Terence Tiller Collection
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Scope and Contents
This small collection consists of Terence Tiller’s drafts and final typescripts of two radio plays produced for BBC Radio 3. He modernized and abridged the anonymous 15th century poem, “The Flower and the Leaf” which aired on November 9, 1970 on BBC Radio 3. He wrote and produced “The Road to Shalott,” in his words “a study of the literary and psychological sources of Tennyson’s enigmatic poem, “The Lady of Shalott.” This program aired on December 3, 1971 on BBC Radio 3.
Dates
- 1970 - 1971
Creator
- Tiller, Terence, 1916-1987 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.
Extent
1 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Terence Rogers Tiller was born in Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom on September 19, 1916 and died in London on December 24, 1987. He taught medieval history at the University of Cambridge from 1937 to 1939 and English literature at the University of Cairo during World War II. He worked as a radio writer and producer for BBC Radio 3 programs from 1946-1976. He was also a noted playwright, translator and poet. This small collection consists of Terence Tiller’s drafts and final typescripts of two radio plays produced for BBC Radio 3: “The Flower and the Leaf,” and “The Road to Shalott.”
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Terence Tiller materials were acquired by the McCormick Library in the early 1980s.
- Title
- Guide to the Terence Tiller Collection
- Author
- Sigrid Pohl Perry
- Date
- August 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Library Details
Part of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Repository
Deering Library, Level 3
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-491-3635
specialcollections@northwestern.edu