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Draft reviews of The View from Row G: Three Plays by Dannie Abse, Poems for Ghosts by Peter Finch, Sacred Cows by Fay Weldon and others.

Material relating to the compilation and production of the poetry and prose anthology Samizdat Wales, contributors including Nigel Jenkins, Peter Finch, Chris Torrance and Peter Meilleur (for whom see Peter Meilleur Papers). Items include printed copy of Samizdat Wales; copies of submitted work; draft cover of anthology (in large envelope); letters to Nigel Jenkins, correspondents including poet Chris Torrance and author and peace campaigner Ann Pettitt; and press cutting relating to anthology.

Annotated draft short stories by Nigel Jenkins, comprising Pig, Return Ticket, If He Only Knew and Somebody Got Murdered ..., with rough notes.

Material relating to socio-political affiliations and associations of Nigel Jenkins. Items include newsletters (including Marxism Today, Radical Wales and Welsh Nation); printed current events publication; notes by Nigel Jenkins; and press cuttings.

Material relating to Song for a Raggy Boy, an event to mark National Poetry Day and to celebrate the life and work of Irish poet, playwright, writer and singer Patrick Galvin held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, October 2011. Items comprise colour-coded list of poets taking part (initials only); schedule of poems to be read, with musical numbers underlined; copies of poems to be read, with colour-coded highlights denoting readers; and notes by Nigel Jenkins.

Material relating to the 1988 St David's Forum, held at Beaumaris, at which Nigel Jenkins delivered a talk. Items comprise annotated draft and fair-copy copies of talk given by Nigel Jenkins; printed programme of events; annotated copy of talk given by another participant, with related notes; table showing population statistics; printed information regarding the forum and list of participants; notes by Nigel Jenkins; and photocopied press cutting.

Material relating to the compilation and production of Nigel Jenkins' 1985 play Strike a Light!, comprising printed poster and flyers; correspondence, principally with Made in Wales Stage Company and the Theatre Writers' Union and various correspondents offering information regarding William Price; notes on William Price, some photocopied from printed sources; draft sections of play; printed agreements between Nigel Jenkins and Made in Wales Stage Company and between Nigel Jenkins and the Theatre Writers' Union; press cuttings; and reviews.

Annotated rough initial draft of Nigel Jenkins' play Strike a Light! (1985).

Annotated second draft of Nigel Jenkins' 1985 play Strike a Light! 'NJ's own copy' inscribed in Nigel Jenkins' hand on front of draft.

Printed copy of Südengland/Wales (VSA-Verlag (Hamburg), 1991), which includes an article by Nigel Jenkins entitled Dylan Thomas Country translated into German; and correspondence, 1987, 1991-1993, regarding publication of and payment for the article.

Material relating to events surrounding Swansea as City of Literature during the 1995 Year of Literature celebrations. Items include proposals regarding events; maps and plans of Swansea city centre; correspondence; notices and printed programmes of events and exhibitions; details relating to Arts Council grants; article by Nigel Jenkins; notes, partly in shorthand, by Nigel Jenkins; poetry; biographical data relating to Nigel Jenkins and other participating poets; and press cuttings.

Material relating to Swansea Latin American Society. Items comprise printed information relating to forthcoming events, at one of which Nigel Jenkins presented; notes made by Nigel Jenkins on Victor Jara and on Latin-American poetry; correspondence; newsletters; and press cutting.

Material relating to a Swansea municipal poetry project in which Nigel Jenkins, along with other poets and artists, was commissioned to take part. The material includes printed material relating to public art; correspondence, principally between Nigel Jenkins and Swansea City Council and between Nigel Jenkins and Cywaith Cymru/Artworks Wales; proposed poetry texts; architectural plans; overview of project; biographical details relating to Nigel Jenkins and fellow poet Menna Elfyn; articles and reports by Nigel Jenkins; press cuttings; and notes and draft poetry by Nigel Jenkins.

Material relating to the Swansea Writers and Artists Group (SWAG). Items include draft constitution and outline of proposals; issues of SWAGmag members' and contributors' magazine; obituary of poet Harri Webb written by Nigel Jenkins; biographical details of contributors; details of SWAG executive members' meetings and AGMs; press releases; list of SWAG executive members; printed invitation to and printed notice of SWAG event; correspondence; SWAG headed notepaper; press cuttings; and rough notes by Nigel Jenkins.

Material relating to a lecture entitled The Poet John Tripp, given by Nigel Jenkins at Bargoed Library on 21 March 1991. Items comprise printed poster advertising the lecture; annotated notes on John Tripp; and annotated outline of lecture.

Material relating to the musical blues group the Salubrious Rhythm Company, comprising Nigel Jenkins, John Barnie and Jen Wilson. Items include printed poster and flyers advertising performances; copies of poetry to be performed; correspondence; reviews and previews; annotated playlists; lists of venues and contacts; and correspondence.

Material relating to the compilation and publication of The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales, co-edited by Nigel Jenkins and published by the University of Wales Press in 2008. Items comprise notes of meetings; reviews; and letter written to Nigel Jenkins in response to reading the volume.

Photocopied preliminary text, including frontispiece, of the 1991 edition of The Works, the annual magazine of the Welsh Union of Writers, edited by Nigel Jenkins; and manuscript notes by Nigel Jenkins, apparently towards a poem on the theme of Llyn y Fan Fach. Photocopied text annotated.

Photocopied text of The Works, the annual magazine of the Welsh Union of Writers, published as an anthology of poetry and prose by the Welsh Union of Writers in 1992 under the editorship of Nigel Jenkins; photocopied circular letter regarding publication; and postcard to Nigel Jenkins relating to the launch of the work. Anthology contributors include Tony Conran, Peter Finch, Janet Dubé, Steve Griffiths, Terry Hetherington and Alison Bielski.

Material relating to the Theatre Writers' Union (TWU), of which Nigel Jenkins was a member. Items include TWU newsletters; details relating to TWU meetings; printed agreement between the TWU and other literary organisations; letter to Nigel Jenkins from the TWU; general information relating to the TWU; and press cutting.