Original Artwork
Alan Rawsthorne
1917

King George V a play Autograph MS. An amusing play written in blank and sometimes rhyming verse. It is a satire written by Alan Rawsthorne, composer and alumnus at the Royal Manchester College of Music, when he was about 12. It represents his opinions about WW1.
Reference number: AR/2/2 scene sketches Owned by the Rawsthorne Trust.
This was digitised as part of the HLF funded project "Revealing and Reinterpreting 'Making Music in Manchester during WW1'"