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Typescript with some pencil revision of Rhys Davies's novel, 'Nobody answered the bell', together with preliminary matter for the book. Paper; viii + 193 ff.; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 17.

The file includes letters, 1961-1978, from Louise and Redvers Taylor (16), Ned Thomas (4) and Fred Urquhart (25).

The series comprises other letters and cards, [1932]-1979, received by Rhys Davies which include Christmas cards, letters relating to the estate of Redvers and Louise Taylor, letters from researchers, letters relating to the sale of his manuscripts, letters from admirers, letters relating to awards given to him and letters from Yr Academi Gymreig and Welsh Arts Council.

The group comprises the literary papers, [1918]-1978, of Rhys Davies, including drafts of short stories, novels, plays and autobiographical writings, press cuttings of book reviews, published writings in periodicals, and letters relating to performing rights and the translation of his works, together with papers relating to the publication of works by Anna Kavan following her death in 1968.

The file comprises a synopsis of Rhys Davies's article on D. H. Lawrence and the script 'D. H. Lawrence' [used in a radio broadcast by him in 1948], together with quotations from letters sent to D. H. Lawrence and reminiscences of Count Potocki of Montalk, [c. 1948]-[1978].

The series comprises draft copies, [?1954]-1979, of published novels by Rhys Davies.

The file comprises incomplete manuscript versions of his novel published in 1971, together with dramatisations of it.

The series comprises manuscript and typescript drafts, [1927x1978], of short stories by Rhys Davies, some bearing the sticker of his literary agent Curtis Brown Ltd.

The file comprises 'Prodigal' [which was rejected by The New Yorker in 1961] and 'A private anguish', [1927x1978].

The file comprises 'The Maid of Cefn Ydfa', 'The pleasure principle' ('final' 1974) with its abbreviated version 'A basket of fruit' and 'Bugle call', [1927x1978].

The file comprises 'Reduced', 'The web' and 'Stranger at the gate', [1927x1978].

The file comprises 'Charlotte', 'The first stile (hurdle). Old boys network', 'Divorce. List of cases' and 'Unwritten biography/Black dog', [1927x1978].

The series comprises drafts of plays by Rhys Davies, [1929]-[1978], in manuscript and typescript form, together with adaptations from novels and plays by him broadcast by the BBC.

The file comprises the following plays, mainly adapted, 1944-1970, from works by Rhys Davies: 'Jenny Jones', adapted from stories by Rhys Davies, 1944, together with a programme of the production staged at the London Hippodrome directed by George Black; 'The old house', a dramatic feature by Rhys Davies, 1945; an adaptation, 1948, by Ross Cockrill of Rhys Davies, The dark daughters [London, 1947]; 'A bed of roses', adapted in 1949 from the novel Under the rose [London, 1940]; 'Honey and bread', 1970, based on the novel published in 1935 and adapted by Julia Jones; its sequel 'A time to laugh', adapted by Julia Jones, 1970, based on the novel published in 1937, and a manuscript note by Rhys Davies on the background of the two novels; together with an adaptation, 1953, of his novel Marianne [London, 1951] by P. H. Burton and typescript remarks by [?the author] on the script.

The file, [1929x1978], comprises 'Always a daughter', 'Love kept waiting' and 'The glass/crystal prison' with three letters, 1958, from Curtis Brown Ltd, literary agent, and remarks by Rhys Davies on the characters; together with a synopsis of 'Cock of the walk'.

The series comprises press cuttings, 1928-1979, mainly book reviews of the literary works of Rhys Davies, extracted from British and foreign newspapers.

The file comprises press cuttings, 1928-1979, relating to books by Rhys Davies, including a review of his first novel The withered root (London, 1927), together with his obituary notice from The Daily Telegraph, 24 August 1978, and a review from The Spectator, March 1979 of The best of Rhys Davies.

The series comprises papers, 1938-1942, relating to Sea urchin; adventures of Jorgen Jorgensen published in [1940]; American and British periodicals, 1939-1966, containing mainly short stories and some articles by Rhys Davies, and miscellaneous writings, [1937]-[1946].