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The papers of British novelist and playwright Michael Hastings, 1956-1961, contain
drafts
of several works, as well as personal papers. |
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Published works in the collection include a novel, The Game (1957); a play, Don't Destroy Me (1956); and a book of poetry, Love Me, Lambeth, and Other Plays (1961). Don't Destroy Me is Hastings' first produced and published play; the
manuscripts present are the original handwritten draft and a handwritten draft marked
for
the stage production. Also included are three poems from Love Me, Lambeth in handwritten and typescript form: "For William Dunlop,""For Starved Faces," and
"How They Brought Nelson Home." |
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Works which may be unpublished (as of 2004) include an unfinished novel, 'Blind Man's Bluff,' and two plays: 'Hero of the Family' and 'I Am God.' 'Hero of the Family' has with
it a letter addressed to Hastings from Richard Burton, dated February 19, 1959. |
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Among the personal papers are two diary notebooks, 1957-1961, and an autobiographical
sketch dated 1961. |
