Harry Ransom CenterThe University of Texas at Austin

Playtexts and Productions

Promptbook for Guy Mannering, marked in John Philip Kemble's hand for his 1816 Covent Garden staging. Playscripts and Promptbooks Collection.

Gathered here are playscripts which were not acquired as part of an author's collection, and collections which document the production history of a single play.

For published texts, see Books.

• The Black Crook Collection, 1853-1929
• Comedias Sueltas (Spanish drama)
• The Deep Blue Sea Collection, 1949-1955
• German Plays Collection, ca. 1870-ca. 1910 (bulk 1875-1900)
• The Great White Hope
            See Sackler, Howard (1929-1982). Manuscripts for The Great White Hope, 1967-1969
• Jones, Joseph (1908-1999). Caribbean Plays Collection, ca. 1950s-1960s
• New Faces Records, 1950s-1980s  (Manuscripts)
• Playscripts and Promptbooks Collection, 1795-1978 (bulk 1870-1915)
• Seidemann, Conrad. Collection of German Plays, ca. 1890-ca. 1920
• The Two Orphans Collection, 1874-1926
• Uncle Tom's Cabin Collection, 1852-1945