CLEVERDON MSS. II

Festivals, poetry recitals and programs, devised and/or directed by DC. May include: correspondence, programs, scripts, clippings.

Art reflected, A Mirror of the Muses, series of programs for The Apollo Society. The Art of Architecture, Mar. 2, 1969, devised and directed by DC (2 folders)
Arts Festival, Oct. 3, [1976?]. The Apollo Society presents This Wooden O, devised and directed by DC with Misha Williams
Camden Festival, 1971. An Evening of Victorian Music and Poetry, Apr. 23, devised and produced by DC and Courtney Kenny
Camden Festival, 1972. Poetry recital: A Tudor Miscellany, May 4, devised and directed by DC
Cheltenham Festival of Literature, 1970. Late Night discussions organized and chaired by DC.
Cheltenham Festival of Literature, 1971. DC Programme Director. (See also: Oversize Volumes. Scrapbook 1)
Circles Round the Square, A programme to commemorate the 250th anniversary of St. John's Smith Square, June 21, 1978, written and directed by DC (3 folders)

Commonwealth Arts Festival, Verse and Voice: A festival of poetry, Sept. 20-Oct. 2, 1965. Director of Poetry Productions, DC. 1. From the Island of Britain; 2. The New World; 3. The Antipodes; 4. Africa; 5. The Enchantment of the Orient; 6. The Seven Seas; 7. Interchange; 8. Transatlantic; 9. Four Poets of Britain; 10. Poetry Today in Australia and New Zealand; 12. Voices of the Commonwealth; 15. Across the World (19 folders; see also: Oversize Volumes. Scrapbook 14)

Dylan Thomas: A Celebration, devised and produced by Hugh David. Feb. 28, 1982 (2 folders)
An Evening of Victorian Music and Poetry for The Apollo Society, Apr. 9, 1972. Devised and produced by DC
Festival of the City of London, July 6-Aug. 1, 1964. Samuel Johnson, Londoner, produced by DC.
A Jesus College Miscellany, June 27, 1971. Written and directed by DC (5 folders; see also: Oversize. Scrapbook 18)
The King Enjoys His Own Again, for The Apollo Society, Nov. 2, [1975?]
Little Missenden Festival, Oct. 4, 1975. Two Dreams, directed by DC
Maidenstone Festival, July 18-20, 1976. This Wooden O, devised and directed by DC and Misha Williams
Mermaid Poetry, Apr. 21, 1974. A Tribute to David Jones, presented by DC
Praise Ye the Lord: A choice of Anglican verse and church music from John Donne to John Betjeman, for The Apollo Society. Devised by DC
Royal Sudeley, compiled and produced by D.C. for an entertainment devised by Adam Pollock at Sudeley Castle, Winshcombe, Gloucestershire, 1970 (2 folders; see also: Oversize Volumes. Scrapbook 19)
Royal Thames: A Silver Jubilation in Poems, Prose and Songs, July 3, 1977. Compiled and directed by DC (5 folders)

A Sequence of Centuries, a series for The Apollo Society, Nov. 7, 1971. A Tudor Miscellany, devised by DC
Southwark Summer Festival, July 28-Aug. 23, 1975. This Wooden "O" (4 folders)
Stratford-Upon-Avon Poetry Festival
1966 (13th). Heroic Verse
1967 (14th). The Island of Britain; Modern Irish Verse; Poems and Songs of John Donne (3 folders)
1968 (15th). English Lovers
1969 (16th). The 18th Century Taste; Shakespeare in the 18th Century (7 folders; see also: Oversize. Scrapbook 20)
1970 (17th). Lyrical Ballads; The King Enjoys His Own Again (2 folders)
1971 (18th). Hugh Burden reads poems of T.S. Eliot
1972 (19th). A Victorian Evening

1973 (20th). From Hour to Hour: An Elizabethan Day (4 folders; see also: Oversize. Scrapbook 12)
1974 (21st). Poems and Songs by Dramatists of the 16th and 17th Centuries
1975 (22nd). Women's Voices, devised by DC, July 13; Wilfred Owen, poems selected by DC, Aug. 24 (2 folders)
1976 (23rd). No Such Constant Lover: A Portrait of Sir John Suckling
1977 (24th). Royal Thames
1979 (26th). Poets Among My Friends (2 folders)
Windsor Festival, Oct. 6, 1975. A Garland of Chivalry (3 folders)
Miscellaneous - list of poetry recitals devised and directed by DC, programs devised and directed by others, etc.

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