Subseries 6 - 'Black Comedy'

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SHAF/B/6

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'Black Comedy'

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  • 1965-2016 (Creation)

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6.5 boxes

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Shaffer, Sir Peter Levin (1926-2016), knight, playwright
(1926-2016)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Black Comedy premiered at the Chichester Festival on 27 July 1965. Some material in this section may relate to another one-act play, 'White Lies' or 'The White Liars,' which was written to form a double-bill with 'Black Comedy' beginning with the New York production in 1967.

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      See also: SHAF B5/2/9, Draft revisions for 'The Royal Hunt of the Sun' for a note about the origin of the play 'Black Comedy.'

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