Identity area
Reference code
REDP
Title
Papers of Theodore Redpath relating to Hamlet
Date(s)
- 1967-c 1992 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
2 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
(1913-1997)
Biographical history
Born London 17 August 1913; Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1950-97; Assistant Lecturer in English, Cambridge University 1951-54, Lecturer 1954-80. Books include Tolstoy (1960), The Young Romantics and Critical Opinion, 1807-24 (1973); Ludwig Wittgenstein: a student's memoir (1990). Married Sarah Campbell-Taylor in 1964 (one son, two daughters). Died in Cambridge, 30 January 1997.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Mrs Sarah J. C. Green, March 2023.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Drafts of lectures for a course titled "Hamlet: Problems of Interpretation" and drafts of chapters for an unfinished book based on these lectures. These are accompanied by a small group of related writings and notes.