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320 GBP
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340 GBP
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Lot location
London

audio-visual archive of John Osborne, including both commercial and home recordings of Hollywood films and documentaries together with a quantity of cassette tapes

cassettes include interviews with Susannah Simons for The World this Weekend 9.10.81 on his autobiography A Better Class of Person; BBC Radio 4 Kaleidoscope 08.12.89 and 13.1.94; Start the Week 28.9.92; Desert Island Discs ?91; Dejavu; Epitaph for George Dillon -BBC Radio Drama cassette; A Better Class of Person episodes 1-4 and 5-10– BBC Radio Drama cassette; Luther – a BBC World Service Production 1983; Look Back in Anger Twenty Years On 7.5.76; Weekend Women’s Hour with Helen Osborne 29.11.81; Luther; British Council Literature Study Aids (2), John Osborne in conversation with Dilys Powell;
video tapes include: Upstairs Downstairs (box set of two - one missing); John Le Carre Smiley’s People with Sir Alec Guinness; Stage Door with Katharine Hepburn; Flying Down to Rio; Casablanca; 'Edenbridge'; The Gift of Friendship; 'Look Back'; Jack and Jill; Get Carter; The Entertainer – BBC Copy Shop 7.6.93; God Rot Tunbridge Wells; Double Identity (with postcard thanking Helen for lunch; Skuffington; Almost a Vision; Scarlett Pimpernel; Brief Encounter; Now Voyager; Charge of the Light Brigade; The Old Dark House; Broadway Melody; South Bank Show (2 - one dated Nov 91); A Subject of Scandal and Concern BBC Enterprises video tape 6.11.90; Sanders of the River; Hedda Gabler; Yankee Doodle Dandy; Italian-Teatro-Ricordo Con Rabbia; The Music Man; Private Function
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Looking Back at John Osborne: Pictures and Possessions from his Estate The Hurst, Shropshire (Timed)
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Venue address
25 Blythe Road
London
W14 0PD
United Kingdom
Looking Back at John Osborne: Pictures and Possessions from his Estate The Hurst, Shropshire (Timed)

Looking Back at John Osborne: Pictures and Possessions from his Estate The Hurst, Shropshire (Timed) | 10th - 20th October 2024

The online auction from 10th - 20th October, includes paintings by Leonard Rosoman and set designer Jocelyn Herbert, theatre posters, photographs by Lord Snowdon and Cecil Beaton and drama awards.  Accumulated over a lifetime, there are also programmes and books relating to all his major works including Look Back in Anger, The Entertainer, The World of Paul Slickey, Luther, A Patriot for Me, Inadmissible Evidence, Hotel in Amsterdam, and Dejavu. Other personal possessions such as hats, scarves, walking sticks and teddies are amongst the lots, giving an enthralling insight into the life and character of one of the 20th century’s most celebrated playwrights.

Contact Adrian Biddell for further information about this auction | adrian.biddell@olympiaauctions.com | + 44 (0) 20 7806 5541
Auction dates
Starts: 10 Oct 2024 01:00 BST
Ends from: 20 Oct 2024 16:00 BST
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13 Oct 2024 12:00 - 16:00 BST
14 Oct 2024 10:00 - 20:00 BST
15 Oct 2024 10:00 - 17:00 BST
16 Oct 2024 10:00 - 17:00 BST
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