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Iain Crichton Smith

IAIN CRICHTON SMITH

  (1928 - 1998)

Nationality:    Scottish
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        By the Sea         Christmas Card, The         Columcille         Event, The         I Told them Heracleitus         In the Chinese Restaurant         In the Room         In the Station Buffet         Interview, The         Kind of Play, A         Lazybed         Open University, The         Playing Chess         Retiral         Robinson Crusoe         Rock, The         Tell My Cause Aright         Trust         Two By the Sea         Visit, The         Visitor, The         Waiting for the Train         Wedding Party, freely adapted from the Respectable Wedding' by Bertolt Brecht, The



By the Sea

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National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 61/7

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Christmas Card, The

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Typescript

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Columcille

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/7

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Event, The

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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I Told them Heracleitus

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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In the Chinese Restaurant

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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In the Room

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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In the Station Buffet

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Interview, The

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Kind of Play, A

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Lazybed

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Murdo, refusing to get out of bed, is visited by brother, neighbours, doctor, Death and Immanuel Kant. . .

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Traverse theatre, Edinburgh, 1997   -

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Play/Drama

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Open University, The

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Playing Chess

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Retiral

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Robinson Crusoe

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Rock, The

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Tell My Cause Aright

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Trust

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Two By the Sea

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Visit, The

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Visitor, The

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a teacher is on the eve of retirement when a knock on the door reveals a young man. How does he know so much about them, yet they don't remember him?

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part of Family

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Waiting for the Train

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/8

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Wedding Party, freely adapted from the Respectable Wedding' by Bertolt Brecht, The

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National Library of Scotland ref: Iain Crichton Smith - Acc.12600/7

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