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'Benny Boy'. An epic novel about South Wales. With a note in the autograph of the author to his literary executors: '... The hero of this epic is a composite of friends of mine, who from the coal-face eventually ended up in Parliament ... The "Thomas Rees, Lib - Lab MP." ...'. Revised by the author up to p. 147 in 1960. Two Volumes. Typescript.

Attached: letter from Herbert Ian Thompson, Managing Director, International Literary Management, 12 Saint James's Place, London, SW1, to the author, about the prospects of publishing the work in England and America, 22 Nov. 1956.

'The Leek in the Broth'. An imaginative presentation, based on fact, of the life of David Lloyd George from 1914 to 1945. Four Volumes. Typescript. Enclosed: letter dated 22 Jan. 1946 from Hamish Hamilton to the author suggesting that Hammond and Hammond might publish the author's complete biography of Lloyd George, including The Man David (published by H. Hamilton, 1944) and 'The Leek in the Broth'.

Five Volumes. Typescript.

'The Leek in the Broth'. Third and final version of the completion of The Man David. Typescript. See Nos 18-20 above.

'Bidden to the Feast'. A dramatisation by the author of his novel Bidden to the Feast (London: H. Hamilton, 1983). Described on the cover as 'the original with the [BBC] Producer's cuts, etc.' Inside the title is altered to 'An Old Story'. Typescript. Loose inside are notes on performances of the drama by the Little Theatre Players, Swansea, in April 1939 and the interest of London Producers in it, and also a letter dated 13 January, 1956 from John Griffiths, Drama Producer, BBC, to the author about the radio script of the play.

Stage version. Typescript.

'Our Megan'. A play in four acts adapted from the author's novel Bidden to the Feast (Note by Author: 'The final version was completed 28th May 1958') Two Copies. Typescript.

Typescript.

Two Copies. Typescript.

Typescript.

'Unfinished Journey'. Some chapters in the life-story of Jack Jones. Dramatisation by Glyn Jones. Radio Script. BBC Broadcast, 24 Nov. 1953. Typescript.

'Lily of the Valley'. A musical play adapted from the novel by Jack Jones. Book and lyrics by Brian Evans, music by Mai Jones. Radio Script. BBC Broadcast 17 Feb. 1955. Typescript.