 'Noose and Fifty' and 'The High School', see under heading Out of the Dark Wood (Edge Press, 1977) .

WARNING: CHAPTER TITLED 'WELCOME TO NEW YORK' CONTAINS RACIST ATTITUDES AND OFFENSIVE TERMINOLOGY (account appears to be based on factual event, but racist content presumably does not reflect author views). Chapter marked with cautionary 'post-it' note.

Dannie Abse (Writers of Wales series) (University of Wales Press/Welsh Arts Council, 1985)

Material relating to the research and production of a biographical study of poet and physician Dannie Abse in preparation for Tony Curtis's contribution to the Writers of Wales series published by the University of Wales Press/Welsh Arts Council (see, for example: https://www.waterstones.com/book/dannie-abse/tony-curtis/9780708308967).
The material includes:
Copies of published poems, annotated by Dannie Abse, with covering letter from Abse to Tony Curtis.
Letters, 1982-1984, to Tony Curtis from Dannie Abse.
Correspondence to Tony Curtis from the University of Wales Press and from the then Welsh Arts Council relating to the compilation and publication of Tony Curtis's treatise on Dannie Abse in the Writers of Wales series, including letters, 1982, 1984, from Meic Stephens, who was at the time Literature Director of the Welsh Arts Council.
Draft annotated copies and working copies (final working copy dated June 1984) of Tony Curtis's treatise on Dannie Abse in the Writers of Wales series.
Review of Tony Curtis's treatise on Dannie Abse in the Writers of Wales series, annotated by Curtis.
Prose piece by Dannie Abse titled 'I Accuse' from 'The Poet, the Philosopher, a Lexicographer and the British Art Show 4'.
What appears to be a review of Dannie Abse's collection of poetry White Coat, Purple Coat: Collected Poems 1948–1988 (Hutchinson, 1989).
Photocopied material relating to Dannie Abse and his work.

Short stories

Draft (most annotated), fair-copied and photocopied short stories from published sources by Tony Curtis, including a bound draft annotated collection of short stories titled Throwing the Punch (contained in two folders), which appear to have been the basis of Curtis's Some Kind of Immortality: Selected Stories, published by Cinnamon Press in 2017 (see, for example: https://www.walesartsreview.org/books-some-kind-of-immortality-by-tony-curtis/, which states that the stories were published individually between 1980 and 2017).
The loose stories 'A Visit to Lizzie's', 'Her Majesty's Ship Cassandra', 'The Robinsons' Court' and ''The Drop' are duplicated in a bound typescript collection (also included here) labelled 'Faber's Introduction 9 Four stories submitted by Tony Curtis' (this collection not listed alphabetically)
Multiple versions of individual stories demonstrate Curtis's process of development of a story from rough draft through to satisfactory publication standard.
Included is a sheet acknowledging the published sources of some of the poems.

Note that many of these stories appear under other headings within this archive (for example, under heading The Great Welsh Novel (unpublished)).

Radio plays by Tony Curtis

Material relating to radio plays by Tony Curtis, comprising:

Typescript scripts of a radio play by Tony Curtis titled The Award. It appears that the script was initially proposed as a television play.

Typescript scripts of a radio play by Tony Curtis titled Occupied Territory, a major component of which is a focus on the criminal activity of medical doctor and serial killer Marcel Petiot. The play was also performed as a rehearsed reading by Made in Wales theatre company at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.

Radio broadcasts of works by Tony Curtis

Material relating to radio broadcasts by or of works by Tony Curtis, comprising:

Material relating to radio broadcasts of the short stories 'Throwing the Punch' (broadcast as the Radio 4 programme Morning Story, January 1982) and 'Film Night' (broadcast as the Radio 4 programme Morning Story, March and April 1985) by Tony Curtis, with related correspondence addressed to Curtis from Morning Story producer Herbert Williams

Scripts of two radio broadcasts delivered by Tony Curtis, namely 'Chuck Berry Concert and Rock 'n' Roll' for the programme Sunday Best and 'Solo Voice' for BBC Radio Wales, 1994.

Typescript scripts of a radio play by Tony Curtis titled The Award. It appears that the script was initially proposed as a television play.

Undated letter to Tony Curtis from Siôn [?Eironwy] of the BBC relating to a broadcast of Curtis's poem 'Davies and his Daughters' on the Radio 4 programme 'Time for Verse'.

