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Correspondence, 1954-1966 (with gaps), including draft letters by Roland Mathias, relating to The Anglo-Welsh Review, including letters concerning financial support, and material, for the periodical. Among the correspondents are Bernard Rands (3); Elwyn Davies (3); Alun Llewellyn; D. Tecwyn Lloyd; Bedwyr Lewis Jones; Roy Bohana; and Alun Hoddinott. The file also contains statements of sales and royalties, 1973, and statements of income and expenditure, 1973-1976, and a booklet describing the constitution, history and finances of the Dock Leaves Press and The Anglo-Welsh Review.

The file comprises papers, [1971]-1974, 1976 and 1986-1987, relating to The Beach of Falesá, libretto by Glyn Jones, based on a short story by R. L. Stevenson, and music by Alun Hoddinott. The opera was commissioned by the Welsh National Opera Company and published by the Oxford University Press (London, 1974). The file contains manuscript and typescript drafts of the libretto, with synopses of the work, and a copy of the manuscript vocal score (possibly in the hand of Alun Hoddinott). Also included are manuscript and typescript drafts of lyrics for songs, [c. 1973], together with other related papers. In addition the file contains correspondence, 1973-1974, mostly between Glyn Jones and the Oxford University Press, with letters from Roy Bohana (3), Alun Hoddinott (2), Alan Frank, Oxford University Press (11), and A. G. Prys-Jones. A number of drafts are written on papers pertaining to the Welsh Arts Council and drafts of other works by Glyn Jones.