Item 12 - Drafts of early works by R. C. Trevelyan

Envelope labelled with contents by Trevelyan: 'Early drafts of Quern songs in Mallow and Asphodel; [early drafts of] Polyphemus; Sketches of Ariadne libretto for Emmanuel Moore [sic] 1898-9; Sketches of Epimetheus (Mallow & A)".

One small sheet, one larger bifolium plus single sheet, with drafts of "Neobulé" [from "Mallow and Asphodel"] with additions/corrections in pencil; some on the bifolium may be in another hand. Twelve sheets with drafts from "Epimetheus", plus two sheets of verse in the same metre but not appearing in the published text. Four pages from the seventh volume of the 1868 Tauchnitz edition of Shakespeare's works, with draft verse in pencil by Trevelyan around the printed text. Four bifolia and one single sheet with draft of dialogue between Theseus, Aegeus and Medea. Two sheets with drafts from "Polyphemus". Five bifolia and two single sheets with drafts of "Songs of Trojan captives grinding at a quern in the palace of Menelaus". One bifolium with drafts from both "Quern Songs" and "Archilochus on a Lemnian Trireme".

TRER/46/61: Letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Caroline Trevelyan, 17 Feb 1898. Trevelyan, staying at Il Frullino, home of Mary Costelloe [later Berenson] mentions that he is'writing the libretto of an opera on Theseus and Ariadne [the germ of The Bride of Dionysus?] for Mrs C., who is going to get it set to music by a Hungarian friend of hers, a wealthy musician of some considerable reputation'. Thinks the musician is called 'Moore' [ie Emánuel Moór],

One sheet of headed notepaper from the National Liberal Club and two of notepaper from Welcombe used for drafts of "Epimetheus" and "Quern Songs"; bifolia with drafts of Aegeus/Theseus/Medea are headed notepaper for Il Frullino, San Domenco di Fiesole, Florence - home of Mary Costelloe (later Berenson).