urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00325 Michael Hastings: A Preliminary Inventory of His Papers in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Finding aid created by Hope Rider Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 2006 Finding aid encoded by Joan Sibley, January 2008 Finding aid written in English. The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Hastings, Michael, 1938- Michael Hastings Papers 1956-1961 1 box (.42 linear feet) The papers of British novelist and playwright Michael Hastings, 1956-1961, contain drafts of several works, as well as personal papers. English Scope and Contents

The papers of British novelist and playwright Michael Hastings, 1956-1961, contain drafts of several works, as well as personal papers.

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.

Works which may be unpublished (as of 2004) include an unfinished novel, Blind Man's Bluff, and two plays: Hero of the Family and I Am God.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.

Among the personal papers are two diary notebooks, 1957-1961, and an autobiographical sketch dated 1961.

 Acquisition:

Purchases, 1963-1964 (Reg. nos. 920, 1452)

 Access:

Open for research

 Processed by:

Hope Rider, 2004

 Container List Series I. Works, 1956-1961 1 1 Blind Man's Bluff, (unfinished novel), typescript 1 2 Don't Destroy Me (play, 1956), handwritten drafts 1 3 The Game (novel, 1957), typescript 1 4 Hero of the Family (play), typescript, with correspondence from Richard Burton, 1959 1 5 I Am God (play), handwritten draft 1 6 Love Me, Lambeth, and Other Poems (poetry, 1961), handwritten and typescript drafts Series II. Personal Papers, 1957-1961 1 7 Autobiographical note, handwritten, 1961 1 Diaries 1 8 December 1957-April 1960 1 9 May 1960-January 1961