File 8 - Draft and proofs of A Midsummer Night's Dream

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS a/679/8

Title

Draft and proofs of A Midsummer Night's Dream

Date(s)

  • 1877 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

270 sheets, c. 328 printed pages in gatherings

Context area

Name of creator

Wright, William Aldis (1831-1914), literary and biblical scholar
(1831-1914)

Repository

Trinity College Library, Cambridge

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Proof of the playscript dated Jan. 1877, draft of the preface and notes dated 20 Oct. 1877, proof of the notes July-Sept. 1877, and proof of the preface 13-14 Nov. 1877, with a final uncut page proof dated 1877.

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Earlier proofs previously assigned shelfmark

Adv.d.18.15