| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 397/15/8/5 |
| Alt Ref No | Unlisted Box 16 |
| Date | c 1946 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 2 pieces |
| Title | Notes for 'Letters to William' |
| Creator Name | Duncan, Ronald Frederick Henry (1914-1982); author, poet and librettist |
| Description | Framed manuscript page of notes by Benjamin Britten for the proposed opera 'Letters to William'. Written on The Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh headed notepaper and originally framed. Labelled on frame backboard 'Ben's notes for "Letters to William"'. [This opera based on Jane Austen's Mansfield Park was begun by Benjamin Britten and Ronald Duncan in 1946 but never completed] |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Language | English |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | Estate of Benjamin Britten |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/283 | Duncan; Ronald Frederick Henry (1914-1982); author, poet and librettist | 1914-1982 |