Portions of various untitled manuscripts., Date unknown
Scope and Contents
Hardcover 2B6 notebook containing various typescript and manuscript stories. Loose typescript pages of 'Aliens in the family', Story planning beginning "Introduce the idea of returning to the jungle of childhood...", "Jane and her mother stepped out of the car...", "There once was a man called Mr Rooster...", Loose pages of typescript with corrections starts "In Joan's garden...", Planning notes "Possibility The line of drawing leads towards the western hills...", "The pale material gave the skin of the taller man a moist yellowish look...", "Mrs. Brown put a cup of sugar into a bowl...", "There once was a boy called Jeremy Peake who lived with his father and mother in a town house...", "There once was a road called Tumbledown Road. It had periwinkles in-between the houses...", "There once was a little wild man who lived outside in the great big world...", "Pretty Miss Mouse sat at her sewing...", 'All the People in the Boars', "On one side of the hill lived Mrs Lockett...", "Mr Hinn was a toy maker. He made dancing clowns...", "Mrs Tinkerer had forty two cats but neither chick nor child...", "There once was a lazy boy called Ted...", "Jacko the jolly junk man...", 'The Robber Pig', "Mr Mocker lived by himself and was lonely...", "One night Toby heard a strange sound...", "Sally was a small brown and white dog...", "Mr Mocker had a lovely evening... ", "There were two cats in the house Big cat and Little cat...", "Notes. Behind the bookcase is a shallow cupboard and behind the cupboard the diary...", Several pages of revision note of 'The Tricksters', "The Library at the end of the world..." possibly same story in Arch 0429/10/204 titled 'The Play Court Theatre', Loose typescript pages 'Mrs Penny and the Mysterious Grandmother'.
Dates
- Creation: Date unknown
Creator
- Mahy, Margaret (Person)
Extent
1 Volumes ; 34 x 23
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Arch 0429 box 40 - Tūranga, Tuakiri floor, ANZC Archives
Repository Details
Part of the Christchurch City Libraries Archives Collection Repository
Tūranga
60 Cathedral Square
Central City
Christchurch Canterbury 8011 New Zealand
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