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00053 - The Sue Townsend Collection: records relating to Sue Townsend, author and playwright (1946 - 2014)
1 - Papers relating to Townsend's published novels
2 - Papers relating to Townsend's unpublished novels
3 - Papers relating to Townsend's produced stage plays
4 - Papers relating to Townsend's published anthologies of stage plays
5 - Papers relating to Townsend's unproduced stage plays
6 - Papers relating to international productions of Townsend's stage plays
7 - Papers relating to Townsend's involvement with the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester
8 - Papers relating to Towsend's produced radio plays
9 - Papers relating to Townsend's unproduced radio plays
10 - Papers relating to Townsend's contributions to radio programmes as writer or guest presenter
11 - Papers relating to Townsend's produced film and television screenplays
12 - Papers relating to Townsend's unproduced film and television screenplays
13 - Papers relating to Townsend's contributions to television programmes as writer or guest presenter
14 - Papers relating to Townsend's audio book adaptations
15 - Papers relating to Townsend's published magazine and newspaper articles
16 - Townsend's literary correspondence (including contracts)
17 - Townsend's creative writing process, including: notebooks, work schedules and index for word processed files
1 - Red exercise book containing an incomplete early draft of 'Sturdy Folk', a screenplay later retitled 'Secretaries'.
2 - Blue exercise book containing draft Adrian Mole diary entries; possibly written for 'The Further Adventures of Adrian Mole', a regular column which appeared in 'Women's Realm' from 1983 to 1985.
3 - Red memo book marked 'Russian Notebook 1988' containing notes related to Sue Townsend's trip to Russia
4 - Sprial exercise book containing draft material for 'Ten Tiny Fingers, Nine Tiny Toes'.
5 - Red spiral note pad containing draft material and notes for the 'Queen and I', including a page of alternative titles for the book (f.
6 - Red A4 refill pad contaning draft material for various newspaper commissions, including: an article entitled 'Guardian Diary' about rising levels of crime in the author's neightbourhood (ff.
7 - Hardback notebook containing personal reminders, shopping lists, addresses, 'to-do' lists and a 1992 horizontal year planner which had been taped into the inside cover of the notebook.
8 - Spiral notebook containing 2 draft magazine articles.
9 - A4 jotter pad containing draft Adrian Mole material for various writing projects.
10 - Spiral bound note pad containing draft material for 'Rebuilding Coventry' and 'The Queen and I'
11 - Spiral note pad containing notes produced during a writing workshop taught by the author on the Greek Island of Skyros.
12 - Spiral bound notebook containing rehearsal notes for the stage version of 'The Queen and I'
13 - Spiral notebook containing an article for 'Sainsbury's Magazine', later entitled 'Out on the Razz' (ff.
14 - Purple exercise book containing notes produced during a writing workshop taught by the author on the Caribbean Island of Trinidad.
15 - A4 refill containing notes and draft material for 'Adios'
16 - Greek notebook containing a large quantity of draft manuscript material for 'Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years'.
17 - Blue exercise book containing two, incomplete articles for 'Sainsbury's Magazine'.
18 - Spiral notebook containing draft material for 'Sainsbury's Magazine' for an article later titled 'Pink Elephant Car Park' (ff.
19 - Pink spiral notebook containing early drafts and rough notes relating to the Adrian Mole series, and other unidentified pieces
20 - Spiral notebook containing rough drafts and manuscript notes relating to the Queen creating a Facebook account
21 - Small purple notebook containing an assortment of short phrases and rough notes
22 - Green ringbinder folder containing Sue Townsend's index of her word processed files, entitled 'Document and Backup Data Summary'.
23 - Green 'Pukka Pad' notebook containing rough notes relating to UK political parties, and draft questions for The Guardian's 'The Prize Quiz'.
24 - Red spiral notebook containing early drafts and rough notes relating to the later Adrian Mole series
25 - 'Publicity to-do list', for Townsend's forthcoming commisioned articles and novels
26 - 'Essential Articles: The Journalism File', possibly used as research for Sue Townsend's literary output
27 - Green spiral notebook containing draft entitled 'What to do with happy moments' and rough notes relating to 'Rebuilding Coventry' (screen play)
28 - Green 'Pukka Pad' spiral notebook containing rough drafts relating to 'Adios' and 'The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1991-2001'
29 - Green 'Pukka Pad' spiral notebook containing to-do lists, appointments and rough draft of 'Moby Dick Speaks, by Adrian Mole' and an unidentified diary entry written from Townsend's perspective
30 - Blue notebook containing rough drafts for 'Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years' and a monologue entitled 'Caroline'
31 - Exercise book containing rough drafts of Townsend's review of John Lahr's 'The Orton Diaries', for 'The Listener' (magazine) and song lyrics for the stage play of Adrian Mole
32 - Red refill pad containing rough drafts for the play 'Ear, Nose and Throat', draft Mole diary entries and a monologue about Radio Four
33 - Multicoloured notebook containing contact details, to-do list, rough diary entries for Adrian Mole and draft eulogy entries
34 - Loose pages torn from notebooks containing rough notes, shopping lists, drafts, and ideas for house redecorating
35 - Small blue spiral notebook containg lesson preparations for the Skyros writing workshop[?] and personal to-do lists and appointments
36 - Red exercise book containing rough drafts for 'Mr Muscle' and 'Secret Diary of a Provincial Man' (for The Guardian Weekend)
37 - Small red spiral notebook containing rough drafts of 'The Secret Diary of a Provincial Man' and an monologue or article marking Sue Townsend's 55th birthday
38 - Blue spiral notebook containing rough notes relating to Tony Blair's election tour bus
39 - Pink spiral notebook containing rough drafts for 'Cappuccino Years' screenplay; 'Life Choices, Life Changes'; 'My Heartlands'; Sainsburys Magazine', and draft letters regarding Sue's move from Methuen to Penguin
40 - Green 'Pukka Pad' spiral notebook containing rough draft letters of complaint to 'Glenys' regarding Townsend's recent stay in a holiday villa which was adverted as being wheelchair accessible
41 - Green Pukka Pad' spiral notebook containing rough drafts of 'Adios' and the screenplay for 'Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years'
42 - Green 'Pukka Pad' spiral notebook containing rough drafts of 'Adios', a foreward to 'More Ladies of Letters', 'The Secret Diary of a Provincial Man' and 'Adrian Mole: Cappuccino Years screenplay
43 - Green 'Pukka Pad' spiral notebook containing rough drafts of 'Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years' screenplay and 'The Secret Diary of a Provincial Man'
44 - Red 'Rhino' refill pag containing rough drafts of 'Adios', an article about Townsend's decision to make Adrian Mole an offal chef, and 'Mr Muscle'
45 - Green 'Pukka Pad' spiral notebook containing rough drafts of 'The Secret Diary of a Provincial Man', an article for the Radio Times, and Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years screenplay
18 - Paperback and hardback copies of Townsend's published works
19 - Contributions to other books and works submitted to Sue Townsend by various authors
20 - Writing workshops
21 - Literary seminars, courses, festivals and tours
22 - Literary competitions
23 - Biographies, interviews and press cuttings relating to Townsend
24 - Subfonds: Family and Personal Records
25 - Subfonds: Business and Charitable Activites
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