Edge Press

Material relating to Tony Curtis's publishing company Edge Press, which largely comprises correspondence, submitted work and reviews

Letters to Tony Curtis

Letters and cards, 1959-1996 and undated, to Tony Curtis, the contents largely involving discussion of Tony Curtis's literary work and responses to the same, the publication of Curtis's literary work or its inclusion within literary magazines and poetic anthologies, and references to literary events attended/to be attended.
Correspondents include: poet and physican Dannie Abse; poet and writer Alison Bielski; poet, playwright, editor, broadcaster, lecturer and translator Gillian Clarke; Anglo-Welsh poet and translator Tony Conran; painter and teacher Jack Crabtree; poet Christine Evans; Anglo-Welsh poet, editor, lecturer and critic Raymond Garlick; poet, critic, teacher and broadcaster Jeremy Hooker; Anglo-Welsh poet, writer and historian Glyn Jones; Anglo-Welsh poet, writer, lecturer and broadcaster Nigel Jenkins; sculptor, artist and writer Jonah Jones; poet, writer, critic and editor Roland Mathias; poet, writer and translator Robert Minhinnick; poet, writer and lecturer Leslie Norris; poet, publisher and critic Sally Roberts Jones; editor, journalist, translator and poet Meic Stephens; poet and writer Anne Stevenson; poet and Anglican priest R. S. Thomas; poet Chris Torrance; Anglo-Welsh poet and writer John Tripp; landscape painter Kyffin Williams; Poetry Wales Press; Christopher Davies Publishers; the Anglo-Welsh Review; Faber & Faber publishers; and Gomer Press.

Please note that, due to the volume of correspondents, names are not indexed. For access to full range of correspondents, it is recommended that this section of the archive is requested for viewing.

Notebooks of Tony Curtis

Fifteen notebooks containing rough manuscript drafts of poems, prose, plays, reviews and general notes in Tony Curtis's hand. Nine of the notebooks apparently date from Curtis's period of teaching at Wilmslow County Grammar School in Wilmslow, Cheshire.

Notebooks of Tony Curtis

Student notebook of Tony Curtis marked on cover 'Translation', 'Hon II English' and signed 'Tony Curtis', containing rough manuscript prose and poetry (one folio signed and dated 1968); a school exercise book used as a notebook by Tony Curtis, containing rough manuscript notes on the Anglo-Welsh poet R. S. Thomas; eight notebooks containing rough drafts of poems and prose pieces and general notes by Tony Curtis; and nine notebooks apparently dating from Tony Curtis's period of teaching at Wilmslow County Grammar School in Wilmslow, Cheshire, containing rough manuscript drafts of plays, reviews, poetry and prose.

Accounts

Papers containing details of Tony Curtis's financial accounts, 1975-1977.

Press cuttings

Press cuttings relating to Tony Curtis and to his poetic works.

Press cuttings

Press cuttings relating to Tony Curtis and to his poetic works, which include: printed poems by Tony Curtis; letters written by Tony Curtis to the press whilst he was a student at Swansea University during the 1960s; reports on poetry readings by Tony Curtis; and articles relating to the 'Dial-a-poem' scheme whereby callers dialled a certain number to hear Curtis read one of his poems (for the latter, see also under heading Lectures, talks and poetry readings by Tony Curtis).

WARNING: One press cutting, not related to Tony Curtis but kept by him possibly as composition material, contains an account of a newborn baby smothered by its teenage mother and found dead in the mother's house. Cutting kept in envelope marked 'Distressing content'.

Poetry by other poets

Poetry and other material given to Tony Curtis in the 1970s by other Anglo-Welsh poets and writers, including Dannie Abse, Alison Bielski Gillian Clarke, Nigel Jenkins, Tony Conran, John Tripp and Roland Mathias; and poetry dating from the 1970s by various poets, including Gillian Clarke, Menna Elfyn and James Kirkup.

Prose pieces by John Tripp

Two prose pieces by Anglo-Welsh poet and writer John Tripp, namely: The Thinskin Award: Four unpublished stories (Edge Press, [1978]) (bound) and Confessions of an English Tutor (typescript), possibly submitted to Tony Curtis's publishing company Edge Press for potential publication.
See also under heading Edge Press.

For John Tripp, see also under heading Poems from the 1970s.

Heaven's Gate (Seren Books, 2001)

Draft and fair-copied poetry by Tony Curtis which would eventually be included in his collection of poems Heaven's Gate (Seren Books, 2001) (see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/heavens-gate/). Different versions of the same poem are grouped together so that Curtis's development of the poem from initial rough draft(s) may be traced, with some poem titles changing over time.
Together with:
Annotated draft contents page of Heaven's Gate.
Letter, 6 February 2001, to Tony Curtis from Seren Books.
Printed-out review of Heaven's Gate by poet and literary biographer Nicholas Murray, with covering note to Curtis from Seren Books Poetry Editor Amy Wack.
Email, 11 September 2001, to Tony Curtis from Amy Wack.

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