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Bernice Rubens Papers
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Set on edge,

The file contains a draft, with notes of Set on edge (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1960), in six notebooks.

Short stories,

The file contains manuscript and typescript drafts and notes of short stories including The collector who collected himself [published in Goff, Martyn (ed.), Prize writing (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989)], Blood of the lamb, What comes after cat, The come-uppance, Giving up mother, Wait for the tone and Back stage, together with a rewrite of the play Hijack.

Short stories,

Scripts of short stories by Bernice Rubens, with related letters and press cuttings. Most of the stories were written for publication in magazines and newspapers.

Spring sonata: a fable and The Ponsonby post,

The file contains cuttings of press publicity and reviews of both the book and the radio play of Spring sonata: a fable, including extracts from the novel and interviews with Bernice Rubens; also included are cuttings of press reviews of The Ponsonby post.

Sunday best,

The file contains a draft and notes for Sunday best (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1971), in four notebooks.

Thank you for calling,

A manuscript draft of Thank you for calling, together with three typescript drafts with manuscript notes and corrections.

The come-uppance,

A typescript draft of The come-uppance with manuscript notes and corrections, together with a publishers' proof copy with manuscript corrections, and a copy of You magazine, in which the story was published. Also included is an annotated folder in which Bernice Rubens kept some of her short stories.

The elected member,

The file contains cuttings of press reviews of The elected member (published in America as Chosen people), together with letters, 1968-1969, to Bernice Rubens and her agent concerning the book.

The gentleman caller,

A photocopy of a typescript draft of The gentleman caller, with manuscript corrections. The story was intended for publication in the Sunday times.

The pledge,

The file contains a manuscript draft screenplay and notes for The pledge, adapted by Bernice Rubens from the play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990).

The pledge,

Two typescript drafts of a screenplay for The pledge, with manuscript notes, adapted separately by Bernice Rubens and Michael Hirst, from the play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

The Ponsonby post,

The file contains cuttings of press reviews of The Ponsonby post, together with transcripts of media interviews concerning the book and letters to Bernice Rubens from publishers.

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