With flysheets and drafts of flysheets accompanied by three letters from Ramsay MacDonald, and a draft of another from J. R. M. Butler to MacDonald.
17 cuttings and complete issues of periodicals, 12 of them from French newspapers or magazines. Tucked in amongst these items are two sheets of paper with rubbings of writing an unidentified alphabet (FRAZ/7/1/5).
Nearly 1300 letters arranged alphabetically by surname, with letters received on the announcement of his knighthood in a separate file at the end, followed by a file of letters from unidentified correspondents. Other correspondence relating directly to various plays may be found in the Works subseries under the title of the play.
Two letters include parts of letters written by Peter Shaffer: a letter from Elizabeth Cavendish, 29th September 1974 (C42) and
a typed letter from Costas Gianakaris 27 Sept. 2014 (G6) includes the draft of a love letter[?] on the back of the second sheet.
"Daily Herald" - 'Stink Bombs at Peace Rally'
"Daily Express" - 'Stink Bombs at Peace Talk'
"Chronicle" - 'Stink Bombs at Peace Rally'
List of Eton scholars, including John Cornford
Including letter from the King acknowledging the fallen.
Letters concerning classical studies and Trinity College business and social life, with a small group of printed material and testimonials. Some letters have explicatory notes by Florence Image, and almost 40 letters are from Henry Jackson. Other correspondents with several letters each are from or relating to: H. M. Butler (some to Florence Image), A. V. Verrall, W. Aldis Wright, W. H. Thompson, Duncan Crookes Tovey and other members of his family, J. G. Frazer, J. N. Dalton, and J. W. L. Glaisher; for other correspondents see names below. Some of the letters are by Image himself to various correspondents.
The printed items are: an unsigned printed letter opposing the education of choristers (a parody) dated 1877; a Greek text with an English translation, Fragmentum incerti ex Hēthikophysikolērois mocking the new Triposes, with a date of 20 Oct. 1848 written at the top of the first page ; comedic verses about Thomas Huxley in English and Greek; two notices about the non-placeting of the Grace for the Duke of York's degree in 1894; and a Latin poem about Como, a toy belonging to the Butler children James, Gordon, and Nevile, by Montagu Butler, dated April 1897. A small group of testimonials at the end of the collection were written in support of Image's candidacy to become Undermaster of the Upper School of Dulwich College in 1869.
Gathered here are notebooks with scene fragments or notes from three or more different plays in each notebook, as well as a group of unidentified, miscellaneous draft pages from unidentified works.
Nearly 150 drafts of letters written by Peter Shaffer arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Other correspondence relating directly to various plays may be found in the Works subseries under the title of the play.
'Five Finger Exercise' opened on 16 July 1958 at the Comedy Theatre, London.