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RC - Richmal Crompton Collection
- 1 - [Richmal Crompton] Documents relating to Richmal Crompton's literary work, her public life, and the management of her literary estate
  - 7 - [Richmal Crompton] Documents relating to interactions with fans and consumers of Richmal Crompton's works
    - 1 - [Richmal Crompton] Documents relating to the Just William Society and annual "William Days" (for fans of Richmal Crompton's William stories)
      - 1 - [Richmal Crompton] Photocopies of scripts of "Just William" [radio] plays by Richmal Crompton, that were used for performances at "William Days"

Repository	University of Roehampton: Archives and Special Collections
Level	File
Ref No	RC/1/7/1/1/5
Alt Ref No	RC/1/2/1/2/3; RC 19
Creator Name	Richmal Crompton; Richmal Ashbee (niece of Richmal Crompton); and Richmal Ashbee's heirs
Title	[Richmal Crompton] Annotated photocopies [belonging to Richmal Ashbee, niece of Richmal Crompton] of an annotated, typed draft copy of a script for a William [radio] play titled "William Tackles the Housing Problem" [by Richmal Crompton]
Date	2000
Extent	1 file
Description	[The play was likely to have originally been broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation.] The script was annotated [by Richmal Crompton?] in c1940s-c1950s. The annotated script was photocopied in c2000 and the photocopies were annotated [by Richmal Ashbee? niece of Richmal Crompton] in 2000. One of the 2000 annotations states that the script was read at Stretton-under-Fosse, [Warwickshire], in 2000 [likely read out at a "William Day"]. The file appears to contain one photocopy of the full script, and then further photocopies, with each additional copy annotated to highlight the lines of a different character. The file also contains notes [made by Richmal Ashbee? niece of Richmal Crompton] written in preparation for the reading of the script; the notes were written in c2000.
Access Status	Open
Copyright	Copyright to be determined.
Related Material	Further documents relating to the Just William Society and "William Days" can be found in RC 135, RC 146, RC 171, RC 172, RC 174, RC 175, RC 176, RC 177, RC 178, RC 179, RC 201, RC 214, RC 215, RC 216, RC 217, RC 219, RC 220, RC 232, RC 239, RC 258, RC 282, RC 342, RC 354, RC 360 and RC 374.

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